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Book SynopsisA holistic and extensive exploration of both the dynamic and incremental changes in EU public policy and the decision processes surrounding them, this Elgar Encyclopedia is the definitive reference work in the field of EU public policy.Unifying theoretical insights with empirical phenomena, this pioneering Encyclopedia begins by engaging with the multi-level structure of the EU’s polity and identifies how this affects public policy, considering the role of various non-state actors in EU policymaking, and the concepts of Europeanization and policy diffusion. Offering a theoretical introduction to policy integration, it examines intergovernmentalism, neofunctionalism, and postfunctionalism, alongside an innovative analysis of policy styles and the effects of recent crises on EU public policy, including COVID-19 and populism. Chapters conclude by reflecting on policy implementation and dynamics, and the impact of feedback on public policies and institutions.Ultimately demonstrating that the study of public policy in the EU has produced a set of EU-specific analytical perspectives, this timely book will guide further research avenues into EU public policy for students and scholars interested in (EU) public policy, public administration and comparative politics, alongside informing the decision-making of policymakers globally.Key Features:Accessible format split into 9 thematic partsFully cross-referenced with select bibliographies for further readingEntries written by an international and interdisciplinary group of over 90 preeminent experts in the field of public policyTrade Review‘Over the last three decades, the literature on European Union public policy has expanded massively. This impressive new Encyclopedia, masterfully edited by two leaders in the field, fills a gap in the market by distilling the most important elements into sixty-four bite-sized chunks, each carefully researched and fully referenced. Highly recommended.’ -- Andrew Jordan, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Norwich, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface xx 1 Introduction to the Elgar Encyclopedia of European Union Public Policy 1 Jale Tosun and Paolo Roberto Graziano PART I POLICYMAKING IN THE MULTILEVEL SYSTEM 2 Bureaucratic politics 11 Tobias Bach 3 EU agencies and stakeholders: assessing critical mass and the plurality of voices 21 Ixchel Pérez-Durán and Juan Carlos Triviño-Salazar 4 European Administrative Networks 35 Ellen Mastenbroek, Reini Schrama, and Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen 5 European Regulatory Networks 45 Francesca Pia Vantaggiato and Fabrizio De Francesco 6 Interparliamentary cooperation 53 Thomas Malang 7 Multilevel governance 62 Philipp Trein 8 Multilevel governance and the transformation of the state 71 Michaël Tatham 9 National ministerial bureaucracy 81 Vilde Hernes 10 National parliaments and European public policy 89 Katrin Auel and Ivana Skazlic 11 Regions 100 Simona Piattoni and Laura Polverari 12 Supranationalization of government and governance 110 Morten Egeberg PART II INPUT INTO EU PUBLIC POLICY 13 EU-wide interest groups 121 Rainer Eising and Julia Sollik 14 European Citizens Initiative 131 Jale Tosun 15 Evidence-based policymaking 139 Paul Cairney 16 Expertise in EU policy-making 149 Johan Christensen and Åse Gornitzka 17 National interest groups in EU policymaking 160 Danica Fink-Hafner and Meta Novak PART III EUROPEANIZATION OF PUBLIC POLICY 18 Contested and politicised? Recent trends in policy and research on European development policy 171 Christine Hackenesch 19 Europeanization 181 Theofanis Exadaktylos and Paolo Roberto Graziano 20 Europeanization of social policy 192 Robert Henry Cox 21 Foreign policy 199 Heidi Maurer and Nicholas Wright 22 Healthcare 207 Emmanuele Pavolini 23 Policy diffusion 215 Martino Maggetti 24 Diffusion of tax policies in the European Union 223 Achim Kemmerling and Aanor Roland PART IV POLICY INTEGRATION 25 Climate policy integration in the European Union 236 Heiner von Lüpke and Lucas Leopold 26 Development policy integration in the European Union 245 Sebastian Steingass 27 Environmental policy integration 255 Andrea Lenschow and Jan Pollex 28 Gender mainstreaming 266 Sophie Jacquot 29 Policy assessment 276 Sabine Weiland 30 Post-exceptionalism in the Common Agricultural Policy 286 Carsten Daugbjerg and Peter H. Feindt PART V POLICY STYLES 31 Making sense of the relationship between Europeanisation and policy styles 296 Jeroen Candel 32 The Nordic countries in EU public policy-making: between change and continuity 306 Anna Michalski and Helena Wockelberg 33 Policy-making in southern Europe 316 Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos 34 Policy styles in Germany, France, and the UK 327 Samuel B.H. Faure 35 The study of policy style: reflections on a simple idea 337 Jeremy Richardson 36 The transformations of public administration systems in east central Europe 347 Jozef Bátora and Daniel Klimovský PART VI CRISES AND EFFECTS ON EU PUBLIC POLICY 37 Brexit 362 Alan Greer 38 Economic and financial crises in the European Union 373 Lucia Quaglia 39 Energy and climate crises 382 Anna Herranz-Surrallés and Israel Solorio 40 The European Union and youth unemployment: policy responses, policy developments and key challenges 395 Margherita Bussi 41 Focusing events 406 Thomas A. Birkland, Rob A. DeLeo, and Kristin Taylor 42 Migration and asylum in the EU: struggling to overcome policy deadlock 414 Florian Trauner PART VII EU POLICY IMPLEMENTATION 43 Differentiated implementation of EU law and policies 424 Sebastiaan Princen 44 The modalities of policy design: co-design, non-design, and authoritative instrumentalism 434 Michael Howlett 45 The multilevel administrative state 444 Jarle Trondal 46 Noncompliance 453 Ekaterina Domorenok 47 The Open Method of Coordination: a contested public policy instrument still going ‘soft’ 462 Bart Vanhercke and Philippe Pochet 48 Theoretical perspectives on improving policy implementation in the EU 472 Oliver Treib, Ellen Mastenbroek, and Esther Versluis 49 Voluntary implementation – European Neighbourhood Policy 482 Federica Zardo PART VIII EU POLICY DYNAMICS 50 Analyzing EU policy processes: applying the multiple streams framework 494 Nicole Herweg and Reimut Zohlnhöfer 51 Discursive analysis, framing, and the narrative policy framework 504 Amandine Crespy and Camille Nessel 52 Europeanization and convergence 515 Jale Tosun 53 Europeanization and differentiation 525 Eva G. Heidbreder 54 The evolution of the EU’s enlargement policy 536 Antoaneta L. Dimitrova 55 The interactive politics of EU social investment agenda setting 547 Anton Hemerijck and Francesco Corti 56 New institutionalism and European public policy 556 Martin B. Carstensen and Patrick Emmenegger 57 Punctuated equilibrium theory and the EU policy process 567 Leticia Elias and Arco Timmermans 58 Studying EU politics through the ACF—key challenges 577 Karin Ingold PART IX EU POLICY FEEDBACK 59 EU stances of mainstream political parties: historical development, challenges for party strategies, and implications for legislative decision-making in the EU multilevel system 586 Marc Debus 60 Pan-European parties 596 Daniela Braun 61 Policy evaluation: an evolving and expanding feature of EU governance 605 Stijn van Voorst, Pieter Zwaan, and Jonas J. Schoenefeld 62 Policy feedback approach 614 Jennifer Shore 63 Policy learning in the European Union 623 Claire A. Dunlop and Claudio M. Radaelli 64 Populism and the European Union 633 Paolo Roberto Graziano 65 Social movements in the European arena: between transnational trajectories and national challenges 642 Guya Accornero and Tiago Carvalho

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Book SynopsisThis visionary book takes stock of the urgent challenges facing food chains globally and provides a critical evaluation of radical new thinking and perspectives on agricultural and food policy. Wyn Grant investigates the principal drivers of change in food and agriculture, including globalization, climate change, the structure of the industry, changing patterns of consumer demand and new technologies.Rethinking Agricultural and Food Policy provides a comprehensive account of the contemporary challenges impacting the food chain. Chapters explore the various barriers towards positive progress, exposing the deficiency of institutional architecture at a domestic and international level and examining how attempts to reform and revitalize it encounter inertia, embedded production structures, defenders of the status quo and vested interests. Proposing that a holistic, interdisciplinary approach is essential in making progress towards revitalizing policy and encouraging innovation in international governance, Wyn Grant calls for a new agenda to deliver real and necessary change and offer hope for the planet and its people. Using critical insights from natural and social science to uphold its calls for a holistic, integrated approach to agricultural and food policy, this timely book will be an essential read for policy makers, as well as students taking undergraduate or postgraduate courses in agriculture, food and the environment.Trade Review‘Food – what we eat and how it is produced – has become a hot button issue. In this book, Wyn Grant draws on his deep knowledge and experience of agricultural and food policies to provide an up-to-date and accessible introduction to the policies and politics of food. This book enriches the contemporary debate on transforming our food system by systematically outlining the challenges it faces and exploring the changes that are required.’ -- Alan Matthews, Trinity College Dublin, IrelandTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: what needs to be rethought? 2. How food reaches the plate: the structure of the food chain 3. Consumer demand and producer responses 4. Globalization 5. The role of the state 6. Plant and animal health and welfare 7. Climate change 8. Conclusions: selecting priorities References Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Handbook examines public policy evaluation in democracies. Focusing on the political dimension of the evaluation process, it argues that policy evaluation can be an emancipatory tool, reducing social inequalities and exclusion, and offers novel suggestions on how evaluations can be used to improve democratic policymaking.Laying out how evaluation relates to policy design, law-making, performance auditing and policy learning, this Handbook explores how policy evaluation can foster public participation, strengthen governance and enhance democracy. It uses experimental, constructivist and participatory approaches to analyse global case studies, offering epistemological, theoretical, methodological and normative insights. Contributors examine the institutionalisation of policy evaluation in national and international political systems, how to build evaluation capacity, the transformation of evaluation practice through digitalisation, and the challenges posed to evaluators by post-truth politics and artificial intelligence.This Handbook will be an invaluable resource for academic and professional policy evaluators seeking to deliver effective evaluation processes. It will also be essential reading for students and scholars of public policy, public administration and management, and political research methods.Trade Review‘The twenty-six papers comprising this volume highlight the challenges facing international policy evaluation in an era of misinformation, fake news, and conspiracy theories. The authors present an important reconceptualization of values and beliefs core to the evaluation function. You, the reader, are rewarded with innovative ideas and perspectives. This book is neither boring nor routine. The topical conceptualization is profound. The effort to read this book is well rewarded.’ -- Ray C. Rist, World Bank, US‘This book offers a panoramic and topical vista of the theoretical and practical dimensions of evaluation. Handbook of Public Policy Evaluation is more than a “handbook”; it is a reservoir of scholarship providing insights that range from technical and methodological issues on evaluation and evaluative thinking, to thoughtful explorations of evaluation’s relationship to our most fundamental democratic values and institutions.’ -- Pearl Eliadis, McGill University, Canada‘In this Handbook, Varone, Jacob and Bundi do not simply propose a relevant overview of Policy Evaluation. Rather, they go beyond current academic controversies by viewing policy evaluation as a fundamental political activity. Specifically, they propose an original and stimulating perspective presented in 26 fascinating chapters which cover all the facets of this topic.’ -- Philippe Zittoun, University of Lyon, FranceTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: putting policy evaluation into its democratic context 1 Frédéric Varone, Steve Jacob and Pirmin Bundi PART I EVALUATION, ACCOUNTABILITY AND LEARNING IN THE POLICY PROCESS 1 Public policy evaluation: origins and evolution 16 Michael Quinn Patton 2 What role can social constructivism play in realist evaluation? The potentials and the limits 31 Jale Tosun, Fabrizio De Francesco and Valérie Pattyn 3 Realist evaluation in the policy design framework 47 Guillaume Fontaine 4 Policy evaluation in the legislative cycle 64 Alexandre Flückiger and Patricia Popelier 5 Policy learning and policy evaluation 76 Claire A. Dunlop and Claudio M. Radaelli 6 Same, same but different? The expansion of auditing and its consequences for policy evaluation 93 B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre 7 The contribution of evaluation to accountability mechanisms 104 Yousueng Han PART II EVALUATION, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND DEMOCRACY 8 Evaluation and policy argumentation: a deliberative approach, with special reference to COVID 118 Frank Fischer 9 Participatory evaluation, deliberation and democracy 132 Lynda Rey and Alexandre Fortin 10 Policy evaluation and the reproduction of social inequalities 154 Roberto Pires and Gabriela Lotta 11 Transformative evaluation for equitable and inclusive public policy 169 Donna M. Mertens PART III INSTITUTIONALIZATION, PRACTICE AND PROFESSIONALIZATION OF POLICY EVALUATION 12 The institutionalization of evaluation around the globe: understanding the main drivers and effects over the past decades 187 Steve Jacob 13 Policy evaluation and parliaments 206 Pirmin Bundi 14 Evaluation of and in public administration 220 Sabine Kuhlmann and Sylvia Veit 15 Do courts use policy evaluation? 238 Simon St-Georges and Christine Rothmayr Allison 16 Relevance of evaluation findings in direct democracy decisions 253 Fritz Sager, Caroline Schlaufer and Iris Stucki 17 The role and functioning of evaluation in the European Union 266 Paul J. Stephenson and Jonas J. Schoenefeld 18 Policy evaluation and international organizations 285 Valentina Mele 19 Policy evaluation in the hands of philanthropists and NGOs: the politics of getting it right 299 David J. Gilchrist and Ben Perks 20 The emergence of evaluation systems in low- and middle-income countries 317 Ian Goldman, Thania de la Garza Navarrete, Asela Kalugampitiya, Alonso Miguel de Erice Dominguez, Edoé Djimitri Agbodjan, Takunda Chirau and Ayabulela Dlakavu 21 Evaluation professionalization 337 Benoît Gauthier and Simon N. Roy PART IV EVALUATION AND BEHAVIOURAL PUBLIC POLICY 22 Nudging and experimenting in a post-truth, post-COVID world 352 Peter John 23 How and when to use field experiments to evaluate public policies 366 Simon Calmar Andersen 24 Evaluation and digitalization: what are the key challenges for evaluation processes and evaluators? 375 Tereza Cahlikova and Omar Ballester 25 Bringing street-level bureaucrats’ behaviour into policy evaluation 391 Eva Thomann and Eva Lieberherr 26 Evaluation of the non-take-up of public services and social benefits 408 Pierre-Marc Daigneault Index 425

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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 SynopsisExpertly navigating the complex relationships between accounting and the development of hybridized public governance, this erudite Handbook critically analyses the most pressing challenges and limitations currently facing accounting and public governance research. Comprehensively drawing intricate links between accounting, public governance and hybridization, it conceptualizes the role of accounting by looking at the current and prospective needs of hybridized public governance.Interdisciplinary in scope, this Handbook brings together contributions from an array of eminent scholars who explore key themes of accounting including performance measurement, accountability, budgeting and reporting. Different forms of public governance are examined and chapters uniquely scrutinize various aspects of accounting in different public governance settings, simultaneously engaging a perspective of hybridization. The Handbook also identifies a number of suggestions for future scholarly research thereby making a progressive and innovative contribution to this field of study.This indispensable Handbook will prove essential to scholars, researchers and students across the fields of accounting, public management, public finance, regulation and governance, public administration, and public policy. Practitioners within these fields will also find this to be an essential read.Trade Review‘This essential book contains 35 authors from across the globe and provides a smorgasbord of coverage, addressing cross-cutting public accounting and governance issues by various topics. This Handbook testifies that hybridization in the public sector and its associated accounting and public governance issues are important to organizations and societies in the modern era.’ -- James Guthrie, Macquarie University, Australia‘In the past decades, the number and types of hybrid organizations has increased strongly – and these organizations are here to stay! The hybridity of these organizations has had impact on all elements of public governance. Mixing efficiency driven modes with more attention for public value creation creates tensions for accountability, financial and other types of reporting, performance measurement and budgeting. This Handbook offers a welcome overview and discussion of these tensions, with examples from various countries, policy sectors, and government levels. It is a must read for scholars and students who are studying hybrid organizations.’ -- Sandra van Thiel, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface xiv 1 Introduction to the Handbook of Accounting and Public Governance 1 Guiseppe Grossi and Jarmo Vakkuri PART I HYBRIDISED PUBLIC GOVERNANCE IN THEORY 2 Governance of hybrid networks in organisations and society 11 Jan-Erik Johanson and Jarmo Vakkuri 3 Hybridity in digital and algorithmic public governance 32 Tero Erkkilä 4 Accounting and participatory governance for public sector hybridity 47 Evgenii Aleksandrov PART II ACCOUNTABILITY IN HYBRIDISED PUBLIC GOVERNANCE: THEORY AND PRACTICE 5 Manifestations of hybrid accountability in horizontal network governance 68 Tomi Rajala, Petra Kokko, Harri Laihonen and Elias Pekkola 6 Addressing accountability challenges with theory of change: the case of a social partnership in Ukraine 95 Anatoli Bourmistrov, Veronika Vakulenko and Olga Iermolenko 7 Interactive accountability in the case of digital governance 116 Olga Trunova PART III BUDGETING IN HYBRIDISED PUBLIC GOVERNANCE: THEORY AND PRACTICE 8 The use of non-financial performance indicators in the budgeting process of hybrids 129 Tjerk Budding and Vera van Schie 9 Participatory budgeting in reshaping public budgeting: evidence from Finland, Poland, and the US 142 Lotta-Maria Sinervo, Pauliina Lehtonen, Katarzyna Radzik-Maruszak and Carol Ebdon 10 Digitalisation and citizen engagement: comparing participatory budgeting in Rome and Barcelona 163 Giorgia Mattei, Valentina Santolamazza and Martina Manzo PART IV PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT IN HYBRIDISED PUBLIC GOVERNANCE: THEORY AND PRACTICE 11 Horizontal performance in the case of network governance: management by objectives and school performance 184 Åge Johnsen and Paul Brakstad Waters 12 Non-financial performance measurement in participatory governance: how to measure the different facets of hybridity? 203 Michele Andreaus, Akylai Anarbaeva and Caterina Pesci 13 The design and use of a digital PMS, and the emergence of gaming logic: the experience of the Italian Ministry of Culture 224 Deborah Agostino and Paola Riva PART V REPORTING IN HYBRIDISED PUBLIC GOVERNANCE: THEORY AND PRACTICE 14 Whole-of-government reporting and network governance 246 Danny Chow and Elaine Stewart 15 Linking popular reporting to citizen engagement: evidence and ideas from Italy 264 Luca Bartocci and Silvana Filomena Secinaro 16 Internet reporting and digital governance: evidence from multiple Italian municipalities 284 Silvana Filomena Secinaro, Valerio Brescia and Davide Calandra 17 Conclusions – accounting and hybridised public governance 303 Jarmo Vakkuri and Giuseppe Grossi Index 325

