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Examining clean energy laws in Texas, Kansas, Arizona, and Ohio over a thirty-year time frame, Stokes argues that organized combat between advocate and opponent interest groups is central to explaining why states are not on track to address the climate crisis. She tells the political history of our energy institutions, explaining how fossil fuel companies and electric utilities have promoted climate denial and delay. Stokes further explains the limits of policy feedback theory, showing the ways that interest groups drive retrenchment through lobbying, public opinion, political parties and the courts. More than a history of renewable energy policy in mode\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStokes has written a highly readable and compelling book that will be of interest to environmental policy scholars and the general public alike * Saleem H. 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He shows how European austerity policies have prevented any recovery from the crisis of 2009, while rescuing and protecting the banks and financial institutions that created the crisis. An essential guide for anyone who wants to understand the current depression. * John Quiggin, author of Zombie Economics *\u003cbr\u003eMost fascinating is the author's discussion of the historical underpinnings of austerity, first formulated by Enlightenment thinkers Locke, Hume and Adam Smith, around the (good) idea of parsimony and the (bad) idea of debt. Ultimately, writes Blyth, austerity is a 'zombie economic idea because it has been disproven time and again, but it just keeps coming. A clear explanation of a complicated, and severely flawed, idea. * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003eInformed, passionate. * Dissent Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eMark Blyth's fascinating analysis guides the reader through 'the historical ideology which has classified debt as problematic.' In doing so he outlines the relevance of century-old debates between the advocates and opponents of laissez faire, and explains why, after a brief reemergence in 2008-09, and despite the lack of evidence supporting austerity, the world turned its back on Keynesian policies. * Robert Skidelsky, author of Keynes: The Return of the Master *\u003cbr\u003eAmong all the calamities spawned by the global financial crisis, none was as easily avoidable as the idea that austerity policies were the only way out. In this feisty book, noted political scientist Mark Blyth covers new territory by recounting the intellectual history of this failed idea and how it came to exert a hold on the imagination of economists and politicians. It is an indication of the sorry state of macroeconomics that it takes a political scientist to expose so thoroughly one of the economics profession's most dangerous delusions. * Dani Rodrik, Rafiq Hariri Professor of International Political Economy, The John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface ; Austerity, a Personal History  ; 1 A Primer on Austerity, Debt, and Morality Plays ; Part One Why We All Need to Be Austere ; 2 America: Too Big to Fail? ; Bankers, Bailouts, and Blaming the State ; 3 Europe-Too Big to Bail ; The Politics of Permanent Austerity ; Part Two Austerity's Twin Histories ; Introduction to Chapters 4, 5, and 6 ; Austerity's Intellectual and Natural Histories ; 4 The Intellectual History of a Dangerous Idea, 1692-1942 ; 5 The Intellectual History of a Dangerous Idea, 1942-2012 ; 6 Austerity's Natural History, 1914-2012 ; Part Three Conclusion ; 7 The End of Banking, New Tales, and a Taxing ; Time Ahead ; Notes ; Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732842230103,"sku":"9780199389445","price":16.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780199389445.jpg?v=1719998630"},{"product_id":"social-policy-9780199570843","title":"Social Policy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe fourth edition of this well-respected textbook includes three new chapters on the history and development of social policy, making social policy in a global context, and how to research and write about social policy. It is up-to-date with the coalition government's welfare agenda, and remains the best introduction to social policy available.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE ORIGINS, CHARACTER, AND POLITICS OF MODERN WELFRE SYSTEMS; THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONTEXT OF SOCIAL POLICY; THE FINANCIAL AND ORGANISATIONAL CONTEXT OF SOCIAL POLICY; DELIVERING WELFARE; CONSEQUENCES AND OUTCOMES OF SOCIAL POLICY","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732866838871,"sku":"9780199570843","price":47.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780199570843.jpg?v=1719998732"},{"product_id":"the-oxford-handbook-of-the-welfare-state-oxford-handbooks-in-politics-international-relations-9780199650514","title":"The Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State Oxford","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of the Welfare State is the authoritative and definitive guide to the contemporary welfare state. In a volume consisting of nearly fifty newly-written chapters, a broad range of the world''s leading scholars offer a comprehensive account of everything one needs to know about the modern welfare state. The Handbook is divided into eight sections. It opens with three chapters that evaluate the philosophical case for (and against) the welfare state. Surveys of the welfare state''s history and of the approaches taken to its study are followed by four extended sections, running to some thirty-five chapters in all, which offer a comprehensive and in-depth survey of our current state of knowledge across the whole range of issues that the welfare state embraces. The first of these sections looks at inputs and actors (including the roles of parties, unions, and employers), the impact of gender and religion, patterns of migration and a changing public opinion, the role of international organisations and the impact of globalization. The next two sections cover policy inputs (in areas such as pensions, health care, disability, care of the elderly, unemployment, and labour market activation) and their outcomes (in terms of inequality and poverty, macroeconomic performance, and retrenchment). The seventh section consists of seven chapters which survey welfare state experience around the globe (and not just within the OECD). Two final chapters consider questions about the global future of the welfare state.The individual chapters of the Handbook are written in an informed but accessible way by leading researchers in their respective fields giving the reader an excellent and truly up-to-date knowledge of the area under discussion. Taken together, they constitute a comprehensive compendium of all that is best in contemporary welfare state research and a unique guide to what is happening now in this most crucial and contested area of social and political development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview from previous edition This landmark book achieves its aspiration to provide the \"most authoritative survey and critique of the welfare state yet published\"... it should be part of the foundation collection in any college library. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates and above. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a landmark book for international scholarship in social policy. It has been compiled by some of the leading international scholars in the field and published, in some style, by Oxford University Press all academics in the field should ensure that university libraries acquire copies of the book. It will prove to be an essential reference for all those studying social policy, as well as many in politics, public administration, sociology and other cognate subjects. More generally, it is attention to detail, co-existing with breadth of vision and reach, which make this such an attractive book. The editors and their contributors are addressing most of the big questions that underpin the history of the welfare state and its future prospects, and they are doing this on an international scale. If you are not passionate about social policy before encountering this Handbook, then surely you will be once you have begun to delve into it. * Journal of Social Policy *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I PHILOSOPHICAL JUSTIFICATIONS AND CRITIQUES OF THE WELFARE STATE; PART II HISTORY; PART III APPROACHES; PART IV INPUTS AND ACTORS; PART V POLICIES; PART VI POLICY OUTCOMES; PART VII WORLDS OF WELFARE; PART VIII PROSPECTS","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732875751767,"sku":"9780199650514","price":33.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780199650514.jpg?v=1719998771"},{"product_id":"the-welfare-state-9780199672660","title":"The Welfare State","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWelfare states vary across nations and change over time. And the balance between markets and government; free enterprise and social protection is perennially in question. But all developed societies have welfare states of one kind or another - they are a fundamental dimension of modern government. And even after decades of free-market criticism and reform, their core institutions have proven resilient and popular. This Very Short Introduction describes the modern welfare state, explaining its historical and contemporary significance and arguing that far from being ''a failure'' or ''a problem'', welfare states are an essential element of contemporary capitalism, and a vital concomitant of democratic government. In this accessible and entertaining account, David Garland cuts through the fog of misunderstandings to explain in clear and simple terms, what welfare states are, how they work, and why they matter. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGarland's brief but magisterial and penetrating analysis of the welfare state should, and doubtless will be, a major presence in criminology, as well as in social science and public debate ... written with the sophisticated skill, scholarship and style ... this wise, informative and inspiring book will help immensely in working for a positive future for us all. * The British Journal of Criminology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREFERENCES; FURTHER READING; INDEX","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732880699735,"sku":"9780199672660","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780199672660.jpg?v=1719998793"},{"product_id":"the-making-of-environmental-law-9780226695457","title":"The Making of Environmental Law","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In the second edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Environmental Law\u003c\/i\u003e, Richard J. 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The Challenges for US Lawmaking Institutions and Processes of Environmental Protection Law\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part II: The Road First Taken—The Twentieth Century\u003cbr\u003e 4. Becoming Environmental Law\u003cbr\u003e 5. Building a Road: The 1970s\u003cbr\u003e 6. Expanding the Road: The 1980s\u003cbr\u003e 7. Maintaining the Road: The 1990s\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part III: A Road Disrupted—The Twenty-First Century\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Super Wicked Problem of Climate Change\u003cbr\u003e 9. The George W. Bush Administration: Redrawing the Battle Lines\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Obama Administration: Getting to Paris\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Trump Administration: Swinging the Meat Ax\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part IV: Looking Back and Going Forward\u003cbr\u003e 12. Convergence and Building Blocks within Environmental Law\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Next Fifty Years\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732916023639,"sku":"9780226695457","price":30.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226695457.jpg?v=1719998935"},{"product_id":"reforming-the-reform-9780226825854","title":"Reforming the Reform","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn expansive study of the problems encountered by educational leaders in pursuit of reform, and how these issues cyclically translate into future topics of reform.    School reform is almost always born out of big dreams and well-meaning desires to change the status quo. But between lofty reform legislation and the students whose education is at stake, there are numerous additional policies and policymakers who determine how reforms operate. Even in the best cases, school reform initiatives can perpetuate problems created by earlier reforms or existing injustices, all while introducing new complications. In Reforming the Reform, political scientist Susan L. Moffitt, education policy scholar Michaela Krug O'Neill, and the late policy and education scholar David K. Cohen take on a wide-ranging examination of the many intricacies of school reform.    With a particular focus on policymakers in the spaces between legislation and implementation, such as the countless school superintendents and district leaders tasked with developing new policies in the unique context of their district or schools, the authors identify common problems that arise when trying to operationalize ambitious reform ideas. Their research draws on more than 250 interviews with administrators in Tennessee and California (chosen as contrasts for their different political makeup and centralization of the education system) and is presented here alongside survey data from across the United States as well as archival data to demonstrate how public schools shoulder enormous responsibilities for the American social safety net. They provide a general explanation for problems facing social policy reforms in federalist systems (including healthcare) and offer pathways forward for education policy in particular.    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This multifaceted and fascinating book contributes on so many levels. Like no other work, it illuminates the policymaking stages \u003ci\u003ebetween \u003c\/i\u003elegislative passage of policy reforms and frontline implementation, centering on mid-level actors whose consequential decisions occur far from the limelight.  As a case study in contemporary education policy, it vividly demonstrates the complications of foisting social policy responsibilities onto K-12 schools, to compensate for the threadbare safety net elsewhere. And it gives voice to teachers, principals, district officials, and others who must navigate the fresh problems arising from the collision of new reform efforts with old capacities and policy terrains. An unparalleled, expert analysis of the promise and pitfalls of the American policymaking system in education and well beyond.\"   \u003cbr\u003e   -- Andrea Louise Campbell, author of Trapped in America’s Safety Net\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book meticulously analyzes an enduring tension between change and continuity in education policy. Focusing on policymaking in the middle, between national legislation and frontline practice, the authors cogently theorize how knowledge, organization, and politics interact to enable and constrain policy and practice. By using the words and experiences of policymakers in state agencies, county offices, and school districts, the authors animate mezzo-level policymaking and its entailments for policy implementation.  