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Book SynopsisFollowing the 2008 economic crisis, the situation for young people deteriorated dramatically in many European countries. Employment and training opportunities have reduced, and levels of poverty and social exclusion have increased. This book evaluates both institutional frameworks and programmes as well as the quantitative and qualitative basis of judgements in European youth policies that dominate current strategies. Empowering Young People in Disempowering Times uses EU survey data and in-depth qualitative research to examine the education, employment experiences and quality of life of young people in Europe. It develops an extensive critique of the dominant policy approaches used in Europe, which aim to tackle the challenges facing disadvantaged young people through a focus on work first and a narrow human capital centered approach of integration. In response, the book analyses and discusses alternatives emerging from an application of Amartya Sens's Capability Approach to youth policies and an enlarged concept of participation. Offering quantitative and qualitative analysis which aim to develop new and progressive ways to assess the situation of socially disadvantaged young people in Europe, this book will be fascinating reading for students and teachers of social policy, as well as policy-makers, social practitioners and social scientists.Contributors include: G. Acconcia, R. Atzmüller, E. Baillergeau, S. Belda-Miquel, T. Berthet, B. Beuret, A. Boni Aristizábal, J.-M. Bonvin, E. Chiappero-Martinetti, S. Dahmen, J.W. Duyvendak, V. Egdell, A.K. Frørup, C. Goffette, H. Graham, P.R. Graziano, B. Haidinger, N.R. Jensen, C.C. Kjeldsen, A. Knecht, T. Ley, A. Lopez-Fogues, H.-U. Otto, A. Peruzzi, R. Raeside, G. Roets, R. Roose, V. Simon, A.M.C. Spreafico, C. Vandekinderen, H. Van Keer, J. VeroTrade Review‘This more nuanced and contextualised analysis of young people's lives and aspirations, developed through participatory research methodologies that reveal both objective and subjective disadvantage,and myriad strat­egies for addressing it, is perhaps the best I have read for many years. It is damning in its critique of many contemporary social policies directed towards young people, and direct in its advocacy of some very plausible alternatives.’ -- Howard Williamson, European Journal of Social WorkTable of ContentsContent: Introduction: Empowering Young People in Disempowering Times? Creating Collaborative and Transformative Capabilities through Participation Hans-Uwe Otto, Valerie Egdell, Jean-Michel Bonvin and Roland Atzmüller PART I The Capabilities of Disadvantaged Young People in Europe 1. Analysing Inequality and Disadvantage from a Capability Perspective Jean-Michel Bonvin, Benoît Beuret and Stephan Dahmen 2. The Participation of the Young in the European Union Céline Goffette, Josiane Vero, Helen Graham, Robert Raeside, Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti, Alberta M.C. Spreafico and Agnese Peruzzi 3. One Youth, one Voice: Principles of Justice and Public Policies for Early School Leavers in France Thierry Berthet and Véronique Simon 4. Towards a Subjective Capability Quality of Life Scale (SCQL) in Europe Christian Christrup Kjeldsen 5. Capabilities, Participation and Public Policies for Young People: A Critical Analysis of a Local Policy Process in Spain Sergio Belda-Miquel, Alejandra Boni Aristizábal and Aurora López-Fogués PART II Training and Employment Policies in Europe: A Way Towards the Enhancement of Young People’s Capabilities? 6. Vocational Training in the Framework of the ‘Austrian Training Guarantee’ Roland Atzmüller and Alban Knecht 7. Participation and Expectations: The Youth Guarantee in Italy – A Comparison Study in Lombardy and Campania Giuseppe Acconcia and Paolo Roberto Graziano 8. The Dynamics of Youth Policies in Switzerland: Between Participation and Activation Stephan Dahmen, Jean-Michel Bonvin and Benoît Beuret 9. Integrating Young People into Society: Perceptions of Enabling Agents Robert Raeside, Valerie Egdell and Helen Graham 10. Contextual and Individual Determinants of Involuntary Jobs among Young Workers in Europe: A Capability Approach Céline Goffette and Josiane Vero PART III Participation as Research Method and Policy Strategy: Creating and Unleashing Transformative Capabilities 11. Full Participation Matters? A Subject Orientated Approach to Participation from a Capability Perspective Thomas Ley 12. The CCAPPA Method and the Capability Approach: Giving Voice to Young People in Research Through Participative Methods Véronique Simon and Thierry Berthet 13. Interventions of Feminist Youth Work: Towards Participatory Parity? Bettina Haidinger 14. Aspirations of Young People Living in Disadvantaged Areas in Denmark Niels Rosendal Jensen and Anna Kathrine Frørup PART IV CONCLUSION: Developing Capability Oriented Youth Policies to Fight Inequality and Disadvantage – Developing the Capability to Aspire and to Participate 15. Improving the Quality of Life of Disadvantaged Young People in Europe All Contributors 16. The Capability to Aspire of Young People in Disadvantaged Circumstances Evelyne Baillergeau and Jan Willem Duyvendak 17. Participation and Participatory Research from a Capability Perspective Caroline Vandekinderen, Griet Roets, Hilde Van Keer and Rudi Roose Index

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Book SynopsisTransportation and the State explores the role of the emerging national state in the 19th century as an organiser of territory and a governor of infrastructure. It offers a comparative historical analysis of eight industrialising nation-states and discusses their role in the democratisation and economic development of the industrialising world since the post-Napoleonic era. Hans Keman and Jaap J. Woldendorp provide a comprehensive analysis of how nation-states have regulated the economy and society from the 19th century to the present day, with particular focus on the development and operation of railway systems. They demonstrate how states define and direct infrastructure and railway systems as part of the public domain. By exploring the impact of the railways on the evolution of the national state, Keman and Woldendorp reveal the complex interactions between the state, society and the economy, and how these are situated within their historical context. Taking a diachronic empirical approach, they challenge common misinterpretations around the role of the state and argue for a revision and reformulation of its current format and capacities. Drawing together the academic fields of political science, economics and economic history in an innovative way, this book will be of particular interest to scholars and students looking to expand their understanding of the ways these disciplines interlink. It will also be a helpful read for policy-makers working on improving transport infrastructure in different nations.Trade Review'This unique and impressive study constitutes a major contribution to the comparative and historical analysis of nation-states on democratization and economic development. The original findings are based on excellent theoretical reflections and persuasive empirical analysis that provides a compelling examination of the sustainable role of the state on the implementation of the railway systems in eight countries. This book is to be commended both for what it says and for what it suggests. One would therefore like to see this book in the hands of many political scientists, economists, and historians.' --Ferdinand Müller-Rommel, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Germany'Hans Keman and Jaap Woldendorp's wonderful book journeys through four countries-Australia, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands-to show the surprising ways in which state rulers and railway barons have used trains and railways to mould state and society. They show convincingly that the contemporary (nation) state has its organizational and institutional roots in the 19th century. A highly readable and deeply original take on the origins of the modern state. A must-read.' --Liesbet Hooghe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US and European University Institute, Italy'In their well composed book, Keman and Woldendorp present a strong argument for the key role of the state in developing the public domain. They analyse painstakingly how modern railway systems emerged in a set of Western democracies on the basis of state--society interactions. As infrastructure is essential to economic and social welfare, the state, they show convincingly, has been the focus of policy-making and implementation resulting in the penetration of the railway everywhere. Drawing upon different models and the comparative method, this study is a major achievement in historical institutional enquiry.' --Jan-Erik Lane, University of Geneva, Switzerland and the Public Policy Institute in Belgrade, SerbiaTable of ContentsContents: 1. The State and Societal Change after the Napoleonic Wars Part 1 State and Society: Transportation and the Emergence of Collective Goods 2. Industrial Revolution: Technology, Transportation and the State 3. State and Society: Railways and Economic Development 4. The Captured State: How to Safe the Train as a Collective Good? 5. New Solutions for an Old Problem: Mixing Public and Private Goods Part 2 Nation States and Transportation: Diverse Histories but a Converging Evolution 6. Australian Railways: The Role of Politics in a Federal State 7. Railways in Italy: A Statist Project in a Fragmented Nation 8. Belgium: Two Nations with One Railway Network 9. The Netherlands: Slow Development and Reluctant State Intervention 10. State and Society and the Case of Transportation References Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely and significant book provides a comprehensive overview of right-wing ideology and policy-making in the years since Ronald Reagan left office, and an explanation of the reasons why the Republicans, the 'party of Reagan', turned towards Donald Trump. The authors assess the ways in which the Reagan legacy, rather than the empirical realities of his tenure, has impacted economic, social and cultural policy formation and conservative efforts at reshaping the United States. They also evaluate the changing relationships between different ideological currents on the right. Against this background, The American Right after Reagan discusses Trump's insurgent populism and the profound tensions that have marked his presidency. This thought-provoking book will prove invaluable to scholars in political science and American Studies, in particular those studying US domestic or foreign policy during this period. It will also provide useful insights for those seeking to understand the recent rise of right-wing populism and Trump's ascendancy.Trade Review'Three eminent scholars offer a cogent but nuanced analysis of the successes and frustrations of the American right since the 1980s. Their insightful perspectives on conservatism's policy and political development over the last quarter-century builds up to a riveting assessment of the Trump administration's contributions to and deviations from the cause. Engagingly written and very well researched, this volume should be essential reading for scholars and students of America's contemporary politics and recent political history.' --Iwan Morgan, University College London, UK'The American Right after Reagan measures the aftershocks of the ''Reagan revolution'' in comprehensive and often counterintuitive ways, mapping where the philosophical and substantive shifts of the 1980s still hold sway and where they have eroded. The book pushes well beyond the standard dogma of the era, and brings sharp theoretical analysis as well as a wide range of empirical scholarship to bear on key aspects of contemporary policymaking and partisanship. In so doing the authors settle some old arguments - but better yet, spark many new ones.' --Andrew Rudalevige, Bowdoin College, US'In The American Right after Reagan, three distinguished scholars - Edward Ashbee, John Dumbrell and Alex Waddan - examine the legacy of Ronald Reagan. In a wide-ranging work, conservative ideology and the Republican Party record on economic and social policy, the ''culture wars'', and foreign affairs are explored. This book, one of the very best histories of modern conservatism in America that I have read, explains with verve and perspicacity how the development of Republican Party politics since Reagan culminated in the election of Donald Trump. In sharp contrast to the idea that Trump's presidency has been orthodox in terms of policy, these authors make a forceful argument that Trump in fact represents an important break from conservative traditions since Reagan. This book will be of great interest to students, scholars and the general public. I recommend it with enormous enthusiasm and admiration.' --Mark White, Queen Mary University of London, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: the legacy of the Reagan revolution 2. Economic policy: reconfiguring the supply - side 3. Drowning government in the bathtub: restructuring social provision 4. Conservative foreign policy: Reagan to Trump 5. The right and the ‘culture wars’ 6. The impact of the populist challenge 7. The Trump Administration 8. Afterword Index

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Book SynopsisRegulatory impact assessment (RIA) is the main instrument used by governments and regulators to appraise the likely effects of their policy proposals. This pioneering Handbook provides a comparative and comprehensive account of this tool, situating it in the relevant theoretical traditions and scrutinizing its use across countries, policy sectors and policy instruments.Comprising six parts, university researchers, international consultants and practitioners working in international organizations examine regulatory impact assessment from many perspectives, which include: research traditions in the social sciences implementation, regulatory indicators and effects tools and dimensions such as courts and gender sectoral case studies including environment, enterprise and international development international diffusion in the European Union (EU), Americas, Asia and developing countries appraisal, training and education. With its wealth of detail and lessons to be learned, the Handbook of Regulatory Impact Assessment will undoubtedly be of great value to practitioners and scholars working in governance, political science and socio-legal studies.Contributors: C. Adelle, A. Alemanno, L. Allio, C. Arndt, F. Blanc, A. Bond, G. Bounds, P.G.H. Carroll, P. Coletti, F. De Francesco, C.A. Dunlop, M. Fazekas, O. Fritsch, F. Gains, J. Howell, S. Jacobs, A. Jordan, J.C. Kamkhaji, M. Karliuk, S.-J. Kim, T.-Y. Kim, C. Kirkpatrick, I. Lianos, D. Macrae, A.C.M. Meuwese, G. Ottimofiore, J.R. Palmer, D. Parker, A. Peci, C.M. Radaelli, A. Renda, D. Russel, L. Schrefler, J.A. Schwartz, W.R. Sheate, J. Torriti, J. Turnpenny, S. van Voorst, E. Vecchione, W.F. WestTrade Review'Another excellent testimony to the steady increase in the political and academic appreciation of Regulatory impact assessment (RIA). Dunlop and Radaelli appropriately position RIA inside the broader field of good governance and comparative public policy: RIA is a matter of good policy-making and not (only) about reducing regulatory burdens. This publication is framed around valid assumptions about RIA as a highly contextualized phenomenon with stakeholders extracting very different kinds of purpose from the use of RIA. It is an important contribution to the growing regulatory governance agenda. The skilful consolidation of existing research and experiences, combined with new insights and innovations from leading experts and practitioners make this an interesting read for both scholars, policy-makers and specialists in (regulatory) governance.' --Peter Ladegaard, Regulatory Reform in China and the EU, The World Bank'This impressive Handbook, with high standard contributions from thirty-eight authors in political science, economics, law, business and geography, could not be more timely. Comprehensive, well grounded in theory, well-written and thought-through, this book brings a balanced account of (regulatory) impact assessment as being not only a rational-expert instrument, but also a process affected and interwoven with political decision-making. A must-read for all those academics and practitioners across the globe interested in policy-making.' --Koen Verhoest, University of Antwerp, Co-chair ECPR Standing Group on Regulatory Governance, BelgiumTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements PART I INTRODUCTION 1. The Politics and Economics of Regulatory Impact Assessment Claire A. Dunlop and Claudio M. Radaelli PART II APPROACHES 2. Regulatory Impact Assessment in Legal Studies Anne C.M. Meuwese and Stijn van Voorst 3. The Economics of Cost-Benefit Analysis Jason A. Schwartz 4. Interpretive Analysis and Regulatory Impact Assessment James R. Palmer 5. Compliance and Delivery Analysis Donald Macrae 6. Towards a Simpler and Practical Approach Scott Jacobs PART III TOOLS, ACTORS AND DIMENSIONS 7. Standard Cost Model Paola Coletti 8. Social Impact Assessment Lorna Schrefler 9. Courts and Regulatory Impact Assessment Alberto Alemanno 10. Gender and Regulatory Impact Assessment Francesca Gains 11. Consultation Florentin Blanc and Giuseppa Ottimofiore 12. Risk Analysis Elisa Vecchione PART IV SECTORS 13. Environment John Turnpenny, Duncan Russel, Andrew Jordan, Alan Bond and William R. Sheate 14. Energy Jacopo Torriti 15. Agriculture Duncan Russel 16. Enterprise and Competition David Parker 17. International Development Camilla Adelle PART V DIFFUSION 18. Diffusion across OECD Countries Fabrizio De Francesco 19. Cross-National Diffusion in Europe Ioannis Lianos, Mihály Fazekas and Maksim Karliuk 20. European Union Andrea Renda 21. United States of America William F. West 22. Latin America Alketa Peci 23. Australia and New Zealand Peter G.H. Carroll 24. South Korea Tae-Yun Kim and SongJune Kim 25. Developing Countries Colin Kirkpatrick PART VI IMPLEMENTATION 26. Implementing in the Laboratory: Scorecards for Appraising Regulatory Impact Assessment Oliver Fritsch and Jonathan C. Kamkhaji 27. Designing Performance Frameworks: the Case of the OECD Christiane Arndt and Gregory Bounds 28. Implementing in the Classroom: Teaching Regulatory Impact Assessment Lorenzo Allio 29. Implementing Regulatory Impact Assessment in the Real World: Practitioner Stories from the Field John Howell Index

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Book SynopsisBased on a survey of more than 6,700 top civil servants in 17 European countries, this book explores the impacts of New Public Management (NPM)-style reforms in Europe from a uniquely comparative perspective. It examines and analyses empirical findings regarding the dynamics, major trends and tools of administrative reforms, with special focus on the diversity of top executives' perceptions about the effects of those reforms. Resulting from research funded by the European Commission, this book is an ambitious, comprehensive portrait of public administration in the central European bureaucracies after more than three decades of NPM reforms and in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. The chapters present extensive data on single countries but invaluably take a comparative approach, presenting a broad, explorational perspective.Public Administration Reforms in Europe is an indispensable resource for researchers, practitioners and students in a variety of social science areas, especially public administration, public policy and public management.Contributors include: J. M. Alonso, R. Andrews, P. Bezes, R. Boyle, M.E. Cardim, J. Clifton, D. Díaz-Fuentes, J. Downe, N. Ejersbo, F. Ferrè, D. Galli, C. Greve, V. Guarneros-Meza, G. Hajnal, G. Hammerschmid, K. Huxley, G. Jeannot, S. Jilke, P. Lægreid, S. Leixnering, F. Longo, R.E. Meyer, L. Mota, V. Nakrosis, S.A. Öberg, E. Ongaro, A. Oprisor, L. Pereira, T. Randma-Liiv, R. Rauleckas, L.H. Rykkja, K. Sarapuu, L. Sarkute , R. Savi, A. Schikowitz, R. Snapstiene, T. Steen, V. Stimac, S. Van de Walle, J. van der Voet, T. Virtanen, U. Weske, H. WockelbergTrade Review'The COCOPS Top Executive Survey in the European public sector shows how three major paradigms, based on hierarchies, networks, and markets, dominate debates and perceptions of reforms in 17 European countries. This major comparative research demonstrates what is really happening, or not, and the effects on performance. Top civil servants will use this book to know what to do, or not, based on what works, or not.' --Geert Bouckaert (KU Leuven), President of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences'This is one of the few recent public administration texts to address the really big issues. The authors pose key questions and, with the help of a valuable new comparative database, offer carefully modulated answers. Some edited collections are disappointing, but this one is important, coherent and stimulating.' --Christopher Pollitt, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BelgiumTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Public Administration Reforms in Europe Steven Van de Walle, Gerhard Hammerschmid, Rhys Andrews and Philippe Bezes 2. Comparative Research in Public Administration and the Contribution of the COCOPS Top Executive Survey Steven Van de Walle, Gerhard Hammerschmid, Anca Oprisor and Vid Štimac 3. Understanding Elites: Values, Attitudes, Motivations and Role Perceptions of Top Public Sector Executives in Europe Trui Steen and Ulrike Weske PART I PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORMS IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE 4. Austria: Nothing is Different, but Everything’s Changed Stephan Leixnering, Andrea Schikowitz and Renate E. Meyer 5. From Smooth NPMization to Structural Changes in France: Accelerated Reforms, Mixed Perceptions Philippe Bezes and Gilles Jeannot 6. German Public Administration: Incremental Reform and a Difficult Terrain for Management Ideas and Instruments Gerhard Hammerschmid and Anca Oprisor 7. Administrative Reforms in the Netherlands: Managerialism, Collaboration and Implications for Future Reform Capacity Sebastian Jilke, Joris Van Der Voet and Steven Van De Walle PART II PUBLIC ADMNISTRATION REFORMS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE 8. Public Administration Reform in Estonia: The Abundance of Piecemeal Initiatives Riin Savi and Tiina Randma-Liiv 9. New Wine in New Bottles? Assessing Hungary’s Post-2010 Public Administration Reforms György Hajnal 10. The Impact of Public Administration Reforms in Lithuania: Systemic Managerial Changes and Persisting Organizational Differences Rimantas Rauleckas, Vitalis Nakrošis, Rasa Šnapštienė and Ligita Šarkutė PART III PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORMS IN NORTHERN EUROPE 11. Denmark: Towards the Neo-Weberian State in the Digital Era Carsten Greve and Niels Ejersbo 12. Finland: Active Reformer Looking for More Centralisation and Horizontal Coordination Turo Virtanen 13. Riding the Roller Coaster: Ireland’s Reform of the Public Service at a Time of Fiscal Crisis Richard Boyle 14. Norway: Managerialism, Incrementalism and Collaboration Per Lægreid and Lise H. Rykkja 15. Reinventing the Old Reform Agenda: Public Administrative Reform and Performance in Sweden Helena Wockelberg and Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg 16. A Top-Down, Customer-Oriented Approach to Reform: Perceptions from UK Civil Servants James Downe, Rhys Andrews and Valeria Guarneros-Meza PART IV PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORMS IN SOUTHERN EUROPE 17. Italy: Set Along a Neo-Weberian Trajectory of Administrative Reform? Edoardo Ongaro, Francesca Ferré, Davide Galli and Francesco Longo 18. Public Administration Reforms in Portugal: A Path Between Service Improvement and Cutback Measures Luís Mota, Maria Engrácia Cardim and Luísa Pereira 19. The Slow Pace of Public Administration Reform in Spain José M. Alonso, Judith Clifton and Daniel Díaz-Fuentes PART V CHALLENGES AND OUTCOMES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORMS ACROSS EUROPE 20. Mapping the Use of Public Management Tools in European Public Administration Gilles Jeannot and Philippe Bezes 21. Managing the Public Sector Under Fiscal Stress Tiina Randma-Liiv and Riin Savi 22. Coordination Challenges and Administrative Reforms Per Lægreid, Tiina Randma-Liiv, Lise H. Rykkja and Külli Sarapuu 23. Public Administration Reforms and Outcomes Across Countries and Policy Areas Katy Huxley, Rhys Andrews, Gerhard Hammerschmid and Steven Van De Walle 24. Conclusion: A Kaleidoscope of Administrative Reforms in Europe Rhys Andrews, Philippe Bezes, Gerhard Hammerschmid and Steven Van De Walle Index