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Book SynopsisThis timely book questions the premise that Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) have a performance advantage over traditionally procured projects, an assumption that motivates policymakers worldwide to enter into such contracts. Taking stock of novel research comparing the differences in performance between PPP and traditionally procured infrastructure projects and services, the chapters in this book thoughtfully scrutinise this supposed advantage.Adopting a quasi-experimental design, the book advances the evidence base on the performance advantage of PPPs. Insightful contributions from renowned scholars undertake an in-depth investigation of three key performance dimensions: cost, time, and service quality. Broad in scope, studies span countries in Asia, Europe, and South America, as well as a diverse range of policy sectors, including transport, healthcare, road safety, education, and sporting facilities. This comprehensive assessment produces several conclusions, but ultimately determines that evidence for a cost performance advantage remains mixed, while PPPs are proven to clearly outperform traditional alternatives in terms of time and service quality.Empirical in focus and spanning multiple policy sectors, this incisive book will be an invaluable resource not only for PPP scholars, but also for researchers and practitioners involved in public administration, public management and policy, and infrastructure planning and delivery worldwide.Trade Review‘Verweij, van Meerkerk and Casady have produced the definitive volume on a question that has haunted infrastructure delivery for decades: Do public-private partnerships offer real performance advantages relative to traditional delivery? This book provides insightful, applicable answers. Anyone – both scholars and practitioners – wishing to better understand that compelling question should use this as their standard reference.’ -- Rick Geddes, Cornell University, US‘In this inspiring volume, a great selection of well-known scholars tackle the most challenging question about PPPs in a convincing way: are public private partnerships indeed better than traditional procurement in terms of delivering on time, on cost and with good service quality? Studying cases from different continents and a range of relevant sectors with sound methodologies, this volume is a must-read for students and scholars studying PPPs, but also for practitioners and policy makers who want to go beyond the rhetoric and beliefs about the performance advantage of PPPs when deciding upon the best way of delivering economic or social infrastructure to society.’ -- Koen Verhoest, University of Antwerp, Belgium‘The global expansion of public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects warrants careful performance assessment. This book addresses this timely topic and offers a highly useful framework for understanding the performance challenges of PPPs. Covering empirical experiences across three continents, this well-structured book is indispensable reading for PPP researchers and practitioners alike.’ -- Ole Helby Petersen, Roskilde University, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: Preface xii List of abbreviations xiv 1 The performance advantage of public-private partnerships: does it exist or not? 1 Stefan Verweij, Ingmar van Meerkerk, and Carter B. Casady 2 The passage of time permits another sober reflection: this time on the performance evaluation challenge 27 Graeme Hodge and Carsten Greve 3 From the hypothetical to reality: an analysis of ex-ante and ex-post VfM in Irish PPP schools 51 Cian O’Shea, Dónal Palcic, and Eoin Reeves 4 PPP hospitals in Portugal: what does benchmarking tell us about their relative performance? 75 Diogo Cunha Ferreira, Rui Cunha Marques, Maria Isabel Pedro, and Gonçalo Santos 5 Addressing the performance advantages of PPPs in comparison to traditional public procurement and strictly private provision: evidence from sports stadiums built for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil 102 Claudio José Oliveira dos Reis and Sandro Cabral 6 A mixed-methods comparison of the performance of Dutch PPP and non-PPP infrastructure projects 131 Ingmar van Meerkerk, Mike Duijn, Rianne Warsen, Stefan Verweij, Erik-Hans Klijn, Joop Koppenjan, and Samantha Metselaar 7 The performance of PPP and publicly procured road projects: evidence from India 156 Akash Deep, Mojahedul Islam Nayyer, and Thillai Rajan A. 8 Evaluation of the safety performance of PPPs versus publicly funded and managed motorways in Spain 184 Daniel Albalate, Germà Bel, and Paula Bel-Piñana 9 Conclusions about the performance advantage of PPPs 206 Carter B. Casady, Stefan Verweij, and Ingmar van Meerkerk Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an understanding of how public organizations adapt to and manage situations characterized by fluidity, ambiguity, complexity and unclear technologies, thus exploring public governance in times of turbulence. An impressive selection of scholars present their research on governance in turbulent times and explore how public organizations adapt flexibly in turbulent situations. The editors introduce a diverse analytical toolkit contributing not only to an understanding of the role of complexity in public governance, but also suggesting how organizational formats may serve as usable design tools available to decision-makers in the pursuit of sustainable and responsible governance. Chapters explore a variety of topics and cases including artificial intelligence, antimicrobial resistance and sexuality education. Providing a broad coverage of empirical cases and a global outlook, this book will be an excellent read for scholars and practitioners in political science and public administration, as well as policy makers with interests in governance, leadership and citizen engagement.Trade Review‘Unpredictability, uncertainty and rapidly, drastically changing governance problems – in short: turbulence – challenge public organizations. This important edited volume discusses how public organizations respond to turbulence, both within their environment and within the organizations themselves. The empirical chapters provide fascinating insights into reactions within different policy fields and illustrate key organizational responses, centered on design, agency power and resilience.’ -- Klaus H. Goetz, University of Munich, Germany‘The editors are to be congratulated for bringing together a unique selection of cross- and multi-disciplinary approaches describing and analysing the complexities of policy implementation across a wide range of sectors, fields and projects. The specific chapter examples and circumstances each reveal different dynamics. But the macro-lessons they provide, arising from real-life practicalities and challenges of cross-sectoral engagement, are especially noteworthy and vital for all of us interested in pursuing public engagement and delivering public value.’ -- ­– Ellen Hazelkorn, BH Associates and Professor Emerita, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland‘Clear governance structures in a time of turbulence are essential to successfully navigating uncharted waters. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed strong and weak governance arrangements across the world. Honed by disaster experiences of cyclones, floods, bushfires over decades, Queensland, an Australian state, drew on a proven response framework, of clear governance arrangements and role clarity, with leaders invoking citizens to come along with them. Despite such well-established governance frameworks and strategies, the disruptive power of the pandemic still tested Queensland’s resolve. This publication demonstrates the value of understanding design, agency, and power to deliver resilience for current and future planning. This volume is an important addition for practitioners to examine and understand the governance of complexity, delivered in a systematic and considered way.’ -- Andrew Curthoys, Cross River Rail, Queensland Government, Australia, Australasian BIM Advisory Board, Infrastructure CoLab and Asset Institute‘The book could not have been published at a more appropriate time. Public sector organizations are facing enormous challenges in turbulent times, which means that there is need for change and adaptation. I am extremely impressed with how this book brings governing complexity to life. It is essential reading for public sector managers, professionals, students and researchers.’ -- Jari Stenvall, Tampere University, Finland and member of the Independent Committee to assess the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland‘The COVID-19 crisis has served as a magnifying glass drawing our attention to the frequent emergence of crisis-induced turbulence and the need for public and private actors to engage in flexible adaptation and proactive innovation of governance solutions. This edited volume provides a timely and innovative theoretical perspective on this predicament and grounds this perspective in illuminating empirical analyses covering a lot of ground. It is bound to set the agenda for future governance research.’ -- Jacob Torfing, Roskilde University, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xiii Preface xvi PART I SETTING THE STAGE 1 Governing complexity in times of turbulence 2 Jarle Trondal, Rómulo Pinheiro, Robyn Keast and David Noble 2 Complexity, resilience and public governance in times of turbulence 13 Jarle Trondal, Rómulo Pinheiro, Robyn Keast and David Noble PART II DESIGN 3 Transformative ideas, sturdy organizations: varieties of artificial intelligence policy in the Nordics 32 Frans af Malmborg and Jarle Trondal 4 Public–private partnership (PPP) in the context of European Union policy initiatives on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) from cyber attacks 53 Marzio Di Feo and Luigi Martino 5 Policy innovation and organizational design: connecting theory and practice 79 Jarle Trondal PART III AGENCY 6 Project sustainability and complex environments: the role of relationship networks and collaborative agency 101 Amanda Scott, Robyn Keast, Geoff Woolcott, Daniel Chamberlain and Deborah Che 7 Governing complexity: the public organizations’ shift in digital transformation 126 Dominika Ewa Harasimiuk and Tomasz Braun 8 The race to institutional change: the slow road to policy change in sexuality education 145 Elisa Bordin and Rómulo Pinheiro PART IV POWER 9 Power dynamics in multisector and multilevel coordination: the case of antimicrobial resistance 169 Martin Stangborli Time 10 Into the fray: conflict resolution in on-line environments 191 Jennifer Waterhouse PART V RESILIENCE 11 How collaboration antecedents affect the resilience of local governance networks 216 Katarzyna Sienkiewicz-Małyjurek 12 Turbulence within and beyond resilience in public organizations: a study of Italian opera theatres 238 Maria Laura Frigotto and Francesca Frigotto PART VI EPILOGUE 13 Towards a research and policy agenda for governing complexity 260 Robyn Keast, Christine Flynn, David Noble, Jarle Trondal and Rómulo Pinheiro Index

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Book SynopsisBased on original empirical data collected from three Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, this engaging book offers comprehensive insights into the institutional environment of public–private partnership (PPP) from a unique and under-explored context.Drawing on ideas from the fields of project management, neo-institutional theory and research on the Gulf rentier states, this book unpacks how individual and organizational actors engage in several strategies to either enable the implementation of PPPs or to resist them. It explores why and how individual and organizational actors in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar seek to disrupt or maintain existing forms of project organizing. Chapters from this book highlight both the macro- and micro-dynamics of initiating, implementing or resisting new forms of project organizing, and offer several theoretical contributions to project management, PPP literature and neo-institutional theory.This book will be an essential read for academics and policymakers interested in broader questions of how the institutional context affects public sector reforms and the introduction of New Public Management ideas to non-western contexts. Public policy and management students and practitioners will also find this book to be a valuable resource.Trade Review‘Much of the literature on PPPs examines project-level partnerships involving the procurement of specific long-term public infrastructure, along with critical success factors. As the title of the book indicates, Mhamed Biygautane takes a very different and ground-breaking approach to the subject, exploring the role of the institutional environments and dynamics, challenging the prevailing Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) model. This clearly written volume draws on case studies of the institutional structure of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.’ -- Mervyn K. Lewis, University of South Australia‘Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) have been an academic preserve largely for inquiry from a quantitative perspective and efficiency perspective. The institutional aspects of PPPs and their impact on the institution of contracting have been far less researched. PPPs are a project management fashion that has spread far and wide beyond the OECD context in which they first emerged. In this excellently researched book Mhamed Biygautane situates the institution of contracting in a political context in the Gulf States of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. In doing so, he makes valuable contributions to both the literature of institutional theory in organization studies and to project management, further embedding their inter-relation. As one who straddles these fields, I recommend this book strongly.’ -- Stewart Clegg, University of Sydney, Australia‘PPPs have become an increasingly important financing option as governments have become more dependent on the private sector as a partner in delivering goods and services. Mhamed Biygautane investigates non-western institutional strategies used by the Gulf Cooperation Council of the Arab States (Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar) institutions and key policy actors in selecting PPPs as an option. His ground-breaking book, The Institutional Context of Public–Private Partnerships, connects theory and practice to highlight the unique approach of the three Gulf State institutions and policy actors in their use of PPPs. As a former government administrator who used PPPs and as a professor who now researches, publishes and consults on the use of PPPs, I highly recommend this book.’ -- Jane Beckett-Camarata, Pennsylvania State University, US‘This is a work of impressive breadth and depth. It is based on extensive fieldwork and presents original empirical data not accessible elsewhere, while resting on a robust analytical framework. For academics and policymakers interested in understanding state–business relations in the GCC states, this is essential reading.’ -- Mehran Kamrava, Georgetown University QatarTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction to The Institutional Context of Public–Private Partnerships 2. The institutional context of PPPs: the roles of institutions, organizations, and individual actors 3. Infrastructure PPPs in the GCC states: the cases of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar 4. The invisible forces of institutional work within policy networks: Az-Zour North One PPP project in Kuwait 5. How institutions shape forms of project organizing: the selective PPP market of Qatar 6. Institutional entrepreneurship and infrastructure PPPs: the role of social actors in Saudi Arabia’s Medina Airport 7. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative book sheds light on two key questions at the forefront of government-nonprofit partnerships: How are nonprofits performing? And does the involvement of nonprofits in a public service add public value? International contributors approach these questions through the conceptual lens of the “hollow state”, highlighting the diminished role of government and the implications of the growing reliance on nonprofits in delivering public service. Through a set of empirical studies in public education, public health, urban sustainability, public parks and public social welfare services, chapters identify contributing factors to the success of nonprofits in mitigating public problems through performance measurement. Identifying challenges encountered by nonprofits in their roles as government partners, as well as the challenges posed to public organizations in generating nonprofit accountability, this insightful book takes stock of performance and public value of the hollow state. This methodologically-rigorous book is critical reading for scholars, researchers and students of public governance and public management, particularly those focusing on the long-term effects of the New Public Management. Its practical insights will also benefit policymakers, as well as managers of nonprofits interested in the implications of new partnerships with government bodies.Trade Review‘LeRoux and Wright artfully compile five distinct empirical cases of nonprofit performance and synthesize core themes using a cross-cutting framework grounded in public value creation. Their book is an exemplar of a triangulated approach to inquiry, drawing from both qualitative and quantitative insights to advance understanding of nonprofit performance.’ -- Stephanie Moulton, The Ohio State University, US‘This book – edited and authored by true specialists in the field – is a valuable resource for academics, practitioners, and graduate students in understanding and assessing performance across multiple subsectors. It is accessible, both theoretically and practically, in explaining fundamental, contemporary issues in nonprofit performance management.’ -- Jurgen Willems, Vienna University of Economics and Business, AustriaTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Assessing performance and public value in the hollow state 1 Kelly LeRoux and Nathaniel S. Wright 2. The challenge of nonprofit accountability and quality control in the urban hollow state: the case of public education 25 Michael R. Ford 3. Are outsourced public health services linked to better health outcomes? Findings from a national study of service contracting by local health departments 43 Tianshu Zhao and Kelly LeRoux 4. The role of community action agencies in facilitating successful sustainable development in American cities 64 Nathaniel S. Wright and Tony G. Reames 5. Bridging charitable support and public service performance: a preliminary analysis of large US city park systems 85 Yuan (Daniel) Cheng, Yu Shi, and Simon A. Andrew 6. Negotiating performance: the strategic responses of associations where people in poverty raise their voice 102 Peter Raeymaeckers and Pieter Cools 7. Reconceptualizing performance: filling the hollow state with public value 125 Kelly LeRoux and Nathaniel S. Wright Index 140

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Book SynopsisMeasuring governance has become an increasingly important feature of modern societies, with organizations and institutions expected to prove their worth by quantifying their activities and results. This unique Handbook maps historical developments, theoretical conceptions and key approaches, and summarizes what is known about measuring governance from a variety of fields of practice. Peter Triantafillou and Jenny M. Lewis bring together an array of leading international academics to examine how governance is measured across different policy sectors and levels of government. Chapters explore the sociological theory of measurement, the quality of collaborative governance processes, governance in public health care and global development cooperation. The editors and contributors have combined theoretical thinking with empirical findings to support this comprehensive overview of measuring governance, providing a significant contribution to the ongoing discourse in this field.This thought-provoking Handbook will appeal to public administration and public policy professionals, as well as business and government practitioners at a national and international level. It will also prove highly beneficial to students, academics and researchers in governance, social policy, business and management and political science. Trade Review‘Measurement and governance are related in sometimes surprising ways. This timely Handbook, featuring both established and emerging scholars from across the globe, provides an elegant overview of historical developments, theoretical approaches, methods of measurement and fields of application. Thought-provoking and important for our understanding of how governance relates to, but also shapes, how we measure and understand the politico-administrative world.’ -- Thomas Schillemans, Utrecht University, the Netherlands‘The Handbook on Measuring Governance offers an engaging, theoretically rich but accessible framework for understanding the relationship between measurement and governance. For anyone interested in steering the ship of state, Triantafillou and Lewis offer a deeply-researched one-stop shop for understanding the theory, history, and implications of one of the central tools of governance.’ -- Donald Moynihan, Georgetown University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Handbook on Measuring Governance 1 Peter Triantafillou and Jenny M. Lewis PART I HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF MEASURING GOVERNANCE 1 State formation and statistics 15 Cosmo Howard 2 Quantification and global governance 31 Isabel Rocha de Siqueira 3 New Public Management, performance measurement, and measuring for governance 45 Jenny M. Lewis 4 The constitutive effects of measuring governance 62 Peter Dahler-Larsen PART II THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO MEASURING GOVERNANCE 5 Theoretical approaches to measuring governance: public administration 80 Sorin Dan 6 Measuring governance: a political science perspective 96 B. Guy Peters 7 The sociology of measurement 111 Radhika Gorur 8 Governmentality and the measuring of governance 125 Peter Triantafillou PART III METHODS FOR MEASURING GOVERNANCE 9 Approaches and methods for measuring governance: comparing major supranational institutions 138 Andrea Bonomi Savignon, Lorenzo Costumato and Fabiana Scalabrini 10 Measuring the quality of collaborative governance processes 156 Joop Koppenjan 11 A framework for measuring the effects of policy processes on health system strengthening 172 Fabiana da Cunha Saddi, Stephen Peckham, Peter Lloyd-Sherlock and Germano Araujo Coelho 12 Measuring micro-foundations of governance: a behavioral perspective 187 Sjors Overman, Emma Ropes and Wouter Vandenabeele 13 Criteria-based measurement of collaborative innovation and its impact on public problem solving and value creation 204 Jacob Torfing, Andreas Hagedorn Krogh and Anders Ejrnæs 14 Using collaborative performance summits to help both researchers and governance actors make sense of governance measures 216 Scott Douglas PART IV FIELDS OF MEASURING GOVERNANCE 15 Measuring active labour market polices 230 Niklas Andreas Andersen, Flemming Larsen and Dorte Caswell 16 Governance in public health care: measurement (in)completeness 244 Margit Malmmose 17 Made to measure: how central banks deliver performances of their worth and why unconventional monetary policy is reversing the burden of proof 260 Timo Walter 18 We treasure what we measure: global development cooperation and the Sustainable Development Goals 274 Katja Freistein 19 Measuring democracy: capturing waves of democratization and autocratization 289 Marianne Kneuer Index