A must-read for all education policy scholars and for practitioners of policymaking and implementation!\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- James Spillane, Northwestern University\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eReforming the Reform \u003c\/i\u003eprovides an original conceptual framework for thinking through the processes the reform sparks and the obstacles that challenge making those reforms work and stick. Offering an up-to-date and wide-ranging review of major policy initiatives, it will find a wide audience among education policy scholars and policy makers.” -- Jeffrey Henig, Teachers College, Columbia University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1 What Happens after Reforms?\u003cbr\u003e 2 Inherited Terrains: The Political, Economic, and Social Foundations of American Public Schools\u003cbr\u003e 3 How Reforms Create Problems: New Policies, Inherited Terrains, and New Problems\u003cbr\u003e 4 Problems of Policy Spillover\u003cbr\u003e 5 Problems of Policy Overload\u003cbr\u003e With Cadence Willse\u003cbr\u003e 6 Problems of Policy Pockets\u003cbr\u003e With Cadence Willse\u003cbr\u003e 7 Problems of Policy Sparks\u003cbr\u003e 8 Learning from Reforms to the Reform\u003cbr\u003e Technical Appendix A: Supplemental Tables\u003cbr\u003e Technical Appendix B: Methodological Approach\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732930277719,"sku":"9780226825854","price":76.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226825854.jpg?v=1719998994"},{"product_id":"reforming-the-reform-9780226826943","title":"Reforming the Reform","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn expansive study of the problems encountered by educational leaders in pursuit of reform, and how these issues cyclically translate into future topics of reform.    School reform is almost always born out of big dreams and well-meaning desires to change the status quo. But between lofty reform legislation and the students whose education is at stake, there are numerous additional policies and policymakers who determine how reforms operate. Even in the best cases, school reform initiatives can perpetuate problems created by earlier reforms or existing injustices, all while introducing new complications. In Reforming the Reform, political scientist Susan L. Moffitt, education policy scholar Michaela Krug O'Neill, and the late policy and education scholar David K. Cohen take on a wide-ranging examination of the many intricacies of school reform.    With a particular focus on policymakers in the spaces between legislation and implementation, such as the countless school superintendents a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This multifaceted and fascinating book contributes on so many levels. Like no other work, it illuminates the policymaking stages \u003ci\u003ebetween \u003c\/i\u003elegislative passage of policy reforms and frontline implementation, centering on mid-level actors whose consequential decisions occur far from the limelight.  As a case study in contemporary education policy, it vividly demonstrates the complications of foisting social policy responsibilities onto K-12 schools, to compensate for the threadbare safety net elsewhere. And it gives voice to teachers, principals, district officials, and others who must navigate the fresh problems arising from the collision of new reform efforts with old capacities and policy terrains. An unparalleled, expert analysis of the promise and pitfalls of the American policymaking system in education and well beyond.\"   \u003cbr\u003e   -- Andrea Louise Campbell, author of Trapped in America’s Safety Net\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book meticulously analyzes an enduring tension between change and continuity in education policy. Focusing on policymaking in the middle, between national legislation and frontline practice, the authors cogently theorize how knowledge, organization, and politics interact to enable and constrain policy and practice. By using the words and experiences of policymakers in state agencies, county offices, and school districts, the authors animate mezzo-level policymaking and its entailments for policy implementation.  A must-read for all education policy scholars and for practitioners of policymaking and implementation!\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- James Spillane, Northwestern University\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eReforming the Reform \u003c\/i\u003eprovides an original conceptual framework for thinking through the processes the reform sparks and the obstacles that challenge making those reforms work and stick. Offering an up-to-date and wide-ranging review of major policy initiatives, it will find a wide audience among education policy scholars and policy makers.” -- Jeffrey Henig, Teachers College, Columbia University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1 What Happens after Reforms?\u003cbr\u003e 2 Inherited Terrains: The Political, Economic, and Social Foundations of American Public Schools\u003cbr\u003e 3 How Reforms Create Problems: New Policies, Inherited Terrains, and New Problems\u003cbr\u003e 4 Problems of Policy Spillover\u003cbr\u003e 5 Problems of Policy Overload\u003cbr\u003e With Cadence Willse\u003cbr\u003e 6 Problems of Policy Pockets\u003cbr\u003e With Cadence Willse\u003cbr\u003e 7 Problems of Policy Sparks\u003cbr\u003e 8 Learning from Reforms to the Reform\u003cbr\u003e Technical Appendix A: Supplemental Tables\u003cbr\u003e Technical Appendix B: Methodological Approach\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732931162455,"sku":"9780226826943","price":23.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226826943.jpg?v=1719999000"},{"product_id":"tradeoffs-9780226828886","title":"TradeOffs","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe highly engaging introduction to thinking like an economist, updated for a new generation of readers.    When economists wrestle with any social issuebe it unemployment, inflation, healthcare, or crime and punishmentthey do so impersonally. The big question for them is: what are the costs and benefits, or trade-offs, of the solutions to such matters? These trade-offs constitute the core of how economists see the worldand make the policies that govern it. Trade-Offs is an introduction to the economic approach of analyzing controversial policy issues. A useful introduction to the various factors that inform public opinion and policymaking, Trade-Offs is composed of case studies on topics drawn from across contemporary law and society.  Intellectually stimulating yet accessible and entertaining, Trade-Offs will be appreciated by students of economics, public policy, health administration, political science, and law, as well as by anyone following current social policy debates.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the Third Edition\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 1 Stepping into Social Policy Analysis\u003cbr\u003e 2 Do You Want to Trade?\u003cbr\u003e 3 Is Saving Lives Repugnant?\u003cbr\u003e 4 Organ Donor, I Presume?\u003cbr\u003e 5 Stop Bothering Me\u003cbr\u003e 6 The Government Taketh Away\u003cbr\u003e 7 To Create and Protect\u003cbr\u003e 8 Don’t Do the Crime If You Can’t Do the Cane\u003cbr\u003e 9 What a Fine Mess\u003cbr\u003e 10 Three Strikes and You’re In\u003cbr\u003e 11 For Shame\u003cbr\u003e 12 A Valuable Life to Some Extent\u003cbr\u003e 13 No Insurance for You\u003cbr\u003e 14 A Pound of Prevention\u003cbr\u003e 15 Hazardous to Your Morals\u003cbr\u003e 16 Doctors Behaving Badly\u003cbr\u003e 17 You’re Offsetting Me\u003cbr\u003e 18 Smoke If You Got ’Em\u003cbr\u003e 19 Joe Camel Wants YOU\u003cbr\u003e 20 A Safer Cigarette?