Public Policy category: 4660 books
by Global Policy
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
Sustainable development (SD) is a Trojan Horse of an idea. SD has, over the years, subsumed within it multiple meanings advanced by multiple actors—meanings that have often masked underlying normative orientations, worldviews and interests. The definition of the Brundtland Commission—development...
Fighting for Status
Hierarchy and Conflict in World Politics
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
There is widespread agreement that status or standing in the international system is a critical element in world politics. The desire for status is recognized as a key factor in nuclear proliferation, the rise of China, and other contemporary foreign policy issues, and has long been implicated in...
by Coll, Kathleen, Clarke
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Citizenship is always in dispute – in practice as well as in theory – but conventional perspectives do not address why the concept of citizenship is so contentious. This unique book presents a new perspective on citizenship by treating it as a continuing...
Takeover
Race, Education, and American Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
State takeovers of local governments have garnered national attention of late, particularly following the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. In most U.S. cities, local governments are responsible for decisions concerning matters such as the local water supply and school affairs. However, once a state...
Back from the Brink
The Creation of a Nuclear-Free New Zealand
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
Back from the Brink is a history of New Zealand policy on nuclear power and the growth of the anti-nuclear movement, culminating in the 1984 Labour Government's 'No Nukes' policy.Kevin Clements, a sociology lecturer and peace activist, provides a thorough, meticulously researched examination of the implications...
Rethinking the Administrative Presidency
Trust, Intellectual Capital, and Appointee-Careerist Relations in the George W. Bush Administration
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Why do presidents face so many seemingly avoidable bureaucratic conflicts? And why do these clashes usually intensify toward the end of presidential administrations, when a commander-in-chief’s administrative goals tend to be more explicit and better aligned with their appointed leadership’s prerogatives?...
The Politics of Culture
The Case for Universalism
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
The idea of diversity dominates cultural policy in the twenty-first century. Against the perceived elitism of the past, policy-makers seek to use culture to address social exclusion. Drawing on original research, this book exposes problems with this approach, making the case for universalism in cultural and political life.
State, Society and National Security
Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Addressing the complexities of radicalisation, resilience, cyber, and homeland security, State, Society and National Security: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century aims to shed light on what has changed in recent years security discourse, what has worked (as well as what has not), and...
by Ward Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
An explosive rethinking of the power and purpose of nuclear weapons—and a call for radical action
Nuclear weapons have always been a serious but seemingly insoluble problem: while they’re obviously dangerous, they are also, apparently, necessary. This groundbreaking study shows why five...
Global Ecopolitics Revisited
Towards a complex governance of global environmental problems
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
Faced with worsening environmental indicators, cooperation hurdles, and the limited effectiveness of current institutions, reforming international environmental governance has proven elusive, despite various diplomatic initiatives at the United Nations level over the last two decades. Overcoming the...
by Tang Helen
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2010
This evaluation takes the premise that beyond in-forming IDA allocation, the CPIA is useful as a broad indicator of development effectiveness. It reviews the appropriateness of the CPIA as an indicator that assesses the conduciveness of a country's policies and institutions to fostering poverty...
by Tai Wei Lim, Wen Xin Lim, Xiaojuan Ping;Hui-Yi Tseng
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
This book aims to provide comprehensive empirical and theoretical studies of expanding fandom communities in East Asia through the commodification of Japanese, Korean and Chinese popular cultures in the digital era. Using a multidisciplinary approach including political economy, East Asian studies,...
The Myth of International Order
Why Weak States Persist and Alternatives to the State Fade Away
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
In February of 2011, Libyan citizens rebelled against Muammar Qaddafi and quickly unseated him. The speed of the regime's collapse confounded many observers, and the ensuing civil war showed Foreign Policy's index of failed states to be deeply flawed--FP had, in 2010, identified 110 states as being...
Sweden and ecological governance
Straddling the fence
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Sweden is seen as a forerunner in environmental and ecological policy. This book examines policies and strategies for ecologically rational governance, and uses the Swedish case study to ask if it is possible to move from a traditional environmental policy to a broad, integrated pursuit of sustainable...