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Book SynopsisUS society today is widely seen as being split into constituencies which have sequestered themselves in two or more silos, with policy discussion between them having become impossible. The treatise of this book is that denizens of the United States need not be confined in silos but, rather, that major economic policies – drugs, alcohol, and suicide; schooling; major economic issues; infrastructure, urban and regional policy; and the environment – have powerful impacts on many members of each of these silos. From this recognition comes an understanding that public policy initiatives that treat each of the policy areas with equity are conceivable and can in fact be implemented. In addition, individuals will be able to engage in the destruction of disrespectful silo-to-silo bickering and work to create a dialogue based on mutual understanding that has been sorely missing for the past several years. The author stresses that are few things that are of more importance for society’s collective future than bridging these barriers.This passionate analysis of Public Policy in Contentious Times will be of great interest to academics interested in urban and regional issues and in the formation of public policy. It will also be helpful to political consultants and politicians, and individuals who are ardently interested in contemporary politics.Trade Review‘Kresl makes a significant contribution in identifying an approach to the formulation of public policies in the context of polarization so present currently. Space does not allow a summary of his analysis, but his analysis of the effects of the geography of place ie Blue and Red States, urban, regional, town and city impacts on policy choices is a good example of an approach which can help to identify a set of policies suitable for different citizens and organizations. It should be read, listened to or reviewed by American citizens and elected politicians at all levels of governance. He presents a unique analysis which should be of interest as we near debates preparing elections in the US.’ -- Pierre-Paul Proulx, University of Montreal, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: how to bring the silos together 2. Specification of the geographies that divide us 3. “Deaths of despair” 4. Schooling 5. The economy 6. Infrastructure 7. Environment 8. Urban and rural area developments 9. What is achievable? Index

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Book SynopsisWorking to demystify the enigmatic process behind unexpected policymaking, this important book proposes to understand the significance of meaning struggles and the uncertainty provoked by the multiple pressures in governmental decision making. Using the French case, where the government shifted position 3 times before banning hydraulic fracturing, The Politics of Meaning Struggles addresses the wider phenomenon of governmental shifts in policy decisions through a new perspective, a pragmatist constructivism approach.This controversial governmental U-turn is thoroughly analysed through the meticulous reconstitution of multiple debates which took place not only in the public arena but also in the privacy of government. Based on 3 years of investigation and 52 lengthy qualitative interviews across the hierarchical levels of the bureaucracy including former ministers, and through exclusive access to the archive of Prime Minister, the authors allow us to better understand the complexity and uncertainty in the policy process, which has yet to be explained by classical theories, frameworks and concepts. It builds from the oversights of existing policy approaches to create a more comprehensive understanding as to why State decisions, pressured by power struggles and mutating proposals, are never written in advance.>Working towards gaining a better grasp of the complexity and diversity of public policies, this insightful book will be invaluable to public policy students and scholars. It will also be particularly useful to policy makers working within the gas industry and wider governmental roles that involve policy and decision making.Trade Review‘Drawing inspiration from the politics of meaning creation, this fresh perspective of pragmatist constructivism proposes an explanation of public policy not as a coherent whole but as an investigation of interrelated micro-phenomena of semantic confrontation and power struggles in diverse discourse forums. Analytically rich and methodologically sophisticated, it helps us understand how facts and coalitions are built through political conflict and contestation in different settings to shape public policies that discuss, support, change or abandon established courses of action.’ -- Nikolaos Zahariadis, Rhodes College, US‘Through the lens of their Pragmatist Constructivist Framework, Zittoun and Chailleux provide an eye-opening, and to some extent jaw-dropping, account of the French Government’s reversals on fracking policy. By detailing the why, where, when and how of definitional struggles animating French fracking policy, they offer many insights into how policy “problems” and “solutions” are made and unmade. A brilliant evocation of the politics of meaning and how it matters for explaining policy outcomes.’ -- Christopher Ansell, University of California, Berkeley, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to The Politics of Meaning Struggles 1. The containment of the first policy statement about granting licenses 2. The lightning-fast publicization of a tragic problem 3. The impossibility of problem-solving: manufacturing, circulating, and abandoning government proposals 4. The meteoric victory of the fracking ban 5. Locking in the ban, the failure of attempts to challenge the law Conclusion to The Politics of Meaning Struggles Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a unique framework to understand how public institutions and private investors can collaborate to sustain long-term investments (LTIs), with a specific focus on public private partnership for infrastructure, blended finance mechanisms, and impact investing.Offering a holistic approach to long-term investing, which encompasses both infrastructure and corporate innovation and sustainability strategies, chapters explore how collaborations can mobilize resources, overcome market failures, and maximize impacts. Furthermore, it provides a deeper understanding on LTIs, both in terms of the sustainable investment approaches that investors are progressively adopting, and in terms of the main domains of LTIs such as infrastructure and corporate investments in research and innovation, sustainability, and circularity. The book also highlights how LTIs are essential to ensure the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, which represent an institutionalization of the concept of public value.Public-Private Collaborations for Long-Term Investments will be critical reading for policymakers, investors, and managers working in the public and private sectors. The combination of cutting-edge insights and depth of knowledge rooted in the scientific literature will also be beneficial for scholars and students in the fields of public administration and management, infrastructure finance, and sustainability.Trade Review‘The business of business is being redefined before our very eyes: inclusion, sustainability, impact and ESG are now integrated into most investment decisions. Much more needs to be done as Agenda 2030 will not be met until “all hands on deck”. This book can serve as a good starting point for this critical collaboration.’ -- Royston Braganza, Grameen Capital‘This book highlights the importance of activating private capital to close the infrastructure gap and creating stronger collaboration between the public and private sectors. This will help to drive economic recovery in the short-term whilst driving longer-term economic and social outcomes.’ -- Marie Lam-Frendo, Global Infrastructure Hub‘This book is an excellent reference to university and master students, executives and civil servants, academic researchers and many others that are keen to learn more about enabling long-term investments and public-private collaborations.’ -- Iliyana Tsanova, European CommissionTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Iliyana Tsanova, Deputy Director-General - DG Budget, European Commission Preface 1. Public-private partnerships for long-term investments: the context and the framework 2. The journey towards sustainability: corporate social responsibility and sustainable investing 3. Catalyzing wealth toF drive positive social and environmental change: impact investing 4. Unlocking private capital through blended finance 5. Infrastructure as long-term investment: understanding the public-private boundaries 6. Developing infrastructure through contractual public-private partnership References Index

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Book SynopsisThis critical book focuses on two dominant reform agendas - managerialism and politicisation - to examine the condition of Anglophone countries after 40 years of reform to public sector management and governance. Comparing four countries using the Westminster system - Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom - John Halligan explores the changes resulting from distinctive reform agendas, exposing performance shortfalls and unintended consequences, such as bureaucratisation. Offering a broad overview of the implementation and outcomes of key administrative developments, Halligan unpacks those traditions and conventions of governance in Anglophone countries that have been disrupted by unrestrained political executives, producing dramatic imbalances in management and governance systems. Judicious and incisive, this book will be crucial reading to postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students of public policy seeking an in-depth understanding of both historic and contemporary reforms to public management and governance. Halligan's comparative approach to public management systems will also benefit government practitioners and specialists working closely with governments.Trade Review'Reforms in Anglophone countries have influenced many countries around the world. This book, by one of the leading researchers in the field, discusses in a deep and comparative way research on the challenges of these reforms related to the long-term impact of managerialism and politicization on public governance.' --Tom Christensen, University of Oslo, Norway'Halligan's book comes at the end of a major cycle of public sector reforms, and announces a possible transformation of our politico-administrative systems as scenarios for the 21st century. His capacity to unpack the complexity of ''managerialism'', and ''politicisation'' is impressive. His focus on four Anglophone countries, as a coherent cluster, makes his analysis stronger than any other comparison. This is a ''must-read'' to understand the new tensions in our fast changing world, and how to handle these.' --Geert Bouckaert, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute, BelgiumTable of ContentsContents: 1. Reforming Anglophone Public Management and Governance 2. Administrative Tradition and Westminster in Reform Era Governance 3. Politicising the Executive Branch: Changing Roles, Resources and Relationships 4. Ministers and Mandarins under Political Management 5. Management Dilemmas 6. Contradictions in Implementing Performance Management 7. Management and Bureaucracy in a Political Milieu 8. Coordination and Collaboration 9. Long Term Reform and Public Management Systems 10. Postscript: Directions for Change Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisApplying the Multiple Streams Framework (MSF) to a global range of case studies, this pioneering Modern Guide addresses how policymakers decide what issues to attend to and which choices to make or implement. In doing so it outlines that, far from being the exception, ambiguity and timing are integral parts of every comparative explanation of the policy process.Considering the MSF at the theoretical level, contributors assess the assumptions, structure and logic of the framework before examining the scope of reforms, multilevel influence and interaction, coupling as a process, and the motives of policy entrepreneurs. Using a diverse array of cases from around the world at sub-national, national, and international levels of governance, chapters apply the framework to such diverse topics as climate policy in Europe, soil pollution laws in China, pandemic management in Turkey and Bolsonaro’s gun liberalization agenda in Brazil. Ultimately, the Modern Guide demonstrates that public policy is a process replete with bias, language and symbols among interacting policy actors who generate conflicting messages in staged settings of political power.Situating the framework within broader debates of the policy process, this innovative Modern Guide will be vital to students and scholars of political science, public policy, and public administration and management. With empirical practical applications which advance the MSF, it will also be of use to policymakers globally.Trade Review‘Top scholars Zahariadis, Herweg, Zohlnhöfer, and Petridou offer a nuanced and sophisticated presentation of the Multiple Streams Framework. They are supported by applications of MSF emphasizing rich theoretical development and comparisons. This edited volume provides an essential reading to anyone interested in policy choice and the policy process.’ -- Christopher M. Weible, University of Colorado Denver, US‘A comprehensive account of a major and very successful approach to policy change, written by the leaders in the field. Highly informative on the theoretical and empirical developments of the Multiple Streams Framework, this book takes the reader on an exploration of policy change over time and across different sub-national, national, and international domains.’ -- Claudio Radaelli, European University Institute, Italy and University College London, UK'The Multiple Streams Framework (MSF) became one of the most used theories of the policy process, but most tend to use MSF loosely without contributing to theoretical coherence and advance. Therefore, this book does policy scholars a great service by showing how to foster and use the MSF state of the art.' -- Paul Cairney, University of Stirling, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Advancing the Multiple Streams Framework 1 Nikolaos Zahariadis, Nicole Herweg, Reimut Zohlnhöfer, Evangelia Petridou, and Vilém Novotný PART I THEORETICAL CONTRIBUTIONS 2 How far does a policy change go? Explaining the scope of reforms with the Multiple Streams Framework 25 Reimut Zohlnhöfer 3 Policy Termination meets Multiple Streams 43 Georg Wenzelburger & Stefanie Thurm 4 Multilevel Influence and Interaction in the Multiple Streams Framework: A Conceptual Map 62 Åsa Knaggård and Roger Hildingsson 5 The Beating Heart of the Multiple Streams Framework: Coupling as a Process 82 Dana A. Dolan and Sonja Blum 6 From Policy Entrepreneur to Policy Entrepreneurship: Examining the Role of Context on Policy Entrepreneurial Action 104 Evangelia Petridou PART II APPLICATIONS: NATIONAL LEVEL 7 Shifting Ideational Paradigms in Public Health: Connecting Design and Implementation in Greek Health Policy 121 Vassilis Karokis-Mavrikos and Maria Mavriko 8 Multiple Streams, Policy Implementation and the Greek Refugee Crisis 144 Nikolaos Zahariadis and Evangelia Petridou 9 More guns, less violence? Putting the Multiple Streams Framework to the test against Bolsonaro’s gun liberalization agenda 160 Diego Sanjurjo 10 Turkey’s Pandemic Management: Insights from the Multiple Streams Framework Perspective 180 Lacin Idil Oztig 11 The Multiple Streams Framework in an Autocracy: China’s Long-Awaited Soil Pollution Law 200 Annemieke van den Dool PART III SUBNATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS 12 Subnational Focusing Events and Agenda Change: The Case of Toxic Algae Bloom and Contaminated Drinking Water in Toledo, Ohio 222 Kristin Taylor, Rob A. DeLeo, Stephanie Zarb, Nathan Jeschke, and Thomas A. Birkland 13 Policy Development in Swedish Crisis Management: Restructuring of Fire and Rescue Services 246 Kerstin Eriksson, Gertrud Alirani, Roine Johansson and Lotta Vylund 14 Subnational Policy Windows: Shanghai’s Grid Screening Policy 265 Stephen Ceccoli and Xinran Andy Chen 15 The Multiple Streams Framework and Multilevel Reinforcing Dynamics: The Case of European and International Climate Policy 285 Katharina Rietig 16 The challenge of applying the Multiple Streams Framework to non-decisions and negative decisions 305 Annette Elisabeth Töller 17 Multiple Streams in the public policymaking processes of the European Union 326 Theofanis Exadaktylos Index

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Book SynopsisAs worldwide institutions acknowledge the necessity of digital, open, and collaborative governments, this timely book offers a comprehensive exploration of digital transformation, intergovernmental collaboration, collaborative governance, and public sector innovation.Collaborating for Digital Transformation highlights how collaborations between government organizations, as well as with the private sector and users, enhance digital transformation and public service innovation. Drawing from smart cities, online service platforms, eHealth and other initiatives across European countries, the book sheds light on the complexities, risks, and power dynamics inherent in these collaborations. It explores how the design, management, and leadership of these collaborations can overcome these challenges in different politico-administrative contexts. Through diverse research methods and by combining practical accounts with theoretical academic rigor, this forward-thinking book proposes a roadmap for more innovative and effective governments in the digital age.This book will enlighten students, scholars, and researchers in politics, public policy, governance, and administration. Offering practical guidance for effective collaboration, innovation, and coordination for digital transformation, it also appeals to politicians, policymakers, civil servants, and professionals. Being relevant, not only in smart city and eHealth domains, but across all policy areas, it's an indispensable resource for driving innovation and digitalization toward a more interconnected future.Trade Review‘Based on an impressive cross-national study, this volume identifies the collaboration hurdles that can stand in the way of the successful digital transformation of the public sector, and then provides an insightful and realistic appraisal of how we might try to overcome them.’ -- Christopher Ansell, University of California, BerkeleyTable of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction: collaborating for digital transformation in the public sector 2 Lise H. Rykkja, Gerhard Hammerschmid, Erik Hans Klijn and Koen Verhoest 2 Digital transformation in the public sector 13 Miriam Lips 3 Intergovernmental collaboration in the context of digital transformation: state-of-the-art and theoretical notions 31 Gerhard Hammerschmid, Jessica Breaugh and Maike Rackwitz 4 Conditions for successful public-private collaboration for public service innovation 52 Chesney Callens and Koen Verhoest PART II INTERGOVERNMENTAL COLLABORATION FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION 5 The coordination of digital government platforms: the role of administrative tradition and collaboration history 81 Jessica Breaugh and Steven Nõmmik 6 The coordination of smart cities: insights from a cross-case analysis on the implementation of smart city strategies 103 Maike Rackwitz and Dries van Doninck 7 Leadership for intergovernmental collaboration towards digital transformation 124 Maike Rackwitz, Jessica Breaugh and Gerhard Hammerschmid PART III PUBLIC-PRIVATE COLLABORATION FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND INNOVATION 8 The design and management of public-private eHealth partnerships 144 Chesney Callens, Koen Verhoest, Erik Hans Klijn, Lena Brogaard, Veiko Lember, Vicente Pina and Dries van Doninck 9 Contract management and network management in public-private eHealth partnerships 168 Chesney Callens and Erik Hans Klijn 10 Viewpoints of collaboration partners on user involvement in collaborative innovation projects 197 Jaime García-Rayado and Chesney Callens 11 It is all about interaction: network structure, actor importance, and the relation to innovative outcomes 218 Tom Langbroek and Koen Verhoest PART IV CONCLUSIONS 12 Collaboration for digital transformation: so much more than just technology 241 Koen Verhoest, Erik Hans Klijn, Lise H. Rykkja and Gerhard Hammerschmid Index