\u003cbr\u003e 21 Fast-Food (Expla)Nation\u003cbr\u003e 22 The Addictive Choice\u003cbr\u003e 23 Consistently Inconsistent\u003cbr\u003e 24 We Will Make You Better Off—Like It or Not\u003cbr\u003e 25 There Are No Solutions\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732932440407,"sku":"9780226828886","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226828886.jpg?v=1719999003"},{"product_id":"how-much-is-enough-9780241953891","title":"How Much is Enough","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1930 the great economist Keynes predicted that, over the next century, income would rise steadily, people''s basic needs would be met and no one would have to work more than fifteen hours a week. Why was he wrong?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert and Edward Skidelsky argue that wealth is not - or should not be - an end in itself, but a means to ''the good life''. Tracing the concept from Aristotle to the present, they show how far modern life has strayed from that ideal. They reject the idea that there is any single measure of human progress, whether GDP or ''happiness'', and instead describe the seven elements which, they argue, make up the good life, and the policies that could realize them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eROBERT SKIDELSKY is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick. His biography of Keynes received numerous prizes, including the Lionel Gelber Prize and the Council on Foreign Relations Prize for International Relations. 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Will we again ignore this call to imagine a better future? -- Jon Cruddas MP * Independent *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48733372514647,"sku":"9780241953891","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780241953891.jpg?v=1719999956"},{"product_id":"the-public-infrastructure-of-work-and-play-9780252042157","title":"The Public Infrastructure of Work and Play","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA city's infrastructure influences the daily life of residents, neighborhoods, and businesses. But uniting the hard infrastructure of roads and bridges with the soft infrastructure of parks and public art creates significant political challenges. 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A policy insider, Simon Sharpe provides compelling ideas on how to rethink our strategies and reorganise our efforts in the fields of science, diplomacy, and economics to speed up progress in addressing climate change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Pace is truly what matters in the climate fight - and the idea in this book that intrigues me the most is that a certain kind of reductionism has blinded us to the common interests that need to guide our work if it's going to happen in time.' Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature\u003cbr\u003e'Now more than ever, there is an obvious need for a full assessment of the risks of climate change to be given to heads of government and their advisers. And yet still this is missing … I strongly support this book, which brings the risks of climate change and potential solutions to a wider audience. There is no-one I can think of in the world who could do this better than Simon Sharpe.' Sir David King, Founder and Chair, Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge University; Former Chief Scientific Adviser to the British Government; former UK Climate Envoy\u003cbr\u003e'This book needs to be read, and its recommendations embraced, by all those seeking to make rapid progress in the fight to preserve a habitable planet. Simon has witnessed first-hand how progress is being impeded by … [and] his book presents a blueprint for the way climate science should be conducted and presented, how thinking about the economy should change, and international diplomacy be redesigned. It's a much-needed new take on a problem we've been wrestling with for decades but making only sporadic progress in addressing.' Baroness Bryony Worthington, leading creator of the UK's Climate Change Act; former Europe Director, Environmental Defense Fund; member of the UK House of Lords\u003cbr\u003e'In a crowded market, this book promises to stand out head and shoulders above the rest as a seminal, timely, and much needed synthesis of the lessons learned from five decades of effort by scientists, the business community, and politicians on how to address the threat of climate catastrophe. Simon Sharpe has been a thought leader at the core of diplomatic and government activity … The lessons learned that he describes, and the approaches he recommends, could genuinely cut Gordian knots and allow new levels of progress. I cannot recommend this book more highly.' Chris Rapley CBE, former Director of the Science Museum, former Director of the British Antarctic Survey\u003cbr\u003e'The Race To Zero is the biggest ever global campaign to deliver a zero carbon future as soon as possible. It is an exercise in radical collaboration to drive non-linear change in every sector of the economy. Simon Sharpe's informative and accessible book will provide a manual for scientists, CEOs and policy makers to work together to deliver systemic transformation much faster than current efforts.' Nigel Topping, High Level Climate Action Champion, UNFCCC COP26\u003cbr\u003e'As the world is suffocating under extreme weather events, widespread food and water scarcity, destruction of ecosystems, and a series of other interrelated climate-linked crises, Simon Sharpe's book is a breath of fresh air … Five Times Faster takes you on a captivating - yet alarming - journey through the complexities of climate change … Simon's book is an important leap in the right direction.' Mariana Mazzucato, University College, London, and author of Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism\u003cbr\u003e'We need to act five times faster to avoid dangerous climate change. So says the policy insider author of this look at how the real blocks to progress might be the ideas and institutions that are meant to be helping us; from the science that is pulling its punches, to diplomacy that is picking the wrong battles.' The Bookseller\u003cbr\u003e'An absorbing new insider's account.' Pilita Clark, Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e'In his excellent and informative book Five Times Faster, Simon Sharpe proposes solutions to climate change challenges on three fronts: science, economics, and policy … an important book that focuses on the too often overlooked problem of pace and the need to turn procrastination into bold action.' Jeff Fleischer, Foreword Reviews\u003cbr\u003e'… Sharpe's prose is crisp and urgent …' Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e'Five Times Faster is based on robust analysis and succeeds in treading the fine line between optimism and realism. If you're serious about tackling the climate crisis, make time to read it.' Bob Ward, The Observer\u003cbr\u003e'… packed with the insights gained from years of close involvement in processes that are obscure from the outside.' Prospect Magazine\u003cbr\u003e'It has become apparent that, just as renewables must replace coal power stations, we need entirely new ways of thinking about the climate dilemma. Three books published this year attempt to do just this for fields that run from science and economics to politics … The most provocative is the non-fiction Five Times Faster, an insider's account of government efforts to cut emissions by former British civil servant Simon Sharpe.'  