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Book SynopsisPolicy design efforts are often hampered by an inadequate understanding of how policy tools and actions promote effective policies. This book addresses this gap by proposing a causal theory of the linkages between policy actions and policy effects. Adopting a mechanistic perspective, it identifies the causal processes that activate policy effects and help achieve policy goals. Bringing together established and emerging scholars in the field, Making Policies Work introduces new concepts of first- and second- order policy mechanisms developed from epistemological and theoretical perspectives, and considers how they can be activated through design. Theoretical concepts are explored through empirical cases from different policy arenas and contemporary policy issues such as partnerships in healthcare, food waste prevention, retirement savings, EU regulations and public sector reform. Graduate students in public policy, public administration and political science will find the powerful analytical tools offered in this book useful in exploring the theoretical elements of effective policy design. Policymakers and practitioners in governmental and non-governmental organisations interested in the practical applications will also benefit from reading this timely book. Contributors include: S. Busetti, G. Capano, M.E. Compton, B. Dente, C.A. Dunlop, M.T. Galanti, S. Giest, M. Guidi, M. Howlett, E. Lindquist, E. Ongaro, C.M. Radaelli, M. Ramesh, P. 't Hart, A. Virani, R.K. Weaver, A. WellsteadTable of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION: WHY STUDY POLICY MECHANISMS? 1. Disentangling the Mechanistic Chain for Better Policy Design Giliberto Capano, Michael Howlett and M. Ramesh 2. Policy Process Research and the Causal Mechanism Movement: Reinvigorating the Field? Evert Lindquist and Adam Wellstead PART II FIRST ORDER MECHANISMS AND CASES 3. Structural Mechanisms Affecting Policy Subsystems Activity: Beyond Individual and Group Behavioural Propensities in Policy Design and Policy Change Michael Howlett 4. The Mechanisms of Food Waste Prevention: Theory, Design, and Practice for Changing Behaviours \ Simone Busetti and Bruno Dente 5. How Neglecting Policy Mechanisms Can Lead to Policy Failure: Insights from Public-Private Partnerships in India’s Health Sector Altaf Virani and M. Ramesh 6. Design Activation in Multi-level Settings Maria Tullia Galanti and Sarah Giest PART III SECOND ORDER MECHANISMS AND CASES 7. Policy Instruments, Policy Learning and Politics: Impact Assessment in the European Union Claire A. Dunlop and Claudio M. Radaelli 8. Accountability Mechanisms: The Case of the European Banking Union Mattia Guidi 9. Advancing the Theory and Practice of Public Sector Reform through the Analysis of Social Mechanisms Edoardo Ongaro PART IV USING MECHANISTIC METHODS FOR POLICY DESIGN AND ANALYSIS 10. Reverse Engineering and Policy Design R. Kent Weaver 11. Looping to Success (and Failure): Second-order Mechanisms and Policy Outcomes Mallory Compton and Paul ‘t Hart Index

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Book SynopsisPublic 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 of many powerful social languages (budgeting, planning, rights, directives and protests, amongst others) used to make things happen in the ever-changing arena of public affairs; where they may cooperate, compete, or just go their own way. Opening up discussions on the varied ways that people talk about and act in relation to the public good, this is a fascinating insight into the multiplicity of social languages used to negotiate possibilities in public affairs. Social languages are examined as being performative parts of everyday life, and examples from different places and times are used to illustrate the importance of these language forms. Political science, public administration, social psychology and sociology scholars will find this book a vital reference with its advanced approach to public affairs. Professionals in NGOs, public service and government, as well as activists will also greatly benefit from the practical advice and real-life case studies the book offers.Trade Review‘This is an interesting and elegantly written book which is rich in thick description. It proposes a novel approach to public policy which will undoubtedly yield useful fruit if it is adopted.’ -- Kate Precious, International Review of Public Policy'The language we use shapes and limits our understanding of the problems we face and the solutions we can imagine. In this elegant and insightful book, rich with historical byways and international perspectives, Peter Spink reflects on how the currently dominant discourse of ''public policy'' molds our perceptions of possible answers to social problems. This insight is particularly welcome as social movements, community organizations, migration flows and many other forces -all outside the realm of government -influence public actions and institutions.' --Michael Lipsky, author of Street Level Bureaucracy'Contentious debates on the role of government - who controls government and for what purpose do governments act - are heard around the globe. Peter Spink's book provides a lens, that of public action languages, for understanding the socially-constructed languages of government and applies it to a remarkable range of important historical moments in Europe, the US and Latin America. This highly original and unique approach recognizes the existence of multiple social actors with different levels of power, interests, and agendas and that the outcomes of these disputes become embedded in the language of government.' --Robert H. Wilson, University of Connecticut, US'Peter Spink brings a fresh approach to the study of governing. With a background in social and organisational psychology rather than political science, he asks not ''how does the government pursue its objectives through policy?'', but ''how are our shared concerns governed, and how does thinking of these in a language of 'policy' affect they way that they are addressed?'' He frees the discussion of policy from its base in contemporary Western practice, and takes the discussion from the rules of forest access that were recognised in (not created by) that foundational exercise in public policy, Magna Carta, through the TVA and Alinsky's Rules for Radicals to the complex governing of place in urban Brazil, and shows how policy , as an action language, becomes part of the governing. This is a book to stimulate the imagination of anyone interested in how we are governed. --Hal Colebatch, University of New South Wales, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Collective concerns - from policy studies to public action 2. From publics, parishes and philanthropy to resistance and self-help: the civic side of public action 3. Social languages and the performative turn 4. Some active Governments and their action languages 5. Public action languages seen from elsewhere: from the Treaty of Rome and public administration reform to the arrival of public policies in Brazil 6. From noisy rights to hybrid forums: languages of mobilization 7. Beyond public policy: public action languages and the negotiation of possibilities 8. References Index

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Book SynopsisWhat, fundamentally, is public management? This question is rarely answered clearly and confidently, whether by students of public management or academics in the field. This book answers this question, as its readers come to know why and how public management is a design-oriented professional discipline. The argument of the book is grounded in Herbert Simon's ideas about design-oriented professional disciplines. However, Michael Barzelay's argument runs counter to the idea that public management is a design science. It envisions the discipline as a professional practice that requires the thoughtful and skillful use of purposive theories of public organizations, along with reverse-engineered design-precedents, in problem-solving for public programs and organizations. How professional knowledge about public management is to be expanded through research and analytical synthesis is therefore a major thrust of the book's overall argument. Michael Barzelay develops these arguments in a unique way, including guiding the reader through a fictional ''Public Management Gallery'' featuring key contributions to purposive theorizing about public management as a professional practice. The book is an essential resource for those wishing to strengthen the professional practice of public management - and the discipline - through education and research immediately and for years to come.Trade Review'By treating problem-solving as designing processes that convert existing to preferred conditions, this book takes up an ambition to set an intellectual foundation for public management whose practices can be improved by design-oriented professional knowledge. The book extends the Simon-Bardach traditions but presents ideas in vivid ways, making itself a brand new contribution to research and pedagogy in public management.' --Yijia Jing, Fudan University, China'Michael Barzelay is the mentor needed by all of us interested in seeing - and designing - how public management as an enterprise can be part of creating a better future for everyone. The best mentors put their hand on your shoulder and point to what you ought to be doing, how, and why. Michael's book is that hand and it shows the way forward.' --John M. Bryson, University of Minnesota, US'Michael Barzelay offers a compelling account of the development of what he aptly and creatively describes as a ''design-oriented, professional discipline'' - the field of public management. In doing so, helps all those laboring in this particular vineyard to understand more precisely what they are about, and the standards they need to meet if they are to be both intellectually responsible and useful to those practicing within this important professional domain. I never expected to have my own work so thoughtfully and critically reviewed, but emerged from this experience heartened and invigorated by the continuing challenge of developing the field further with Michael as our guide.' --Mark Moore, Harvard University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Encountering Design-Oriented Public Management 2. Rediscovering Management: Analysis and Synthesis 3. Understanding Mechanism-Intent Thinking and Analysis in Public Management 4. Theories of Public Organizations, Design-Projects, and Professional Activities: A Public Management Gallery Tour 5. Core Knowledge in a Professional Discipline of Public Management 6. Design-Focused Case Studies in the Professional Discipline of Public Management 7. Managing International Cooperation Projects for Organizational Capacity-Building: A Design-Focused Case Study of the Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology 8. Designed, not Copied: The Making of Public Management as a Design-Oriented Professional Discipline References Index

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Book SynopsisWhat, fundamentally, is public management? This question is rarely answered clearly and confidently, whether by students of public management or academics in the field. This book answers this question, as its readers come to know why and how public management is a design-oriented professional discipline. The argument of the book is grounded in Herbert Simon's ideas about design-oriented professional disciplines. However, Michael Barzelay's argument runs counter to the idea that public management is a design science. It envisions the discipline as a professional practice that requires the thoughtful and skillful use of purposive theories of public organizations, along with reverse-engineered design-precedents, in problem-solving for public programs and organizations. How professional knowledge about public management is to be expanded through research and analytical synthesis is therefore a major thrust of the book's overall argument. Michael Barzelay develops these arguments in a unique way, including guiding the reader through a fictional ''Public Management Gallery'' featuring key contributions to purposive theorizing about public management as a professional practice. The book is an essential resource for those wishing to strengthen the professional practice of public management - and the discipline - through education and research immediately and for years to come.Trade Review'By treating problem-solving as designing processes that convert existing to preferred conditions, this book takes up an ambition to set an intellectual foundation for public management whose practices can be improved by design-oriented professional knowledge. The book extends the Simon-Bardach traditions but presents ideas in vivid ways, making itself a brand new contribution to research and pedagogy in public management.' --Yijia Jing, Fudan University, China'Michael Barzelay is the mentor needed by all of us interested in seeing - and designing - how public management as an enterprise can be part of creating a better future for everyone. The best mentors put their hand on your shoulder and point to what you ought to be doing, how, and why. Michael's book is that hand and it shows the way forward.' --John M. Bryson, University of Minnesota, US'Michael Barzelay offers a compelling account of the development of what he aptly and creatively describes as a ''design-oriented, professional discipline'' - the field of public management. In doing so, helps all those laboring in this particular vineyard to understand more precisely what they are about, and the standards they need to meet if they are to be both intellectually responsible and useful to those practicing within this important professional domain. I never expected to have my own work so thoughtfully and critically reviewed, but emerged from this experience heartened and invigorated by the continuing challenge of developing the field further with Michael as our guide.' --Mark Moore, Harvard University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Encountering Design-Oriented Public Management 2. Rediscovering Management: Analysis and Synthesis 3. Understanding Mechanism-Intent Thinking and Analysis in Public Management 4. Theories of Public Organizations, Design-Projects, and Professional Activities: A Public Management Gallery Tour 5. Core Knowledge in a Professional Discipline of Public Management 6. Design-Focused Case Studies in the Professional Discipline of Public Management 7. Managing International Cooperation Projects for Organizational Capacity-Building: A Design-Focused Case Study of the Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology 8. Designed, not Copied: The Making of Public Management as a Design-Oriented Professional Discipline References Index

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Book SynopsisPolicy 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 as the first genuinely transdisciplinary collection on policy circulation, it offers an insight into the globally dispersed yet interconnected nature of contemporary policy making and the transdisciplinary future of policy circulation studies. Bringing together international scholars and multidisciplinary perspectives, this book showcases theoretical approaches from across the social sciences, and offers empirical perspectives from around the world. Synthesizing related literatures on policy transfer, diffusion and mobility, and assessing their differences and commonalities, this book proposes ways to foster transdisciplinary dialogue. Including a range of case studies, from both the Global North and South, Public Policy Circulation provides a succinct understanding and critique of the Global policy transfer, diffusion and mobility through the lens of arenas, agents and actions.This book will be a vital tool for academics and students of political science, public policy, public administration, international relations, geography, urban studies, sociology and anthropology alike, with its up-to-date coverage of contemporary policy circulation, and developments in the theory of global policy movement and adoption. It will also be of interest to practitioners in government agencies and NGOs, providing insight into their increasing role in both the national and international transfer and dispersal of policies.Contributors include: T. Baker, M.I. Dussauge-Laguna, R. Jolkkonen, O. Löblová, P. McGuirk, S. Montero, M. Morais de Sá e Silva, A. Rusu, T. Soremi, J. Spence, C. Walker, A. WoodTrade Review'Policy diffusion, then policy transfer and now ''policy circulation''. The movement of policy not only across countries but also across time, between policy sectors and through different arenas of governance is a defining feature of our times. This book captures the circulation - how policy is trafficked and transformed in the process of its movement across these dimensions. A 'tour de force', this book is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand how and why policy moves.' --Diane Stone, Centenary Professor, University of Canberra, Australia'In Public Policy Circulation: Arenas, Agents and Actions Tom Baker and Chris Walker have gathered together an impressive set of authors, who surgically dissect the actors and arenas in which policy transfer occurs. In doing this, the collected work offers new insights into how policies circulate around the globe. Importantly, the collection is one of the first to focus on the role of south-to-south and south-to-north policy transfers. This alone, makes this text a required reading for anyone interested in the circulation of policies that are increasingly shaping the global policy fora.' --David P. Dolowitz, University of Liverpool, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Introduction Tom Baker and Christopher Walker Arenas 2. Policy circulation through the Twitterverse: The case of Arctic development policy Jennifer Spence 3. Seeing is believing? Understanding policy tourism as an arena for policy circulation Tom Baker and Pauline McGuirk 4. The South as an arena of policy circulation: South-South cooperation on human rights policies Michelle Morais de Sá e Silva Agents 5. Big philanthropies as agents of policy circulation in development: Examining the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Roosa Jolkkonen 6. The business of global intermediaries in the promotion of bus rapid transit Astrid Wood 7. Failure is an option: Epistemic communities and the circulation of Health Technology Assessment Alexandru Rusu and Olga Löblová Actions 8. Collaborative interactions: Understanding transfer success in transport regulation and compliance policies Christopher Walker 9. Policy transfer strategies: How agents’ actions ensure lessons from abroad stick at home Mauricio I. Dussauge-Laguna 10. Enacting persuasion: Storytelling, emotional artefacts and face-to-face encounters as key actions behind policy circulation Sergio Montero 11. Policy narratives and policy transfer mechanisms: Towards a research agenda Titilayo Soremi Conclusion 12. Prospects for policy circulation studies: Towards engaged pluralism? Tom Baker, Mauricio I. Dussauge-Laguna, Roosa Jolkkonen, Olga Löblová, Pauline McGuirk, Sergio Montero, Michelle Morais de Sá e Silva, Alexandru Rusu, Titilayo Soremi, Jennifer Spence, Christopher Walker and Astrid Wood Index

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Book SynopsisBased on theoretical and empirical research, this authoritative book explains why, how and under which conditions innovative policies are achievable in multilevel governance. Taking a forward-thinking approach, the book also addresses implications of the rise of multilevel governance for research and practice. Arthur Benz explores multilevel governance both in relation to and beyond governments’ responses to an increasing complexity of public policies. Chapters analyse how political authority is divided and policies have to be coordinated across jurisdictional boundaries. Utilizing case studies on energy and climate policy in transnational, national and local contexts, and on fiscal equalization in federations, Benz illuminates the interplay of policy change and institutional change, as well as the particular conditions that enable or constrain these mechanisms. The book concludes that complexity in multilevel systems of governance does not rule out policy innovation, but rather it establishes both favourable and constraining conditions for significant change. Providing an overview of theories of multilevel governance, this book will be critical reading for scholars and advanced students of political science and public administration. It will also be beneficial for policymakers interested in complex governance.Trade Review‘This book builds on a decades-long study of policymaking and multilevel governance. It engages with fundamental issues of institutional change and policy innovation that we know far too little about. Arthur Benz gathers an impressive range of evidence and thinking that allow us to better tackle these thorny issues.’ -- Gary Marks, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, US and European University Institute, Italy‘Summarizing a decade of research on multilevel governance, this book is an essential guide for political scientists, politicians and public administrators. I warmly recommend it, in particular, to those interested in theories of policy change or institutional change, and those focusing on linkages between multiple arenas, such as my fellow experts in European integration. Let's all keep in mind Arthur Benz’s reminder that "complexity of governance should be regarded not only as a necessary evil but also a precondition to solve complex policy problems in a democratic way.’ -- Gerda Falkner, University of Vienna, Austria‘Arthur Benz is an eminence in the study of multilevel governance. This book draws together different strands of his work and provides an encompassing analysis of multilevel governance in federal, European and international contexts. If you want to know why it can deliver, this is the book to read.’ -- Michael Zürn, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction to Policy Change and Innovation in Multilevel Governance 2. Deadlocks or dynamics? The state of research on multilevel governance 3. Mechanisms, conditions and outcomes: theories of policy change 4. Continuity and change in multilevel governance 5. Transformation of a policy regime: energy and climate policy 6. Changing a redistributive policy: renewal of fiscal equalization 7. Conditions and processes of policy innovation in multilevel governance 8. Conclusion to Policy Change and Innovation in Multilevel Governance References Index