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Book SynopsisLaying down the foundations of a critical sociological approach to the interdisciplinary domain of public policy, this insightful book presents the first systematic reflection on the use of Bourdieu’s theory of social fields to analyse policy processes. Engaging with theoretical dimensions, it provides innovative methodological tools, both quantitative and qualitative in nature, to be used in the wider field of policy studies.Bringing together expert contributors from across the globe, the book explores a diverse range of case studies on various policy sectors and processes such as international policy circulation and policy implementation. Offering a wealth of critical analysis, chapters highlight the unsatisfactory nature of mainstream policy approaches and advocate for the use of Bourdieu’s sociological theory to account for the social milieus, structures of relationships, and power dynamics in which public policies are made. Encompassing numerous actors and groups, this theory enables a critical sociological understanding of policy orientations by unveiling the structures of relationships in policymaking.Innovative and perceptive in its approach, this book will prove to be an important resource for scholars and students interested in the fields of critical policy studies, public policy, public administration and management, and sociology.Trade Review‘This volume is a timely and long-expected contribution, spanning over a wide range of countries and policy domains. The book delivers precisely what the title announces: It brings Bourdieu’s powerful theory of fields into a new domain – policy analysis – where it can provide a critical edge that this field of research has been waiting for. The book provides a range of valuable examples of how Bourdieu’s relatively abstract theory of fields may be operationalized and put to work in empirical analyses of new topics. The proof of the value of this theoretical approach lies in the insights the numerous empirical contributions provide into the complex working of the power struggles underlying policy formations. Highly recommended reading!’ -- Annick Prieur, Aalborg University, Denmark‘At last, a book on policy analysis which tackles head on power and its unequal distribution between policymakers. The authors not only use Bourdieu’s concept of the field to unpack power relations in a range of issue areas but also make significant contributions to Bourdieusien sociology and social theory.’ -- Andy Smith, University of Bordeaux, FranceTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to Bringing Bourdieu’s Theory of Fields to Critical Policy Analysis 1 Vincent Dubois PART I POLICY DOMAINS AS SOCIAL FIELDS 1 Constructing the field of educational power: socio-history and structural analysis of two critical moments 18 Pierre Clément 2 The Brazilian National Development Bank’s public policy examined through multiple correspondence analysis and social network analysis 37 Elisa Klüger 3 Colorado River Basin water policy: using Bourdieu’s field theory in the environmental policy arena 56 Brian F. O’Neill, Joan Cortinas Muñoz and Franck Poupeau 4 Security as a field of force: the case of Switzerland in the mid-2010s 74 Stephan Davidshofer, Amal Tawfik and Jonas Hagmann 5 From the theory of the state to the sociology of public policy fields in Latin America: the production of economic policies in Peru 90 Arthur Morenas PART II THE BUREAUCRATIC FIELD IN POLICY-MAKING 6 The bureaucratic field and the sociology of public policy: from the structure of the administration to the production of policies 109 Victor Demenge and Melaine Robert 7 The role of autonomization of the bureaucratic field in the development of public policy: the case of Canadian food safety policy 1874–1969 128 Caroline Dufour 8 Public policy as a product of the professional structure of the bureaucratic field 134 Victor Demenge PART III TWO INTERSTITIAL FIELDS: EXPERTISE AND THINK TANKS 9 Interstitial knowledge: considerations based on the case of expertise on radicalization in France 154 Lili Soussoko 10 On the strength of lesser fields: a reflection on public policy think tanks and the concept of interstitial fields 173 Thomas Medvetz PART IV POLICY AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FIELDS 11 The ‘grip’ of the journalistic field on national public policy: a sociological explanation of a media-oriented governmental decision 188 Jérémie Nollet 12 Relations between the scientific field and the bureaucratic field in ‘authoritarian’ and ‘democratic’ contexts: history policy in Poland 207 Valentin Behr 13 The relationship between the bureaucratic and the entrepreneurial fields: shedding light on the contribution of public policy to delimiting legitimate economic activities 214 Antoine Roger PART V THREE POLICY PROCESSES REVISITED WITH THE SOCIOLOGY OF FIELDS: DECISION-MAKING, IMPLEMENTATION, INTERNATIONAL CIRCULATION 14 Sociology of fields and the decision-making process: the example of presidential cultural projects in France 235 Thomas Hélie 15 Analysing the implementation of European public policy with the sociology of fields: some remarks on the European Union’s regional policy 253 Vincent Lebrou 16 International policy circulation and fields of public policy in the (Latin American) periphery 262 Paul Hathazy PART VI THE EFFECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CONFIGURATIONS ON PUBLIC POLICIES 17 What the field of eurocracy tells us about European policies 282 Didier Georgakakis 18 What the international field does to foreign policies 300 Florent Pouponneau Conclusion to Bringing Bourdieu’s Theory of Fields to Critical Policy Analysis 318 Vincent Dubois

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Book SynopsisThis innovative book argues that meetings are a crucial feature of modern organisations, demonstrating that, contrary to popular belief, meetings are what define, represent and maintain organisations.Through an in-depth analysis of ethnographic case studies, Patrik Hall, Malin Åkerström and Erika Andersson Cederholm illustrate the inner workings of meetings, exploring phenomena such as meeting chains, meeting escapes, the digitalisation of meetings, subtle meeting diplomacy, and seductive business events. This book emphasises how negotiations, collaborations and power dynamics are performed during meetings, making meetings the most fundamental working map of organisational hierarchies. Ultimately, Why Meetings Matter highlights the crucial importance of meetings in an increasingly collaborative professional working landscape.Offering a cutting-edge approach to a longstanding social phenomenon, this book will be of great interest to academics, students and researchers in the fields of sociology, political science and organisation studies. Including ethnographic studies with practical case-based applications, it will appeal in particular to office-based professionals as it provides new insights into a taken-for-granted workplace activity.Trade Review‘Why Meetings Matter challenges our everyday view that meetings are a meaningless waste of time. The authors present an approach that allows us to study what we already think we know about meetings, focusing first on “what meetings do as a social phenomenon” and then asking, “how do [meetings] do what they do?” Drawing on a series of case studies in multiple settings, they present a timely and insightful analysis of the process of “doing meetings” in these contexts. In this way, Why Meetings Matter is an important, engaging and accessible addition to the developing field of research by anthropologists, psychologists, sociologists and historians that takes meetings seriously as events that should not be taken for granted and instead require thoughtful analysis and explanation.’ -- Helen B. Schwartzman, Northwestern University, US‘The strength and importance of this book is that it shows in clear and plain language the great, social and organisational significance of meetings in our society. It unravels puzzling secrets of our meeting culture and provides surprising clues for further research into the “meeting landscape”. Thanks to this book, managers and (meeting) consultants need to be less in the dark during their professional work.’ -- Wilbert van Vree, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands‘An outstanding achievement by three prominent scholars of organisational practice. Organisations of all kinds have become prominent venues of definition and decision-making about who and what we were, are, or will be in life. Much of this transpires in meetings. The book superbly captures the significance of why meetings matter in this exceptionally broad landscape of social construction.’ -- Jaber F. Gubrium, University of Missouri, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: the meeting society 2 What is a meeting? 3 The meeting landscape, its emergence and expansion 4 Meetings as ‘doing the organisation’ (in collaboration with Vesa Leppänen) 5 Meetings and their documents 6 Escaping while attending meetings 7 Digital meetings 8 Collaborative meetings: diplomatic relations 9 Collaborative meetings: soft political power 10 The seductive meeting: network sociality and the promotion of a new meeting persona 11 Conclusion: the doings, the ‘hows’ and the ‘whos’ of meetings Index

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Book SynopsisThis incisive book examines how the values of social justice can be protected against attacks from the interacting economic, social, environmental, and health crises of the 21st century. Global contributors outline key elements of a political programme that resists the shift to the right caused by this turbulence through centring fairness, equality, respect and inclusion.Integrating policy, practical, and political perspectives, this book analyses the Covid-19 pandemic, the rise of racism and xenophobia, the growth of right-wing populism and nationalism, the 2008 economic crisis, and the impacts of climate change. Arguing that the current era is unique for the global nature of its turbulences, it illustrates how and why the gap between the advantaged and disadvantaged has grown more rapidly due to recent crises. Contributors focus on how these crises relate to and reinforce each other, providing roadmaps for political action across national borders.This book will be essential reading for academics in sociology, politics, public and social policy, sustainability, and human rights. Providing ideas and models to support the practical struggle for social justice, it will also be an invaluable guide for activists, politicians, and policymakers.Trade Review‘Invaluable and timely research exposing the global drift of authoritarian politics of austerity, greed and hate by re-engaging with the social justice values of fairness, equality and inclusion to inform centrist and alternative left-of-centre strategies. The globally-sourced case studies analyse the continuing crises of economic neoliberalism, embedded racism and entrenched poverty which have been exacerbated by Covid-19 and climate change. The reader is left to consider how the challenge facing progressive civil society is moving beyond the politics of disparate social movements towards combined action directed at public policy respecting a common humanity.’ -- Graham Riches, University of British Columbia, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1 Gary Craig 1 The rise of right-wing populism and the implications for health care during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond 10 Russell Mannion and Ewen Speed 2 Social injustice in consolidated authoritarian regimes: responding to the COVID-19 pandemic 23 Colin Knox, Saltanat Janenova, and Hyesong Ha 3 Racism and the far right 45 Amin Sharifi Isaloo 4 The labour market and the ‘race to the bottom’: the UK Living Wage campaign as an alternative 65 Calum Carson 5 Fairness in the platform economy: lessons learnt from a pandemic 82 Adam Badger, Alessio Bertolini, Mark Graham, and Funda Ustek Spilda 6 Just transition in practice: lessons from the EU’s pathway to a socially fair green transition 111 Joan Miró 7 Social justice, neoliberalism and food charity: insights from Aotearoa/New Zealand 131 Katharine Cresswell Riol 8 Authoritarianism and theocracy in the 21st century: far-right Christianity and social counter-movements in America 152 Serena Clark and Chelsea Wilkinson 9 The third sector amid welfare state restructuring: the implications for social justice in an era of permanent austerity 173 Keith A. O’Neill 10 No shelter from the storm: the growing challenges of housing precarity for older women during the COVID-19 pandemic 194 Audrey Tung and Denise Cloutier 11 Child well-being and social justice: findings from a multinational qualitative study 218 Tobia Fattore, Sabirah Adams, Başak Akkan, Ravinder Barn, Emre Erdoğan, Susann Fegter, Jan Mason, Stella MŠrz, Serra Müderrisoğlu, Shazly Savahl, Graciela Tonon, Põnar Uyan-Semerci Conclusion: promoting social justice in a turbulent era 242 Gary Craig Index

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Book SynopsisThrough a pioneering analysis of two critical junctures in EU counter-terrorism, this topical book examines the drivers, conditions and impediments for policy integration and information-exchange institutionalisation in EU counter-terrorism. Taking a deep dive into the key questions surrounding EU counter-terrorism, Christine Andreeva utilises distinct terrorism case studies over two decades to investigate the evolution of information-sharing in EU counter-terrorism. Using an innovative theoretical framework combining historical and constructivist institutionalism, the book examines key events in EU counter-terrorism development: the 2015-2016 Paris and Brussels attacks and the 2004-2005 Madrid and London attacks. Identifying a post-2015 paradigm policy shift, the book traces the increased efficiency of cross-border and inter-agency co-ordination in the EU’s counter-terrorism policy. Andreeva demonstrates how institutionalisation, information-sharing and improved legislative frameworks have led to further policy integration and added significant value to international EU counter-terrorism efforts.Illustrating the importance of practitioners’ perception of EU added value in counter-terrorism, this book will be essential to scholars and students of public policy, particularly those studying EU and international politics and EU counter-terrorism. Its empirical findings will also be useful to policymakers and practitioners in security and counter-terrorism fields.Trade Review‘Christine Andreeva’s The Evolution of Information-sharing in EU Counter-terrorism: A Post-2015 Paradigm Shift? makes a timely empirical and theoretical contribution to EU counter-terrorism policy institutionalisation. Drawing upon historical and constructivist institutionalism, this well-researched book explains the institutional changes in EU counter-terrorism by accounting for both structural and cognitive causality. As such, it represents essential reading for anyone interested in the evolution of EU tools and instruments in the fight against terrorism.’ -- Oldrich Bures, Metropolitan University Prague, Czech RepublicTable of ContentsContents: 1. The institutionalisation of EU counter-terrorism information exchange over two decades 2. Institutionalist analysis of EU CT governance: the benefits of constructivist approaches for historical explanations 3. Madrid and London attacks aftermath (2004–05): modest institutionalisation of EU CT information exchange 4. The interim period (2006–16): a decade of CT fatigue and path dependence 5. Paris and Brussels attacks aftermath: an unprecedented EU response 6. The Paris–Brussels critical juncture: a paradigm shift of EU CT policy and practice in information exchange Conclusion Appendix A: list of interviews Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis forward-thinking Handbook provides a thorough and comprehensive guide on the positive prospects for public management and governance across the African continent. Exploring best practices learned by public management and governments in the region, this book examines Africa’s ability to leapfrog developed nations in the adoption and adaptation of managerial models, techniques and applications for government.Literature on governance on the African continent is often pervaded with examples of poor leadership, low managerial competency, failing infrastructure, corruption and malpractice. Adopting a comparatively constructive and pragmatic approach, this Handbook explores the broad spectrum of government functions and operations across the continent to outline examples of optimal public policy implementation and performance improvement of public institutions. Bringing together over 30 eminent scholars from the five main African regions, it delivers a comparative analysis of cases and examples in order to ascertain best practice and build effective frameworks for the future.This essential Handbook will appeal to students and scholars of public administration and management, political science, developmental studies and planning and policy development. It will also be of great benefit to public sector practitioners, political representatives and development agencies looking to learn from African public management.Trade Review‘As much of public management literature is focused on Western countries and their emphasis on efficiency, effectiveness, and economy, this edited volume on African public management is most welcome given its focus on community and consensus-building. To place public management in its political, historical, and cultural context with attention for all government levels is most welcome. Van der Waldt has done Africa and the study of public administration a great service.’ -- Jos C. N. Raadschelders, The Ohio State University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: public management from an African perspective 1 Gerrit van der Waldt PART I PUBLIC MANAGEMENT IN AN AFRICAN CONTEXT 1 The dynamic world of public management 10 Thekiso Molokwane 2 Public management in Africa 29 Benon C. Basheka 3 Systems of government: a comparative analysis of selected African countries 48 Gerrit van der Waldt 4 Good governance in Africa in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution 61 David Mhlanga and Mufaro Dzingirai 5 Good corporate governance in state-owned entities: the case of Zimbabwe 74 Gideon Zhou 6 Monitoring and evaluation in government: the case of South African municipalities 92 Nokukhanya N. Jili and Andrew Enaifoghe PART II PUBLIC MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS AND APPLICATIONS 7 Public policymaking in Africa: experiences of Zimbabwe 108 Hardlife Zvoushe 8 Public financial management in Africa 131 Benson B. Okech and Nicholas D. Ogola 9 Governance and debt accumulation in Africa 151 Augustin K. Fosu and Dede W. Gafa 10 Government planning in Africa 169 Innocent Chirisa and Zebediah Muneta 11 Local and urban governance in Africa: the case of Zimbabwe 187 Vincent Chakunda 12 Ethical governance in Africa: the case of Nigeria 209 Chinyeaka J. Igbokwe-Ibeto 13 Managing human resources in government: the case of Botswana 227 Theophilus T. Tshukudu 14 Public health governance in Africa 235 Gerrit van der Waldt 15 Conflict, peacekeeping, peacebuilding and social cohesion in African governance 247 Eric B. Niyitunga 16 Fostering democratic governance in Africa: the case of SADC 264 Paul Kariuki PART III EMERGING TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES TO PUBLIC MANAGEMENT 17 Public sector reform and innovation in sub-Saharan Africa: the case of Ghana 279 Joseph R.A. Ayee 18 Network and collaborative governance in Africa 300 Elvin Shava 19 Public–private partnerships and environmental governance: the case of South Africa 316 Danielle Nel-Sanders 20 Managing sustainable development in African countries 335 Alex Nduhuura, Muhiya T. Lukamba, John P. Settumba, Ivan K. Twinomuhwezi and Innocent Nuwagaba 21 Towards digital governance in Africa 355 Adedeji Adeniran, Adekunle Balogun and Ezra Ihezie Closing remarks: public management quo vadis? 374 Gerrit van der Waldt Index 377 HAAF_