Pilita Clark, Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e'Five Times Faster shift[s] the focus to national and international initiatives and policies … [and explains] that individual climate action includes making effective political choices.' Yale Climate Connections\u003cbr\u003e'By persuasively shifting the narrative to encourage ambitious policy action, influential book's like Sharpe's becomes a part of the dynamic ecosystem that induces the clean innovation we desperately need.' Forbes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction; Part I. Science: 2. Looking up at the dam; 3. Knowing the least about what matters most; 4. Telling the boiling frog what he needs to know; 5. Runaway tipping points of no return; 6. The meaning of conservative; 7. More than science; 8. Tell the truth; Part II. Economics: 9. Worse than useless; 10. The allocation of scarce resources; 11. The configuration of abundance; 12. Not just fixing the foundations; 13. Investing with our eyes open; 14. Regulating for a free lunch; 15. Stuck in first gear; 16. Runaway tipping points of no return, revisited; 17. Revolutionary; Part III. Diplomacy: 18. A foreseeable failure; 19. The greatest public relations gamble in history; 20. System change, not climate change; 21. Better late than never; 22. From coal to clean power; 23. From oil to electric vehicles; 24. From deforestation to sustainable development; 25. The Breakthrough Agenda; 26. Tipping cascades; 27. Epilogue.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738031173975,"sku":"9781009326490","price":19.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781009326490.jpg?v=1723811693"},{"product_id":"understanding-the-policymaking-process-in-developing-countries-9781108405515","title":"Understanding the Policymaking Process in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnderstanding the Policymaking Process in Developing Countries provides a uniquely comprehensive and practical framework for development practitioners, policymakers, activists, and students to diagnose and improve policy processes in developing countries across a wide range of issues. Based on the classic policy sciences approach, the book offers over 100 diagnostic indicators keyed to identify problems of policy processes, policy content, bureaucratic behavior, stakeholder behavior, and national-subnational interactions. This multi-disciplinary framework is applied to a host of policy problems that particularly plague countries experiencing the ''under-development syndrome'', including aborted programs and projects, policy impasses, distorted implementation, unnecessary harm and conflict, and shortsighted initiatives. These points are illustrated through cases from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Based on the developing countries'' distinctive challenges, the book also offers recomme\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is an excellent book. It is an important step forward in global development scholarship because it combines a highly effective 'reality check' on development theory and practice and it offers accessible practical steps and intelligent advice on how to unpack and overcome persistent challenges to development work. It should be required reading for aspirant development practitioners and policymakers.' Craig Hammer, Program Manager, The World Bank\u003cbr\u003e'It is rare to encounter a generalized explanation of the policymaking process in developing countries that doubles as a practical guide for the policy analyst. Understanding the Policymaking Process in Developing Countries is one such contribution. Ascher's structured and thorough explication of the policy process in developing countries, including the social, political, and institutional dimensions, is especially valuable for the practicing policy scientist.' Matthew Auer, Dean of the School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia\u003cbr\u003e'This timely book by an experienced development thinker helps remind us that good development policies and programs require more than careful analysis. Effective policymaking also requires that those charged with implementing policies and programs be willing and able to ask the right questions about how the policy process works. This book provides valuable advice both on how policymakers and their advisors should pose these questions as well as on how they should might get them answered most effectively.' Sudhir Shetty, Chief Economist, East Asia Pacific, The World Bank\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Challenges to effective development policymaking; 2. The policy process in developing countries really is different; 3. The expert's risk: endorsing ill-fated initiatives; 4. The expert's frustration: rejection of sound knowledge or recommendations; 5. Overcoming the impasses that block sound initiatives; 6. Inconsistent or incomplete enactment of initiatives; 7. Inadequate accommodation for excessive deprivation; 8. Reducing avoidable conflict; 9. Minimizing shortsighted policies; 10. Adapting policy initiatives and institutions; 11. Conclusions.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738280800599,"sku":"9781108405515","price":27.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781108405515.jpg?v=1723811886"},{"product_id":"republic-at-risk-9781108738040","title":"Republic at Risk","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen people have the freedom to further their own personal interests in politics, the results may be disastrous. Chaos? Tyranny? Can a political system be set up to avoid these pitfalls, while still granting citizens and politicians the freedom to pursue their interests? Republic at Risk is a concise and engaging introduction to American politics. The guiding theme is the problem of self-interest in politics, which James Madison took as his starting point in his defense of representative government in Federalist 10 and 51. Madison believed that unchecked self-interest in politics was a risk to a well-ordered and free society. But he also held that political institutions could be designed to harness self-interest for the greater good. Putting Madison''s theory to the test, the authors examine modern challenges to the integrity and effectiveness of US policy-making institutions, inviting readers to determine how best to respond to these risks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Before we can determine how well the American system of government is working, we have to understand how it is designed to work. Republic at Risk provides a sophisticated, yet accessible, explanation of the theory behind 'Madison's Republic,' and offers ample empirical evidence with which to assess the republic in practice. For those who have ever been frustrated, or simply bewildered, by the operation of American politics, Republic at Risk is essential reading.' Stephen K. Medvic, Franklin \u0026amp; Marshall College\u003cbr\u003e'Republic at Risk is not only a superb introduction to American politics, but an excellent introduction to political science, through its focus on competing theoretical models of the American political system. I completely reoriented my course after seeing the first edition, and the second is even better - completely updated and with new material on polarization, gridlock, and the Supreme Court.' Ronald Rapoport, College of William and Mary\u003cbr\u003e'Sweeping across mass and elite political behavior, Stone and McCann explore the boundaries of Madison's argument that 'self-interest is the problem, and the solution.'  