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Book SynopsisThis enlightening book scrutinizes the shifting and overlapping governance paradigms that inform public administration reforms. Exploring the models that shape and reshape the daily operation of public organizations, it explains the core features of public bureaucracy and professional rule in the modern day. From the rise to supremacy of New Public Management to the growing preference for alternatives, such as Digital Era Governance, Public Value Management and New Public Governance, four world-renowned authors launch a powerful and systematic comparison of the competing and co-existing paradigms. Advancing the 'public governance diamond' as a critical tool for comparing the core features of governance paradigms, this insightful book discusses the underlying behavioural assumptions of these models and the challenges faced by leaders when managing in a public sector. Informed by both key theory and empirical analysis, this book will be crucial reading for students and researchers seeking an authoritative voice on competing and co-existing modes of governance. Public leaders and managers, as well as public employees, will also benefit from its insights into the varying and multifaceted dynamics of public governance.Trade Review'The Danes have done it again: advancing the field of public administration in a way that is both imaginative and helpful. Public Governance Paradigms provides us with a highly sophisticated ''think piece'' about the consecutive philosophies and designs of how to design and run a system of government that have emerged since Max Weber laid down his model of bureaucracy. Clear, concise, balanced, and constructive, this book effortlessly traverses a hundred years of public sector scholarship and reform. Easily the single best compass available to students, researchers and practitioners seeking to balance continuity and innovation in the ways in which we envisage and craft our public institutions and their professional practices.' --Paul 't Hart, Utrecht University and Netherlands School of Public Administration, the Netherlands'This book orients readers to the major issues and debates concerning how the public sector should be organized and run. The authors brilliantly use their ''public governance diamond'' to provide back-to-back comparisons of seven different public governance paradigms, bringing each paradigm's relative strengths and weaknesses into clear focus.' --Christopher Ansell, University of California, BerkeleyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Bureaucracy 3. Professional rule 4. New Public Management 5. Neo-Weberian State 6. Digital Era Governance 7. Public Value Management 8. New Public Governance 9. Comparing governance paradigms 10. Managing a public sector with competing and co-existing governance paradigms Index

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Book SynopsisChan Su Jung provides a thorough review of goal ambiguity in the public sector, exploring the general assertions, arguments and empirical evidence regarding performance goal ambiguity, particularly highlighting its causes, consequences, and mediation effects. The author proposes a new conceptual framework for successful analysis of goal ambiguity that can effectively relate to diverse organizational and program characteristics.Using U.S. federal programs, South Korean central government agencies, and English local authorities as examples, Jung empirically tests his framework to validate the new approach for goal ambiguity analysis. The author corroborates management capacity, third-party involvement, learning times, size, and work complexity as predictors of goal ambiguity and performance. In addition, Jung studies political insulation structures as moderators between management capacity and goal ambiguity, along with the negative effect of goal ambiguity on performance. Based on these empirical findings, the author provides clear and transferable principles to guide further theoretical and conceptual studies on the topic.An essential read for quantitative researchers and doctoral students of public management and policy, this book will guide future empirical studies on goal ambiguity and performance in the public sector.Trade Review`This book is a must read to those who are interested in public performance goals and goal ambiguity issues. The author offers not only comprehensive and superb conceptual discussions on public performance goals and goal ambiguity as independent, mediating, and dependent variables in public organizations, but also provides rigorous evidence based on empirical analyses of U.S. Federal government data as well as the data obtained from British local governments and South Korean central government. While this book itself is a refined scholarly architecture of public performance goals and goal ambiguity by carefully linking concepts, models, and empirical analyses, the author also envisions exciting future research by positing fourteen compelling research propositions and various research methods.' --M. Jae Moon, Yonsei University, South KoreaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction PART I State of current knowledge about goal ambiguity in public management and policy 2. Goal ambiguity issues in public organizations: causes, effects, a theory, and reforms 3. State and issues of empirical goal ambiguity research PART II Program goal ambiguity, political insulation structure, and program performance 4. Developing and validating concepts and measures of program goal ambiguity 5. Predictors of program goal ambiguity 6. Agency political insulation structures as moderators 7. Program goal ambiguity and performance PART III A conceptual framework for analysis of goal ambiguity and its empirical validations 8. A conceptual framework for analysis of program goal ambiguity and its empirical validation 9. Two applications of the conceptual framework for goal ambiguity PART IV Conclusions 10. Conclusions Appendices References Index

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Book SynopsisCrisis management has become one of the core challenges facing governments, but successful crisis response depends on effective public leadership. Building on insights from Pragmatist philosophy, this deeply nuanced book provides guidance and direction for public leaders tackling the most challenging tasks of the twenty-first century. This timely and insightful book demonstrates how Pragmatism enables leaders to strategically address the fog of uncertainty that characterizes crises. Illuminating the power of practical rationality in crisis situations, Christopher Ansell and Martin Bartenberger develop a model of Pragmatist political crisis management and contrast this with crisis decision making and meaning making guided by principle. Examining the interplay of practical rationality and principle during the US financial crisis of 2008, the authors develop empirical indicators to evaluate when and why crisis leaders may adopt Pragmatist or principle-guided strategies. Flawlessly blending theory with practice, Ansell and Bartenberger offer key insights to those active in the crisis management community. Crisis management and public administration scholars will benefit from the detailed overview of Pragmatism and its applications to concrete issues of governance, while practitioners will profit from the book's insight into crisis leadership and decision making. Trade Review'This highly original and engaging book moves the dial for scholars of both crisis management and political science. Chris Ansell and Martin Bartenberger offer what strategic crisis managers so badly need: a political theory of crisis management. They draw on the Pragmatist tradition to formulate principles that help strategic crisis managers navigate periods of deep uncertainty. A notable achievement!' --Arjen Boin, Leiden University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Strategic Crisis Management in the Public Domain 2. Pragmatism and the Hidden Resources of Practical Rationality 3. Decision Making and Meaning Making in the Face of Uncertainty 4. Pragmatist Political Crisis Management 5. An “Unprecedented Crisis”: The U.S. Financial Crisis of 2008 6. The Rescue of the Investment Bank Bear Stearns 7. The Collapse of Lehman Brothers and the Rescue of AIG 8. Comparative Reflections and New Hypotheses 9. Conclusion: The Practical Rationality of Crisis Leadership Index

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Book SynopsisThe growing intensity and complexity of public service has spurred policy reform efforts across the globe, many featuring attempts to promote more collaborative government. Collaboration in Public Service Delivery sheds light on these efforts, analysing and reconceptualising the major types of collaboration in public service delivery through a governance lens. Featuring careful analysis with a global scope, this book unpacks the concept of collaborative service delivery and its practice, drawing from the fields of public policy, public administration, and management. Chapters by leading authors in these areas address service delivery arrangements including co-production, co-management, consultations, contracting-out, commissioning and certification. With a keen focus on conditions that are critical for the success of such collaborative arrangements, as well as their different pathways and pitfalls, the authors suggest ways to improve the analytical, managerial and political capacities needed for successful collaboration in public service delivery. This timely and comprehensive book is useful for students at all levels interested in public policy, governance, administration and management, as well as researchers investigating the governance of collaborative service delivery. Policymakers and practitioners working to re-evaluate and improve public service provision, especially, will also benefit from its insightful discussions of the conditions and mechanisms under which collaborative arrangements operate and fail or succeed.Trade Review'This stimulating collection makes a timely effort to unite different approaches to collaborative public service delivery. It will be of interest to anyone looking for an up-to-date overview of the latest development in this area of research.' --Taco Brandsen, Radboud University, the Netherlands'Collaboration between government and non-government organisations to deliver services and implement policies has burgeoned recently, in both print and practice. This book not only provides a timely stock-take of the diverse forms and potential of collaboration, but also offers keen insights into its challenges and their implications for public management.' --John Alford, University of Melbourne, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Part I Introduction: The Promise of Collaborative Public Service Delivery 1. Collaboration in Public Service Delivery: What, When and How Anka Kekez, Michael Howlett and M Ramesh 2. Collaboration: Key Concepts Chris Ansell Part II Types of Collaboration for Public Service Delivery: Critical Capacities and Implementation Challenges 3. Consultation as Collaboration? Genevieve Fuji Johnson and Robert Howsam 4. Contracting Out as a Governance Mechanism: The Case of National Health Insurance in India Maurya Dayashankar and M Ramesh 5. From Procurement to the Commissioning of Public Services Andrea Migone 6. Impact of State—Civil Society Co-management Contracts on Water Supply in Rural India: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Namrata Chindarkar, Yvonne Jie Chen and Dennis Wichelns 7. Co-production with Citizens: Demarcating the Mode of Collaboration by Looking ‘from outside in’ William Voorberg and Ingmar Van Meerkerk 8. Certification: Implementation Challenges in Private-social Partnerships Joanna Vince Part III Governance of Collaboration: Pathways and Potential Pitfalls 9. Top-down versus Bottom-up Pathways to Collaboration Between Governments and Citizens: Reflecting on Different Participation Traps Ingmar van Meerkerk 10. Problems of Bottom-up Collaboration: Evolutionary Pathways and Capacity Challenges of NSMD Governance Institutions Benjamin Cashore 11. Outcome-based Commissioning: Four Pathways to Achieving Public Value Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler 12. Problems of Captured Collaboration: From Political to Politicized Metagovernance Anka Kekez and Andrija Henjak Part IV Conclusion: Bolstering the Governance Capacities for Collaborative Public Service Delivery 13. The Need to Design Collaboration: Improving the Effectiveness of Commissioning with Design Thinking Michael Mintrom and Madeline Thomas 14. General Theory for Managing Contracts in Public Service Delivery: Towards Collaborative Contractual Frameworks Isha Dayal 15. Coping with the Implementation Challenge: Decision-making Strategies and their Implications for Collaborative Governance Lihi Lahat and Neta Sher-Hadar Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Handbook provides an analysis of the key issues, accomplishments, and challenges of research and practices related to the interactions between business and public policy.International expert contributors explore how the organizational structures of government and business have changed as the world has become more globalized, and as researchers have accumulated insights into why and how public policy is influenced by, and in turn influences, business. Examining how businesses themselves have increasingly contributed to the making and implementation of policy, chapters illuminate the most significant debates as well as the theoretical and empirical developments in these areas. This approach enables a comparison of the similarities and differences across the field of business and public policy as a whole.Identifying new directions and research questions in this rapidly evolving field, this Handbook will be a useful resource for academics and students of business and public policy, as well as related areas including corporate governance, political economy and international business. Practitioners and policy makers will also benefit from its illumination of the complex relationship between business and public policy.Trade Review'I recommend this volume to anyone interested not just in the immediate topic but in the broader ramifications of what has been called: ''globalization''.' -- From the Foreword by Philippe C. Schmitter, European University Institute, Italy'The editors have assembled an impressive global team to offer rich and insightful analyses of the dynamic relationship between business and politics. Covering a wide range of topics, the volume combines historical analysis with contemporary debates, featuring top scholars in the field. This excellent contribution addresses the increasingly complex global policy and regulatory landscape and presents a compelling agenda for future research.' -- Susan K. Sell, Australian National University, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xi Preface xii 1 Business and public policy: introducing the field 1 Aynsley Kellow, Tony Porter and Karsten Ronit 2 Corporations in governance: what do they want and how do they get it? 24 Doris Fuchs and Benedikt Lennartz 3 Three circles: firms and parties from the twentieth to the twenty-first century 42 Iain McMenamin 4 Investor-state dispute settlement: challenging private governance 57 Christopher May 5 Competition laws and their enforcement in the US and Europe: origins, evolution and contestation 75 Angela Wigger 6 Business and consumer policy 90 Karsten Ronit 7 Understanding and influencing trade policy 106 Louise Curran 8 Making global public policy: business and global patent protection standards 122 Valbona Muzaka 9 Business and public policy: training policy 138 Patrick Emmenegger and Daniel Franz Unterweger 10 Unravelling the relationship between tax policy and business: theory, evidence and facts 154 Lyne Latulippe and Nicolas Proulx 11 Business and monetary policy 175 Sven M. Hilgers 12 Business and politics in an age of intangibles and financialization 191 Philip G. Cerny 13 Defence policy making: a case study of defence industry engagement in Australia 213 Stefan Markowski, Rob Bourke and Robert Wylie 14 Business, science and technology governance: from layering, conversion and drift to responsible research and innovation? 230 Robert Hoppe 15 Migration policy 258 Gerard McCann 16 Business and the (corporate) welfare state 276 Kevin Farnsworth 17 Hollywood’s changing business model and the future of cultural diversity 295 Harvey B. Feigenbaum 18 Industrial policy 306 Matt Wilder 19 Food and agriculture policy 322 Jessica Vapnek and Tiffany Wang 20 Business and energy and environmental policy 340 Aynsley Kellow 21 Business and financial regulation 358 Anwar Sheluchin and Tony Porter 22 Tourism and public policy 375 Christof Pforr Index

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Book SynopsisEvents have spiralled since the first edition of How to Dismantle the NHS in 10 Easy Steps. The junior doctors' strike, the Conservative victory in the 2015 general election, the Corbyn phenomenon, the unexpected Brexit vote and the arguably even more unexpected loss of the Conservative majority in 2017. Further, since writing the first edition, Dr. Youssef El-Gingihy found himself stricken with a life-threatening illness and the NHS doctor became the NHS patient. The fight to save the NHS transformed into a fight for his own life. Now, fully recovered, Dr. Youssef El-Gingihy returns to his 10 Easy Steps in order to strengthen his original argument and continue what Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, deems 'one of the most fundamental battles we face in a struggle for a British society that works for the many'. In the year of the 70th anniversary of the NHS, Dr El-Gingihy's insights have never been more vital as our national health service continues to be hit by the privatisation of public services. New expanded second edition with chapters on junior doctor's strikes and plans for US-style healthcare.

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Book SynopsisEvery unpacked frontline is one cutting edge of an economic system and political ideology that is destroying life on earth. Revealing our ecosystems to be under a sustained attack, Nick Meynen finds causes for hope in unconventional places. 'In his wide-ranging journalism and writing, Nick Meynen has been vividly mapping struggles for justice around the world. His new book is a rich collection of the human stories of those struggles, from resistance to mining in India and Greece, to land grabbing in Uganda, to a landmark climate lawsuit in the Netherlands. The book harnesses the power of lived experience to bring our most urgent, high-stakes policy debates to life, and it deserves a wide international audience.' Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine and This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate

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Book SynopsisThe Politics of Debt brings together philosophers, political scientists, and economists and sets them the task of reflecting on the political role played by debt. Focusing on the aftermath of the 2008 economic crisis, particularly in the United States and Europe, the book is split into groups. It contains six essays and five interviews that aim to fully comprehend the political consequences of the economic crisis and specifically of debt.

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Book SynopsisAn ACE National Strategic Planning Framework for the United States is a game changer for climate action. After decades of inspired but fragmented efforts, 150 highly diverse Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) leaders joined forces in 2020 to build a strategic roadmap for encouraging, informing, and empowering the public to tackle the climate crisis. Their goal: push the United States and other nations to meet - and exceed - the targets of the Paris Agreement in the fastest and most equitable way possible, namely, by empowering the people.

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook brings together leading scholars of European social policy to reinvigorate theoretical, conceptual and substantive debates around European welfare states and societies as well as the 'social dimension' of the European Union. This unique and original collection comes together at a time of substantial economic, social and political turbulence across Europe, changing narratives, ideas and attitudes towards welfare, increasing institutional complexity in the delivery of services, and a 'crisis of legitimacy' for the European project itself compounded by Brexit. It is against this backdrop that the Handbook draws together key commentators in European social policy to engage with and further develop theoretical, conceptual and substantive understandings of social policy in post-crisis Europe. Issues covered include, amongst others, varieties of welfare capitalism, cultural political economy, austerity, territoriality, engendering, multiculturalism, socio-ecological changes, social investment and public attitudes. The Handbook of European Social Policy offers a comprehensive and state-of-the-art reflection on theoretical debates on welfare regimes and the trajectories of the EU's social dimension. It is a key reading and teaching resource for students and academics in social policy.Contributors include: D. Bailey, E. Barberis, D. Béland, A. Borchorst, C. Bruzelius, D. Clegg, M. Daly, C. de la Porte, F. Dukelow, V. Fargion, B. Greve, E. Heins, A. Hemerijck, B. Hvinden, B. Jessop, Y. Kazepov, P. Kennett, B. Kovács, J. Kvist, N. Lendvai-Bainton, T. Meyer, T. Modood, B. Nolan, K. Petersen, B. Pfau-Effinger, F. Roosma, C. Saraceno, M.A. Schoyen, M. Schroeder, M. Seeleib-Kaiser, B. Siim, M. Souto-Otero, N.-L. Sum, W. van OorschotTable of ContentsContents: Introduction. Trajectories and frictions of European social policy Noemi Lendvai-Bainton and Patricia Kennett Part I Perspectives on European Welfare States 1. Exploring social policy ideas and language Daniel Béland and Klaus Peterson 2. Cultural political economy and ‘post-crisis’ austerity states in Europe Bob Jessop and Ngai-Ling Sum 3. Varieties of Capitalism and Welfare States: eroding diversity? Martin Schröder 4. Gendering European welfare states and citizenship – Revisioning inequalities Birte Siim and Anette Borchorst 5. Social investment over the life course: Ending European social policy as we know it? Jon Kvist Part II International and Regional Institutions and Social Policy 6. The dynamics of European Union social policy Mary Daly 7. Obstacles to 'Social Europe' David Bailey 8. The EU in the international arena and the social dimension of globalization Valeria Fargion 9. EU governance of welfare states and labour markets Caroline De la Porte 10. European Citizenship and Social Rights Cecilia Bruzelius and Martin Seeleib Kaiser Part III Comparing welfare states and societies across Europe 11. Continental welfare states in transition: The incomplete social investment turn Anton Hemerijck 12. Adjusting social welfare and social policy in Central and Eastern Europe: growth, crisis and recession Borbála Kovács, Abel Polese and Jeremy Morris 13. Southern European welfare regimes: From differentiation to reconvergence? Chiara Saraceno 14. The Anglo-Saxon welfare states: still Europe’s outlier - or trendsetter? Fiona Dukelow and Elke Heins 15. Reflecting on Nordic welfare states – continuity or social change? Bent Greve Part IV Dimensions and development of social policy 16. Unemployment benefit and labour market policies in Europe Daniel Clegg 17. Neo-liberalism, discursive change and European education policy trajectories Manuel Souto-Otero 18. The territorial dimension of social policies and the new role of cities Yuri Kazepov and Eduardo Barberis 19. The development of welfare state policies towards care work within and outside the family Birgit Pfau-Effinger 20. How European pension promises changed in austere times: 2002-2015 Traute Meyer Part V Emerging challenges and issues for European welfare states 21. Poverty and social exclusion in the European Union Brian Nolan 22. Climate change as a challenge for European welfare states Mi Ah Shoyen and Bjorn Hvinden 23. Integration and multiculturalism in Western Europe Tariq Modood 24. Radical politics in post-crisis Hungary: illiberal democracy, neoliberalism and the end of the welfare state Noemi Lendvai-Bainton 25. The Social Legitimacy of Welfare States in European Regions and Countries. Balancing between popular preferences and evaluations Femke Roosma and Wim van Oorshott 26. (Dis)Integration, disjuncture and the multidimensional crisis of the European social project Patricia Kennett Index

