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Book SynopsisThe relationship between citizens and local decision makers is a long standing policy pre-occupation and has often been the subject of debate by politicians across parties. Recent governments have sought to empower, activate and give responsibility to some citizens, while other groups have been abandoned or ignored. Drawing on extensive up-to-date empirical work by leading researchers in the field, "Changing local governance, changing citizens" aims to explain what debates about local governance mean for local people. Questions addressed include: what new demands are being made on citizens and why? Which citizens are affected and how have they responded? What difference do changing forms of local governance make to people's lives? The book explores governance and citizenship in relation to multiculturalism, economic migration, community cohesion, housing markets, neighbourhoods, faith organisations, behaviour change and e-democracy in order to establish a differentiated, contemporary view of the ways that citizens are constituted at the local level today. "Changing local governance, changing citizens" provides a pertinent and robustly empirical contribution to current debates amongst policy makers, academics, practitioners and local communities about how to respond to this changing policy framework. It will be of interest to post-graduate students and academic researchers in politics, public and social policy, sociology, local government and urban studies, as well as policy makers and practitioners.Trade Review"This book offers a new contribution to the field of citizen involvement and participation in public services......useful for both academics and students and there is also something in here for policy makers." Catherine M Farrell in Public Administration"A robust and prescient empirical analysis of the changing relationship between citizens and the local state, offering a unique perspective on how a citizen centred approach can reshape local governance." Helen Sullivan, Research Director and Palmer Chair of Public Service Partnerships, University of Birmingham"It seems everyone wants to engage citizens more fully in local governance. This excellent collection will be an invaluable guide for policy makers intent on learning from the past, understanding what works and building practice on sound conceptual foundations." Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive, RSATable of ContentsContents: Introduction ~ Catherine Durose, Stephen Greasley, Liz Richardson; Citizen governance and reforming public management ~ Prof. Peter John; 'Double devolution' and the turn to neighbourhoods ~ Catherine Durose and Liz Richardson; Multiculturalism and community cohesion ~ Matthew Goodwin; Citizens' housing aspirations and ethnically mixed neighbourhoods ~ Bethan Harries and Liz Richardson; Urban housing market restructuring and the re-casting of neighbourhood governance and community ~ James Rees; Faith, citizenship and community cohesion ~ Rachael Chapman and Leila Thorp; New migrants and local government: poles apart? ~ Leila Thorp; Every Child's Voice Matters? The new governance of children's services ~ Harriet Churchill; Changing behaviour: a new agenda for the public sector? ~ Rebecca Askew, Stephen Greasley, Liz Richardson; e-Citizenship: reconstructing the public online ~ Prof. Lawrence Pratchett; Conclusion ~ Catherine Durose, Stephen Greasley, Liz Richardson.

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Book SynopsisThe relationship between citizens and local decision makers is a long standing policy pre-occupation and has often been the subject of debate by politicians across parties. Recent governments have sought to empower, activate and give responsibility to some citizens, while other groups have been abandoned or ignored. Drawing on extensive up-to-date empirical work by leading researchers in the field, "Changing local governance, changing citizens" aims to explain what debates about local governance mean for local people. Questions addressed include: what new demands are being made on citizens and why? Which citizens are affected and how have they responded? What difference do changing forms of local governance make to people's lives? The book explores governance and citizenship in relation to multiculturalism, economic migration, community cohesion, housing markets, neighbourhoods, faith organisations, behaviour change and e-democracy in order to establish a differentiated, contemporary view of the ways that citizens are constituted at the local level today. "Changing local governance, changing citizens" provides a pertinent and robustly empirical contribution to current debates amongst policy makers, academics, practitioners and local communities about how to respond to this changing policy framework. It will be of interest to post-graduate students and academic researchers in politics, public and social policy, sociology, local government and urban studies, as well as policy makers and practitioners.Trade Review"This book offers a new contribution to the field of citizen involvement and participation in public services......useful for both academics and students and there is also something in here for policy makers." Catherine M Farrell in Public Administration"A robust and prescient empirical analysis of the changing relationship between citizens and the local state, offering a unique perspective on how a citizen centred approach can reshape local governance." Helen Sullivan, Research Director and Palmer Chair of Public Service Partnerships, University of Birmingham"It seems everyone wants to engage citizens more fully in local governance. This excellent collection will be an invaluable guide for policy makers intent on learning from the past, understanding what works and building practice on sound conceptual foundations." Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive, RSATable of ContentsContents: Introduction ~ Catherine Durose, Stephen Greasley, Liz Richardson; Citizen governance and reforming public management ~ Prof. Peter John; 'Double devolution' and the turn to neighbourhoods ~ Catherine Durose and Liz Richardson; Multiculturalism and community cohesion ~ Matthew Goodwin; Citizens' housing aspirations and ethnically mixed neighbourhoods ~ Bethan Harries and Liz Richardson; Urban housing market restructuring and the re-casting of neighbourhood governance and community ~ James Rees; Faith, citizenship and community cohesion ~ Rachael Chapman and Leila Thorp; New migrants and local government: poles apart? ~ Leila Thorp; Every Child's Voice Matters? The new governance of children's services ~ Harriet Churchill; Changing behaviour: a new agenda for the public sector? ~ Rebecca Askew, Stephen Greasley, Liz Richardson; e-Citizenship: reconstructing the public online ~ Prof. Lawrence Pratchett; Conclusion ~ Catherine Durose, Stephen Greasley, Liz Richardson.

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Book SynopsisCollaborative working is an established feature of the public, business and third sector environments, but its effectiveness can be hampered by complex structural and personal variants. This original book explores the influence of agency through the role of individual actors in collaborative working processes, known as boundary spanners. It examines the different aspects of the boundary spanner's role and discusses the skills, abilities, and experience that are necessary. It will be of interest to academics, researchers and students interested in this field of study, and provides learning for policy makers and practitioners active in the fields of collaboration.Trade Review"an important contribution toward understanding collaboration." Voluntas"We know that agency can be key to collaborative success. Now thanks to this highly original, accessible and well-researched book, we have a much better understanding of who the key agents are, what they do and how they do it. A sound investment for policy makers, practitioners and academics." Helen Sullivan, Director, Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne, Australia"Partnership working has long been the holy grail of public services delivery, but has been addressed by endless structural reconfigurations. In this excellent book on the role and nature of 'boundary spanners', Williams shifts the focus onto the people who really make partnerships work effectively." Professor Bob Hudson, School of Applied Social Sciences, Durham UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; Policy context: Intra and intersectoral collaboration; Structure and agency; The role and competencies of boundary spanners; Challenges in the boundary spanning role; Learning from the private sector; We are all boundary spanners now? Implications for policy and practice; Reflections and conclusion.

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Book SynopsisMalcolm Dean, The Guardian newspaper’s longstanding chief monitor of social affairs, expertly indicts his own trade through a series of seven case studies on the influence of media on social policy. Drawing on four decades of top-level Whitehall briefings, topped up by interviews with 150 policy-makers, the book is packed with insights, and colourful stories from events in Whitehall's corridors, culminating in a damning list detailing the seven deadly sins of the 'reptiles' (modern journalists). A new final chapter reports on the News International hacking scandal, and the subsequent Leveson Inquiry, prompting criminal and civil lawsuits and leading to a radical press regulator plan. Written in an engaging way, it offers a unique insider’s perspective and a detailed and valuable account of what goes on in news rooms, pressure groups, departmental policy divisions and Parliament.Trade Review"A book of considerable learning and importance, written with charm and clarity...that deserves to become a core text for students and should be read by all serious journalists." Peter Oborne, British Journalism Review"Virtually a social history of modern Britain, … [written from] a fantastic vantage point … with a lightness of touch. " Times Higher Education"One of the break-throughs of Malcolm Dean's book is the way it documents the fact that the media are more than just messengers. What it unearths is the degree to which ministers' attitudes and mindsets are influenced by the media in such crucial fields as law and order, drug reform and asylum. They are major players." Howard Glennerster, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Politics."As one would expect from an ex-journalist of