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Book SynopsisThis authoritative Handbook provides a thorough exploration of development policy from both scholarly and practical perspectives and offers insights into the policy process dynamics and a range of specific policy issues, including corruption and network governance.Chapters deliver critical analyses of complex issues within the economic, social, technological and environmental development sectors, such as climate change and environmental protection. This important Handbook synthesises diverse perspectives on policies and their implications for development, and features regional and country-specific case studies highlighting the field‘s expansive nature. The editors bring together leading contributors who deliver insightful research into topics such as human rights, policy networks and development policy praxis.With an accessible and comprehensive approach, this Handbook will appeal to practitioners exploring development policy issues and be welcomed by scholars and researchers looking to gain an insight into the world of development.Trade Review‘This book provides a detailed, expert forensic analysis of policymaking and governance within global development, bringing together an academic and practice perspective to show how development governance and policymaking can be improved and strengthened. This collection captures and explores the growing complexity and polycentric nature of global development policy, and the new challenges (including climate emergency, prolonged financial crisis, and the impact of global pandemic) such policy is required to respond to and engage with. Together, the contributions make a powerful case for embedding policymaking and analysis within specific contexts (thinking global, acting local), within accurate and up-to-date quantitative and qualitative data, and within a conscious critical thinking approach. For anyone seeking to understand how and where global development policy is constructed, how this has shifted over the first two decades of the twenty-first century as new issues and challenges have emerged, and how these processes have impacted in (and been shaped by) different regional contexts, this is an essential addition to the development thinker and practitioner’s library.’ -- Michael Jennings, SOAS University of London, UK‘This excellent book covers the entire field of development policy with a thoroughness to be admired. It is well written in a knowledgeable style. Great work!‘ -- Richard Peet, Institute for Human Geography, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface xxi Introduction: the panorama of development policy 1 Habib Zafarullah and Ahmed Shafiqul Huque PART I EXPLORING THE FIELD 1 Development policy: ideas and practice 12 Habib Zafarullah and Ahmed Shafiqul Huque 2 Twenty-first-century horizons of development 25 Jan Nederveen Pieterse 3 Development policy and governance in the Global South: towards a multilevel governance framework 35 Charles Conteh 4 Inclusive economic growth policies: myth vs reality 48 Anis Chowdhury 5 Addressing inequality: policy options in emerging and developing countries 68 Edward Anderson 6 Poverty and policy in the developing world: before and after the pandemic 79 M.G. Quibria 7 Human rights and development: policy perspectives 91 Bård A. Andreassen 8 Social networks, social capital and development 104 Manoj K. Shrestha 9 Development and the environment: the appalling story stated 115 Tony Lynch and Mohammad Tanzimuddin Khan 10 Development ethics in policy and practice 126 Jay Drydyk and Lori Keleher 11 The development–environment nexus: promises and perils of global governance 137 Shawkat Alam 12 Sustainable Development Goals: framework and progress 147 Thomas Pogge 13 South–South cooperation, realpolitik and the changing global aid architecture: exploring the role of Southern aid providers in development cooperation 159 Fahimul Quadir PART II DEVELOPMENT ISSUES 14 Gender and development policy 172 Janet Momsen 15 Rural development: the significance of agriculture and non-farm economy 182 Sosina Bezu 16 Infrastructure development governance: taking stock of emerging policy issues 192 Tharun Dolla and Boeing Laishram 17 Public–private partnerships in development policy: strategic and infrastructure approaches 205 Lena Brogaard 18 Corruption as a development policy issue: an overview of contemporary research and practice 215 Till Hartmann 19 International non-governmental organizations in development: humanitarian contexts and ethical concerns 227 Gerard Clarke 20 Industrial policy in the twenty-first century: competing perspectives 238 Laurids S. Lauridsen 21 Social rights of citizenship: current problems and policy issues 249 Mehnaaz Momen 22 Refugees and humanitarian policy: development perspectives 259 Amanda Gray Meral and Veronique Barbelet 23 Microfinance and development: policy perspectives 271 Eva Terberger and Adalbert Winkler 24 International development volunteering as alternative public diplomacy 283 Rebecca Tiessen and Benjamin J. Lough 25 Global public health law: implications for development policy 293 George F. Tomossy 26 On the short- and long-run effects of social safety nets 302 Jorge Tovar 27 Climate capitalism or carbon colonialism? The critical features of climate change adaptation and mitigation policies 313 Nowrin Tabassum PART III POLICY MECHANICS 28 Foundations for effective development policy 325 Mark Turner 29 Transnational policy networks and development 333 Kidjie Saguin and Michael Howlett 30 Network governance: implications for development 345 Patamawadee Jongruck and Panom Gunawong 31 Development aid and the ‘ownership’ principle in development policy 355 Mohammad Mizanur Rahman 32 Digital technologies and public policy: chasing human development 366 Raúl Zambrano 33 Development policy and impact evaluation: learning and accountability in private sector development 378 Giel Ton PART IV REGIONAL FOCUS 34 Monetary policy challenges in developing economies: focus on Asia 392 Syed M. Ahmed 35 Unequal citizenship and unequal outcomes: limits of education and health policy innovations in Latin America 404 Claudia M. Díaz Ríos, Mathieu J.P. Poirier and Michelle L. Dion 36 Inclusive education: policies and practice in the small states of the Caribbean 416 Carel Hodge 37 Social policy development and its obstacles: an analysis of the South Asian welfare geography during and after the ‘social turn’ 425 Gabriele Koehler, Stefan Kühner and Daniel Neff 38 Community-based forestry and development in Asia: policy issues 437 Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt 39 Tackling poverty and deprivation in Southeast Asia: policies, performance and challenges 447 Noore Alam Siddiquee and Mohammad Hamiduzzaman PART V COUNTRY CASES 40 Physical infrastructure, the rural bureaucracy and the neoliberal development project 462 Shelley Feldman 41 Medium-term development planning in Ghana: capacity constraints and outcomes 473 James Kwame Mensah, Justice Nyigmah Bawole, Farhad Hossain and Anthony Sumnaya Kumasey 42 Patterns of combating corruption in Asia: evaluating the effectiveness of the Anti-Corruption Commission in Bangladesh 485 Jon S.T. Quah 43 Pragmatic instrumentalization of policy learning: market transition, changing welfare systems and state–third sector organization relationships in China 497 Ka Ho Mok 44 Constructing knowledge: the case of secondary education governance policies in Bangladesh 510 Subrata S. Dhar 45 Democratic decentralization and citizenship: exploring caste, Church and capability in Kerala’s People’s Plan 521 Tamara Nair 46 Spatial justice, livelihood challenges and the urban poor in the Global South: lessons from Bangladesh 532 Lutfun Nahar Lata and M. Adil Khan Index 544

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Book SynopsisIncorporating insights from political economy and behavioural psychology, this radical book provides an up-to-date account of the dilemmas facing social policy this decade: where did we go wrong, and what we can do about it?Ian Greener reconsiders one of the leading analyses by Jessop of the relationship between the economic and the political, combining it with insights from behavioural science. Covering the economy, healthcare, education and social security, detailed case studies show that the tensions and contradictions in present policy stem from the relationship between government and corporations and a resulting growth in inequality. The author presents a new, unified and effective framework to consider where social policy has come from, where it is now, and what what can we do about it?This book is ideal for those who want the bigger picture of politics and social policy, including advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students of social policy, welfare studies, politics, or other social science disciplines.Trade Review'Ian Greener has written a stimulating book, not only with a strong analytical focus, but also looking into how to move forward and reduce the inequalities of present days societies. The combination of, and extension of, work by especially Galbraith and Jessop is an important new contribution to social policy analysis.' --Bent Greve, University of Roskilde, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Where have we come from? The failure of progressive politics 3. The governance of welfare – understanding where we are now 4. Who are we? – why the enlightenment model of who we are won’t do 5. A framework for understanding economic and social policy governance after the financial crisis 6. Economic governance and social policy 7. Health and healthcare policy 8. Education policy 9. Social Security 10. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook considers the increasing struggles facing international development in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. It investigates the role global co-operation must play in resolving the multiple crises of the pandemic, resultant economic devastation and existing climate changes and external-debt concerns. Contributions identify the need to question current assumptions and approaches to international development in the context of how markets are constructed, states reformed and resources distributed.Split across four thematic parts, this thought-provoking Handbook explores the concept and politics of development, development and contested globalization, the politics of development agendas and global actors in the politics of development. Chapters examine the politics of: developmental regionalism, crime, law and development in historical perspective, international monetary relations, food, global health, the global gender agenda, the sustainable development goals, development in the WTO, and private foundations. Engaging and accessible, the Handbook on the Politics of International Development will be a key resource for students and scholars of international politics and relations, public policy, geopolitics and development studies. Trade Review‘In the face of neoliberal globalization, environmental crises, growing intersectional inequalities and health uncertainties, the need to conceptualise international development as a political enterprise is greater than ever. This Handbook does so cogently and comprehensively. Brilliant contributions, from extraordinary scholars.’ -- Jane Grugel, University of York, UK‘Development is as much a political outcome as an economic one. This remarkable Handbook, edited and written by the leading experts from developing countries themselves, is the essential pairing for any development economics course and should be on the shelf of every expert.’ -- Kevin Gallagher, Boston University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to Handbook on the Politics of International Development 1 Melisa Deciancio, Pablo Nemiña and Diana Tussie PART I THE CONCEPT AND POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT: PARADIGMATIC DEBATES 1 International development in a historical context 15 José Antonio Ocampo 2 Democracy and development: the case of foreign direct investment 31 John Marangos and Eirini Triarchi 3 The politics of the developmental state 46 Giuseppe Gabusi 4 The politics of decolonizing development 62 Rosalba Icaza and Rolando Vázquez 5 The politics of developmental regionalism 75 Helen E. S. Nesadurai PART II DEVELOPMENT AND CONTESTED GLOBALIZATION 6 The global governance of development 91 Axel Marx and Kari Otteburn 7 The China model of development as solidarity 107 Xi Lin 8 The politics of crime, law and development in historical perspective 118 Tom Chodor and Jarrett Blaustein 9 Reviewing the GVC approach and its international institutionalization: a critical perspective 131 Víctor Ramiro Fernández and Manuel Facundo Trevignani 10 The politics of international monetary relations 148 Oscar Ugarteche 11 The politics of south–south cooperation 168 Bernabé Malacalza 12 Civil society and the politics of development 183 Daniela Irrera 13 The development compact 197 Milindo Chakrabarti PART III THE POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT AGENDAS 14 The global political economy of development finance: myths and new realities in Latin American development finance 218 Ernesto Vivares and Leonardo E. Stanley 15 Development and climate: a tale of two crises 231 Peter Newell 16 The politics of food 243 Thiago Lima and Andrea Santos Baca 17 The politics of the global gender agenda: a pathway to empowerment 257 María del Pilar López-Uribe, María Alejandra Chávez, María Paula Neira Ahumada and Paulina Pastrana 18 The politics of global health 286 Christiane Struckmann 19 The politics of international migration 301 Fabiola Mieres 20 The politics of the sustainable development goals 315 Bruce Currie-Alder 21 Bioeconomy governance and (sustainable) development 329 Melisa Deciancio, Karen M. Siegel, Daniel Kefeli, Guilherme de Queiroz Stein and Thomas Dietz 22 Aid for Trade and development 346 Juliana Peixoto Batista and Vanesa Knoop PART IV GLOBAL ACTORS IN THE POLITICS OF DEVELOPMENT 23 The World Bank and the politics of development 360 João Márcio Mendes Pereira 24 The politics of the International Monetary Fund 376 Timon Forster, Thomas H. Stubbs and Alexander E. Kentikelenis 25 The politics of development in the WTO, or there and back again … 392 Amrita Narlikar 26 The United Nations and the politics of development 405 Andrés Rivarola Puntigliano 27 From ‘club of the rich’ to ‘globalization à la carte’? Is the OECD becoming a global player? 417 Judith Clifton and Daniel Díaz-Fuentes 28 The politics of the regional development banks 435 Stefano Palestini 29 The domestic and external conditions of the Chinese development path 450 Alexandre Cesar Cunha Leite, Javier Vadell and Leonardo Ramos 30 Private foundations and the politics of international development 461 Elham Seyedsayamdost Index 477

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Book SynopsisProviding context-specific regional and national perspectives, this novel Handbook sets out to disentangle the considerable intellectual ambiguities that surround Asian public administration and Asia’s diverse applications of Western administrative models.Building a holistic understanding of public administration systems across East, Southeast and South Asia, chapters explore the various historical formations, contemporary changes, and impacts of local contexts. It also covers social accountability, performance and human resource management, and the role of local governments. An international range of leading scholars track the gradual embrace of market-driven reforms in Asian public policy and administration, including privatisation, agencification, outcome-based performance, and customer choice. With its cross-regional and cross-national comparisons finding divergences in these reforms, the Handbook’s most significant revelation highlights the impacts of national political contexts and actors on bureaucracy.Illustrating a clear overarching picture of the divergences in Asian public administration, the comparative focus of this Handbook will prove invaluable to students and scholars of Asian politics, public policy and administration. It will also be a useful point of reference to Asian policy makers and bureaucrats dealing with national administrative reforms who are looking to innovate the public sector.Trade Review‘Covering diverse regions in Asia, this edited collection of articles convincingly illustrates how Asian public administrative systems are constituted by the complex interplay of historical heritage, colonialism, modernization, political development and international policy culture. The editors invite readers to understand Asian public administration from country-specific particularities rather than preconceived models. This will be a valuable reference for those who are interested in the rich contexts underlying the changing administrative culture and institutions of Asian states.’ -- Eliza W.Y. Lee, The University of Hong Kong'This volume is an important contribution to the study of Asian public administration with its origins and transformation. It provides a context for Asian public administration and select administrative issues, structures, and systems from various Asian countries. Expert scholars deliver recent developments in theoretical and practical aspects of Asian public administration.' -- Naim Kapucu, University of Central Florida, US‘This book edited by Professors Haque, Wong and Ko is an admirable new adventure to tease out complex and dynamic public administration practices in East, South, and Southeast Asia, exhibiting the evolving paths and frontier issues and debating their connections to West-based administrative practices and theories.’ -- Yijia Jing, Fudan University, ChinaTable of ContentsContents: Preface xiii 1 Why public administration in Asia? An introduction 1 M. Shamsul Haque, Wilson Wong and Kilkon Ko PART I UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN EAST ASIA 2 China’s national administrative reforms over 40 years: process, characteristics, impetus and outlook 10 Lin Han and Yang Wan 3 Public administration in Hong Kong: diffusion of governance from China to Hong Kong 23 Wilson Wong 4 Agencification and the ‘hollowing-out’ of the administrative state in Hong Kong: origin, dynamics, and consequences 37 Raymond Hau-yin Yuen 5 Critical review of multi-dimensional aspects of performance management of South Korea 55 Kilkon Ko and Taehee Kim 6 Public administration in Japan: towards new public governance? 75 Yasuhiko Kotagiri and Aya Okada 7 Public administration reforms in Southwest China: from the perspective of education reforms 91 Jie Wang, Muying Shen and Zhiju Xie 8 Introduction to the current Korean civil service system 105 Soo-Young Lee and Sumin Kim 9 State–society relations in transition: NGOs and their role in China’s social governance 120 Peijie Wang PART II REVISITING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA 10 Recent reforms in public sector performance management in Asia: major limitations and implications 137 M. Shamsul Haque 11 Paradoxes of public administration in Malaysia 146 Noore Alam Siddiquee 12 Thailand in transition: paradoxical reform policies in the age of anxiety 162 Ora-orn Poocharoen and Phanuphat Chattragul 13 Public administration in the Philippines: features, trends, issues, and directions 175 Alex Bello Brillantes, Jr and Karl Emmanuel V. Ruiz 14 Privatisation, decentralisation and local government in Peninsular Malaysia 196 Kuppusamy Singaravelloo 15 Indonesian public administration: past, present, and future 214 Andy Fefta Wijaya, W. Wike and Asti Amelia Novita 16 Public administration reform within the socialist party state: the case of Vietnam 224 Duy Nghia Pham 17 Comparing ICT and e-government policy implementation in Thailand and Indonesia: success or failure? 236 Mergen Dyussenov PART III EXPLORING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN SOUTH ASIA 18 Conceptualizing the role of social accountability in public service delivery: a comparative study of Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan 253 Abu Elias Sarker, Farhana Razzaque and Farhad Hossain 19 Public administration in twenty-first century Bangladesh: fossilised, bureaucratised, politicised 270 Ahmed Shafiqul Huque and Habib Zafarullah 20 Fostering innovation in public services: illustrations from Pakistan 284 Yaamina Salman, Sidra Irfan and Amani Moazzam 21 Challenges of governance in the ‘new’ federal system in Nepal 297 Ishtiaq Jamil and Narendra Raj Paudel 22 HRM in the public administration in Pakistan: from personnel administration to strategic alignment 311 Shabana Naveed, Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Jadoon and Madiha Rehman Farooqi 23 Balancing representation, participation and capacity for democracy and development: an assessment of India’s rural local government system 327 Ananya Samajdar Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Research Agenda examines the ways in which public–private partnerships (PPPs) in infrastructure continue to excite policy makers, governments, research scholars and critics around the world. It analyzes the PPP research journey to date and articulates the lessons learned as a result of the increasing interest in improving infrastructure governance. Expert international contributors explore how PPP ideas have spread, transferred and transformed, causing supporting markets to develop and mature.Providing a multidisciplinary perspective on the topic, this thought-provoking Research Agenda proposes a range of future research directions, pointing towards the potential of fresh research approaches to PPP, the adoption of new theories and intellectual lenses, better balancing of public–private interests, and stronger public governance across what has now become a global phenomenon. It lights the way to diverse research frontiers ranging from financialization to psychology and behavioural science, as well as the continuing prominence of public administration, politics, economics, planning and law.A Research Agenda for Public–Private Partnerships and the Governance of Infrastructure will be an enticing read for students and scholars of regulation and governance, public management and administration, politics and economics as well as industry professionals across the domains of public policy, infrastructure and city planning.Trade Review‘Public–private partnerships have been a major development in public sector reform around the world in recent decades – but their role remains hotly contested. In this book, Carsten Greve and Graeme Hodge, as major contributors to the field, bring together leading scholars to provide an in-depth survey of current research into PPPs and key avenues for future research. With its outstanding analytical depth and comprehensive range of topics, it offers an indispensable guide for both researchers and government policymakers.’ -- Tony Bovaird, University of Birmingham, UK‘The world of PPPs and infrastructure governance is perilously complex, but this must-read book is the key to unlock the evolution of and momentum behind the global research agenda. Reading the individual contributions, I felt thrilled, impressed and humbled. Thrilled about the quality and diversity of research from long-established and newer authors. Impressed by the combination of fine eyes for detail and the identification of overarching themes, all explained in reader-friendly language. Humbled by the multitude of research challenges that remain.’ -- Professor Emerita Pam Stapleton, The University of Manchester, UK‘This edited volume makes a major contribution to the literature on public–private partnerships (P3s). Utilizing both cross-national and interdisciplinary approaches, the book assesses the current state of P3 research and suggests new avenues for future enquiry.’ -- Lawrence Martin, University of Central Florida, US‘This volume is an invaluable resource for scholars interested in public–private partnerships in infrastructure. Drawing on a broad range of disciplinary perspectives, it explains what we have already learned about partnerships, and identifies the critical questions that remain to be answered. All of this is done in a crisp and accessible style.’ -- Alasdair Roberts, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface and acknowledgements xiii PART I INTRODUCTION 1 The PPP research terrain in a contested era 3 Carsten Greve and Graeme A. Hodge 2 Theories of public–private partnerships 35 Erik-Hans Klijn 3 The use of research methods in public–private partnership research 55 Rianne Warsen PART II NEW FRONTIERS IN A CONTESTED WORLD 4 Public–private partnerships in an economist’s eye: a gleam or a beam? 85 Dmitri Vinogradov and Elena Shadrina 5 New frontiers in the politics of public–private partnerships 105 Anthony M. Bertelli and Eleanor F. Woodhouse 6 Psychological and ontological research on PPPs: what is PPP doing to us? 117 Sophie Sturup 7 What can behavioural science teach us about the policy settings for privately financed public infrastructure? 131 Sebastian Zwalf 8 A public turn in the governance of infrastructure 151 Lene Tolstrup Christensen and Carsten Greve 9 New frontiers in planning: city building through public–private partnerships? 163 Matti Siemiatycki 10 New frontiers of PPP law 179 Christina Tvarnø and Sarah Maria Denta PART III CONTEMPORARY AND CONTINUING THEMES IN A CONTESTED WORLD 11 Financialization: the next stage in PPP development 205 Anne Stafford, Stewart Smyth and Marta Almeida 12 Great expectations for pension funds: a tale of two cities 229 Richard Foster and Graeme A. Hodge 13 The public–private partnership market maturity research frontier 261 Carter B. Casady 14 The determinants of PPP uptake in Europe: a mixed methods approach 277 Moritz Liebe 15 Institutional work in policy transfers: a case study of PPP adoption in Germany 305 Micaela Mihov 16 High speed, high cost: the problematic procurement of Ireland’s National Broadband Plan 331 Dónal Palcic and Eoin Reeves PART IV CONCLUSION 17 Common themes for a PPP research agenda 353 Graeme A. Hodge and Carsten Greve Index