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Book SynopsisThis important Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the role, function and perceived impact of policy research-oriented institutions in North America, Europe and beyond. Over two-dozen international scholars explore the diverse and eclectic world of think tanks to reveal their structure, governance and unique position in occupying a critical space on the public policy landscape.This Handbook serves as a reference point for understanding how think tanks shape public opinion and public policy, and how their directors help them navigate their way through an increasingly crowded marketplace of ideas. It also considers how these organizations enlist various actors (such as policy makers, the media, donors and industry leaders) to influence the discourse around key domestic and foreign policy issues.Handbook on Think Tanks in Public Policy is an invaluable resource for academics and students who wish to further their understanding of how to measure the impact and reach of think tanks. It will also be useful for policymakers and NGOs who are interested in the expertise think tanks can offer on policy-related issues and to donors, whose main goals and objectives may be advanced by these organisations. Trade Review'This is a remarkable collection of expert analysis on the politics, practices and study of think tanks. Abelson and Rastrick have curated a collection that adds significantly to our appreciation of the role of think tanks in different geographical and political contexts, and explores the dynamics and influence of think tanks within the nation-state and those that operate globally. The collection combines insightful insider reflections with scholarly discussion to provide an invaluable addition to our understanding of these important institutions.' -- Helen Sullivan, Crawford School of Public Policy, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook on Think Tanks in Public Policy xviii Donald E. Abelson and Christopher J. Rastrick PART I THE STUDY OF THINK TANKS 1 ‘Network Intellectuals’ and ‘Networked Intellectuals’: relational approaches to the study of British think tanks 2 Jordan Tchilingirian 2 Describing and comparing think tanks 16 Enrique Mendizabal 3 Methodological challenges and advances in studying think tanks 33 Jesper Dahl Kelstrup PART II MANAGING THINK TANKS: THE VIEW FROM INSIDE 4 Co-opting the interest groups 44 Madsen Pirie 5 Addressing ‘new’ think tank management problems 55 Raymond J. Struyk 6 Association to institute: AEI through four presidencies 71 Karlyn Bowman 7 American foundations, think tanks and the liberal international order 86 Inderjeet Parmar and Shihui Yin PART III INFLUENCE AND IMPACT: HOW CAN WE UNDERSTAND THINK TANK PERFORMANCE? 8 Think tanks and policy communities: analysing policy influence and learning from the analogue to the digital era 100 Evert Lindquist 9 Think tanks beyond the nation-state: policy analysis for global policy and transnational administration 119 Diane Stone 10 If it doesn’t matter, why measure it? Reflections on think tank rankings and policy influence 134 Donald E. Abelson 11 Think tanks and the politics of climate change 150 Dieter Plehwe PART IV THINK TANKS ACROSS DIFFERENT POLITICAL SYSTEMS 12 Germany’s marketplace of ideas 167 Josef Braml and Daniela Schwarzer 13 The development of think tanks in China 179 Ling Li 14 The role of think tanks in promoting foreign policy change in Israel 205 Nimrod Goren 15 The rise or demise of American think tanks? 221 Donald E. Abelson 16 What’s in a think tank’s mix of interventions? Plugging into politics and policymaking in Canada’s knowledge regime 239 Julien Landry 17 Think tanks and political-knowledge regimes in the Southern Cone: case studies from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay 258 Adolfo Garcé García y Santos and Camilo López Burian 18 ‘Atlantic Drift’: a baseline model for American and supranational think tanks 278 Christopher J. Rastrick 19 EU think tanks: facilitating policy development in a changing environment 293 Heidi Ullrich 20 Supranational think tanks and the research agenda ahead 311 Christopher J. Rastrick PART V THINK TANKS IN POPULIST CONTEXTS 21 Think tanks confront the challenge of populism 322 Stephen Brooks 22 Trump and the foreign policy elite think tank networks 338 Naná de Graaff and Bastiaan van Apeldoorn 23 British think tanks in the time of ‘Brexit’ 354 Mark Garnett and Virgile Lorenzoni Index 369

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Book SynopsisThe public policy exception in private international law is designed to provide a national backstop in the application of foreign laws. This book provides detailed and practical comparative coverage of the use of public policy in the context of private international law across a number of important jurisdictions spanning three continents.Trade Review‘There is nothing more national in private international law than the public policy exception and its application. This book contains a recent account of how far legal systems are prepared to apply foreign law and to disregard their domestic private law values. A valuable tool for academics and practitioners forged by excellent authors.’ -- Anatol Dutta, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Germany'The public policy exception, long the undertheorized underbelly of private international law, has been rehabilitated in theory, but little was still known, comparatively, about its practical application. No longer so. This book fills that gap admirably and facilitates a more comprehensive understanding of our discipline in theory and practice.' -- Ralf Michaels, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1 A Flexible System in Flux: On the Realignment of Public Policy 1 Olaf Meyer 2 Public Policy in European Private International Law 25 Wolfgang Wurmnest 3 Austria 48 Bea Verschraegen and Florian Heindler 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 83 Zlatan Meškić and Anita Duraković 5 China 100 Fang Yu and Qiao Liu 6 England 120 Louise Merrett 7 France 162 Cécile Pellegrini 8 Germany 191 Peter Mankowski and Svenja Langenhagen 9 Hungary 224 Réka Somssich 10 Italy 242 Pietro Franzina 11 Poland 270 Maciej De Abgaro Zachariasiewicz 12 Portugal 300 Luís de Lima Pinheiro 13 Russia 319 Madina Kassenova 14 Spain 353 Nicolás Zambrana-T.var and Alberto Muńoz Fernéndez 15 Sweden 374 Ulf Maunsbach 16 Switzerland 390 Andreas Furrer and Dirk Trüten 17 Turkey 420 Candan Yasan-Tepetaş 18 United States 438 John F. Coyle Index

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Book SynopsisMany democratic theorists have viewed the recent innovations adopted throughout Latin America in a positive light. This evaluation has engendered the idea that all innovations are democratic and all democratic innovations are able to foster citizenship. Presenting a realistic analysis of both the positive and negative aspects of innovation, this book argues that these innovations ought to be examined at the intersection between design and the political system.The Two Faces of Institutional Innovation offers a new perspective on developments such as participatory budgeting, the National Electoral Institute (INE) and the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) in Mexico and comités de vigilancia in Bolivia, and evaluates the extent to which, in reality, citizens were involved in decision-making, distributive policies and citizen education. Further chapters also examine the expansion of innovation to the field of judicial institutions - one of the key areas in which innovation took place in Latin America, showing that the role of legal corporations in democracy cannot be compared with the role of engaged citizens.Contemporary and astute, this book will captivate students and scholars researching in the areas of innovation policy and regulatory governance. Its analysis of the positive and negative aspects of democratic innovation will also benefit democratic theorists and policy-makers alike.Trade Review'It is a truism to say that to understand democracy one must go beyond elections and the activities of the political class, and delve into the entrails of the bureaucracy and the judiciary. The execution is complicated, because it requires navigating a forest of rules and regulations and dissecting numerous small-scale decisions, but this book offers excellent examples of how to go about this task.' --David Lehmann, Journal of Latin American Studies'Avritzer's groundbreaking book demonstrates how different trajectories of innovations affect both democratic politics and the rule of law. The book highlights how democratic innovations expand citizens' voice and broaden the public sphere. In contrast, innovations initiated with the judicial branch not only limit democratic practices, but also make it more difficult to craft a functioning rule of law because there are few accountability checks over judicial actions. Avritzer's book makes an excellent contribution to debates on democratic politics and the rule of law in new democracies.' --Brian Wampler, Boise State University, US'Most students of democratization since 1974 (myself included) were wrong and Leonardo Avritzer has proven us so. We assumed (and complained) that in these seventy or so cases, almost all of the effort in regime change was devoted to simply imitating preceding ''real-existing democracies.'' His book documents and analyzes an extraordinary variety of efforts at institutional innovation in these neo-democracies, mostly in Latin America (and especially in his native Brazil). It is enlightening reading for anyone studying democratization and obligatory reading for anyone interested in improving the quality of ''real and recent existing'' democracy.' --Philippe C. Schmitter, European University Institute, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: the theory of institutional innovation: an overview 1. The two sides of institutional innovation 2. A second source of innovation: critical public policy 3. Participatory budgeting as a democratic innovation: origins, expansion, and limits 4. Councils and monitoring in Latin America as forms of participatory accountability 5. Innovation in the wrong direction: the Brazilian and Colombian constitutional tradition, Ministério Público and the Courts Conclusion: The two faces of Innovation Index

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Book SynopsisThis expertly curated and accessible Elgar Modern Guide is dedicated to aiding our understanding of the large corpus of studies and concepts in public policy developed using many multi-disciplinary frameworks and approaches. Bringing together a wide range of specialist contributors, this Modern Guide explores these approaches and methodologies, ranging from the examinaion of the micro level of human behaviour to the impact of the nature of global political systems on domestic policy-making. Scholars and practitioners use many frameworks and methods in order to explore these complex government and policy processes and dynamics and this book provides a handy guide to their origins, applications, and strengths and weaknesses. Chapters address the manner in which policies develop, the mechanisms activated in order to achieve policy goals, and the general patterns through which policies evolve and change. Featuring coverage of both classic and contemporary work in the field, A Modern Guide to Public Policy is an invaluable resource for both graduate and undergraduate students and for practitioners seeking an introduction to public policy and public management. It serves as an entry point into current research findings and methods for both researchers and practitioners alike and is essential reading for those wishing to enhance their understanding of public policy-making as a supplement to their other areas of interest.Trade Review‘This timely contribution gathers the rich body of literature in policy studies within a comprehensive framework. Edited by two of the world’s leading scholars in the field, the volume builds on the contribution of both prominent and emerging scholars to make a critical presentation and examination of the state of the art in public policy analysis. The book successfully combines the theoretical milestones of policy studies and the empirical reality of public policymaking to become an indispensable guide for students, academics and practitioners interested in the question of how to make policies work.’ -- Giulia Bazzan, International Review of Public Policy‘A Modern Guide to Public Policy provides a commendable overview of the field’s literature and implications for practice. I was impressed with the breadth of coverage and the quality of content from the assembled author team. The book will be most useful for graduate-level courses in public policy, possibly as a central text for such a course within a public administration program, given the chapters’ frequent attention to practitioner perspectives.’ -- Christopher L Atkinson, International Journal of Public Administration'Those new to the study of public policy, as well as those who have long made its practice and study their work, will welcome this volume. Edited by two of the world's leading scholars of public policy, its sixteen chapters, written by prominent and emerging European, Asian and North American scholars, succeed where few edited volumes do. They introduce readers to the foundational works in public policy even while providing state of the art theorizing regarding such topics as the dynamics of public policy, mechanistic underpinnings of policy design, and the effect of policy tools and policy mixes on policy outcomes.' --Grace Skogstad, University of Toronto, Canada'The theory and practice of public policy has shifted considerably in response to ongoing crises, challenges and institutional reform. Capano and Howlett have assembled a great line-up of scholars, bringing fresh insights to understanding these changes. The authors take seriously the importance of historical context and institutional capacity, in order to explain the politics of policy debate, including policy instruments, processes, learning and policy evaluation. As a guide to key themes in policy theory and practice, this book provides authoritative coverage.' --Brian Head, University of Queensland, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Capano and Howlett PART 1 – STUDYING PUBLIC POLICY ACTORS & DYNAMICS 2. Public Policy: Definitions & Approaches Howlett and Cashore 3. Studying Policy Dynamics: Policy Cycles and Regimes Perl 4. Mapping Policy Agents: policy entrepreneurs, advocacy coalitions, epistemic communities, instrument constituencies Beland and Haelg PART 2 – STUDYING THE POLICY CONTEXT & PROCESSES 5. Addressing Uncertainty and Ambiguity in policymaking: advancements and dilemmas Nair 6. Making sense of the babble of policy-making: A general framework of the policy process Goyal and Howlett 7. Policy Over- and Underreaction: From Unintentional Error to Deliberate Policy Response Maor PART 3 – STUDYING POLICY MECHANISMS & BEHAVIOUR 8. Studying Public Policy: A Mechanistic Perspective Capano 9. Types of Policy Mechanisms: 1st- and 2nd Order Mechanisms. A case study application Busetti and Capano 10. Understanding Policy Target Behaviour: Compliance Problems & the Limitations of the Utility Paradigm Howlett PART 4 – STUDYING POLICY TOOLS & CAPACITIES 11. Policy Instruments: Definitions & Approaches Howlett 12. Policy Resources, Capacities and Capabilities Wu, Ramesh and Howlett 13. Understanding Complex Policy Mixes: Conceptual and Empirical Challenges Sewerin PART 5 – STUDYING POLICY OUTPUTS & OUTCOMES 14. Policy Design and Non-Design: Discerning the Content of Policy Packaging, Patching, Stretching and Layering Capano and Mukherjee 15. The lessons of policy learning: types, triggers, hindrances and pathologies Dunlop and Radaelli 16. Policy Dismantling, Accumulation & Performance Knill, Steinebach, Adam and Hurka Index

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Book SynopsisThere has been a rapid global expansion of academic and policy attention focusing on in-work poverty, illustrating that across the world there are increasing numbers of people who could be described as the ?working poor?. Taking a global and multi-disciplinary perspective, this Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of current research at the intersection between work and poverty.Authoritative contributions from leading researchers in the field provide comprehensive coverage of conceptual and measurement issues, causal drivers and mechanisms, key empirical findings, policy issues and debates. The Handbook is unique in offering perspectives from a wide range of regions and countries, stretching beyond developed countries. It also does justice to the paradigmatic diversity in approaches to in-work poverty, offering a wealth of variety in disciplinary approaches.Academically rigorous, yet clear and concise, this Handbook will benefit students and scholars of public policy, politics, social policy and development studies. It will also prove accessible for policy analysts and journalists looking to explore the issue from new angles.Contributors include: P. Barbieri, A. Barrientos, K.M. Blankenship, D. Brady, E. Crettaz, G. Cutuli, J.C. Feres, N.-S. Fritsch, M. Giesselmann, J. Horemans, A. Horton, L. Kenworthy, M. Leibbrandt, A. Levanon, D.T. Lichter, K. Lilenstein, H. Lohmann, J.-d. Lue, B. Maître, L. Maldonado, L.C. Maldonado, S. Marchal, I. Marx, R. Maurizio, R. Nieuwenhuis, B. Nolan, S. Oselin, S. Ponthieux, L. Pradella, J. Prieto, E. Saburov, W. Salverda, S.R. Sanders, S. Scherer, D. Seikel, D. Spannagel, B.C. Thiede, V. Unnikrishnan, W. Van Lancker, L. Vandecasteele, G. Verbist, R. Verwiebe, C.T. Whelan, J. Wills, I. Woolard, C.-Y. YehTrade Review'A handbook on ''in-work poverty'' research is long overdue. Here we have a very complete and compelling review of the policy connections between work and low-income status from a world-class set of contributors. The volume manages to touch on almost all of the key issues related to the world-wide adoption of in-work anti-poverty policies and how they interact with institution, families and society. Bravo!' --Timothy M. Smeeding, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Henning Lohmann and Ive Marx PART I GENERAL PERSPECTIVES 2. The concept and measurement of in-work poverty Henning Lohmann 3. Low earnings and their drivers in relation to in-work poverty Wiemer Salverda 4. Explaining cross-country differences in in-work poverty Henning Lohmann and Eric Crettaz 5. Gender and in-work poverty Sophie Ponthieux 6. In-work poverty among migrants Eric Crettaz PART II INDIVIDUAL AND HOUSEHOLD PERSPECTIVES ON IN-WORK POVERTY 7. Demographic drivers of in-work poverty Brian C. Thiede, Scott R. Sanders and Daniel T. Lichter 8. Low pay, in-work poverty and economic vulnerability Bertrand Maître, Brian Nolan and Christopher T. Whelan 9. Atypical employment and in-work poverty Jeroen Horemans 10. Single-parent families and in-work poverty Rense Nieuwenhuis and Laurie C. Maldonado 11. The dynamics of in-work poverty Leen Vandecasteele and Marco Giesselmann PART III POLICIES AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK 12. Income support policies for the working poor Sarah Marchal, Ive Marx and Gerlinde Verbist 13. Impacts of the living wage on in-work poverty Amy Horton and Jane Wills 14. Activation and in-work poverty Daniel Seikel and Dorothee Spannagel 15. Childcare policies and in-work poverty Wim van Lancker and Jeroen Horemans 16. The international political economy of the working poor in Western Europe Lucia Pradella PART IV EUROPE AND THE US 17. Labor market flexibilization, and in-work poverty: A comparative analysis of Germany, Austria and Switzerland Nina-Sophie Fritsch and Roland Verwiebe 18. In-work poverty in Southern Europe: The case of Italy Paolo Barbieri, Giorgio Cutuli and Stefani Scherer 19. In-work Poverty in the United States Lane Kenworthy and Ive Marx PART V LATIN AMERICA, SOUTH AFRICA AND ASIA 20. In-work poverty and social assistance in developing countries Armando Barrientos and Vidhya Unnikrishnan 21. In-work poverty in Latin America: Prevalence, driving forces and trends Roxana Maurizio 22. The working poor in Chile during the period 1990-2013 Luis Maldonado, Joaquin Prieto and Juan Carlos Feres 23. In-work poverty in South Africa: The impact of income sharing in the presence of high unemployment Kezia Lilenstein, Ingrid Woolard and Murray Leibbrandt 24. Changes in the demographic antecedents of poverty among workers in Israel, 1991-2011 Asaf Levanon and Evgeny Saburov 25. In-work poverty in three East Asian welfare states Chung-Yang Yeh and Jen-Der Lue 26. Working poor in the informal economy: Material deprivation among female sex workers in India David Brady, Sharon Oselin and Kim M. Blankenship Index