Blending eighteenth-century political thought with contemporary academic scholarship and current events, they illuminate how the evolution of formal and informal norms, rules, and institutions has shaped outcomes that either sustain or distort the Founders' original intentions. The end product is a masterpiece of how the very best political scientists approach the study of American politics.' Sarah A. Fulton, Texas A\u0026amp;M University\u003cbr\u003e'Republic at Risk is the perfect text for an introductory course in American government.  Short and readable, the book presents the arguments about our democracy's future that are particularly relevant in the current context, in a way that will engage students throughout a semester.' L. Sandy Maisel, Colby College\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the second edition; Introduction; 1. Some enduring questions and relevant concepts; 2. Big answers, bigger questions: Madison's theory of the republic; 3. Citizen participation in politics: an interest in self-interest?; 4. Who's in charge here? Voting choice in elections; 5. Interest groups and pluralist theory: self-interest in the republic reconsidered; 6. Political parties: an alternative to the republic?; 7. A pivotal politics model of the policy process: the separation of powers re-imagined; 8. Congress: representation and power; 9. Presidential leadership: beyond self-interest?; 10. The Supreme Court: another way out of the problem of self-interest?; 11. Conclusion: self-interest and representative government; Appendix Federalist 10 and 51 by James Madison; References; Index.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738328805719,"sku":"9781108738040","price":37.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"public-policy-a-new-introduction-textbooks-in-policy-studies-9781137573292","title":"Public Policy A New Introduction Textbooks in","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProf. Dr. \u003cb\u003eChristoph Knill\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Politics and Public Administration at the Geschwister Scholl Institute of Political Science at Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany.Prof. Dr. \u003cb\u003eJale Tosun\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Political Science at the Institute of Political Science at Heidelberg University, Germany, and a co-director of the Heidelberg Center for the Environment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristoph Knill and Jale Tosun have provided an excellent update and extension of their textbook on public policy. The first edition provided an excellent introduction to the field for students, and the new edition will be an even more valuable resource for understanding contemporary public policy. * B. Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh, USA *\u003cbr\u003eThe first edition of \u003ci\u003ePublic Policy\u003c\/i\u003e rapidly became a modern classic in the field, a must-read for all those working on public policy, whether students or established scholars. The epithets elegant, concise, profound and clear easily attached themselves to the well-written and useful book that stands head and shoulders above all its competitors. It is very welcome indeed to have the second edition that retains all the strengths of the first, but is fully updated to reflect recent thinking and scholarship in public policy as well as taking account of the profound changes in politics and policy that have occurred in recent years. Christoph Knill and Jale Tosun have pulled off a tremendous feat. * Peter John, King’s College, London, UK *\u003cbr\u003eThis book is an outstanding introduction to studies of public policy. It combines both traditional approaches with innovative perspectives on the design and implementation of public policies. It is the best text book for policy studies in Europe. * Karin Ingold, University of Bern, Switzerland *\u003cbr\u003eThere is no better policy textbook with a global perspective than Knill and Tosun’s. It combines the leading paradigms with innovative insights in a well-written, comprehensive and state-of-the-art account of the policy process. This volume belongs in the personal library of any student, scholar and practitioner who wants to master the essentials of public policy-making around the world. * Raymond Tatalovich, Loyola University Chicago, USA *\u003cbr\u003eThe radically updated second edition of \u003ci\u003ePublic Policy\u003c\/i\u003e engages with empirical developments, such as climate change, digitization and the questioning of the global international order, that have a path-changing significance for public policy. The authors successfully integrate theoretical, analytical and methodological advances in the book, which reflects that Jale Tosun and Christopher Knill are leading scholars in the field. I strongly recommend this book to scholars and educators of public policy and related fields. * Caroline de la Porte, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark *\u003cbr\u003eIn this fresh edition of their \u003ci\u003ePublic Policy\u003c\/i\u003e textbook, Knill and Tosun offer a comprehensive review of the theories that students must master if they want to make a difference in the policy world. This is the go-to resource book for all those who seek to formulate workable solutions to complex societal problems. * Arjen Boin, Leiden University, the Netherlands *\u003cbr\u003eKnill and Tosun’s \u003ci\u003ePublic Policy\u003c\/i\u003e has proved to be an excellent text for introducing my students to fundamental ideas in public policy and policy making. It structures theoretical content in a clear and thoughtful way, and uses relevant real world examples to demonstrate the complexities of policy making across national and international contexts. * Alex Mankoo, University of Sussex, UK *\u003cbr\u003eKnill and Tosun have written a highly accessible and comprehensive textbook that not only discusses traditional policy theories but also highlights the importance of public-private governance and policy-making beyond the state. This text forms an excellent introduction for students and the new edition’s increased attention to climate change in particular makes this book even more indispensable than before. * Stefan Renckens, University of Toronto, Canada *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublic Policy\u003c\/i\u003e is a highly accessible book introducing public policy through examples drawn from all over the world. The authors survey and present a wide range of theoretical perspectives in a clear and concise fashion. It is a tremendous introduction to public policy and points the reader where to go next for detailed work on each topic. * Martin Hansen, Brunel University London, UK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublic Policy\u003c\/i\u003e continues to provide an excellent foundation in key theories and debates regarding policy processes. This revised edition not only reflects development in the fields of academic debate but also political changes to provide an excellent introduction for new students. The revised conclusion provides useful practical guidance for students and practitioners alike. * Lee Gregory, University of Birmingham, UK *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction  2. The Nature of Public Policies  3. The Context for Policy Making: Central Institutions and Actors  4. Theoretical Approaches to Policy Making  5. Problem Definition and Agenda Setting  6. Decision-Making  7. Implementation  8. Evaluation  9. Governance: A Synoptic Perspective on Policy Making  10. Public Policies Beyond the Nation-State  11. Policy Change and Policy Convergence  12. Conclusions: Theoretical Insights and Practical Advice.