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Book SynopsisThis visionary Research Handbook presents the state of the art in research on policy design. By conceiving policy design both as a theoretical and a methodological framework, it provides scholars and practitioners with guidance on understanding policy problems and devising accurate solutions.Chapters discuss the major approaches to policy design as well as the challenges that confront policy designers and academics interested in improving this framework. More than 40 expert contributors operationalise the policy design framework around different models of causation, evaluation, instrumentation and intervention to explain and improve policy outcomes. This framework sheds new light on the nature of policy problems and the means to address these problems, while also explaining if and how a policy fits into the broader social and political environment. The Research Handbook considers not only the process of designing, and the roles that individuals and institutions play in the political process of revising and creating new policies, but also the outcome of the designing process: policy design as a plan for action.Providing a practical alternative to the conventional theories of the policy process like the policy cycle, this Research Handbook will be critical reading for scholars and students of public policy, political theory and public administration and management. It will also be beneficial for policy makers interested in improving the ways in which they formulate public policies.Trade Review‘Arguably no more important question, in the global era, faces students of public policy than to understand the processes and approach for developing, and implementing, policy design. Understanding the conditions through which policy design emerges, shapes policy tools’ considerations and, ultimately – as Peters and Fontaine’s impressive collection of essays make clear – is not just about achieving goal attainment but also about understanding how competing and complementary approaches for doing so end up influencing how we view problems and consideration of their solutions. It is for these reasons that it is hard to overstate the importance of this book for students and practitioners of public policy. Not only does this book make contributions to those seeking to explain, and prescribe, public policy, but it also makes it clear that the turn toward “decision science” and universalist answers, and its corresponding reliance on “big data” and sophisticated algorithms, as illustrated in the Heikkilä, Wellstead and Wood chapter, provides an incomplete knowledge base required for a comprehensive interrogation of policy design. For these reasons the book’s embracing of the contribution of different knowledge communities is not only refreshing, it is required for those who seek to advance societal deliberations over what it means to engage in “good policy”, rather than advancing approaches that narrow these conversations. Required reading for students of public policy and practitioners who seek to improve an understanding of, and ameliorate, the myriad of vexing policy challenges facing governments, and civil society.’ -- Benjamin William Cashore, National University of Singapore‘Originally a method for explaining the much more specific realm of product innovation, design thinking provides policy analysts with a strong focus on the user experience, instrument selection and on rapid prototyping of possible solutions. In this new Research Handbook we see an impressive range of new work on the diverse ways in which policy design can be conceptualised and applied. It makes clear that the overlap between deliberate or conscious design processes and an analytic lens using a design perspective, is far from complete. Practices can reflect design approaches without fully realising it. And design processes are themselves quite diverse. The editors favour viewing design as “a framework” and define this as a “non-formal model rather than an explanatory theory”. But it is also true that some contributions to the volume offer stronger explanatory accounts of such things as policy instruments in order to suggest causal effects and co-related processes of getting things done. The Handbook allows many flowers to bloom, and like design itself, it will employ users to make better decisions.’ -- Mark Considine, University of Melbourne, Australia‘The world has always needed effective policy design, though perhaps we need it now more than ever before. This impressive Handbook encompasses the state of the art showing where policy scholars and practitioners can draw inspiration and the blind spots we must aspire to do better. International in scope, it deserves to be widely read and cited.’ -- Claire A. Dunlop, University of Exeter, UK and Vice Chair of the Political Studies AssociationTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: policy design as aspiration and frustration xiii Davis B. Bobrow Preface xvi 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook of Policy Design: operationalizing the policy design framework 1 B. Guy Peters and Guillaume Fontaine PART I THEORIES OF THE POLICY DESIGN FRAMEWORK 2 The politics of policy design 40 Nick Turnbull 3 Institutions, institutional theory, and policy design 54 B. Guy Peters 4 Instrumentation in policy design: policy tools – from devices to activators 72 Giliberto Capano and Michael Howlett 5 Policy instrumentation with or without policy design 88 Patrick Le Galès 6 Policy design and constructivism 104 Marlon Barbehön 7 Making sense of (and with) policy design 120 Hal K. Colebatch PART II CAUSATION AND PROBLEM DEFINITION 8 Four models of causation in the design of anti-corruption policies 136 Guillaume Fontaine, Taymi Milán and Alejandro Hernández-Luis 9 Coping with wicked problems in policy design 155 Brian W. Head 10 Listening to science in policy design: the contrasting cases of Quebec and Sweden during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic 176 Antoine Lemor, Louis-Robert Beaulieu-Guay, PerOla Öberg and Éric Montpetit 11 Fourth industrial revolution and algorithms: new challenges for policy design 194 Adam Wellstead, Tanya Heikkila and Matthew Wood 12 Good trouble in the academy: inventing design-focused case studies about public management as an archetype of policy design research 212 Michael Barzelay, Luciano Andrenacci, Sérgio N. Seabra and Yifei Yan PART III EVALUATION, FRAMING AND VALUES 13 A political theory of policy formulation practice, and stakeholder engagement 234 Robert Hoppe 14 Bridging ideas and policy design 256 Daniel Béland and Ishani Mukherjee 15 Anti-poverty program design under the human capital and human rights perspectives: overall features and Mexican cases 270 José Luis Méndez and Dafne Villagrán 16 Social policies for older adults in industrialized countries 285 Patrik Marier, Margaux Reiss and Isabelle Van Pevenage PART IV INSTRUMENTATION AND COORDINATION 17 Governance models and policy design 299 Jon Pierre 18 Adaptive governance through policy design 313 Saba Siddiki 19 Designing social policies: design spaces and capacity challenges 326 Namrata Chindarkar, M. Ramesh and Michael Howlett 20 Designing for coordination: the case of regulatory management policy 341 Fabrizio De Francesco and Valérie Pattyn 21 Policy design for policy coordination 355 Geert Bouckaert, B. Guy Peters and Koen Verhoest PART V INTERVENTION AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT 22 Policy design labs and innovation 376 Jenny M. Lewis 23 Complexity, innovation and policy design 392 Steven Ney 24 Enhancing policy design and sustainable community outcomes through collaborative platforms based on a dynamic performance management and governance approach 411 Carmine Bianchi 25 Co-designing urban policies 434 Catherine Durose and Liz Richardson 26 Policy design as deliberative practice: learning from Khon Kaen (Thailand) 447 Piyapong Boossabong and Frank Fischer 27 Conclusion to the Research Handbook of Policy Design: A research agenda 465 B. Guy Peters and Guillaume Fontaine Index

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Book SynopsisThe Economics of Regional Policy presents an extensive overview of this important area of economics. It reprints the most important work by leading scholars in the field.After making the case in favour of regional policies, the book explores the topic of economic disparities between regions including divergent economic growth, the effects of regional migration and wages, and the persistence of disparities in unemployment. It then explores the different regional policy instruments that have been introduced in the United Kingdom and in the United States and Canada and examines their implications. A separate section is devoted to the particular case of the European Union. The final section offers an evaluation of regional policies and their effects on economic efficiency.This book makes an important contribution to the literature on regional policy and will be a valuable resource to students, academics and policymakers.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements • Introduction Part I: The Case for Regional Policy 1. D.E. Pitfield (1978), ‘The Quest for an Effective Regional Policy, 1934-37’ 2. Colin Wren (1996), ‘Grant Equivalent Expenditure on Industrial Subsidies in the Post-War United Kingdom’ 3. L. Needleman and B. Scott (1964), ‘Regional Problems and Location of Industry Policy in Britain’ 4. Nicholas Kaldor (1970), ‘The Case for Regional Policies’ Part II: Regional Economic Disparitites A Convergent or Divergent Growth? 5. Xavier X. Sala-i-Martin (1996), ‘The Classical Approach to Convergence Analysis’ 6. Paul Cheshire and G. Carbonaro (1996), ‘Urban Economic Growth in Europe: Testing Theory and Policy Prescriptions’ 7. Paul Krugman and Anthony J. Venables, (1995), ‘Globalization and the Inequality of Nations’ B Factor Migration and Regional Disparities 8. Ian Molho (1986), ‘Theories of Migration: A Review’ 9. Christopher A. Pissarides and Ian McMaster (1990), ‘Regional Migration, Wages and Unemployment: Empirical Evidence and Implications for Policy’ 10. Tamim A. Bayoumi and Andrew K. Rose (1993), ‘Domestic Savings and Intra-National Capital Flows’ 11. Keith Head, John Ries and Deborah Swenson (1995), ‘Agglomeration Benefits and Location Choice: Evidence from Japanese Manufacturing Investments in the United States’ C The Persistence of Regional Disparities in Unemployment 12. Geraint Johnes and Thomas J. Hyclak (1995), ‘The Determinants of Real Wage Flexibility’ 13. Jörg Decressin and Antonio Fatás (1995), ‘Regional Labor Market Dynamics in Europe’ Part III: Regional Policy Instruments 14. Tamim Bayoumi and Paul R. Masson (1995), ‘Fiscal Flows in the United States and Canada: Lessons for Monetary Union in Europe’ 15. D.J. Storey and Steve Johnson (1987), ‘Regional Variations in Entrepreneurship in the U.K.’ 16. Joseph Friedman, Daniel A. Gerlowski and Johnathan Silberman (1992), ‘What Attracts Foreign Multinational Corporations? Evidence from Branch Plant Location in the United States’ Part IV: Regional Policy in the European Union 17. Michel Quévit (1992), ‘The Regional Impact of the Internal Market: A Comparative Analysis of Traditional Industrial Regions and Lagging Regions’ 18. Maurice F. Doyle (1989), ‘Regional Policy and European Economic Integration’ 19. Antonio Fatás (1997), ‘EMU: Countries or Regions? Lessons from the EMS Experience’ Part V: Evaluation of Regional Policy 20. Barry Moore and John Rhodes (1973), ‘Evaluating the Effects of British Regional Policy’ 21. Jim Twomey and Jim Taylor (1985), ‘Regional Policy and the Interregional Movement of Manufacturing Industry in Great Britain’ 22. Colin Wren and Michael Waterson (1991), ‘The Direct Employment Effects of Financial Assistance to Industry’ 23. Frank Harrigan, Peter G. McGregor and J.K. Swales (1996), ‘The System-wide Impact on the Recipient Region of a Regional Labour Subsidy’ 24. Kim Swales (1997), ‘A Cost-Benefit Approach to the Evaluation of Regional Selective Assistance’ 25. John A. Schofield (1976), ‘Economic Efficiency and Regional Policy’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisInnovation is critically important for countries seeking to maintain or improve their competitive advantage in the global economy. This book addresses the major current policy debates in science, technology and innovation focusing mainly on Europe but also including comparisons with other countries around the world.The R&D policies of five European countries - the UK, The Netherlands, France, Finland and Germany - are examined to understand national innovation systems and public policies, the determination of R&D spending priorities, research responsibilities and the allocation of funds. The authors combine interviews with senior civil servants, analyses of government publications and various government statistics on R&D performance. They consider national debates on science, technology and innovation policies within the wider context of the overarching political and administrative culture, and relate actual innovation and research policies to structural and institutional features of national economies.This book will be warmly welcomed by scholars and all those in decision making positions in government and non-governmental institutions on research, innovation and technology.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The United Kingdom 3. The Netherlands 4. France 5. Finland 6. Germany 7. Five Non-European Countries 8. Conclusions Appendix Index

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Book SynopsisEconomic Policy in the European Union analyses the key issues confronting Europe as we enter the 21st century. It focuses mainly on the transition problems linked with the creation of European Monetary Union as well as more specific issues such as social, labour, environmental and science and technology policy.It addresses major questions, including: is it true that the disappearance of exchange risks will benefit trade and growth? can the EMU function if integration is not speeded up in other areas? will the EMU enhance internal cohesion? is the creation of a single currency a popularly accepted idea in the member states? The authors also examine some more specific issues including European Work Councils, the possibility of coordinated environmental policy within the European Union, employment rights and technological collaboration.This topical book will be welcomed by those scholars, students and policymakers interested in some of the most important issues currently faced by Europe.Trade Review'This book is a very good consideration of the uncertainties and difficulties involved in the intervention of EU institutions in Europe.' -- Dominique Redor, ECSA ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction and Outline Part I: General Policy Issues of the Single Market, the EMU and Beyond 2. Exchange Rate Variability, International Trade and the Single Currency Debate 3. EMU and the Need of Further Economic Integration 4. EMU and the Cohesion Process 5. The European Union and Regional Convergence in Spain 6. Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions and the Psychological Perspective on European Countries Awaiting the Euro 7. Towards a Monetary Model for the Euro/USD Exchange Rate 8. Historical Lessons from Trade Flows During the Benelux and EEC Periods Part II: Public Policy Issues 9. The Impact of the RTD Policy of the EU on Technological Collaboration 10. European Works Councils 11. Flexible Labour Markets and Employment Rights in the EU 12. The International Co-ordination of Environmental Policy from an EU Perspective 13. Services of General Interest Index

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Book SynopsisMarket-based instruments are becoming the environmental management tool of choice and have provided a new perspective on the conventional wisdom about policy instruments. This book analyses the complexities of designing and implementing market-based instruments using case study experiences from the Nordic countries, Japan, France, The Netherlands, Germany and Britain, where a range of green taxes have been introduced.The contributors examine the role of political processes in designing, introducing and implementing green taxes and charges and analyse the extent to which political concerns complicate the approach favoured by environmental economists. The authors then focus on the implementation of market-based instruments to achieve environmental objectives and offer an ex-post evaluation of different countries' experiences with economic instruments.This volume brings together contributions from political scientists and environmental economists and will prove invaluable for academics, practitioners and policymakers interested in the experiences of countries where market-based instruments are well established.Trade Review'. . . the volume does provide the European perspective and frame of reference on environmental emissions trading of some value.' -- Peter Fusaro, The Journal of Energy and Development'Another in an important series of books contributing to the development of policies to combat environmental problems.' -- Aslib Book GuideTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Introduction 1. Market-based Instruments in Environmental Policies Part II: Politics and Institutions 2. Designing and Introducing Green Taxes 3. Environmental Innovations from the Standpoint of Policy Analysis 4. What the Doctor Should Know Part III: MBIs in the Policy Process 5. Dialogue and Economic Efficiency 6. Efficiency and Fairness 7. Explaining why the Swedes but not the Danes Tax Fertilizers 8. Considering Feasibility and Efficiency Part IV: Implementation Problems of MBIs 9. The Limitations of Economic Instruments as Stimuli for Technical Change, Technological Change and Innovation 10. A Socio-economic Evaluation of the SOx Charge in Japan 11. Assessing the Efficiency of Economic Instruments 12. The Danish Waste Tax Index

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Book SynopsisUnder growing pressure from within and outside their economies, countries around the world have recently embarked upon wide-ranging programmes of financial reform. This major Handbook provides country studies of the latest developments in financial reform in a selection of both developed and developing countries from Western Europe, North America, South America, Asia and Australia, written by acknowledged experts in their fields. The outcome is an up-to-date, authoritative and comprehensive account of the current world-wide attempt to refashion the way in which the financial services industry (and especially the banking sector) is regulated and supervised. The contributors find that programmes of reform have embraced all or most of the following elements: central bank reform changes in the legal operating environment and market pressures for mergers consolidation demutualisation supervisory reform measures such as the introduction of explicit deposit insurance schemes. This comprehensive reference work contains a wealth of up-to-date knowledge, presented in an accessible manner and with a standardised format. It will be of interest to scholars of central banking and international banking reforms as well as policymakers, legislators, practitioners and organisations from the banking world.Trade Review'The editor did an excellent job in editing this Handbook. . . each chapter gives a very clear and highly informative account of how each country struggles during a crisis and manages to reform their financial industry, as well as the supervision that goes alongside it. What makes this Handbook great reading is the formula followed almost faithfully by all the contributors of the book.' -- Michael Ong, Journal of Financial Regulation and ComplianceTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Financial Reform in Australia 2. Price Stabilization, the Banking Crisis and Financial Reform in Brazil 3. Financial Reform in Canada: Past, Present and Future 4. Financial System Reform in China 5. Financial Reform in Germany 6. Financial Reform in Hong Kong 7. Financial Reform in Italy 8. Financial Reform in Japan 9. Financial Sector Reforms in Singapore 10. Financial Reform in Thailand 11. Financial Reform in the UK 12. Financial Sector Reform in Vietnam Index