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Book SynopsisThis important Handbook brings together preeminent scholars, both from Global South and North, sharing their comparative and international perspectives on the topic. Their original contributions cover the key issues and questions around policy transfer research.Offering a pluralist perspective and focusing on critical areas of research including policy transfer, diffusion, circulation and mobilities, this Handbook overcomes epistemological and methodological cleavages in the field. Opening with a series of discussions on the concepts and advancements in the study of policy transfer, the Handbook moves to an examination of agents and structures involved in the process. The Handbook also sheds light on the role of culture and context, with chapters devoted to Asian, Latin American and European particularities. Altogether, chapters illuminate how rich and provocative the current debate on the interpretation of policies moving across borders is and the vibrancy of the area’s research within the broad planet of public policy analysis.Presenting a ground-breaking and unique contribution to the area of public policy analysis, the Handbook of Policy Transfer, Diffusion and Circulation will be a useful resource for well-established scholars, researchers, policy-makers and both post graduate and undergraduate students in this field.Trade Review'This very impressive collection of chapters by established and emerging scholars from different streams of policy transfer provides new insights into the mechanisms and dynamics of policy transfer. Especially important are the several chapters detailing the agents, structures, and outcomes of the travel of policies and their components across countries in the Global South and from them to the Global North.' -- Grace Skogstad, University of Toronto, Canada'This Handbook collects an impressive number of contributions on the state of the art in policy transfer studies. Approaching major substantive areas, methodological approaches, policy instruments and policy fields from a global perspective, the Handbook is a must-read for researchers and students of policy studies.' -- Alketa Peci, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil'An admirably global, conceptually inclusive guide to contemporary analyses and discussions about how, why, and with what consequences policies travel. The Handbook is particularly valuable for how it highlights the contributions of Global South contexts and authors in a literature that has tended to be too Northern-focused.' -- Eugene McCann, Simon Fraser University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xiii Jacint Jordana Acknowledgements xvi 1 A prelude to policy transfer research 1 Osmany Porto de Oliveira PART I CONCEPTS AND METHODS 2 Learning and transfer: who learns what from whom? 26 David P. Dolowitz 3 Mechanisms of policy transfer and policy diffusion 43 Johanna Kuhlmann 4 Translation and translators in policy transfer processes 58 Patrick Hassenteufel and Ulrike Zeigermann 5 Collaborative event ethnography as a strategy for analyzing policy transfers and global summits 80 David Dumoulin Kervran 6 Policy mobilities as comparison: urbanization processes, repeated instances, topologies 100 Jennifer Robinson PART II AGENTS AND STRUCTURES 7 International organizations as complex agents in policy transfer processes 121 Magdaléna Hadjiisky 8 International agencies and urban policy diffusion 155 Richard Stren 9 Private consultants and policy advisory organizations: a blind spot on policy transfer research 173 Diane Stone, Leslie A. Pal and Osmany Porto de Oliveira 10 Instrument constituency and policy transfer: how a collective actor mediates the transnational movement of policy instruments 196 Michael Howlett and Kidjie Saguin 11 Travelling across developing countries: unpacking the role of South– South Cooperation and civil society in policy transfer 214 Laura Trajber Waisbich, Melissa Pomeroy and Iara Costa Leite 12 Defending the realm: knowledge networks, regime maintenance and policy transfer 237 Leslie A. Pal and Jennifer Spence PART III CULTURE, CONTEXT AND DIRECTIONS 13 Understanding the role of culture in policy transfers 258 Giulia C. Romano 14 Circulations of planning ideas and urban policy mobilities in Latin America 278 Camila Saraiva, Guillermo Jajamovich and Gabriel Silvestre 15 Social policies in movement: diffusion and transfer in Latin America 298 Cecilia Osorio Gonnet 16 Policy transfer in Asia 317 Kidjie Saguin and Kritika Sha 17 Policy transfer within the European Union and beyond: Europeanization in times of stability and crises 337 Ramona Coman and Elsa Tulmets PART IV POLICY INSTRUMENTS 18 The diffusion of democratic innovations 365 Gilles Pradeau 19 Policy transfer of environmental policy: where are we now and where are we going? Examples from water, climate, energy, and waste sectors 386 Raul Pacheco-Vega 20 Policy transfer research in the rural sector 406 Eric Sabourin and Carolina Milhorance 21 Policy transfer in the health sector 425 Matthias Brunn 22 The diffusion of regulatory governance innovations: a research synthesis 443 Fabrizio De Francesco Index 463

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Book SynopsisPolitical leaders and institutions across the Global South are continually failing to respond to the needs of their citizens. This incisive book sets out to establish the pathways to and outcomes of accountability in a development context, as well as to investigate the ways in which people can seek redress and hold their public officials to account.Providing a timely complement to the current literature on accountability, the book features contributions from a diverse range of experienced and up-and-coming scholars and practitioners across the globe. Chapters explore questions of how improved accountability relations emerge, under what conditions they can be maintained, and what role civil-society actors, donors, and new ICT tools can and should play in developing countries. Integrating empirical case studies from Brazil, Egypt, India, Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia with a strong theoretical framework on accountability relations, the book delivers a comprehensive analysis of accountability initiatives across the Global South and ultimately reflects on how they contribute to reaching the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16.This insightful book will be an essential resource for academics, policymakers, and practitioners worldwide who are engaged in enhancing public sector accountability and implementing SDG 16. It will also help to guide social movements and citizen-led action.Trade Review‘This insightful and comprehensive overview of diverse accountability efforts underscores persistent gaps between policy discourse, practices and outcomes. All routes to accountability turn out to be long routes. The rich case studies remind us that accountability – as both a big idea and practical goal – remains ambiguous, malleable and contested.’ -- Jonathan Fox, American University, US‘In recent years, accountability has become a popular buzzword in development. With clear and compelling cases, this important book brings empirically grounded substance to the debate, documenting multiple innovations in accountability which use a variety of strategies to contest political orders across the global south. A very useful contribution to our understanding!’ -- John Gaventa, Institute of Development Studies, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xvii Introduction – public accountability in the global south: approaches and practices 1 Sylvia I. Bergh, Wil Hout, Sony Pellissery and C. Sathyamala PART I SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH 1 Enhancing citizen voices in service delivery in India: the role of social accountability tools 23 Samuel Paul and Meena Nair 2 Social accountability initiatives in Egypt: unlocking the ‘black box’ of contextual factors 41 Yasmin Khodary 3 Governance in translation: participatory budgeting across the developing world 60 Brian Wampler and Michael Touchton 4 Making the most of tech moments in accountable governance: identifying suitable entry points, actors and contexts 77 Fletcher Tembo 5 Civil society and state accountability: holding the state accountable in the context of shrinking civic space in Kenya 99 Antony Otieno Ong’ayo 6 Right to public services: reconceptualizing the path to (social) accountability in India 126 Anognya Parthasarathy PART II ACCOUNTABILITY POLITICS FROM THE ‘SUPPLY SIDE’ PERSPECTIVE 7 Frameworks of accountability in healthcare 151 James Warner Björkman 8 Holding the Ugandan police to account: case study of the Police Accountability and Reform Project 165 Wil Hout, Natascha Wagner and Rose Namara 9 The Office of Auditor General Zambia: becoming a professional audit office that empowers the public 182 James Hathaway 10 Accountable to whom? Basic service delivery in India’s urban-development programmes 198 Arvind Balaji Rajasekaran 11 Neoliberal reforms and public accountability in the Western Balkans 221 Rachel Kurian 12 Conclusion: main findings and future challenges to public accountability 245 Sylvia I. Bergh, Wil Hout, Meenal Thakur and C. Sathyamala Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.In this updated second edition, internationally renowned scholar B. Guy Peters provides a succinct introduction to public policy and illustrates the design approach to policy problems. Peters demonstrates how decision-makers can make more effective choices and why a design approach to public intervention can improve policy formulation.Key features of the second edition include: Analytical identification and evaluation of the vital components of policy design Reflections on the challenges posed by Covid-19 and public policy solutions An expanded overview of evaluation and behavioral public policy analysis Critical discussions of alternatives to cost-benefit analysis. Offering a timely and concise approach to the field, this book will be crucial for high-level students who are new to public policy, as well as scholars and researchers hoping to improve and advance their understanding of the design perspective. Its analytic and theoretical grounding will also prove useful for policy practitioners, enabling sophisticated solutions to common policy problems.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Public policy: a design perspective 2. Policy problems PART I MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT POLICY 3. Models of policymaking 4. Agendas, agenda-setting and framing PART II POLICY INTERVENTIONS 5. Designing intervention and implementation 6. Policy instruments PART III EVALUATING POLICY 7. Evaluating public policy: an introduction 8. Evaluating public policy: the utilitarian dimension 9. Normative and ethical analysis of policy 10. Conclusion: policy success and failure References Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook provides readers with an expert overview of the key theoretical approaches to governance and development, covering a broad range of policy areas and domains. Utilising a critical approach to assess issues from a multidisciplinary perspective, the contributions in this Handbook review different social contexts and policy areas, governance arrangements, and processes relating to issues of development. Chapters illustrate at global, regional and national levels how the specific forms of governance impact development and how ongoing trends of development can influence governance concerns. Further insights are also offered regarding the functioning of the state and the transformation of the role of the state in modern society, illustrating the place for governance in future development policies. Researchers in governance and development will find this comprehensive Handbook an excellent resource for their area of specialisation, and scholars in governance, political science, social sciences and economics will be provided with a useful entry point into the literature. Practitioners will also welcome this as an informative read for updating their knowledge and accessing the latest research findings.Trade Review‘Governance has been a leading concept in academic and policy research on politics and development for a quarter century. This Handbook is a befitting marker of its evolution during this period. The editors bring together an impressive range of scholars from across the world to discuss the multiple contexts in which governance has been applied to highlight the ways societies are managed through the interaction between citizens and their public authorities. Specific issues include how governance relates to policymaking, human rights, state formation, and international development cooperation. The book is an invaluable source for researchers, teachers, and students of the complex relations between politics and development.’ -- Göran Hydén, University of Florida, US‘Governance is a perennial concern, development a “wicked problem”. This Handbook is a valuable collection that explores and exposes the intricacies and interconnecting dynamics of governance and development to provide a nuanced and detailed understanding for students and scholars alike. The Handbook brings together many of the most acclaimed international scholars – genuinely from all corners of the world – to give critical insight into some of the world’s most pressing problems and how states attempt to contain and govern them.’ -- Diane Stone, European University Institute, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Preface xiii 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Governance and Development 1 Wil Hout and Jane Hutchison PART I THEORIZING GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT 2 Liberal approaches to governance and development 14 David Williams 3 New institutionalist approaches to governance: contesting complementarities 28 Karim Knio 4 Decoloniality, governance and development 45 Rosalba Icaza PART II GOVERNANCE, THE STATE AND STATE TRANSFORMATION 5 Globalization, state transformation and global governance 64 Shahar Hameiri and Lee Jones 6 Political systems: the rise and fall of democracies and dictatorships 78 Renske Doorenspleet 7 The renaissance of the developmental state in the age of post-neoliberalism 97 Jewellord Nem Singh 8 The regulatory state under pressure 115 Bronwen Morgan 9 Marketization as governance and development 130 Toby Carroll and Darryl S.L. Jarvis 10 Neopatrimonialism: a critical assessment 145 Christian von Soest 11 The rule of law, governance and development 160 Nandini Ramanujam and Francesca Farrington 12 Governance and state fragility: a comparative analysis of Sub-Saharan African countries 179 Paulos C. Tsegaw 13 Corruption and anticorruption: Uganda and South Africa as positive outliers in governance reforms? 196 Heather Marquette and Caryn Peiffer PART III GOVERNANCE, SOCIETY AND POLICY 14 Sustainable development, climate change and planetary justice: governance challenges 212 Joyeeta Gupta and Klaudia Prodani 15 Poverty, inequality and governance: a global perspective 230 Augustin Kwasi Fosu and Dede Woade Gafa 16 Civil society, governance and development 249 Kees Biekart 17 Governance for sustainable development: a human rights perspective 265 Karin Arts and Daphina Misiedjan 18 Gender and feminist transformative development 279 Jane Hutchison and Lian Sinclair 19 Governance of extractive industries 294 Pascale Hatcher and Etienne Roy Grégoire 20 Peacebuilding, governance and development 308 Caroline Hughes PART IV DEVELOPMENT ACTORS AND GOVERNANCE REFORM 21 Development cooperation policies and governance 323 Wil Hout and Nadia Molenaers 22 UNDP and the democratic governance agenda 340 Shabbir Cheema 23 Emerging powers, governance and development 356 Marin Ferry and Haley J. Swedlund Index

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Book SynopsisIn this innovative book, Jacob Torfing, a leading scholar of the field, critically evaluates emerging ideas, practices and institutions that are transforming how public governance is perceived, theorised and conducted in practice.Identifying cutting-edge developments in public governance, this incisive book analyses new forms of political leadership, public management, public organisation, administrative steering, cross-boundary collaboration, public regulation and societal problem-solving. Examining some of the most significant instances of public governance transformation, chapters explore the effects of transformations from sovereign to interactive political leadership, from national to multi-level governance, and from hard to soft power. With a novel focus on the production of innovative public value outcomes, the book considers how these developments interact with and are influenced by new digital technologies and increasing globalisation. Torfing concludes with a reflection on how best to comprehend, study and take advantage of current and future transformations in public governance.A novel rethinking of how current societies are governed, this book will inspire students, scholars and practitioners of political science, public policy, regulation and governance, and public administration management to reconsider how public governance and administration may be organised in the future to present innovative solutions to societal problems.Trade Review‘With a clarity that belies the difficulty of his task, Jacob Torfing manages to get the whole complex and nettlesome world of public governance into focus. Rethinking Governance demonstrates Torfing’s gift for showing us where we have come from and where we must go. -- Chris Ansell, University of California, Berkeley, US‘Rethinking Public Governance offers a masterful account of the origins, current difficulties, and possible vibrant futures for the governance of liberal democracies. The book is a must-read tour de force that integrates across disciplines in a theoretically rich, practically useful way and presents an ambitious agenda for future work.’ -- John M. Bryson, University of Minnesota, US‘Scholars and practitioners alike will benefit from this book’s well-informed, comprehensive, and topical overview of current orthodoxies and transformations in Public Governance. It identifies drivers and features of cutting-edge collaborative and democratic governance innovations and provides direction and inspiration for advancing both these practices and the study of public governance.’ -- Joop Koppenjan, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The public governance orthodoxy 3. From sovereign to interactive political leadership 4. From policy program implementation to public value creation 5. From control- to trust-based governance and management 6. From the efficient use of existing resources to the mobilization of new ones 7. From unicentric to pluricentric coordination 8. From national- to multi-level governance 9. From hard to soft power 10. From intra-organizational to inter-organizational leadership 11. From stability and continuous improvement to innovation 12. From spectator and counter-democracy to interactive democracy 13. Reinvigorating public governance studies Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook offers a critical analysis of the major theoretical and empirical issues in public policy and public administration in China. Investigating methodological, theoretical, and conceptual themes, it provides an insightful reflection on how China is governed. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, expert international contributors explore the complex challenges and facets of public administration, inwards and outwards civil service issues, and policy configurations and implementations in China. Chapters provide in-depth analyses of government capacity-building and policy making, local bureaucracy, anti-corruption regimes, civil service evaluation, and the effectiveness of the public sector. This comparative study uniquely tests Western theories of public policy and administration in a non-Western country, evaluating and dimensionalizing the relevance of such perspectives. Through the examination of key areas of research, the Handbook also illuminates the present state of research and teaching on public administration in China and establishes a broad framework for future studies of the field. Offering a detailed discussion of the characteristics of governance in China, this comprehensive Handbook will be a valuable resource for academics and students of public policy and administration, politics, sociology and Chinese studies. Its focus on management and performance will also be beneficial for public policy makers and analysts.Trade Review‘This Handbook succeeds in providing a wealth of information in one place about the Chinese experience with public administration and public policy. The authors in the collection write with clarity and engage in sober, fair discussions of what are often challenging public policy issues; the context probably added to the challenge. The editors and authors for this volume are commended for amassing this contribution. Because the book has lessons to teach about public administration globally, there is no need to consider it a book relevant only to scholars of China-related topics. The book is recommended for library collections, especially those in academic settings representing schools of public administration and public policy.’ -- Christopher L. Atkinson, Public Organization Review'This remarkable volume serves up a sumptuous buffet of theoretically informed and empirically grounded research into a wide range of issues related to public administration (civil service) and policy implementation in China. The contributors, most of whom are Chinese, turn a reflective and critical eye on changes in public policy and administration as China tries to adapt to unceasing challenges of social change, technological advance, entrenched practices and globalization. A gift to scholars and practitioners.' --Thomas B. Gold, University of California, Berkeley, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION 1 State of the field: research on public policy and public administration in China 2 Xiaowei Zang and Hon S. Chan PART II THE CHINESE CIVIL SERVICE 2 Selection of local leaders in China: meritocracy or personal connections? 22 Zhiyue Bo 3 Civil service pay in China 41 Shuo Chen and Hon S. Chan 4 Measuring public-sector performance and effectiveness 59 Jie Gao PART III GOVERNMENT CAPACITY-BUILDING IN CHINA 5 Integrity management under state hierarchy: controlling corruption in China 81 Ting Gong 6 Beyond governance for economic growth: understanding incentive distortions in the Chinese bureaucracy 96 Shui-Yan Tang and Bo Wen 7 Digital governance in China 121 Liang Ma 8 Regulation in China 135 May Chu and Pak Wan Major Pau 9 The development of fiscal transparency in China: a critical review 150 Hanyu Xiao and Jingyuan Xu 10 Ruling online and social media in China in the digital age 168 Xigen Li 11 Authoritarian transparency: a comparative survey on open government information regulations in China 205 Fen Lin 12 Land use reforms and land finance in Chinese local governments 221 Alfred M. Wu and Fangzhi Ye 13 Revisiting China’s ethnic minorities policies: asserting a flavor of Chinese Characteristics 240 Yangbin Chen 14 The Chinese dream and foreign language education policy in China 255 Lucy Zhao, Xiaowei Zang, and Shijia Yang PART IV PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNANCE IN CHINA 15 Family planning policies and fertility changes in China: a historical review 277 Yu Song 16 Urbanization like China? Implementation mode, policy regime and sustainable transformation pathways 290 Xiaoling Zhang 17 Network structure and collaborative innovation processes: a comparative analysis of two elderly service networks in Shanghai 304 Wai-Fung Lam and Wei Li 18 Land administration policy and illegal land use 324 Hongping Lian, Hui Li, and Kilkon Ko 19 Government capacity, citizen activism, and wastewater treatment in China: evidence from provincial panel data (2004‒2014) 346 Xiaowei Zang 20 Organ donation in China and Hong Kong: learning from international models and adopting proper motivational measures 361 Ruiping Fan and Chunyan Ding PART V STREET-LEVEL BUREAUCRACY IN CHINA 21 Research on street-level bureaucracy in China: past, present, and future 377 Xiaowei Zang 22 Authoritarian capitalism and policing studies in China 391 Jianhua Xu, Qipu Hu, and Anli Jiang 23 Exploring frontline work in China 407 Xiaowei Zang and Michael Musheno 24 Leniency and severity in street-level law enforcement in China 423 Lisa Zang and Xiaowei Zang PART VI RESEARCH AND TEACHING ON PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN GREATER CHINA 25 Dissertation research in public administration in China 437 Yijia Jing 26 A review of public administration research in Hong Kong and Macau, 2010‒2019 452 Echo Lei Wang and Jie Gao 27 Crisis of relevance? Public administration theory and practice connections in Taiwan 466 Milan Tung-Wen Sun, Wen-Hsueh Chen, and Windy Thi-Ngoc-Minh Phan Index