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738399093079,"sku":"9781137573292","price":33.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781137573292.jpg?v=1723812012"},{"product_id":"bureaucratic-archaeology-9781316512395","title":"Bureaucratic Archaeology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBureaucratic Archaeology is a multi-faceted ethnography of quotidian practices of archaeology, bureaucracy and science in postcolonial India, concentrating on the workings of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). This book uncovers an endemic link between micro-practice of archaeology in the trenches of the ASI to the manufacture of archaeological knowledge, wielded in the making of political and religious identity and summoned as indelible evidence in the juridical adjudication in the highest courts of India. This book is a rare ethnography of the daily practice of a postcolonial bureaucracy from within rather than from the outside. It meticulously uncovers the social, cultural, political and epistemological ecology of ASI archaeologists to show how postcolonial state assembles and produces knowledge. This is the first book length monograph on the workings of archaeology in a non-western world, which meticulously shows how theory of archaeological practice deviates, transforms and gen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This book breaks completely new grounds in shifting attention from the history of archaeology in colonial India to the bureaucratic infrastructure and the epistemological landscape of the field in post-colonial India. It undertakes a rigorous ethnography of the inner workings of the gargantuan, state-sponsored edifice of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), to uncover the deep entanglements of the ideology of Hindu nationalism in determining its policies of excavations and the nature of the evidences it has produced on the nation's ancient pasts. Avikunthak's focus on this single institution, its controversial Saraswati Heritage Project, and its excavations of Harappan sites in western India allows for a thick description of materiality and practice - of sites and trenches, of digging and documentation protocols, of the transformation of artifacts into facts, of the hierarchy of personnel, and (not least of all) of the absence of reports. All of this comes together in a gripping narrative that acts as an expose' on the compromised state-sponsored discipline in contemporary India. Unsparing in its criticism of the institution and the archaeology it performs at the commands of the state, this book offers a hitherto-untold ground-level account of the workings of the ASI and its modes of excavating pasts for the present. This is a powerful study whose implications go beyond the domain of archaeology to a larger critique of the institutional apparatus of the nation-state and the politics of knowledge-production.' Tapati Guha-Thakurta, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta\u003cbr\u003e'In this meticulously researched and elegantly written, hard-hitting ethnography of archaeology, Ashish Avikunthak examines what he calls the 'largest archaeological bureaucracy in the world,' the Archaeological Survey of India, in the seemingly 'postcolonial' period. He demonstrates that through the protocols and habitual practices of bureaucracy, this apparatus produces 'facts on the ground' while the regime of coloniality remains intact and maintains oppression and corruption. At the same time, it becomes the vehicle for advocating and enforcing extreme nationalist discourses and practices, with deadly consequences. This is a rare book and an important contribution to the field of archaeological ethnography, the politics of archaeology, and the ethnography of the state, and it deserves to be read widely. I expect that it will be an inspiration for many other researchers around the world.' Yannis Hamilakis, Brown University\u003cbr\u003e'A curious feature of postcolonial studies in archaeology is how scholars from the very countries involved in colonial enterprises dominate its discourse. Avikunthak's brilliant book not only counters that dominance but also provides an extraordinary analysis of the micro-politics of archaeological practice unmatched by his western peers. Through meticulous study of the bureaucratic intricacies and tentacles of the ASI we are presented with an account of a postcolonial scholarly reality rarely acknowledged. By following the entire assembly line of meaning production from the artefacts uncovered in ASI excavation trenches to their transformation into published facts and court evidence, he painstakingly uncovers the convoluted and mediating networks between archaeology as a scientific discipline and nationalistic fundamentalism. He argues that the epistemology of archaeology in India is a symptom of a postcolonial bureaucratic rationality where science, state, and religion are contrived to manufacture a nation with a seemingly empirical past.' Bjørnar Julius Olsen, The University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface; 1. Anthropology of archaeology; 2. Making of the Indus-Saraswati civilization; 3. Bureaucratic hierarchy in the ASI; 4. Spatial formation of the archaeological field; 5. Epistemological formation of the archaeological site; 6. Theory of archaeological excavation; 7. Making of the archaeological artifact; 8. Performance of archaeological representations; 9. The absent excavation reports; Conclusion; Index.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738560147799,"sku":"9781316512395","price":85.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781316512395.jpg?v=1720049468"},{"product_id":"quebec-confronts-canada-9781421435367","title":"Quebec Confronts Canada","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1967. The nationalistic sentiment of French Canada was starkly dramatized by the Montreal terrorist bombings in the spring of 1963. Admittedly the work of extremists, that eruption of violence was an offshoot of the profound social, political, economic, and cultural transformationan accelerated evolution rather than a revolutionthat Quebec has undergone since the end of World War II. 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Sophie Laws, Caroline Harper, Nicola Jones and Rachel Marcus are to be congratulated for the work they have put into updating the text and keeping it relevant to the ever-changing demands of development research, and for their contribution to our common goal of making the world a better place..\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDuncan Green\u003cbr\u003eSenior Strategic Adviser, Oxfam\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e Drawing from their wide experience, the authors showcase examples from various fields including poverty studies, child trafficking, environmental issues, health and sanitation, and gender studies. This ensures that the book appeals to a wide range of development researchers and practitioners.[...] The clear, engaging written style is suited both to readers looking for an overview of certain research approaches, as well as those with more time who can engage with the exercises in each chapter. 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Two Major Research Approaches     Types of Research in Development Work    Programme-Focused and Issue-Focused Research    Using Research for Programme Development    Using Research to Influence Policy Planning for Effective Research    Quality in Research    Choosing a Research Focus    Defining the Research Questions    Writing a Research Brief Managing Research    Attracting and Engaging with Funders    Deciding Who Should Do The Research    Selecting and Appointing External Researchers    Managing Costs and Time    Supervising Researchers Reviewing Existing Evidence    How to Look    Where to Look    How to Use the Internet for Research Learning Development Research Skills    Where to Start?    