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Book SynopsisWhy do some policies succeed so well while others, in the same sector or country, fail dramatically? The aim of this book is to answer this question and provide systematic research on the nature, sources and consequences of policy failure. The expert contributors analyse and evaluate the success and failure of four policy areas (Steel, Health Care, Finance, HIV and the Blood Supply) in six European countries, namely France, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, Spain and Sweden. The book is therefore able to compare success and failure across countries as well as policy areas, enabling a test of a variety of theoretical assumptions about policy making and government. The book also sheds more light on the legitimacy of governance in Western Europe and goes beyond understanding the concepts of success and failure to explaining their genesis empirically.Success and Failure in Public Governance will be of interest to academics and researchers of political science, public policy and public administration as well as to practitioners of public policy.Trade Review'Success and Failure in Public Governance fills a void . . . This valuable book should . . . prompt research that moves away from the present, somewhat static, institutional analysis toward studies that focus on political actors and their crafting of strategies that more or less successfully meet policy challenges that always contain a poisonous mixture of programmatic and political problems, given the prevailing political and institutional constraints.' -- Jorgen Gronnegaard Christensen, Journal of Public Administration Research and TheoryTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Part I: Evaluating and Explaining Public Governance: General Introduction Part II: Managing Decline: Public Policy and the Steel Sector Part III: Managing Reform: Public Policy and the Health Sector Part IV: Managing Innovation: Public Policy and the Financial Sector Part V: Managing Crisis: HIV and Blood Supply Part VI: Comparisons, Conclusions, Reflections Index

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Book SynopsisDenmark is regarded by many as a model European country. In a short space of time unemployment rates have more than halved, inflation has remained low and the welfare state has not only been consolidated but improved. A new policy-mix has proved to be effective, but what exactly does it entail? This path-breaking book provides an historical, systematic analysis of Danish policy developments, taking a critical, post-positivist approach. It highlights the internal lines of conflict but also demonstrates the co-operative nature of Danish decision-makers. The author describes and explains the individual policy-style evident in several different arenas including the economy, the labour market, health, education, agriculture and modernisation. The analysis shows that much can be learned and applied from the Danish policy making and implementation experiences. Providing a comprehensive overview of the Danish welfare system, the author demonstrates that although Denmark may not have realised 'the third way', it has in fact found its own unique way.Henning Jorgensen not only provides an accurate account of what lies behind the consensual policy style in Denmark, but also offers an insight into areas of disharmony and the strategies for eventual resolution. This book is strongly recommended for all scholars and students of public policy and political science.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Policy in Denmark – Model and Analysis 2. Organizing Politics and Administration in Denmark 3. The Danish Municipalities – Between Central Government and Local Governance 4. From Administration Policy to Modernization Policy 5. General Economic Policies 6. Welfare System and Social Policy 7. Health Care Policy 8. Labour Market Policies 8. Labour Market Policies 9. Educational Policy 10. Agricultural Policy 11. Conclusion: Denmark as a Model Country? References Index

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Book SynopsisRapid economic growth in China has been fueled by, and continues to stimulate, a huge demand for power, posing significant challenges to local, regional and international atmospheric environments. This timely book assesses this environmental risk and considers the efficient design of environmental policy in the development of new coal-fired plants in China.Coal-fired electricity generation currently accounts for about 80 per cent of China's power sector and so it is vital to establish how new plants can be designed to minimize the harmful environmental effects of this type of power generation. In designing pollution control policies in China there is a need to identify appropriate policies for a fast developing economy where incomes, attitudes and technology are also rapidly evolving. Therese Feng explores the use of societal values in developing environmental policies and presents an integrated assessment which carefully characterizes the nature and value of environmental damage using the model of a new coal-fired power plant. Finally, the author defines an environmental policy which is sensitive to local variables and transboundary effects.Controlling Air Pollution in China will be of interest to energy and environmental economists and policymakers.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Part I: The Integrated Assessment Model 2. Power Plant Emissions and Pollution Control Strategies 3. Transport and Fate of Coal-Fired Power Plant Emissions 4. The Nature and Valuation of Air Pollutant Effects Part II: Applications of the Integrated Assessment and Efficient Policy Design 5. Integrated Assessment of an Uncontrolled Coal-Fired Plant in China and the Choice of Efficient Pollution Control Techniques 6. Assessment of Uncertainty in the Integrated Assessment and Policy Analysis 7. Efficient Pollution Control Over Space 8. Efficient Pollution Control Over Time 9. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides the first comprehensive comparative analysis of the emerging civil service systems in 9 Central and East European states. Its comparative nature provides a fascinating insight into the emerging patterns of administrative development in the region since the beginning of the transition period. The authors apply the same methodological framework developed by the Civil Service Research Consortium to all the country case studies, which gives the book a high level of coherence and enhances the comparability of the country case studies. This methodological framework provides a solid background for the in-depth analysis of the history of the civil service system, internal labour market, public opinion, relations between politicians and administrators and civil service reform and development. Special attention is given to topical issues such as the influence of the European Union on the emerging civil service systems and possibility of European Union candidature.Civil Service Systems in Central and Eastern Europe will be warmly welcomed by academics and advanced level students in public administration, law, political science and transition studies as well as policymakers and international organizations helping to develop civil services in former communist countries.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Context and Structure Part I: The Russian Federation and Yugoslavia 2. A Decade of Transition Over 3. The Russian Civil Service 4. The Civil Service of Yugoslavia Part II: EU Candidate States I: Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and the Slovak Republic 5. Civil Service Systems in EU Candidate States 6. The Civil Service of Bulgaria 7. The Civil Service System of Hungary 8. The National Civil Service System in Poland 9. The Civil Service System of the Slovak Republic Part III: EU Candidate States II: The Baltic States 10. The Civil Service Reform in the Baltics 11. The Civil Service in the Republic of Estonia 12. Latvia 13. Lithuania Part IV: Conclusions 14. Conclusions Index

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Book SynopsisThe past two decades have seen a process of almost continuous reform in public management in developed countries and a renegotiation of traditional relationships between state, economy and society. These changes have been expressed through privatization, civil service reductions and restructuring, the introduction of market-type mechanisms to improve the delivery of public services, the construction of new forms of partnership between state and non-state organizations, and new types of regulation and accountability. In turn, these public management reforms have, in a variety of ways, been transferred to the state systems of developing and transitional economies. The Internationalization of Public Management constitutes one of the first attempts to examine the conceptual and practical problems which attend such policy transfers, and to make preliminary judgements about the successes and failures of public management reform in developing countries. The distinguished group of contributors offers instructive insights into the complex reality of the development state.Both academics and postgraduate students within the areas of politics and governance, public sector management and development studies will find this book essential reading. Practitioners in these fields, especially within aid agencies and research institutions, will also find the book contains valuable lessons and conclusions.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Internationalization of New Public Management 2. Should Flawed Models of Public Management be Exported? Issues and Practices 3. Administrative Reform in Core Civil Services: Application and Applicability of the New Public Management 4. New Public Management and Development: The Case of Public Service Reform in Tanzania and Uganda 5. Local Government: Management or Politics? 6. The NPM Agenda for Service Delivery: A Suitable Model for Developing Countries? 7. Reinventing the Third World State: Service Delivery and the Civic Realm 8. Privatization and Regulation in Developing Countries 9. Human Resource Management and New Public Management: Two Sides of a Coin that has a Low Value in Developing Countries? 10. Information Systems and Public Sector Reform in the Third World 11. Moving the Public Management Debate Forward: A Contingency Approach Index

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Book SynopsisApproaches focusing on ideological and cognitive factors to analyse public policy have moved to centre-stage in political science. This book presents the great variety of theoretical and empirical research on the role of ideas which has emerged in recent years.How can you quantify ideas? Ideas are objective entities, not conducive to empirical research. The appeal of this book lies in the juxtaposition of a careful exploration and discussion of the theories behind the role of ideas in policy making and policy areas, and their detailed contextualisation. Through carefully researched contemporary examples offering single country studies, comparative studies and examples from the European Union, these 'ideas' show themselves to be a double-edged sword. Ideas are revealed as both a societal and political resource, crucial to both promoting and inhibiting policy change.A clear understanding of the impact and influences of ideas on the crucial process of policy is essential to all political scientists and analysts of public policy, as well as individuals interested in the effects on policy decisions.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: A Theoretical Overview 1. Interests or Ideas? 2. From ‘Hooks’ to ‘Focal Points’ 3. The Power of Ideas in Policy Research Part II: Empirical Evidence 4. Replacing the Policy Paradigm 5. The Formation of the New Entrepreneurial State and Growth of Modern Management Consultancy 6. The Power of the Policy Narratives in the European Union 7. Ideas as Catalytic Elements for Policy Change 8. When Ideas Get in the Way of Reform 9. The Durability of Ideas in Health–Policy–Making 10. Negotiated Policy Change 11. A Reassessment of Public Policy and Political Ideas Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAs governments and the wider public become increasingly concerned about environmental problems, the necessity for competent environmental policies is growing. The contributors to this highly original book attempt to demonstrate how the use of Q methodology can result in the development of more effective, socially sensitive, environmental policy options.The book highlights the history of Q methodology, a technique for systematically studying the subjectivity of individuals, and provides a brief yet comprehensive account of its theory and a detailed guide to the various stages of a Q study. The methodology is then applied, to explore the discourses concerning the relationship between society and a diverse range of environmental issues including, environmental protest, civil aviation policy, forest policy and land use options.The authors demonstrate how the use of Q methodology offers a methodical insight into the public conceptualisation of environmental issues, thus providing improved frameworks for identifying environmental topics and facilitating policy dialogue. They emphasise the deconstructive advantages of Q methodology as a means of re-examining controversial issues and providing policymakers with a more authentic understanding of the beliefs of stakeholders, prior to developing policies. This analytical approach, the book argues, is more 'democratic', as it provides a greater recognition of socio-political attitudes than the findings of conventional polls and surveys.This definitive book will prove a much needed addition to the empirical literature on environmental attitudes and will be invaluable reading for ecological economists, environmental policymakers and organisations, and students, researchers and practitioners of Q methodology.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Q Methodology 3. Recasting Environmental Controversies: A Q Study of the Expansion of Amsterdam Airport 4. Policy Frames, Policy Making and the Global Climate Change Discourse 5. Using Q Methodology to Facilitate Policy Dialogue 6. Agency Perceptions about Public Involvement in National Forest Management 7. Q Method Using Photographs to Study Perceptions of the Environment in New Zealand 8. If You Go Down to the Woods Today . . . Narratives of Newbury 9. The Multi-layered Discourses of Animal Concern 10. Ecopolitics in the Global South: A Q Method Study of Elites in Seven Nations Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the making of international social science, and the parts which academics, policymakers and research managers play in creating European social environmental research. The authors present and analyse a complex picture of overlapping institutional interests within six countries of the EU - The Netherlands, UK, Spain, Greece, Finland and Austria - and develop new models with which to capture the transnational interaction of researchers and funding agencies.The contributors consider the practical and intellectual challenges facing European research managers charged with the task of building a community of social researchers willing to engage with a policy-relevant environmental agenda. The book analyses the shape and character of European social science and the values and commitments of research activity on the environment.This book will be of special interest to those involved in social environmental research, environmental policy, European studies and research management whether at the practical and policy level or in academia.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Researching European Social Environmental Research 2. Social Environmental Research at the National Level 3. New Researchers, New Institutions 4. The Evolution of Ideas 5. The European Dynamics of Social Environmental Research 6. New Agendas, New Dynamics: Charting the Development of Social Environmental Research References Index

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Book SynopsisThis highly topical book focuses on a particularly interesting area of post-1989 social policy. Existing public pension systems in Central-Eastern Europe underwent fundamental change as Latin-American style pension reforms were adopted. Such radical change in retirement provision defied conventional wisdom among scholars of the political economy of pension reform, suggesting a need for fresh research. This unique study accepts the challenge, focusing on the divergent pension reform experiences of Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic.This study was granted the EACES Award 2000, a bi-annual prize awarded in the area of comparative economic systems and economics of transition.It has also been awarded the Ed. A. Hewett Prize by the AAASS (American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies).Trade Review'This book provides a nice introduction to the process of reforming pension systems. Muller offers a brief but neat summary of the main policy choices, the reasons why reforms should be undertaken, and the main differences between the reform approaches of political scientists and economists. The book offers accessible and timely material on an interesting subject. Pension reform is a new topic, and research is often only presented in specialized journals and World Bank publications, so this work will be welcomed by students of transition. In addition, it will be useful to policymakers and government officials in countries that are only now thinking about making changes to their pensions schemes.' -- Zdenek Drabek, Slavic Review'This book deals with an important topic, its analysis is reliable, and it obtains interesting results. Muller combines politology and economic theory with empirical data and observations. She has spent a good deal of time studying these countries and their institutions and she has interviewed a lot of experts. Furthermore, the book is very well written and thus it is a pleasure to read . . . To sum up, Muller's book has to be read by anybody who is interested in pension systems and pension reforms, and especially in the ex-socialist settings.' -- A. Simonovits, Acta Oeconomica'Muller's book is an exemplary study of the policy process, showing the interaction between the logic of politics and the logic of economics. Through a sophisticated understanding of the political economy of the individual countries she shows how and why they respond to a common challenge in different ways. The book is particularly refreshing in that it shows the power of comparative analysis. In the past, specialists on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe have been faulted for their lack of comparative focus; yet here is a work that analyzes one to the most important and thorny social issues of the early twenty-first century - how to create a pension system that meets the needs of an ageing population with severe budget constraints - in a broad range of countries. The book's appearance is most timely, as the countries of the former Soviet Union are also now debating how to restructure their pension systems. They have a great deal to learn from the careful analysis of the East-Central European experience that is to be found in Muller's book.' -- Ed. A. Hewett Prize by the AAASS (American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies)'This book presents a fine and original comparative institutional analysis of pension reform in three Central-Eastern European countries: Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic. This analysis is introduced by an examination of alternative models of design choices and policy blueprints, that is based on both theoretical insights and the experience of Western Europe and Latin America. Particularly interesting and convincing is the presentation of the role of Welfare Ministries and Finance Ministries in pension reform proposals and action and the role of budget deficits in determining the relative weight of the two constituencies.' -- Bruno Dallago, European Association for Comparative Economic Studies and University of Trento, Italy'I consider Ms Muller's study a most valuable and original contribution to the literature. Although pension reform is discussed all over the world presently, no comprehensive analysis for the transition countries is available. Ms Muller's study fills this gap . . . the presentation is concise and readable.' -- Hans Jurgen Wagener, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), GermanyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Reforming Old-Age Security: Design Choices and Policy Blueprints 3. Approaching the Political Economy of Pension Reform 4. Pension Reform in Hungary 5. Pension Reform in Poland 6. Pension Reform in the Czech Republic 7. Central–Eastern European Pension Reforms in a Comparative Perspective 8. Conclusions: The Political Economy of Pension Reform in Central–Eastern Europe References Index

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Book SynopsisResearch suggests that innovation and technological change are crucial for the economic recovery of the former centrally planned countries in Central and Eastern Europe. This book analyses the development of innovation systems and technology policy in this region from various perspectives, demonstrating not only its importance but also its complexity.Included in the book are discussions on: the process of transforming the innovation systems in Central and Eastern Europe a comparison of R&D between 'East' and 'West' gradualism versus 'Big Bang' as the preferable strategy for reform innovation at the firm level productivity and competitiveness the ability to identify and exploit external knowledge in adopting up-to-date technology The authors conclude that rebuilding innovation systems in Central and Eastern Europe will require considerable time, and that there is no 'best practice' or ideal strategy which can be clearly recommended.This book will be warmly welcomed by scholars working in the fields of transition studies, innovation and technology, as well as policy makers involved in designing technology policy in transition economies.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Innovation and Transformation in Post-Socialist Eastern Europe 2. Innovation Systems in Transition 3. Divergence or Convergence in Research and Development and Innovation Between ‘East’ and ‘West’? 4. The Big Bang as a Motivating Device 5. Innovation as a Means of Market Entry and Survival for Firms from Former Socialist Countries 6. Innovation and Transformation 7. The Inherited and Emerging Absorptive Capacities of Firms – Results of a Business Survey in the Estonian Electronics Industry 8. Export Reorientation and Transfer of Know-How and Technology – The Case of Hungarian Manufactured Exports 9. Human Capital and Innovation in Eastern and Western Germany 10. Innovation in Manufacturing Industry – An East West Comparison Index

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Book SynopsisOver the past twenty years European labour markets have seen the simultaneous rise of unemployment and working-time flexibility. While unemployment generates widespread concern about social exclusion, the reorganisation of flexible working-time has been greeted with more ambivalence. The concept of Transitional Labour Markets (TLMs) is an attempt to address and analyse the factors and policies that can prevent high levels of unemployment and exclusion from paid work.This book addresses three key questions: Can working-time flexibility integrate more people into paid employment? Can working-time flexibility prevent unemployment? Is it possible for the barriers between core and peripheral employment to become more permeable in the way advocated by the concept of TLMs? Drawing on both quantitative longitudinal panel study data and qualitative case study material, the authors (whose expertise is drawn from the fields of economics, sociology and law) provide an original perspective on the nature and implications of TLMs in Spain, Sweden, Ireland, Britain, Germany, France and The Netherlands. This will be essential reading for both academics and policymakers in the field of labour market policy.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction Part I: Theoretical and Methodological Issues 2. Working-time, Social Integration and Transitional Labour Markets 3. Working-time Regimes and Transitions in Comparative Perspective Part II: Labour Market Transitions 4. Transitions Between Different Working-time Arrangements 5. Moving Up or Moving Out? 6. Transitions Through Part-time Work in Spain and the United Kingdom 7. Peripheral Labour in Peripheral Markets? Part III: Employment Contracts and Company Practices 8. Time, Lifestyles and Transitions in France and Sweden 9. Restructuring Internal Labour Markets 10. Working-time Transitions and Employment Statuses in the British, French and Dutch Health-care sectors Index