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Book SynopsisThe growing intensity and complexity of public service has spurred policy reform efforts across the globe, many featuring attempts to promote more collaborative government. Collaboration in Public Service Delivery sheds light on these efforts, analysing and reconceptualising the major types of collaboration in public service delivery through a governance lens. Featuring careful analysis with a global scope, this book unpacks the concept of collaborative service delivery and its practice, drawing from the fields of public policy, public administration, and management. Chapters by leading authors in these areas address service delivery arrangements including co-production, co-management, consultations, contracting-out, commissioning and certification. With a keen focus on conditions that are critical for the success of such collaborative arrangements, as well as their different pathways and pitfalls, the authors suggest ways to improve the analytical, managerial and political capacities needed for successful collaboration in public service delivery. This timely and comprehensive book is useful for students at all levels interested in public policy, governance, administration and management, as well as researchers investigating the governance of collaborative service delivery. Policymakers and practitioners working to re-evaluate and improve public service provision, especially, will also benefit from its insightful discussions of the conditions and mechanisms under which collaborative arrangements operate and fail or succeed.Trade Review'This stimulating collection makes a timely effort to unite different approaches to collaborative public service delivery. It will be of interest to anyone looking for an up-to-date overview of the latest development in this area of research.' --Taco Brandsen, Radboud University, the Netherlands'Collaboration between government and non-government organisations to deliver services and implement policies has burgeoned recently, in both print and practice. This book not only provides a timely stock-take of the diverse forms and potential of collaboration, but also offers keen insights into its challenges and their implications for public management.' --John Alford, University of Melbourne, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Part I Introduction: The Promise of Collaborative Public Service Delivery 1. Collaboration in Public Service Delivery: What, When and How Anka Kekez, Michael Howlett and M Ramesh 2. Collaboration: Key Concepts Chris Ansell Part II Types of Collaboration for Public Service Delivery: Critical Capacities and Implementation Challenges 3. Consultation as Collaboration? Genevieve Fuji Johnson and Robert Howsam 4. Contracting Out as a Governance Mechanism: The Case of National Health Insurance in India Maurya Dayashankar and M Ramesh 5. From Procurement to the Commissioning of Public Services Andrea Migone 6. Impact of State—Civil Society Co-management Contracts on Water Supply in Rural India: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Namrata Chindarkar, Yvonne Jie Chen and Dennis Wichelns 7. Co-production with Citizens: Demarcating the Mode of Collaboration by Looking ‘from outside in’ William Voorberg and Ingmar Van Meerkerk 8. Certification: Implementation Challenges in Private-social Partnerships Joanna Vince Part III Governance of Collaboration: Pathways and Potential Pitfalls 9. Top-down versus Bottom-up Pathways to Collaboration Between Governments and Citizens: Reflecting on Different Participation Traps Ingmar van Meerkerk 10. Problems of Bottom-up Collaboration: Evolutionary Pathways and Capacity Challenges of NSMD Governance Institutions Benjamin Cashore 11. Outcome-based Commissioning: Four Pathways to Achieving Public Value Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler 12. Problems of Captured Collaboration: From Political to Politicized Metagovernance Anka Kekez and Andrija Henjak Part IV Conclusion: Bolstering the Governance Capacities for Collaborative Public Service Delivery 13. The Need to Design Collaboration: Improving the Effectiveness of Commissioning with Design Thinking Michael Mintrom and Madeline Thomas 14. General Theory for Managing Contracts in Public Service Delivery: Towards Collaborative Contractual Frameworks Isha Dayal 15. Coping with the Implementation Challenge: Decision-making Strategies and their Implications for Collaborative Governance Lihi Lahat and Neta Sher-Hadar Index

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Book SynopsisThe Elgar Encyclopedia of Development is a ground-breaking resource that provides a starting point for those wishing to grasp how and why development occurs, while also providing further expansion appropriate for more experienced academics.With concise explorations of over 130 key terms, events, actors, theories, practices, agencies, and policies in the field, this Encyclopedia introduces a broader viewpoint to the ever-evolving discipline of development studies. Entries act as helpful references that clarify key subjects, identify influential literature and highlight correct practitioner procedure.Key Features: Interdisciplinary and international analysis of development Succinct and accessible entries that illustrate significant historical shifts Authored by experts and emerging leaders in contemporary areas of study such as rising powers and green economies Addresses core development issues such as child labour, class, food security, poverty, sustainability and urban development This essential Encyclopedia will be an important reference for students and scholars pursuing disciplines such as development economics, international politics, development studies and social policy. Development practitioners looking to improve existing practices will additionally benefit from its theoretical foundations and historical trajectories of important events.Table of ContentsList of contributors x An introduction to the Elgar Encyclopedia of Development 1 Matthew Clarke and Xinyu (Andy) Zhao 1 Absolute poverty 4 Andy Sumner 2 Advocacy 7 Margit van Wessel 3 Affordable housing 12 Carolyn Whitzman 4 Agrarian change and rural development 15 Cristóbal Kay 5 Aid modality 20 B. Ouattara 6 Amartya Sen 24 Lawrence Hamilton 7 Andre Gunder Frank 29 Sing C. Chew 8 Animal capital 36 Dinesh Wadiwel 9 Art and development 41 Polly Stupples 10 Artificial intelligence and development 46 Matthew L. Smith and Ruhiya Kristine Seward 11 Arturo Escobar 52 Kiran Asher 12 Bandung and decolonization 55 Narendran Kumarakulasingam 13 Basic needs approach 59 Kenneth A. Reinert 14 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 64 Bernice Yanful and Anne-Emanuelle Birn 15 Bretton Woods 70 Laurissa Mühlich 16 BRICS 74 Deborah Barros Leal Farias 17 Chandra Talpade Mohanty 77 Chizu Sato 18 Child labour 83 Dev Nathan 19 Citizen aid 88 Anne-Meike Fechter 20 Civil society and development 90 Jude Howell 21 Class 95 Jonathan Pattenden 22 Communication for development 100 Valentina Baú 23 Community capacity-building 104 Gary Craig 24 Community development 110 Gary Craig 25 Conflict sensitivity and do no harm 116 Anthony Ware 26 Corporate social responsibility 120 Paul Alexander Haslam 27 Corruption and development 125 Alina Mungiu-Pippidi 28 Culture and development 129 Keith Nurse 29 Customary law 137 Sandra F. Joireman 30 Data justice 141 Richard Heeks 31 Debt 145 Bruno Bonizzi and Christina Laskaridis 32 Decent work 150 Kanchana Ruwanpura 33 Degrowth 155 Federico Demaria 34 Dependency theory 161 Wil Hout 35 Developing countries 166 Deborah Barros Leal Farias 36 Development and racial hierarchy 169 Kamna Patel 37 Development ethics 173 Jay Drydyk 38 Developmental state 180 Yin-wah Chu 39 Digital citizenship 185 Jiajie Lu 40 Digital inclusion 188 Amber Marshall 41 Disability and development 192 Shaun Grech 42 Disaster and development 197 Jeroen Warner 43 Domestic violence and development 203 Nata Duvvury 44 Early childhood development 208 Deborah A. Phillips 45 Education and development 214 Simon McGrath 46 Energy and development 219 David I. Stern 47 Ester Boserup 224 Marina Fischer-Kowalski 48 Everyday peace 228 Anthony Ware 49 Faith-based organizations 234 Marie Juul Petersen 50 Finance and development 241 Rashmi Arora 51 Financial inclusion 247 Mandira Sarma 52 Food regimes 251 Philip McMichael 53 Food security 259 C. Peter Timmer 54 Forced migration 264 Naohiko Omata 55 Foreign direct investment 268 Rajneesh Narula and André Pineli 56 Gender and development 272 Gouthami 57 Gender and intersectionality 277 Tanja Bastia 58 Geography and the world’s development divides 279 Marcin Wojciech Solarz 59 Global governance 286 Roni Kay O’Dell 60 Global North–South 291 Jean-Philippe Thérien 61 Global value chains and economic development 296 David Dollar 62 Globalization and development 299 Kenneth A. Reinert 63 Good governance 304 Anis Chowdhury 64 Green economy 309 Kirstie O’Neill 65 Health system 314 Michael Anderson and Elias Mossialos 66 Heritage and development 320 Dobrosława Wiktor-Mach 67 Human development approach 324 Alexandra Fortacz and Sabina Alkire 68 Human Development Index 332 Mark McGillivray 69 Human trafficking and slavery 337 James Cockayne 70 Humanitarian aid 342 Nazanin Zadeh-Cummings 71 Immanuel Wallerstein 347 Chamsy el-Ojeili 72 Inclusive research 352 Melanie Nind 73 Indigenous peoples and development 355 Janet Hunt 74 Infrastructure and economic development 361 Dan Biller 75 International child sponsorship 368 Brad Watson 76 International Monetary Fund and the World Bank 374 Dane Rowlands 77 International trade and economic development 379 Saibal Kar 78 International volunteering 381 Susanne Schech 79 Internet governance 386 Francesca Musiani 80 Labour migration 391 Sylvia Ang 81 Land governance 394 Stig Enemark 82 Land grabs 399 Kiah Smith 83 Localization 404 Kristina Roepstorff 84 MDGs and SDGs 408 85 Mining 412 Jeannette Graulau 86 Modernization 417 Corinna R. Unger 87 Multispecies climate justice 422 Yamini Narayanan 88 Multispecies poverty politics 426 Yamini Narayanan 89 Neoliberalism 429 Nichole Georgeou and Charles Hawksley 90 Open development 435 Ruhiya Kristine Seward and Matthew L. Smith 91 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 441 Matthias Schmelzer 92 Oxfam 446 Chris Roche 93 Participatory development 451 Anthony Ware 94 Pastoralism 455 John Morton 95 Plan International 460 Karin Arts 96 Pollution 465 Andrew Farmer 97 Population and development 468 Tim Dyson 98 Postcapitalism 473 Tuomo Alhojärvi, Isaac Lyne, Pryor Placino, Katharine McKinnon and the Community Economies Collective 99 Postdevelopment 479 Samantha Balaton-Chrimes 100 Post-neoliberalism 482 Tobias Boos and Ulrich Brand 101 Poverty measurement 489 Sharon Bessell 102 Queer development studies 494 Corinne L. Mason 103 Religion and development 497 Séverine Deneulin 104 Resilience 502 Isaac Lyne, Ann Hill, Elizabeth Barron, Alison Guzman and Ignacio Krell 105 Right to development 507 Anthony Ware 106 Rights-based approach to development 512 Anthony Ware 107 Rising powers 518 Stephan Klingebiel 108 Rural–urban migration 523 Xinjie Shi and Bingyu Huangfu 109 Save the Children 528 Karin Arts 110 Sexual and reproductive health and rights 532 Nate Henderson 111 Slow city 536 Heike Mayer and Paul L. Knox 112 Social enterprise 538 Isaac Lyne 113 Social protection 544 Keetie Roelen 114 Socialist ecofeminism 547 Ana Isla 115 South–South cooperation 553 Thomas Muhr 116 Stages of growth 559 Rashmi Arora 117 State fragility 563 Nematullah Bizhan 118 Subjective well-being 566 Sefa Awaworyi Churchill and Russell Smyth 119 Sustainable development 569 Mark Diesendorf 120 Sustainable livelihoods 575 Kiah Smith 121 Sylvia Chant 580 Cathy McIlwaine 122 The Belt and Road Initiative 583 Jing Gu 123 The humanitarian– development nexus 588 Jon Harald Sande Lie 124 The migration–development nexus 593 Ronald Skeldon and Tanja Bastia 125 The World Commission on Environment and Development 598 Iris Borowy 126 Tourism and development 603 David J. Telfer 127 Trade and poverty 609 Paul Brenton 128 Urban planning 613 Patrick Brandful Cobbinah 129 Waste management and development 618 Sonia Maria Dias 130 Women and development 623 Lourdes Beneria 131 World-systems theory 628 Christopher Chase-Dunn 132 World Trade Organization 631 Kalim Siddiqui

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Book SynopsisThis incisive book provides key interdisciplinary perspectives on the current challenges faced by EU policymakers in framing and implementing a coherent European industrial policy, employing specific case studies from the digital, automotive, steel and defence industries as well as concrete examples of EU policies. Comprehensive and analytical, the book investigates the long-term structural causes of the absence of a strong industrial policy at Union level. Examining the tensions that exist between member states and EU institutions regarding industrial and competition policies, expert contributions assess the conditions for an integrated EU industrial policy to emerge. A comparative analysis between the industrial policies of the EU, US and China is developed as chapters explore how the EU maintains its position in global value chains while other major partners are forced to pursue strategic trade and industrial policies to retain their dominant position. The book concludes with a presentation of prospective scenarios to assess the future technological evolution of the EU. EU Industrial Policy in the Multipolar Economy will be an essential resource for academics and practitioners concerned with EU current affairs, global governance, industrial economics and international trade. Its use of case studies and original data will allow governments, EU institutions, NGOs and EU public affairs consultants and analysts to assess their policymaking options in the fields of research, industrial policy and sustainable development.Trade Review‘In today’s global economy, high-tech rivalries, the transition to a green economy, and security concerns have encouraged more and more countries to expand government intervention in industry. Although many observers focus on the United States and China, the EU is economically comparable in size to both countries. In an increasingly multipolar world, the policies Europeans adopt may be decisive for the future of the global economy. Most analysts are pessimistic, given that the member states of the EU have failed to create the effective, centralized institutions they would need to manage such a policy at a continental scale. But these authors point to a silver lining. Centralized subsidy policies no longer really work, except where governments buy the output—as happens in the areas of transport, energy, and military arms production. Instead, key European interventions take the shape of the imposition of antitrust policy, regulatory standards, coordinated trade policy, and supply chain management—and here the EU wields much geo-economic power. It remains to be seen whether Europe’s regulatory clout can help it become an independent global competitor, a junior partner in a transatlantic alliance, or the object of manipulation by China and the United States. This book’s survey is a good starting point to understanding Europe’s current efforts to secure a place in the future global economy.’ -- Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs‘A timely book on a fundamental theme for the future of European sovereignty, which brings together experts from the academic world and practitioners of industrial policy. The various case studies on key industries, the historical and legal perspectives and the comparative analysis with the experiences of the US and China provide a deep insight into the workings and challenges of EU industrial policy in this twenty-first century. A must-read for all those who feel concerned about Europe’s strategic autonomy.’ -- Romano Prodi, Professor Emeritus of Industrial Policy at the University of Bologna, Former Prime Minister of Italy and Former President of the European Commission‘This book provides an in-depth analysis of the complex debate on the nature and scope of EU powers in the area of industrial policy, which finds its origins in different approaches followed by the Treaties of Paris and Rome and which is still not settled today. As a former Vice President of the European Commission directly involved in the making of European industrial policy, I congratulate the editors and authors for their pertinent and insightful analyses.’ -- Etienne Davignon, Former Vice President of the European Commission and President of the Brussels-based think tank Friends of EuropeTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to EU Industrial Policy in the Multipolar Economy: past lessons, current challenges and future scenarios 1 Jean-Christophe Defraigne, Edoardo Traversa, Jan Wouters and Dimitri Zurstrassen 2 Industrial policy and EU state aid rules 45 Edoardo Traversa and Pierre M. Sabbadini 3 Industrial policy, competition policy and strategic autonomy 80 Pim Jansen and Wouter Devroe 4 The international legal framework for industrial policy: World Trade Organization disciplines and rules 122 Jan Wouters and Julia Marssola 5 EU industrial policy: lessons from the experience of the 1960s to the 1990s 159 Eric Bussière 6 European industrial policy from 2000 to 2020 173 Franco Mosconi 7 US industrial policy: the not-so-visible hand of the state and securing the dominance of US prime movers 210 Jean-Christophe Defraigne 8 China’s industrial policy: the visible hand of the party-state to catch up by any means necessary 242 Jean-Christophe Defraigne 9 EU industrial policy in the steel industry: historical background and current challenges 270 Dimitri Zurstrassen 10 The European automotive industry: a strategic sector in search of a new industrial policy 304 Samuel Klebaner and Sigfrido Ramírez Pérez 11 Falling behind and in between the United States and China: can the European Union drive its digital transformation away from industrial path dependency? 332 Patricia Nouveau 12 EU defence industrial policy: from market-making to market-correcting 382 Samuel B. H. Faure 13 Conclusion: a European industrial policy for the twenty-first century 407 Riccardo Perissich Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive and stimulating Handbook examines the contribution of political economy to public policy. It provides an overview of several strands of critical political economy, supported by case studies from OECD countries, Latin America, South Africa, and South and East Asia.With discussions on key theories of political economy, the Handbook introduces cultural and feminist political economies, engaging critically with ordoliberalism and New Public Management. Chapters feature discussions on political economic approaches to the global division of labor, financialization and dispossession in Latin America, ecological perspectives on sustainability in China, global exploitation chains in agriculture, and postcolonial criticisms of economic development. The Handbook concludes with an exploration of the relationship between political economy and social policy, global health, and public policies.Providing a combination of critical engagement with the various theories of political economy and their application to key economic policies, this will be essential reading for students and academics in comparative politics, economics and finance, international relations, political economy, public policy, and political science. Policymakers interested in addressing socially and environmentally unsustainable practices will also find this an illuminating and informative resource.Trade Review‘Critical political economy has done much to debunk mainstream myths surrounding the “efficiency” of the market, the neutrality of the international division of labour, the desirability of “liberalisation”, and the implication that there are no alternatives to neoliberalism. Those criticisms are explained clearly in this brilliant volume; but the authors also sketch the contours of democratic and socially responsible forms of production, exchange, and social organisation. This is an indispensible volume for students, scholars, and activists working on global development.’ -- Alfredo Saad-Filho, King’s College London, UK‘This Handbook is a much needed response to the surge in scholarship on political economy over the past decade. It lays out the theoretical roots, the range of methodological approaches, and addresses a host of highly relevant issues, including labor, finance, and health care in different parts of the world. An exciting contribution to the ongoing debate.’ -- Katharina Pistor, Columbia Law School, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Critical Political Economy and Public Policy 1 Christoph Scherrer, Ana Garcia and Joscha Wullweber PART I THEORIES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY WITH PUBLIC POLICY IMPLICATIONS 2 Plurality of political economy approaches to the global division of labor 20 Christoph Scherrer 3 The cultural political economy approach to public policy 36 Bob Jessop and Ngai-Ling Sum 4 Institutionalist, regulationist and dependency approaches to transition countries’ economic policies 49 Joachim Becker 5 COVID-19 and the gender dilemma: blind spots in both macroeconomics and feminist economics 65 Brigitte Young 6 Ordoliberalism’s advice for economic policymaking 80 Pavlos Roufos 7 What is neoliberal about new public management? 95 Sahil Jai Dutta, Samuel Knafo and Ian Lovering PART II METHODS 8 Historical-materialist policy analysis of climate change policies 110 Etienne Schneider, Alina Brad, Ulrich Brand, Mathias Krams and Valerie Lenikus 9 Beyond methodological Fordism: the case for incorporated comparisons 127 Alexander Gallas PART III ENVIRONMENT 10 Land grabbing, financialization and dispossession in the 21st century: new and old forms of land control in Latin America 144 Karina Kato and Sergio Leite 11 Extractive economies and public policies: critical perspectives from Latin America 159 Bruno Milanez and Ana Garcia 12 Ecological perspectives on sustainability in China 176 Lau Kin Chi 13 Looking south: megaprojects, borders and (in)mobilities 186 Ana Esther Ceceña and Sergio Prieto Díaz PART IV FINANCE 14 Challenges for monetary policies in the 21st century: financial crises and shadow banking 204 Joscha Wullweber 15 Governance of the eurozone in the face of transnational crises dynamics 219 Hans-Jürgen Bieling 16 Chinese capitalism and the global economic order: the impact of China’s rise on global economic regulation 232 Jenny Simon 17 Taming dollarization hysteresis: evidence from post-socialist countries 247 Ia Eradze PART V LABOUR 18 Global exploitation chains in agriculture 262 Praveen Jha and Paris Yeros 19 The development of labor policies in China: from passive revolution to eroding hegemony 279 Elaine Sio-ieng Hui 20 The political economy of minimum wage policies 293 Hansjörg Herr 21 Just transitions: a historical relations analysis 310 Dimitris Stevis PART VI TAXATION 22 Critical political economy of taxation 327 Hanna Lierse 23 Global tax governance 341 Matti Ylönen and Lauri Finér 24 Globalization, international tax policy and the OECD 356 Lyne Latulippe PART VII TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 25 Postcolonial critique of economic development 374 Aram Ziai 26 Economic cycles and rural policies in the People’s Republic of China 387 Sit Tsui, Yan Xiaohui, He Zhixiong and Wen Tiejun 27 Trade and investment agreements from a critical international political economy perspective 402 Luciana Ghiotto 28 South Africa’s failed privatization, commercialization and deregulation of network infrastructure 413 Greg Ruiters and Patrick Bond PART VIII WELFARE 29 Care in global value chains 430 Christa Wichterich 30 The cultural political economy of housing policy in the era of the Islamist Justice and Development Party in Turkey 446 Ismail Doga Karatepe 31 The financialization of social policy: an overview 461 Lena Lavinas, Lucas Bressan, Pedro Rubin and Ana Carolina Cordilha 32 The political economy of global health and public policies 476 Jameson Martins and Deisy de Freitas Lima Ventura Index

