New Horizons in Public Policy series – serie
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38 produkter
Juggling Values and Talking Politics
A Values-Persuasive Perspective on Democracy
Inbunden, 2026
1472 kr
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This insightful book presents a fresh approach to debate and decision making in liberal democracies. Linda Courtenay Botterill explores the significance of personal values and value trade-offs in politics and policy, underlining the importance of more civil and constructive democratic …
Public Policy in the Arab World
Responding to Uprisings, Pandemic, and War
Av Anis B. Brik
Inbunden, 2024
2075 kr
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Public Policy in the Arab World dissects the layered social, economic, and governance issues that define the Middle East and Northern African (MENA) region and evaluates whether policy is helping or hindering social vulnerabilities in the Arab World. Paying special attention to the Arab Spring …
Tools of Policy Formulation
Actors, Capacities, Venues and Effects
Av Andrew J. Jordan, John R. Turnpenny
Inbunden, 2015
2126 kr
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Policy analysts are accustomed to thinking in terms of tools and instruments. Yet an authoritative examination of the tools which have been developed to formulate new policies is missing. This book is the first of its kind to distinguish the defining characteristics of the main policy formulation …
Tools of Policy Formulation
Actors, Capacities, Venues and Effects
Av Andrew J. Jordan, John R. Turnpenny
Häftad, 2015
609 kr
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Policy analysts are accustomed to thinking in terms of tools and instruments. Yet an authoritative examination of the tools which have been developed to formulate new policies is missing. This book is the first of its kind to distinguish the defining characteristics of the main policy formulation …
Interrogating Public Policy Theory
A Political Values Perspective
Av Linda C. Botterill, Alan Fenna
Inbunden, 2019
1644 kr
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A common refrain when policy diverges from 'ideal' is 'if only we could take the politics out of the policy process'. The authors of this book argue that rationalist dreams of this nature fail to recognize that policy making is inherently part of politics; policy is the mechanism for giving …
Analysis and Public Policy
Successes, Failures and Directions for Reform
Inbunden, 2016
1627 kr
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How do we incorporate analytical thinking into public policy decisions? Stuart Shapiro confronts this issue in Analysis and Public Policy by looking at various types of analysis, and discussing how they are used in regulatory policy-making in the US. By looking at the successes and failures of …
Policy Experiments, Failures and Innovations
Beyond Accession in Central and Eastern Europe
Av Agnes Batory, Andrew Cartwright m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1816 kr
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Policy Experiments, Failures and Innovations takes a policy studies perspective in considering post-communist EU member states’ experiences since accession. The book analyses policy transfer processes and expands the new and growing sub-field of policy failure by interrogating the binary ideas of …
Public Policy Transfer
Micro-Dynamics and Macro-Effects
Av Magdaléna Hadjiisky, Leslie A. Pal m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
2333 kr
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Public Policy Transfer highlights how local adaptations and innovations contribute to ongoing policy development, as domestic policy-making activity becomes increasingly engaged with global networks. This work draws together various disciplinary perspectives that dominate the study of policy …
How Far to Nudge?
Assessing Behavioural Public Policy
Av Peter John
Inbunden, 2018
1564 kr
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Behavioural public policies, or nudges, have become increasingly popular in recent years, with governments keen to use light-touch interventions to improve the success of their public policies. In this unique book, Peter John explores nudges, their successes and limitations, and sets out a bold …
How Far to Nudge?
Assessing Behavioural Public Policy
Av Peter John
Häftad, 2018
402 kr
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Behavioural public policies, or nudges, have become increasingly popular in recent years, with governments keen to use light-touch interventions to improve the success of their public policies. In this unique book, Peter John explores nudges, their successes and limitations, and sets out a bold …
Policy Problems and Policy Design
Inbunden, 2018
1523 kr
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B. Guy Peters presents a critique of conventional policy design methods, placing emphasis on the need to formulate interconnecting designs for issues that cross multiple policy areas. He advocates the use of analytic categories for understanding problems rather than functional categories, such as …
Beyond Public Policy
A Public Action Languages Approach
Inbunden, 2019
1799 kr
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Public policy is an expression that has come to dominate the way people talk about doing government and public administration and is seen as a central component of the modern democratic order. Adopting an innovative public action languages approach, Beyond Public Policy shows how policy is only one …
Public Policy Circulation
Arenas, Agents and Actions
Av Tom Baker, Christopher Walker
Inbunden, 2019
1920 kr
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Policy making is more globally connected today than ever before. Policy ideas, experiences and expertise circulate rapidly over great distances. But who is involved in distributing policy, how do they do it, and through which arenas? This book examines the work involved in policy circulation, and …
Future of the Policy Sciences
Av Anis B. Brik, Leslie A. Pal
Inbunden, 2021
1866 kr
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This forward-thinking book examines the future of public policy as a discipline, both as it is taught and as it is practiced. Critically assessing the limits of current theories and approaches, leading scholars in the field highlight new models and perspectives.Chapters present data on what is …
Political Leadership
Inbunden, 2001
1834 kr
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Political leadership is a concept central to understanding political processes and outcomes, yet its definition is elusive. Many disciplines have contributed to the study of leadership, including political theory, history, psychology and management studies. Political Leadership reviews the …
Public Policy and Political Institutions
The Role of Culture in Traffic Policy