Some Ways of Learning Research Skills    Supporting Southern Researchers PART TWO: COLLECTING DATA Choosing Methods    Choosing a Research Approach    Choosing Research Techniques    Triangulation: Using More Than One Technique Collecting and Managing Quality Data    Introduction    Three Characterisics of Good-quality Data    Ways to Improve Quality in Data Collection     Improving Communication with Respondents    Collecting, Recording and Managing Data    Ensuring ′Trustworthiness′ Thinking about Ethics in Research    Codes of Ethics    Responsibilities Towards Respondents: Some Ethical Issues to Consider    Wider Accountability    Responsibilities to Colleagues Choosing a Sample     What Does Sampling Mean?    Quantitative or Qualitative Sampling?    Probability or Random Sampling    Purposive or Non-Random Sampling    How to Sample For Cases, Location, Time and Events    Including ′Hard-To-Reach′ People    Incentives: What Are The Issues? 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Writing Effectively    What to Write    What Not to Write    What Must Be Included    How to Write: The Process    Writing Press Releases, Policy Briefs or Journal Articles Promoting Research Uptake    Building a Successful Communications Strategy    Promotion for Implementation: Influencing Programmes    Promotion for Policy Influence    Some Tools for Communication    Dealing with the Media    Capacity Building Assessing Research for Development Work    What, Who and When?    Assessing Research Output    Assessing Research Uptake    Assessing Research Impact    Appendix 1: On Monitoring and Evaluation    Appendix 2: Useful Websites    Glossary    References","brand":"Sage Publications Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739316007255,"sku":"9781446252376","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781446252376.jpg?v=1720051885"},{"product_id":"wealth-9781479827008","title":"Wealth","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn in-depth political, legal, and philosophical study into the implications of wealth inequality in modern societies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWealth, and specifically its distribution, has been a topic of great debate in recent years. 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Where other texts suggest ways to optimize performance inside the existing charity paradigm, \u003ci\u003eUncharitable\u003c\/i\u003e suggests that the paradigm itself is the problem and calls into question our fundamental canons about charity. Dan Pallotta argues that society’s nonprofit ethic creates an inequality that denies the nonprofit sector critical tools and permissions that the for-profit sector is allowed to use without restraint. These double standards place the nonprofit sector at an extreme disadvantage. While the for-profit sector is permitted to use all the tools of capitalism, the nonprofit sector is prohibited from using any of them. Capitalism is blamed for creating inequities in our society, but charity is prohibited from using the tools of capitalism to rectify them—and ironically, this is all done in the name of charity. This irrational system, Pallotta explains, has its roots in four-hundred-year-old Puritan ethics that banished self-interest from the realm of charity. The ideology is policed today by watchdog agencies and the use of so-called efficiency measures, which Pallotta argues are flawed, unjust, and should be abandoned. By declaring our independence from these obsolete ideas, Pallotta theorizes, we can dramatically accelerate progress on the most urgent social issues of our time. \u003ci\u003eUncharitable\u003c\/i\u003e is an important, provocative, timely, and accessible book—a manifesto about equal economic rights for charity. 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He also offers a detailed case study of TeamWorks and other trends in the nonprofit sector that only tweak around the edges of a system that is sorely in need of change if it is to deliver on its mission to improve social inequities or cure diseases. A passionate, thought-provoking look at the nonprofit sector.” * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003e“Pallotta produces quite a lot of both data and logic. If you do not first analyze a fundraiser’s results, how is it possible to judge whether what it spent was justified? He also makes a convincing case for charities to spend far more on advertising, perhaps even selling shares to pay for it. If this makes you queasy, read Mr. Pallotta’s book. As he says, ‘To mount a campaign to convert 6 billion people to love—which is essentially the role of charity—takes a lot of money. . . . . Raise the capital to promote the idea by offering a return on investment, hire the best people to manage the effort, and run the advertising to spread the word. You beat capitalism at its own game.’” * The Economist *\u003cbr\u003e“This tome is big-time out-of-the-box thinking that will cause ripples. Yet if you care about charity, it is a must read. While I don’t want to lose the volunteer passion and compassion in charitable work, it’s high time we confront the fact that, for the most part, this is no longer a bake sale.” * In Los Angeles Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Everyone who cares about nonprofit organizations and their potential accomplishments—from journalists to sophisticated donors to foundation officials—should read this book. They’ll surely be convinced that fundraising ratios and program expense ratios are a silly, useless, and even fraudulent way to compare “efficiency” across nonprofit organizations.”\u003c\/p\u003e * Stanford Social Innovation Review *\u003cbr\u003e“What scales would our nonprofit organizations have to achieve to eradicate the great social problems that confront us, and how do our traditions and beliefs about charity stand in their way? Pallotta has elevated the questions we need to be asking. His book provocatively challenges traditional views of how charities should operate and provides a thought-provoking alternative.” -- Dr. David Ho, Time magazine’s 1996 Man of the Year and director of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center\u003cbr\u003e“Pallotta has written the clearest and most articulate critique I have read of the system of values that our charities and other nonprofit organizations are supposed to follow. He explains in graphic detail how these values undercut what charities are trying to do and prevent them from accomplishing all that they might. Not everyone may agree with his position, but the nonprofit world will surely benefit from a vigorous discussion of his arguments.”  -- Derek Bok, former president of Harvard University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to New Edition\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Morality of Outcomes\u003cbr\u003eNonprofit Ideology\u003cbr\u003eA Model of Christian Charity\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. 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Stop Asking This Question\u003cbr\u003eEfficiency Measures—The Puritan Guard\u003cbr\u003eEfficiency Measures Miss the Point\u003cbr\u003eEfficiency Measures Don’t Measure Efficiency\u003cbr\u003eEfficiency Measures Are Unjust\u003cbr\u003eOverhead Is a Fiction\u003cbr\u003eSummary\u003cbr\u003eNew Questions and a Very Large Assessment Apparatus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. 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