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Book SynopsisExploring academic and policy thinking on e-participation, this book opens up the organizational and institutional 'black box' and provides new insights into how public administrations in 15 European states have facilitated its implementation. Using multiple case studies, the book offers a systematic analysis of how e-participation initiatives are actually organized and administered within the government, as well as how the political context and collaborative partnerships both within the government and with non-governmental actors affect the adoption and institutionalization of e-participation platforms. Contributors provide new empirical evidence on some of the most pressing questions related to the organization and management of e-participation, aiming to provide better understanding of citizen participation platforms. Providing comparative knowledge on the institutional, administrative and organizational aspects of e-participation, this book will be an ideal read for public policy researchers and government practitioners interested in innovation and technology in public administration.Trade Review‘In this book two key societal trends merge, making this book an important and inspiring one. On the one hand we see that since the emergence of the internet, new technological practices have emerged that enable political and public participation. On the other hand we see, all over Europe, that the legitimacy of democracy is under pressure, and that the role of representative politics in society is being questioned. Does the merger of these two trends create innovative e-participatory practices? By gathering and analysing practices of many countries, an interesting outlook is presented of relevant critical factors. This not only helps to fuel the academic debate concerning e-democracy, but also helps to shape the public debate.’ -- ­– Victor Bekkers, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands‘This impressive collection of 15 European e-participation initiatives spans nations and levels of government, demonstrating how widespread and creative these new forms of participation have become. This volume breaks new ground with insightful analysis on whether or how these innovations matter for genuine participation and empowerment of citizens.’ -- Karen Mossberger, Arizona State University, US‘This timely book draws on cross-national data on e-participation. It addresses the non-technical part and focuses on the supply side and the role of public administration. The book avoids the normative bias and offers coherent case studies of how e-participation initiatives play out in practice on national and local level in 15 European countries. A main finding is that e-participation is affected by organizational design, participatory processes, and management. It is a major accomplishment and a must read for digitalization practitioners, scholars, and students alike.’ -- Per Lægreid, University of Bergen, NorwayTable of ContentsContents: 1 Engaging citizens in policy making: The potential and challenges of e-participation 1 Veiko Lember, Tiina Randma-Liiv and Kadi Maria Vooglaid 2 Framework for analysis of the management and organization of e-participation initiatives 11 Tiina Randma-Liiv, Kadi Maria Vooglaid and Veiko Lember PART I E-PARTICIPATION INITIATIVES ON NATIONAL LEVEL 3 We asked, you said, we did: Assessing the drivers and effectiveness of an e-participation practice in Scotland 26 Benedetta Bellò and James Downe 4 Parlement & Citoyens in France: An e-participation platform connecting legislators and citizens for collaborative policy design 40 Samuel Defacqz and Claire Dupuy 5 (e-)Participation and propaganda: The mix of old and new technology in Hungarian national consultations 56 Sara Svensson, Andras Molnar and Agnes Batory 6 Enhancing law-making efficiency, public value or both: Case study of e-participation platform in Slovakia 71 Matúš Sloboda, Katarina Staroňová and Alexandra Poláková Suchalová 7 Participatory law-making in the digital age: The case of the e-public consultation platform in Croatia 91 Petra Đurman, Anamarija Musa and Ivan Koprić 8 The Estonian Citizens’ Initiative Portal: Drivers and barriers of institutionalized e-participation 104 Kadi Maria Vooglaid and Tiina Randma-Liiv 9 From online participation to policy making: Exploring the success behind Latvian legislative crowdsourcing platform MyVoice 120 Visvaldis Valtenbergs 10 Public online consultation in Lithuania: A political declaration or the real empowerment of citizens? 136 Rasa Bortkevičiūtė and Vitalis Nakrošis PART II E-PARTICIPATION INITIATIVES ON LOCAL LEVEL 11 Decide Madrid: A Spanish best practice on e-participation 152 Vicente Pina, Lourdes Torres, Sonia Royo and Jaime Garcia-Rayado 12 The pursuit of legitimacy as a learning process: A case of local e-participation in Sweden 166 Alina Ostling 13 Citizens’ engagement in policy making: Insights from an e-participation platform in Leuven, Belgium 180 A. Paula Rodriguez Müller 14 The implementation of e-participation platforms in Ireland: The case of OpenConsult 196 Bernadette Connaughton 15 How organizational factors shape e-participation: Lessons from the German one-stop participation portal meinBerlin 209 Andree Pruin 16 e-Participation in Austria: Digital Agenda Vienna 225 Noella Edelmann and Bettina Höchtl 17 Connecting participation and e-participation: The use of ICT in the participatory initiatives of Brno 244 David Špaček 18 Management and organization of e-participation: Synthesis from 15 European initiatives 260 Tiina Randma-Liiv and Veiko Lember Index 280

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Book SynopsisThis authoritative Dictionary provides comprehensive definitions of key terms in public policy. Unpacking the increasingly complex and diffusive world of public policy, it offers an exhaustive definitional guide to the terminology utilised by contemporary policy scholars.Prepared by a team of expert scholars, entries summarise the social, political and economic contexts of fundamental public policy vocabulary and dissect its usage in modern scholarship. Entries are meticulously cross-referenced to guarantee accessibility and illuminate a broad yet detailed understanding of topics. Providing recommendations for further reading, it features 330 carefully defined entries to aid researchers investigating both novel and historical approaches to public policy.Assembling a broad overview of the discipline, this Dictionary is a useful reference book for students at all levels and early-career researchers. It will also benefit policy practitioners looking for a superior understanding of the crucial vocabulary that governs their field.Trade Review‘The Dictionary of Public Policy captures the length, breadth, and depth of the burgeoning discipline of public policy. It is a requisite tool for researchers and practitioners alike. It is authoritative, exhaustive, concise, and illuminating, as it translates the complexity of public policy into pithy entries with useful links to further reading. The Dictionary offers both a quick reference point for its readers, and the opportunity for deep perusal. Readers will emerge policy enriched from the experience. It is a path-breaking contribution from distinguished researchers whose efforts continue to build, expand, and now define an exciting area of scholarship and practice. It is quite simply an exciting, “must have” resource.’ -- Kate Crowley, University of Tasmania, Australia

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Book SynopsisThis insightful Handbook is an essential guide to educational policy around the world. As shifting geopolitics, intensified climate change, and widening economic inequalities persist, the need for informed educational policy is critical.Bringing together a unique collection of international case studies by scholars and practitioners from over twenty countries, the Handbook highlights how the contextual nature of educational policy and its implementation acknowledges both global trends and local nuance. Chapters explore key contemporary topics including the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on international educational policy; opportunities for academic modernization in Ukrainian society; gender equality in Korean and Japanese universities; and inclusive education policies throughout the world, including India, South Africa, and Uruguay. It further discusses the ways in which governmental, non-governmental, and global education specialists are shaping new agendas focused on equity and responding to global crises. Offering new perspectives on educational policy in a post-pandemic world, this comprehensive Handbook will be crucial reading for students and scholars of education policy, politics and public policy, sociology, and university management. It will also be beneficial for educational research associations and international development agencies, including UNESCO, the Asian Development Bank, and the World Bank.Trade Review‘The new Handbook of Education Policy edited by Postiglione, Johnstone and Teter is a welcome addition to the academic literature on the transformation of education policy in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. The 23 chapters of this well-researched book give a comprehensive analysis of how education policy must adapt to a radically changed world. Through a skilful combination of thematic pieces and case studies from a large range of countries, the chapter authors challenge us to embrace new education policy concepts, such as public value governance and knowledge democratization, that can foster innovation and accountability in times of uncertainty. Gerard Postiglione, Christopher Johnstone, and Wesley Teter should be congratulated for this excellent scholarly contribution that has the potential of influencing policy makers all over the world to design and implement more sustainable and innovative education policies.’ -- Jamil Salmi, Diego Portales University, Chile‘This Handbook combines an up-to-date overview with theoretically-informed analysis of global education policies. It is erudite, insightful and original. It will be a vital resource for education policy researchers and an excellent starting point for students, in any location.’ -- Stephen Ball, University College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xvii List of abbreviations xix 1 Handbook of education policy: international perspectives in a pandemic age 1 Christopher Johnstone, Gerard A. Postiglione and Wesley Teter 2 Conceptualizing global educational policy-making in a (post) COVID-19 world: the past as prologue? 14 John C. Weidman 3 Education policies during the COVID-19 pandemic: scope, efficiency and gaps 31 Suguru Mizunoya, Garen Avanesian, Sakshi Mishra and Yixin Wang 4 From the revolution of dignity to a revolution of academic excellence? Paths taken and not taken in Ukraine 51 Anatoly Oleksiyenko 5 A complexity theory lens for education policy and its implications 68 Elizabeth Anne Eppel 6 Public value governance 81 Trygve Throntveit 7 Investing in education for the common good 99 Mona Khare 8 Fostering knowledge democratization even against prevailing policies: blurring boundaries of responsibility 116 Rodrigo Arocena 9 Policy enactment and innovation: the role of local actors 129 James H. Williams and Priyal Gala 10 Where is the school going? International trends in educational innovation 147 Francesc Pedró 11 Accountability for policies: introducing twenty-first-century skills goals into education systems 165 Esther Care 12 Accountability elasticity in relation to US federal legislation at the intersection of race and disability 181 Kathleen King Thorius and Alfredo J. Artiles 13 Inter-sectoral challenges in higher education policy: incentivizing cooperation and fairness through co-production 196 Nopraenue S. Dhirathiti 14 The challenges of organizing a sustainable interdisciplinary university curriculum: a research report on the 2012 Hong Kong broadening reforms 208 Florian Verbeek 15 International cooperation in education through multifaceted partnerships 229 Yuto Kitamura and Akemi Ashida 16 Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in the context of transformative education 243 Philip Vaughter and Shinobu Yume Yamaguchi 17 Unpacking the impact of inclusion and equity policies in South Africa and Ghana 257 Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela 18 Is gender equality a policy matter in Korean and Japanese universities? Challenges for academics in higher education institutions 273 Yangson Kim 19 Inclusive education: rhetoric or reality in Botswana, E-Swatini, Ethiopia, South Africa and Tanzania? 286 Sigamoney Naicker 20 Towards social justice and inclusion in education systems 301 Yulia Nesterova 21 Transnational policy-making on social and emotional learning in crisis-affected contexts 314 Jisun Jeong 22 Identity and invisibility in policy enterprises: cases of community colleges and global counterparts 334 Rosalind Latiner Raby and Edward James Valeau 23 Higher education policies and academic entrepreneurialism: conceptual linkages and a contextual approach 354 Hei-hang Hayes Tang Index

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Book SynopsisThis ground-breaking book investigates the work of policy professionals. They consist of political actors who, although not elected to office, are nonetheless employed to affect policy and politics on a partisan basis. Through an analysis of the influence and power they wield, this book sheds light on how the growth of this group represents a major transformation of the organization of politics and policy making in advanced democracies. Taking a comparative, longitudinal perspective, Stefan Svallfors examines a combination of rich qualitative and quantitative data from countries such as Sweden, the Netherlands, Ireland and Latvia in order to explore what skills policy professionals deploy, the motivations that drive them, and the demand and use for their skills in various organizations. He links his analysis to fundamental questions about the current state and future of democracy, demonstrating that the work of policy professionals is key to understanding how contemporary political influence and democratic accountability function. Politics for Hire will be a stimulating read for scholars and advanced students in political science, public administration, public policy and sociology. It will also provide useful insights for those working in politics and governance seeking to understand the impact and influence of policy professionals.Trade Review‘Politics for Hire. The World and Work of Policy Professionals makes a welcome contribution to an underexplored subject of research. In his book, Stefan Svallfors applies a truly comparative lens to approach the subject and he uses a variety of resources to offer us a rich understanding of an invisible yet very intriguing world.’ -- Ellen Fobé, der moderne staat’Unelected political professionals loom increasingly large in European governance. But what do these professionals do, how do they do it, and what difference does it make? In a single study, Stefan Svallfors recasts our understanding of this sorely neglected issue, bringing the ‘’shadow government’’ of complex democratic societies back to the center of focus and debate. A masterful book.’- Jacob S. Hacker, Yale University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. The new unelected 2. A research field in the making 3. Glocal political action: generic skills, local application 4. Power without responsibility 5. The peculiar market for political skills (with Niels Selling) 6. Lobbying for profits: the Swedish case (with Anna Tyllström) 7. Policy professionals and the future of democracy Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Encyclopedia is an essential reference text for students, scholars and practitioners in public management. Offering a broad and inter-cultural perspective on public management as a field of practice and science, it covers all the most relevant and contemporary terms and concepts.Organised into six thematic sections for ease of reference, the Encyclopedia comprises 78 entries written by nearly 100 leading international scholars. Entries provide a concise and accessible overview of key ideas as well as highlighting current issues and emerging areas of study.This Encyclopedia will be an important resource for students and scholars of public management as a starting point for research. It will also be useful for practitioners looking for a deeper understanding in their everyday work, as well as explanations of terms used by consultants and scholars.Key Features: Over 70 entries Accessible explanations of key concepts Cross-referenced to facilitate further reading Organised into thematic sections for ease of reference Trade Review‘In the dense landscape of reference works, this is the real thing. It brings together great scholars, offers a fascinating tour of the classics, and connects with today’s problems. It shows how far the field of public management has progressed, delivering relevant insights for public executives seeking to create public value.’ -- Arjen Boin, Leiden University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents List of contributors viii Preface xi PART I Public Management Foundations 1. Bureaucracy 2 Edward C. Page 2 2. Historical Roots of Public Administration: Development of the Interaction between Political and Administrative Officeholders 7 Jos C. N. Raadschelders 3. Integrity 11 Adam Masters 4. New Public Management 16 Kuno Schedler 5. Organization Theory and Public Management 21 Renate E. Meyer and Susanne Boch Waldorff 6. Philosophy for and of Public Administration and Management 27 Edoardo Ongaro 7. Political Organizations and Public Management – An Institutional Approach 32 Per Lægreid 8. Public Management as a Design- Oriented Professional Discipline 37 Michael Barzelay 9. Public Management: The Rise, Progress and Future of a Dynamic Research Field 43 Eran Vigoda-Gadot 10. Travel of Ideas in Public Management 49 Kuno Schedler and Simon Grand PART II Public Management in Regions 11. Africa – Public Management Concepts and Developments 55 Lukamba Muhiya Tshombe, Thekiso Molokwane and Alex Nduhura 12. Asia-Pacific – Public Management Concepts and Developments 60 Faisal Ali Baig, Gambhir Bhatta and Clay Wescott 13. Europe – Public Management Concepts and Developments 65 Christoph Demmke 14. Integrated Public Management: A Perspective from the People’s Republic of China 71 Hon S. Chan 15. Latin America – Public Management Concepts and Developments 76 Marcelo Marchesini da Costa and Bruno Varella Miranda 16. Russia – Public Management Concepts and Developments 81 Alexander Kotchegura 17. US – Public Management Concepts and Developments 86 Mordecai Lee PART III Public Management in Policy Fields 18. Courts and Public Management 93 Tomas Aquino Guimaraes, Edson Ronaldo Guarido Filho and Adalmir Oliveira Gomes 19. Policing and Public Management 99 Silvia Staubli and Daniel Fink 20. Prisons and Public Management 103 Daniel Fink and Silvia Staubli 21. Public Management and Education Governance 108 Annelise Voisin 22. Public Management in Health Care: With Examples from the English NHS 112 Ewan Ferlie 23. Public Management in International Governmental Organizations 117 Valentina Mele 24 Social Enterprises 121 Karin Kreutzer 25. Universities and Higher Education Management in the Digital Age 124 Felix C. Seyfarth PART IV Public Management and Public Managers 26. Accountability and Responsibility of Public Managers 131 Raphaël Zumofen, Vincent Mabillard and Greg Porumbescu 27. City Management and City Managers 136 James H. Svara 28. Collegiality in Public Management 141 Emmanuel Lazega 29. Competence Management and Development 146 Peter Kruyen and Jessica Breaugh 30. Politician–Bureaucrat Relations 150 Tobias Bach and Kai Wegrich 31. Professionalism in Public Management 155 Mirko Noordegraaf 32. Public Management – Education and Training 161 Christoph Reichard 33. Public Personnel Management 166 Guillem Ripoll and Adrian Ritz 34. Public Service Motivation 172 James L. Perry and Adrian Ritz 35. Role-Perception of Public Managers 176 Aline Tannò 36. The Public Administration–Politics Dichotomy 181 Joseph Stull, Sarah L. Young, Elizabeth A. M. Searing and Kimberly K. Wiley PART V Public Management Areas 37. ‘Tools’ in Public Management: How Efficiency and Effectiveness are Thought to be Controlled 186 Isabella Proeller and John Siegel 38. Behavioral Strategies in Public Management: Nudges Versus Incentives 191 Pedro Rey-Biel 39. Budgeting and Budget Types 196 Riccardo Mussari 40. Change Management in Government 201 Joris van der Voet 41. Citizen Satisfaction in the Public Sector 205 Soojin Kim and Minjung Kim 42. Communication in Public Management 208 J. Suzanne Horsley 43. Corruption in Public Management 212 Giulia Mugellini and Nora Markwalder 44. Crisis Management in Government 217 Sanneke Kuipers 45. Digital Government 222 Ali Asker Guenduez 46. Entrepreneurship in Public Management 229 Luc Bernier 47. Governmental Accounting 234 Ileana Steccolini 48. Information Use in Public Management 239 Jostein Askim 49. Innovation in the Public Sector 243 Hanna de Vries 50. Innovative Financing Schemes in Public Management 247 Andreas Klasen 51. Non-Financial Information and Public Management 253 James Guthrie and Ann Martin-Sardesai 52. Open Innovations in Government 257 Taha Hameduddin 53. Outcomes-driven Public Management 262 Carolyn J. Heinrich 54. Performance Management in Public Administration 267 Roula Masou 55 Power in Public Management 272 Andrew Massey 56. Public Management Consulting: “Consultocracy” or Management Aid? 277 Michael Howlett 57. Public Management Reform 283 John Halligan 58. Public Procurement 288 Elvira Uyarra and Oishee Kundu 59. Public Value in Public Management 292 Timo Meynhardt 60. Strategic Management in National Government 297 Evan Berman and Eko Prasojo 61. Strategic Management in Public Administration 302 Isabella Proeller and John Siegel 62. Street-level Bureaucracy 307 Peter Hupe 63. Values in Public Management 314 Elio Borgonovi 64. Whistleblowing 319 Cecilia Florencia Lavena PART VI Public Management and Governance Issues 65. Corporate Governance and Hybridity of State-owned Enterprises 325 Giuseppe Grossi 66. Ecosystems in a Government Context 330 Tamyko Ysa, Kuno Schedler and Pau Conill Cristòfol 67. Interagency Collaboration 335 Chesney Callens and Koen Verhoest 68. Managerialism 340 Thomas Klikauer and Aline Tannò 69. Network Industries 346 Matthias Finger 70. Platforms for Public Value Creation 351 Francesca Casalini 71. Public Governance and Public Management 355 Kurt Klaudi Klausen 72. Public Private Partnership for Sustainable Development 360 Veronica Vecchi 73. Public Service Markets 365 Janine O’Flynn 74. Public–Private Partnerships 370 Carsten Greve and Graeme Hodge 75. Rationalities in Public Management 374 Kuno Schedler 76. Rechtsstaat and Rule of Law 378 Patricia Egli 77. Social Innovation 384 Katharine McGowan 78. Sustainability in the Public Sector 388 Niccolò Cusumano and Veronica Vecchi Index 393