a quality newspaper, the book is well written in a very accessible style. In particular, there is none of the jargon that is a feature of so many academic books on the media and politics." Raymond Kuhn, Journal of Social Policy"a compelling analysis of the complexities and, at times, cynicism of how policy has been shaped in modern Britain" Brian Murphy, Irish Examiner July 2013“a remarkably detailed book…an intricate and subtle study” Julian Petley, Fifth Estate Online"Malcolm Dean had a media seat in the stalls of social policy through four tumultuous decades. He's been there, seen it - and knows it better than anyone. A vital subject: a definitive book." Peter Preston, former editor of The Guardian"Malcolm Dean's fascinating book explores an under-discussed dimension of politics -- how policy and political decisions are shaped by the popular media. Many of his examples should cause us great concern." Baroness Shirley Williams"Malcolm Dean has been uniquely well-placed to witness innumerable policy successes and failures, and the often distorted lens through which they have been covered by the media. This thoughtful and wise book will be invaluable for anyone working in the media who's involved in explaining social policy, and to anyone involved in social policy who needs to get the media on their side." Geoff Mulgan, Chief Executive of NESTA and former Director of the Prime Minister's Policy Unit and the Cabinet Office's Strategy Unit in Tony Blair's GovernmentTable of ContentsForeword by Howard Glennerster; Foreword by David R. Mayhew; Preface: 1. The rise and fall of mainstream journalism; 2. An inside and outside look at policy-making; 3. Law and order; 4. Drugs: tabloid puppets and pawns; 5. Asylum: an oppressive media campaign prompts a cowardly political response; 6. Labour's boldest target: to end child poverty; 7. Vocational education: the biggest disappointment; 8. Health and social care: the most expensive breakfast in history; 9. The disappearance of the housing correspondent; 10. Subverting democracy (1): seven sins of the reptiles; 11. Subverting democracy (2): serious crimes of the reptiles; Afterword; Index

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Book SynopsisFurthering social justice and human rights is a fundamental principle underlying the social work profession. Engaging in social policy formulation processes is a major route through which social workers can realise this goal. This type of social work activity has been termed ‘policy practice’. The aim of this book is to shed light on policy practice in social work discourse, education and practice in eight liberal democracies. This is the first effort to undertake a cross-national study of social worker engagement in social policy formulation processes. The book offers insights into questions such as ‘what is the importance attributed to social worker involvement in policy change in the social work discourse and education in different countries?’ and ‘how do social workers influence social policy in various national settings?’ These issues are relevant to social worker practitioners, students, educators and researchers, as well as to social policy scholars, who are interested in the role of professionals in social policy formulation.Trade Review"Gal and Weiss-Gal should be commended for editing the first book of its kind, one that provides social work scholars with a cross-national examination of social work policy practice." International Journal of Social Welfare"Social workers affecting social policy is original, topical and informative ... for anyone wanting a book on social work policy practice in different countries, this will be the one." Jonathan Dickens, University of East AngliaTable of ContentsPolicy practice in social work: an introduction; Social workers affecting social policy in Australia; Social workers affecting social policy in England; Social workers affecting social policy in Israel; Social workers affecting social policy in Italy; Social workers affecting social policy in Russia; Social workers affecting social policy in Spain; Social workers affecting social policy in Sweden; Social workers affecting social policy in the US; An international perspective on policy practice

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Book SynopsisThis unique Handbook explores the role of government in the development of entrepreneurship in countries where twenty years ago private enterprise was illegal or barely tolerated. The expert contributors reveal that government policy is one of the key influences on the external environment in which businesses develop, particularly in countries where it has been necessary to redefine the role of the state in relation to business development. They outline how government policy can also act as an enabling and/or a constraining force with respect to entrepreneurship development, particularly in relation to institutional change and the development of a market-based economy. This Handbook includes up-to-date information and analysis as to how entrepreneurship policies have evolved in the wider Europe, focusing on the challenges that arise in designing and implementing entrepreneurship policy. The Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship Policies in Central and Eastern Europe excellently covers different