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Book SynopsisThis authoritative collection, which includes a new introduction surveying the fields, contains key contributions from the comparative literature on the politics of income maintenance policy.In recent years theoretical work has been dominated by Gosta Esping-Andersen's regime theory. This volume demonstrates how that theory, together with arguments on convergence and path-dependency, has been applied to the comparative study of income maintenance policy. It highlights issues about the difference between social insurance and social assistance and about the important differences in the way women and families are treated. The collection looks at the literature that seeks to explain cutbacks, or their absence, highlighting issues about pensions policy.Income Maintenance Policy will be an invaluable source of literature for researchers, students and policymakers alike.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements Introduction Michael Hill PART I INCOME MAINTENANCE IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE: INTRODUCTION 1. Ola Sjöberg (1999), ‘Paying for Social Rights’ 2. Jonathan Bradshaw and Jun-Rong Chen (1997), ‘Poverty in the UK. A Comparison with Nineteen Other Countries’ 3. Adrian Sinfield (1998), ‘Social Protection Versus Tax Benefits’ PART II COMPARATIVE WELFARE STATE THEORY: THE ANALYSIS OF REGIME TYPES 4. Gøsta Esping-Andersen (1997), ‘Hybrid or Unique?: The Japanese Welfare State Between Europe and America’ 5. Frances G. Castles and Deborah Mitchell (1992), ‘Identifying Welfare State Regimes: The Links Between Politics, Instruments and Outcomes’ 6. John Myles (1998), ‘How to Design a “Liberal” Welfare State: A Comparison of Canada and the United States’ 7. Huck-Ju Kwon (1997), ‘Beyond European Welfare Regimes: Comparative Perspectives on East Asian Welfare Systems’ 8. Walter Korpi and Joakim Palme (1998), ‘The Paradox of Redistribution and Strategies of Equality: Welfare State Institutions, Inequality, and Poverty in the Western Countries’ PART III SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE ‘UNDER CLASS’ 9. Ian Gough, Jonathan Bradshaw, John Ditch, Tony Eardley and Peter Whiteford (1997), ‘Social Assistance in OECD Countries’ 10. Martin Seeleib-Kaiser (1995), ‘The Development of Social Assistance and Unemployment Insurance in Germany and Japan’ 11. Jochen Clasen (1999), ‘Beyond Social Security: The Economic Value of Giving Money to Unemployed People’ 12. Kirk Mann (1994), ‘Watching the Defectives: Observers of the Underclass in the USA, Britain and Australia’ PART IV ISSUES ABOUT FAMILY POLICY AND FAMILIST IDEOLOGIES 13. Ann Shola Orloff (1993), ‘Gender and the Social Rights of Citizenship: The Comparative Analysis of Gender Relations and Welfare States’ 14. Diane Sainsbury (1993), ‘Dual Welfare and Sex Segregation of Access to Social Benefits: Income Maintenance Policies in the UK, the US, the Netherlands and Sweden’ 15. Maurizio Ferrera (1996), ‘The “Southern Model” of Welfare in Social Europe’ 16. Clare Ungerson (1995), ‘Gender, Cash and Informal Care: European Perspectives and Dilemmas’ 17. Jonathan Bradshaw, John Ditch, Hilary Holmes and Peter Whiteford (1993), ‘Conclusions’ PART V THE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CUTBACKS 18. Mary Daly (1997), ‘Welfare States Under Pressure: Cash Benefits in European Welfare States Over the Last Ten Years’ 19. Peter Taylor-Gooby (1996), ‘Eurosclerosis in European Welfare States: Regime Theory and the Dynamics of Change’ 20. Giuliano Bonoli, Vic George and Peter Taylor-Gooby (1996), ‘Politics Against Convergence? Current Trends in European Social Policy’ 21. Francis G. Castles and Christopher Pierson (1996), ‘A New Convergence? Recent Policy Developments in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand’ PART VI PENSIONS POLICY: FORCES TOWARDS A CONVERGENCE 22. OECD (1988), ‘Summary and Policy Implications’ 23. Roger Beattie and Warren McGillivray (1995), ‘A Risky Strategy: Reflections on the World Bank Report Averting the Old Age Crisis’ 24. Paul Johnson (1999), ‘The Measurement of Social Security Convergence: The Case of European Public Pension Systems Since 1950’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisWith increasing interest in the distribution of income generated by movements towards more inequality, this three-volume set presents an essential collection of previously published articles by leading scholars, which provide a key to understanding this important and controversial area. Volume I considers the problems of measurement and description and explores theories explaining the shape of distribution; it investigates explanations of the upper tail in terms of hierarchies and organisations and presents research on the dynamics of incomes. Volume II considers the determinants of an individual?s income on the one hand and analyses the factors influencing the entire distribution on the other. Non-labour income and policies that influence distribution are discussed in volume III.This collection will be of great interest to economists, statisticians and policymakers concerned with understanding the complex determinants of income distribution and inequality in our societies.Table of ContentsContents: Volume I Description, Measurement, Shape, Dynamics Acknowledgements Introduction Michael Sattinger PART I DESCRIPTION AND MEASUREMENT 1. N.C. Kakwani (1977), ‘Applications of Lorenz Curves in Economic Analysis’ 2. J. Aitchison and J.A.C. Brown (1954), ‘On Criteria for Descriptions of Income Distribution’ 3. Camilo Dagum (1996), ‘A Systemic Approach to the Generation of Income Distribution Models’ 4. Anthony B. Atkinson (1970), ‘On the Measurement of Inequality’ 5. Amartya Sen (1978), ‘Ethical Measurement of Inequality: Some Difficulties’ 6. Frank A. Cowell (1980), ‘On the Structure of Additive Inequality Measures’ 7. A.F. Shorrocks (1982), ‘Inequality Decomposition by Factor Components’ 8. A.B. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon (1982), ‘The Comparison of Multi-Dimensioned Distributions of Economic Status’ 9. Simon Kuznets (1955), ‘Economic Growth and Income Inequality’ 10. Gary S. Fields (1987), ‘Measuring Inequality Change in an Economy with Income Growth’ 11. Peter Gottschalk and Timothy M. Smeeding (1997), ‘Cross-National Comparisons of Earnings and Income Inequality’ PART II THE SHAPE OF THE DISTRIBUTION 12. John Creedy (1977), ‘Pareto and the Distribution of Income’ 13. Benoit Mandelbrot (1960), ‘The Pareto-Lévy Law and the Distribution of Income’ 14. A.D. Roy (1951), ‘Some Thoughts on the Distribution of Earnings’ 15. James J. Heckman and Guilherme L. Sedlacek (1990), ‘Self-Selection and the Distribution of Hourly Wages’ 16. Jan Tinbergen (1956), ‘On the Theory of Income Distribution’ 17. Hendrik Houthakker (1974), ‘The Size Distribution of Labour Incomes Derived from the Distribution of Aptitudes’ 18. Michael Sattinger (1975), ‘Comparative Advantage and the Distributions of Earnings and Abilities’ 19. Coen N. Teulings (1995), ‘The Wage Distribution in a Model of the Assignment of Skills to Jobs’ PART III DYNAMICS 20. D.G. Champernowne (1953), ‘A Model of Income Distribution’ 21. R.S.G. Rutherford (1955), ‘Income Distributions: A New Model’ 22. Lars Osberg (1977), ‘Stochastic Process Models and the Distribution of Earnings’ 23. John Creedy (1977), ‘The Distribution of Lifetime Earnings’ 24. Glenn C. Loury (1981), ‘Intergenerational Transfers and the Distribution of Earnings’ 25. Gary S. Becker and Nigel Tomes (1979), ‘An Equilibrium Theory of the Distribution of Income and Intergenerational Mobility’ 26. Steven N. Durlauf (1996), ‘A Theory of Persistent Income Inequality’ Name Index Volume II Sources of Differences Acknowledgements An Introduction by the editor to all three volumes appears in Volume I PART I CHARACTERISTICS OF INDIVIDUALS 1. Finis Welch (1969), ‘Linear Synthesis of Skill Distribution’ 2. Robert E. B. Lucas (1977), ‘Is There a Human Capital Approach to Income Inequality?’ 3. Zvi Griliches (1977), ‘Estimating the Returns to Schooling: Some Econometric Problems’ 4. Orley Ashenfelter and Cecilia Rouse (1998), ‘Income, Schooling, and Ability: Evidence from a New Sample of Identical Twins’ 5. Arthur S. Goldberger (1979), ‘Heritability’ 6. Robert I. Lerman (1996), ‘The Impact of the Changing US Family Structure on Child Poverty and Income Inequality’ PART II HIERARCHIES, ORGANIZATION AND THE UPPER TAIL 7. Herbert A. Simon (1957), ‘The Compensation of Executives’ 8. H.F. Lydall (1959), ‘The Distribution of Employment Incomes’ 9. Thomas Mayer (1960), ‘The Distribution of Ability and Earnings’ 10. Guillermo A. Calvo and Stanislaw Wellisz (1979), ‘Hierarchy, Ability, and Income Distribution’ 11. Michael Waldman (1984), ‘Job Assignments, Signalling, and Efficiency’ 12. Sherwin Rosen (1986), ‘Prizes and Incentives in Elimination Tournaments’ 13. Dennis Snower (1998), ‘Causes of Changing Earnings Inequality’ PART III JOBS, INDUSTRIES AND DEMAND 14. Sumner H. Slichter (1950), ‘Notes on the Structure of Wages’ 15. Melvin W. Reder (1969), ‘ A Partial Survey of the Theory of Income Size Distribution’ 16. Michael Sattinger (1993), ‘Assignment Models of the Distribution of Earnings’ 17. Joop Hartog (1986), ‘Earnings Functions: Beyond Human Capital’ 18. Barry Bluestone and Bennett Harrison (1988), ‘The Growth of Low-Wage Employment: 1963–86’ 19. Charles Brown (1980), ‘Equalizing Differences in the Labor Market’ 20. William T. Dickens and Kevin Lang (1985), ‘A Test of Dual Labor Market Theory’ 21. Th. Magnac (1991), ‘Segmented or Competitive Labor Markets?’ 22. Erica L. Groshen (1991), ‘Five Reasons Why Wages Vary Among Employers’ 23. James J. Heckman, Lance Lochner and Christopher Taber (1998), ‘Explaining Rising Wage Inequality: Explorations with a Dynamic General Equilibrium Model of Labor Earnings with Heterogeneous Agents’ PART IV MARKET AND NON-MARKET PROCESSES 24. Andrew Weiss (1995), ‘Human Capital vs. Signalling Explanations of Wages’ 25. Michael Rothschild and Joseph E. Stiglitz (1982), ‘A Model of Employment Outcomes Illustrating the Effect of the Structure of Information on the Level and Distribution of Income’ 26. Richard B. Freeman (1980), ‘Unionism and the Dispersion of Wages’ 27. Adrian Wood (1995), ‘How Trade Hurt Unskilled Workers’ 28. Jeffrey G. Williamson (1998), ‘Growth, Distribution, and Demography: Some Lessons from History’ 29. Roland Benabou (1993), ‘Workings of a City: Location, Education, and Production’ Name Index Volume III - Income Shares and Policy Acknowledgements An Introduction by the editor to all three volumes appears in Volume I PART I NEOCLASSICAL THEORIES OF FACTOR PAYMENTS AND FACTOR SHARES 1. M. Bronfenbrenner (1960), ‘A Note on Relative Shares and the Elasticity of Substitution’ 2. Robert M. Solow (1958), ‘A Skeptical Note on the Constancy of Relative Shares’ 3. Irving B. Kravis (1959), ‘Relative Income Shares in Fact and Theory’ 4. Alan B. Krueger (1999), ‘Measuring Labor’s Share’ 5. Zvi Griliches (1969), ‘Capital-Skill Complementarity’ 6. Ryuzo Sato and Tetsunori Koizumi (1973), ‘The Production Function and the Theory of Distributive Shares’ 7. H. Uzawa (1961), ‘Neutral Inventions and the Stability of Growth Equilibrium’ 8. C.E. Ferguson (1968), ‘Neoclassical Theory of Technical Progress and Relative Factor Shares’ PART II NEO-KEYNESIAN, CLASSICAL AND OTHER THEORIES 9. Luigi L. Pasinetti (1960), ‘A Mathematical Formulation of the Ricardian System’ 10. Michio Morishima (1974), ‘Marx in the Light of Modern Economic Theory’ 11. Ian Steedman (1975), ‘Positive Profits with Negative Surplus Value’ 12. Carl Christian von Weizsäcker (1973), ‘Modern Capital Theory and the Concept of Exploitation’ 13. Michal Kalecki (1938/1991), ‘The Determinants of Distribution of the National Income’ 14. Nicholas Kaldor (1955-56), ‘Alternative Theories of Distribution’ 15. A.K. Sen (1963), ‘Neo-Classical and Neo-Keynesian Theories of Distribution’ 16. L. Pasinetti (1962), ‘Rate of Profit and Income Distribution in Relation to the Rate of Economic Growth’ 17. A.L. Levine (1974), ‘This Age of Leontief.....and Who? An Interpretation’ PART III CAPITAL THEORY AND PROFITS 18. Harry G. Johnson (1973), ‘Capital and Interest: The Wicksellian Model’ 19. Joan Robinson (1954), ‘The Production Function and the Theory of Capital’ 20. John Craven (1977), ‘On the Marginal Product of Capital’ 21. Paul A. Samuelson (1966), ‘A Summing Up’ 22. Leland B. Yeager (1976), ‘Toward Understanding some Paradoxes in Capital Theory’ 23. G.C. Harcourt (1969/1986), ‘Some Cambridge Controversies in the Theory of Capital’ 24. Edwin Burmeister (1974), ‘Synthesizing the Neo-Austrian and Alternative Approaches to Capital Theory: A Survey’ PART IV PROFIT, INTEREST AND RENT 25. Joan Robinson (1951), ‘The Rate of Interest’ 26. David E. Mills (1981), ‘The Non-Neutrality of Land Value Taxation’ 27. T. Nicolaus Tideman (1982), ‘ A Tax on Land Value is Neutral’ 28. Frank H. Knight (1950), ‘Profit’ PART V POLICIES 29. Peter J. Lambert (1985), ‘On the Redistributive Effect of Taxes and Benefits’ 30. John Creedy (1996), ‘Comparing Tax and Transfer Systems: Poverty, Inequality and Target Efficiency’ 31. Raquel Fernández and Richard Rogerson (1998), ‘Public Education and Income Distribution: A Dynamic Quantitative Evaluation of Education-Finance Reform’ 32. Robert K. von Weizsäcker (1996), ‘Educational Choice, Lifetime Earnings Inequality, and Conflicts of Public Policy’ 33. Roberto Perotti (1993), ‘Political Equilibrium, Income Distribution, and Growth’ 34. Assar Lindbeck (1998), ‘How Can Economic Policy Strike a Balance Between Economic Efficiency and Income Equality?’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThe allocation of subsidies is often regarded as a fundamental role of governments in order to realise and maintain benefits to society. The possibility that public subsidies could actually be counterproductive contradicts common perception. The authors of this challenging book present recent evidence which, in their view, suggests that subsidies may in fact turn out to be a contemporary plague. Public Subsidies and Policy Failures provides extensive analysis of the theory and political economy of public support policies, demonstrating how subsidies can harm the environment, distort trade, and benefit those in society who do not require support. Furthermore, they often fail to achieve the desired and expected goals. The authors employ a theoretical framework to illustrate the impact of subsidies on developed and developing economies, as well as on international trade. They examine public subsidies in various natural resource and industrial sectors and discover that many turn out to be policy failures. They also investigate the various barriers and lock-in mechanisms by which subsidies become entrenched in economic and political structures. The book goes on to propose concrete actions, policy strategies and international 'Grand Deals' which will engender effective subsidy reforms.Scholars, researchers and students will welcome this rigorous investigation into the political and economic costs and benefits of public subsidies. International trade organisations and policymakers will also benefit from the strategic emphasis.Trade Review'This book offers an intelligent contribution for those who want to understand the effects of subsidies in the world economy. It is particularly important because of its focus on the adverse effects on natural resources and the environment. The effort to develop a theoretical and rigorous analytical framework is an excellent addition to the subject of economic theory. The authors make a noteworthy effort to measure and classify subsidies in such a manner that readers could have a better visualization of the size and distribution of subsidies among different sectors of the world economy.' -- Alexandre Rivas, Southern Economic Journal'This is an enormously significant book. Cees van Beers and Andre de Moor have not only identified the main obstacles but also suggested new pathways to the key public policy reforms needed to move toward a more prosperous, equitable and sustainable future. Their work is superb, marked by insight, innovation, rigor of analyses, and strength of argument.' -- From the foreword by Jim MacNeill, World Bank Inspection Panel'This book highlights one of the most productive things environmental groups, economists and policy officials could do for society: form a partnership to push for cuts to subsidies that simultaneously damage the economy and the environment. The authors have made that task easier for those groups by providing a comprehensive and yet very readable analysis of the issue. They provide an assessment of the overall extent of subsidies to different sectors in rich and poor countries, including a wide range of case studies. This is a 'must buy' for people seriously interested in finding ways to improve the environment that contribute to rather than deplete national treasuries and development prospects.' -- Kym Anderson, University of Adelaide, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Preface Foreword by Jim MacNeill 1. Public Subsidies and Government Policy 2. An Economic Analysis of Public Subsidies and Policy Failures 3. The Costs and Impacts of Public Subsidies 4. Addiction to Subsidies 5. Subsidy Reform Policies and Strategies 6. Summary and Conclusions References Index

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