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Book SynopsisThis 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 taught in policy schools, using survey results from schools of public policy to assess pedagogical scope and adequacy. The book also considers policy work in government, and whether theory matches practice. Reflecting on the future of policy making, policy advice, implementation and governance in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, it analyses how policy issues are now framed and debated, the range of available tools, and how public compliance and popular support have been eroded by the crisis.This book will be an essential guide to re-thinking the field of public policy and its theories, methods, and applications. It will help teachers, students, public managers and policy-makers navigate the new, turbulent governance landscape that lies ahead.Trade Review‘Brik and Pal bring together a timely and robust examination of the “future of policy sciences” boldly asking what are the new policy and governance challenges in a post pandemic world? And within the context of a potentially “bigger, protective state”, how well positioned and developed are the theories of policy science to progress meaningful and robust analysis? This book points to new and emerging themes in theoretical development, research and in the curricula of policy schools across the globe, noting unique developments in the non-Western world. Discussion explores the emerging concerns for the governance of turbulence, the challenging disdain of expertise and evidence, the growing role of big data and the accelerated interest in digital services pushed by pandemic pressures and uncertainty. Scholars and leaders of programs and schools of policy and governance will find this a valuable account of how the policy sciences is evolving and what is driving this intellectual development.’Table of ContentsContents: Preface x 1 Introduction: futures, now and then 1 Anis Ben Brik and Leslie A. Pal 2 Embracing the future of the policy sciences: big data in pedagogy and practice 9 Nihit Goyal, Ola G. El-Taliawi and Michael Howlett 3 Neo-professionalization of the civil service: an institutional perspective on policy studies education 28 Kris Hartley and Norainie Ahmad 4 Policy science beyond self-congratulatory virtue signalling: matching supply and demand in the scholarship, pedagogy and purpose of the policy enterprise 51 Michael Howlett and Darryl S. L. Jarvis 5 Public policy education in the non-Western world: changing context and content 70 Sreeja Nair, Ola G. El-Taliawi and Zeger Van der Wal 6 Disaster risk reduction and the development narrative: towards a new public policy epistemic 85 Glen Kuecker and Kris Hartley 7 Policy practices: a bridge between policy theory and empirical research 103 Arnošt Veselý 8 Policy expertise and policy markets: challenges for tackling complex problems in turbulent times 121 Brian W. Head 9 Back to the future: learning from the evolution of global sustainability governance 140 Andreas Rechkemmer 10 What is a policy scholar for? 163 Claire A. Dunlop and Claudio M. Radaelli Conclusion. Future tense: a new grammar for the policy sciences? 180 Leslie A. Pal and Anis Ben Brik Index 204

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Book SynopsisThis ground-breaking Handbook explores the key legal, political and policy questions concerning the implementation of Indigenous rights across the world. An exciting mix of expert Indigenous and non-Indigenous contributors analyse the complex dynamics of contestation, engagement, advocacy and refusal between governments and Indigenous peoples, presenting a profound challenge to mainstream policy scholarship.Chapters employ both country-level case studies as well as global analyses, covering key themes such as self-determination, sovereignty, culture, land and territory. They showcase the extensive evidence that policy imposed on Indigenous peoples without their involvement is at best ineffective and at worst harmful. Through examining the ongoing impacts of colonisation, contributors identify future pathways for Indigenous public policy, including truth-telling processes, resurgence movements, and international human rights law. Ultimately, the Handbook highlights the vital importance and extensive policy benefits of treating Indigenous people as rights-bearing members of sovereign and self-determining Indigenous nations.The Handbook of Indigenous Public Policy will be essential reading for students and scholars of Indigenous studies, public policy, international relations, and political science. It will also be invaluable for policy-makers looking to centre Indigenous people and their rights in the policy-making process.Trade Review‘The fields of public policy and public administration have not yet caught up with the challenge of embedded Indigenous peoples. As an antidote to this blind spot this Handbook is essential reading for administrators and policy academics alike. The very existence of Indigenous peoples within a sphere of public policy immediately questions the sovereignty on which public policy depends. As the editors and contributors of this ground-breaking and timely book show in multiple instances, the legitimacy of public policy lies on shifting sands. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples gives a framework to the chapters in this book, and the right to self-determination of Indigenous peoples within multi-sovereign states has been accepted by the UN General Assembly. Still, many Indigenous peoples go further, challenging the power of the state to regulate their lives. Each of the contributions demands recognition and respect for Indigenous peoples, with public policy generated in their own terms and reflecting their own cultures, processes and values. The many and diverse chapters of this book, from all over the world, demonstrating combined wisdom with many Indigenous contributions, mount a powerful argument for complacent governments, bureaucrats and academics to sit up and listen. They should keep this Handbook in their desk drawer, it points to the future.’ -- Patrick Sullivan, University of Notre Dame Australia‘Full of critique and aimed at healthier futures, the Handbook provides the most comprehensive and current snapshot of Indigenous policy at the global scale. It highlights a broad range of Indigenous aspirations in the face of ongoing injustice and in the process demonstrates Indigenous resilience in various contexts.’ -- John Borrows, University of Toronto, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Indigenous public policy in global context 1 Sheryl Lightfoot and Sarah Maddison PART I INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, POLICY AND GOVERNANCE 1 Violence as care: Indigenous policy and settler colonialism 18 Elizabeth Strakosch 2 Indigeneity, national unity, modernity and public policy in Africa 35 Elifuraha Laltaika 3 Self-determination, sovereignty and policy: how does a focus on Indigenous rights transform policymaking? 53 Rauna Kuokkanen 4 Self-determination: at the heart of Indigenous humanisation 70 Aküm Longchari 5 Nation building and Indigenous institutions 98 Raymond Foxworth and Moroni Benally PART II LAND AND LAW 6 Contemporary critical legal accounts of the relationship between international law and domestic law and policy 121 Claire Charters, Fleur Te Aho and Tracey Whare 7 Treaty and public policy in the settler colonies 138 Anya Thomas and Sarah Maddison 8 Constitutional transformation and public policy for Indigenous Peoples’ rights 157 Mukta S. Tamang 9 Indigenous land and water policy 177 Justin McCaul 10 On gendered ground: land and colonialism 198 Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez 11 Indigenous political economy and public policy 214 Frances Abele PART III DOMESTIC POLICY 12 Public policy and Indigenous Peoples’ right to health in Brazil and Mali 227 Mariam Wallet Med Aboubakrine 13 Kichwa Amazonian life routes in education: foregrounding the ‘inter’ in intercultural educational policy 242 Gioconda Coello and Diana Chávez Vargas 14 Indigenous food sovereignty: embodying nuu-chah-nulth principles of ʔuʔaałuk (to take care of), ʔiisaak (to be respectful) and hišukʔiš c̓awaak (everything is interconnected) in policy and practice 253 Charlotte Coté 15 Indigenous language rights, frameworks and policies 272 Candace Kaleimamoowahinekapu Galla and Amanda Holmes 16 Indigenous Peoples in the justice system 294 Valmaine Toki PART IV LEGACIES OF THE PAST, POSSIBILITIES FOR THE FUTURE 17 Indigenous rights and reconciliation: lessons from Australia 309 Samara Hand and Damien Short 18 Truth commissions and truth-telling 333 David B. MacDonald and Joanne Garcia-Moores 19 Indigenous resurgence 352 Adam J. Barker and Emma Battell Lowman 20 Quest for equality: redefining Indigenous–state relationships 373 Dalee Sambo Dorough Index 399

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Book SynopsisThis timely book explores the neglected risk in the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, illustrating the ways in which four decades of neoliberal economic and public policy has eroded the functional capacity of states to handle catastrophic events. Challenging the very heart of modern nation-states, Imad Moosa comprehensively demonstrates how the pandemic has shed light on existing structural problems that have been ignored by neoliberal governments and policy-makers. The author highlights the implications of the pandemic for democracy, militarism and international relations, as well as its impact on healthcare, inequality, human rights, poverty and homelessness. Drawing on theoretical insights and empirical evidence, Moosa emphasises the importance of sustained government intervention in economic activity at a time in which the free market doctrine has failed to restore equilibrium and deliver prosperity after an international financial shock. A radical and decisive intervention in contemporary economic thought, this book is crucial reading for scholars and researchers in economics and political science, particularly those focusing on the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic and global economic recovery. The book’s empirical insights and key policy recommendations will also benefit policy-makers in public health and economics.Trade Review‘Here, finally, is a lucidly written book about Covid-19. It charts the origins and development of the virus, and provides a statistical measurement of the severity of the disease. The pandemic is shown to represent both a challenge and an opportunity for change, and the public policy responses to Covid-19 are detailed and credible solutions offered. Extensively referenced with numerous graphs and diagrams, this book will become the resource text for all who want to discover everything about Covid-19.’ -- Bob Brownlee, La Trobe University, Australia‘For the global community wanting to understand the economic causes and effects of the pandemic, this book is the one to read. Professor Moosa thoroughly analyzes the economics of pandemics and public policies developed to deal with those pandemics. Moreover, the book delves into a new way of thinking for approaching the serious challenges facing human kind.’ -- Mohaned Talib Al-Hamdi, Kansas State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The economics and epidemiology of epidemics and pandemic 2. Measures and determinants of the severity of COVID-19 3. The effects and consequences of COVID-19 4. Public policy response to the pandemic 5. Implications for democracy, militarism and international relations 6. Rethinking the free market doctrine 7. Rethinking the principles of the Washington Consensus 8. Rethinking healthcare and welfar 9. Rethinking the status quo 10. Epilogue Index

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Book SynopsisPragmatic, progressive and global in its approach, this Handbook centres around the key question: how can we teach public policy? Presenting a wide variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives, it expertly examines current approaches to teaching public policy and critically reflects on potential future developments in the field.Bringing together contributions from over sixty leading public policy scholars, chapters examine the many different orientations to teaching and learning public policy, spanning traditional, current and emerging approaches. Employing a multi-jurisdictional approach, contributors discuss key theories surrounding the policy process, analyse diverse teaching strategies, and investigate the different publics engaged in learning about public policy. Through detailed case studies, the Handbook also explores the differences in international public policy programmes, and suggests possible explanations for the plurality in content.This forward-thinking Handbook will be an essential resource for educators in the field of public policy looking to enhance their teaching practices as well as those interested in the latest developments within the discipline. Offering a comprehensive overview of modern public policy pedagogy, it will also be of interest to academics and students.Trade Review‘By the time we start teaching, most of us have already settled on one or two schools of policy research as our preferred framework. This marvelous collection opens the mind to the full range of approaches and provides a wealth of practical teaching exercises and resources.’ -- Deborah Stone, Brandeis University, US‘This Handbook provides a comprehensive and accessible resource for public policy faculty and instructors. Its detailed pedagogical guidance, from top policy scholars around the globe, fills an important gap in the field. It will enrich how we engage with diverse audiences in our classrooms and how we train future leaders to devise, implement, and adapt public policies. Whether you’re a brand-new instructor or have decades of teaching experience, it has something to teach us all.’ -- Tanya Heikkila, University of Colorado Denver, US‘This Handbook provides a timely, comprehensive, and inspiring guide and reflection for teaching public policy. It is an indispensable toolbox for any scholar working in the field.’ -- Christoph Knill, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany‘This volume is a tremendous resource for university and executive educators in public policy. It has the good and great of the field worldwide reflecting on their experiences of making concepts, research and theories of public policy analysis come alive in curriculum designs and classroom encounters. I found it inspiring and enriching to read personal stories by excellent colleagues that inform us about how they have learned to construct their courses and find ways of engaging public policy students.’ -- Paul 't Hart, Utrecht University, the Netherlands‘The Handbook offers a comprehensive collection of essays on the subject of public policy. While ostensibly on “teaching”, the broad range of topics – approaches, theories, methods, audiences, and regions – covered in the book would be of interest to anyone involved in studying public policy.’ -- M Ramesh, National University of SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook of Teaching Public Policy 1 Emily St.Denny and Philippe Zittoun PART I APPROACHES TO TEACHING PUBLIC POLICY 2 Teaching public policy through the history of discipline, theories, and concepts 17 B. Guy Peters and Philippe Zittoun 3 Teaching public policy with cases 35 R. Kent Weaver 4 Teaching public policy by interactive pedagogy 48 Bruno Dente and Giancarlo Vecchi 5 Teaching public policy to mid-career MPA students: recalibrating the online balance 64 Evert Lindquist PART II TEACHING PUBLIC POLICY THEORIES 6 Theories of the policy process: Ways to think about them and strategies for teaching with them 76 Christopher M. Weible and David P. Carter 7 Pedagogical approaches in teaching the multiple streams framework 92 Nikolaos Zahariadis, Evangelia Petridou and Annemieke van den Dool 8 Teaching an historical institutionalist approach to public policy 106 Grace Skogstad 9 Teaching punctuated equilibrium theory 120 JoBeth S. Shafran 10 Teaching pragmatist and constructivist approaches to the policy process 140 Patrick Hassenteufel and Philippe Zittoun 11 Street-level bureaucracy: teaching policy (theory) in practice 155 Vincent Dubois and Gabriela Lotta PART III TEACHING METHODS AND METHODOLOGY FOR POLICY RESEARCH 12 Teaching quantitative methods to students of public policy 168 Matthew C. Nowlin and Wesley Wehde 13 Teaching qualitative methods in times of global pandemics and beyond 181 Anna Durnová, Eva Hejzlarová, and Magdalena Mouralová 14 Teaching comparative public policy methods 201 Isabelle Engeli and Christine Rothmayr Allison 15 Teaching Qualitative Comparative Analysis 217 Markus B. Siewert 16 Teaching process tracing methods in public policy 232 Derek Beach 17 Teaching qualitative interviewing for policy process studies 247 Sébastien Chailleux and Philippe Zittoun PART IV TEACHING ANALYTICAL TOOLS FOR PUBLIC POLICY 18 ‘Learning how to learn’: Teaching policy analysis from the perspective of the ‘new policy sciences’ 263 Emily St.Denny and Paul Cairney 19 Teaching policy design: themes, topics and techniques 278 Caner Bakir, Azad Singh Bali, Michael Howlett, Jenny M. Lewis and Scott Schmidt 20 Teaching discourse and dramaturgy 293 Maarten A. Hajer 21 Teaching ‘evidence-based’ policy: reflections from practice 307 Katherine Smith 22 Teaching introductory policy evaluation: a philosophical and pedagogical dialogue across paradigms 324 Jill Anne Chouinard and James McDavid PART V TEACHING PUBLIC POLICY BY AUDIENCE 23 Teaching public policy to undergraduate and graduate students 342 Raúl Pacheco-Vega 24 Teaching public policy in doctoral programs 361 Claudio M. Radaelli 25 Challenges of teaching public policy to practitioners: a case for andragogy 377 Jean-François Savard and Isabelle Caron 26 Teaching public policy to the public 391 Jale Tosun PART VI TEACHING PUBLIC POLICY BY CONTINENT: CURRICULUM, TRAINING AND RESEARCH 27 Teaching public policy in Africa: comparing Cameroon and Kenya 406 R. Mireille Manga Edimo and Joseph Okeyo Obosi 28 Teaching public policy in Asia: is a unique identity emerging? 421 Sreeja Nair, Ola G. El-Taliawi, and Zeger van der Wal 29 Teaching public policy in Europe 433 Nils C. Bandelow, Johanna Hornung, and Ilana Schröder 30 Teaching public policy in Latin America 453 Osmany Porto de Oliveira, Cecilia Osorio Gonnet, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, and Norma Muñoz del Campo 31 Teaching public policy in North America: adapting to uncertain times 475 Rachel Laforest and Steven Rathgeb Smith 32 Internationalising public policy teaching 491 Marleen Brans Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book presents an in-depth investigation of who benefits from European financial market regulatory measures and how decision-makers and stakeholders are held politically and administratively accountable. The extensive study illustrates the full range of the actors involved in key regulatory processes such as the regulation of high-frequency trading and the activities of central-clearing counterparties.Chapters outline how politicians, regulators and market players are linked in various political and administrative accountability mechanisms. Providing analysis of how the accountability channels are linked to policy content, contributors ask whether specific regulatory objectives and results give rise to the mobilising of accountability mechanisms. Regulating Finance in Europe critically examines the implementation of major EU legislative packages in financial regulation (MiFID II and CMU), offering a unique empirical insight into how different modes of accountability in financial market regulation are linked with different policy effects.This comprehensive yet accessible book will be an invaluable read for politicians and practitioners working in finance as well as academics in EU politics and policies. It will also provide a useful resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of political science, law and economics.Trade Review‘This book will be of great interest to scholars examining European financial sector governance from legal, sociological, and political science perspectives. The authors have crafted a lucid, insightful, and convincing analysis of procedural and substantive accountability channels and mechanisms in European financial sector governance. They further shed light on who controls decision-making and whether sufficiently robust accountability channels and mechanisms have been put in place in key areas of European securities regulation, such as the governance of high-frequency trading (HFT), central counterparties (CCPs) under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) II, over the counter (OTC) derivatives, and Fintech.’ -- Aneta Spendzharova, Maastricht University, the Netherlands‘This book is a remarkable exploration of present-day European financial markets. It addresses crucial questions about how regulators, policymakers and financial organizations are held accountable through various “accountability mechanisms”. Adrienne Héritier, Johannes Karremans and colleagues insightfully open the black box of European financial markets to reveal their activities and regulatory dynamics to the wider public. This book is an important work for everyone who is interested in the democratic governance of modern-day finance and its algorithmic/quantitative complexities.’ -- Andrea Lagna, Loughborough University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface ix Acknowledgments xi List of abbreviations xii 1 Introduction: Regulating finance in Europe: policy effects and political accountability 1 Adrienne Héritier and Johannes Karremans 2 Accountability mechanisms in the governance of high-frequency trading under MiFID II 16 Johannes Karremans and Magnus G. Schoeller 3 Policy effects and accountability: unbundling research and execution under MiFiD II 38 Promitheas Peridis and Adrienne Héritier 4 Critical infrastructure (CCPs): political accountability and the policy effects of EMIR 71 Agnieszka Smoleńska and Adrienne Héritier 5 Fighting for Fintech: competition, regulation and accountability in a Europe of financial innovation 101 Joseph Ganderson 6 Benchmark administrators as gatekeepers: accountability and policy effects 126 Agnieszka Smoleńska and Promitheas Peridis 7 The “quiet politics” of hybrid accountability mechanisms: watering down regulation through expertise? 155 Johannes Karremans 8 Conclusion: procedural and substantive accountability in European financial regulation 176 Johannes Karremans and Adrienne Héritier Index

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