Inbunden, 1999
2247 kr
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Public Policies and Political Institutions explores the major questions posed by the advent of the new institutionalism in political science and public administration. It demonstrates how policy communities are influenced in thought and action by the values, rules, traditions and routines embedded …
Success and Failure in Public Governance
A Comparative Analysis
Av Mark Bovens, Paul ’t Hart m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
3918 kr
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Why do some policies succeed so well while others, in the same sector or country, fail dramatically? The aim of this book is to answer this question and provide systematic research on the nature, sources and consequences of policy failure. The expert contributors analyse and evaluate the success …
Consensus, Cooperation and Conflict
The Policy Making Process in Denmark
Inbunden, 2002
2109 kr
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Denmark is regarded by many as a model European country. In a short space of time unemployment rates have more than halved, inflation has remained low and the welfare state has not only been consolidated but improved. A new policy-mix has proved to be effective, but what exactly does it entail? …
Internationalization of Public Management
Reinventing the Third World State
Av Willy McCourt, Martin Minogue
Inbunden, 2001
2006 kr
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The past two decades have seen a process of almost continuous reform in public management in developed countries and a renegotiation of traditional relationships between state, economy and society. These changes have been expressed through privatization, civil service reductions and restructuring, …
Beyond the New Public Management
Changing Ideas and Practices in Governance
Av Martin Minogue, Charles Polidano m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
564 kr
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Beyond the New Public Management is an important book which provides a comprehensive analysis of current conceptual debates in public management and governance; and critically reviews attempts made over the last two decades to apply the 'new public management' model in developed and developing …
Public Policy in Knowledge-Based Economies
Foundations and Frameworks
Av David Rooney, Greg Hearn m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
1747 kr
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Knowledge is a product of human social systems and, therefore, the foundations of the knowledge-based economy are social and cultural. Communication is central to knowledge creation and diffusion, and Public Policy in Knowledge-Based Economies highlights specific social and cultural conditions that …
Public Policy and Local Governance
Institutions in Postmodern Society
Inbunden, 2000
1747 kr
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Internationalization and demands for more democratic influence at the local level have undermined the traditional methods of policy analysis. This path-breaking book is an institutional analysis of the new networks in public governance. Traditional policy analysis takes as its starting point …
Internationalization of Public Management
Reinventing the Third World State
Av Willy McCourt, Martin Minogue
Häftad, 2002
564 kr
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The past two decades have seen a process of almost continuous reform in public management in developed countries and a renegotiation of traditional relationships between state, economy and society. These changes have been expressed through privatization, civil service reductions and restructuring, …
Modernizing Civil Services
Av Tony Butcher, Andrew Massey
Inbunden, 2003
1920 kr
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Civil services in Western liberal democracies have undergone significant changes since the early 1980s, so much so that many of the traditional assumptions underpinning their role and operating practices have been fundamentally questioned. This volume explores a number of themes inherent in this …
Success and Failure in Public Governance
A Comparative Analysis
Av Mark Bovens, Paul ’t Hart m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
956 kr
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Why do some policies succeed so well while others, in the same sector or country, fail dramatically? The aim of this book is to answer this question and provide systematic research on the nature, sources and consequences of policy failure. The expert contributors analyse and evaluate the success …
Public Policy and the New European Agendas
Inbunden, 2006
2695 kr
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This broad and all-encompassing study focuses on Europe's new policy agendas. It brings together international academic experts on a range of policies to discuss Europe's place in the world and its relationship to the USA and beyond. This book concentrates on two key themes of particular salience …
Dynamics of Public Policy
Theory and Evidence
Av Adrian Kay
Inbunden, 2006
1747 kr
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In The Dynamics of Public Policy, Adrian Kay sets out the crucial methodological, theoretical and empirical implications of two important trends in the social sciences: a frequently expressed ambition for analysis of 'movies not stills' and the regular observation that policy, politics and …
Ethics and Integrity of Governance
Perspectives Across Frontiers
Av Leo W.J.C. Huberts, Jeroen Maesschalck m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
2126 kr
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This book provides critical, up-to-date reviews on the field of ethics and integrity of governance, along with fresh future perspectives. Focusing on Europe and the US, it addresses the key dimensions of public service values, the integrity and rationality of governance, ethics management, and the …
Public Management in the Postmodern Era
Challenges and Prospects
Av John Fenwick, Janice McMillan
Inbunden, 2010
1834 kr
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Challenging the traditional orthodoxies of public management, this timely and comprehensive book adopts a lively and critical approach to key questions of public policy and management.With state-of-the-art contributions from leading international scholars, Public Management in the Postmodern Era …
Public Management in the Postmodern Era
Challenges and Prospects
Av John Fenwick, Janice McMillan
Häftad, 2012
564 kr
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Challenging the traditional orthodoxies of public management, this timely and comprehensive book adopts a lively and critical approach to key questions of public policy and management.With state-of-the-art contributions from leading international scholars, Public Management in the Postmodern Era …