facets of entrepreneurship policies in Central and Eastern Europe and will prove invaluable for academics, students and researchers of entrepreneurship and small business as well as policy studies. Policy makers will also find plenty of key insights and relevant information in this important resource.Contributors include: B. Bradac, A. Chepurenko, J. Cieslik, A. Hofer, N. Isakova, K. Kolarov, B. Piasecki, M. Rebernik, A. Rogut, Z. Roman, A. Sauka, D. Smallbone, K. Todorov, U. Venesaar, F. Welter, M. XhenetiTrade Review‘A work of seminal and original economic scholarship, the Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship Policies in Central and Eastern Europe is strongly recommended as a core addition to governmental and academic library economic policy studies reference collections, and critically important reading for economists and academicians concerned with Europeans current economic crisis.’ -- The Midwest Book ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. Entrepreneurship Policies in the Wider Europe: A Thematic Perspective Friederike Welter and David Smallbone PART I: ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICIES IN THE NEW EUROPE 2. The Local Dimension of Entrepreneurship Policy: The Example of East Germany Andrea-Rosalinde Hofer and Friederike Welter 3. Promoting Cross-border Entrepreneurship in Bulgaria: A Case for Policy Treatment? Kiril Todorov, Kostadin Kolarov and David Smallbone 4. SMEs and Social Dialogue in the New Europe: The Case of Hungary David Smallbone, Zoltan Roman and Robert Blackburn 5. Mentalities and Mindsets: The Difficulties of Entrepreneurship Policies in the Latvian Context Arnis Sauka and Friederike Welter 6. University-level Entrepreneurship Education in Poland Jerzy Cieślik 7. Creating a Regional Innovation System: The Case of Lodz in Poland Anna Rogut and Bogdan Piasecki 8. From Making the State to Institutionalizing Entrepreneurship Policy in Slovenia Miroslav Rebernik and Barbara Bradač PART II: ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICIES BEYOND THE EUROPEAN UNION 9. Entrepreneurship Policy Transfer: The Case of the SME Policy Framework in Albania Mirela Xheneti 10. Entrepreneurship and SME Policies in Fragile Environments: The Example of Russia Alexander Chepurenko 11. Fostering Women’s Entrepreneurship in Ukraine Nina Isakova PART III: CHALLENGES FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICIES IN A WIDER EUROPE 12. Conclusions and Outlook David Smallbone and Friederike Welter Index

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Book SynopsisContinuity and Change in Public Policy and Management offers a major reconsideration of patterns in long-term policymaking and organizational change. Christopher Pollitt and Geert Bouckaert use international and inter-sectoral comparison to challenge some currently fashionable models of policymaking.Combining theory development, international comparison and original case study analysis, two of Europe's leading public policy and management scholars apply and develop some of the main models of policy change and offer a revealing long-term view of policy developments since 1965. Drawing on an extensive programme of elite interviews and documentary analysis they provide an integrated treatment of national and local policymaking in two major public services - hospital care and the police - in England and Belgium. This timely book addresses the 'paradigm wars' in public policy, arguing for a nuanced intermediate position that challenges the orthodox and the post-modernists alike.This fascinating core book will be highly sought by advanced students and academics in public administration, public management, government, comparative politics or public policy courses. It will also prove to be an important tool for students in police studies and healthcare management.Trade Review'This lucid, vivid and intelligent book on "continuity and change" in policy and management by Pollitt and Bouckaert follows in the footsteps of Pollitt's previous book on the issue of time, a vital but often neglected issue. In the present book the focus is on comparisons: Britain and Belgium, hospitals and police, national and local, and comparison over time. Again conceptually rich, this book makes you think. The best a book can do.' -- Walter Kickert, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands'Students working on case studies often complain that theory comes in the way of the actual story. This study provides an inspiring example of the opposite. While the authors indeed strongly draw on their extensive theoretical knowledge, this is done in such an elegant and subtle way that this book becomes a real pleasure to read. It is a welcome reminder that excellent research is not only methodologically sound and theoretically relevant, but can also be genuinely interesting and simply fun to read.' -- Jeroen Maesschalck, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium'This ambitious analysis of public policy and management ranges over time, across two fields (hospitals and police), two contrasting country systems (Belgium and the United Kingdom) and levels of government. Using a grounded approach to address the complexities and subtleties of different layers and rates of change, the study provides a pioneering and profound analysis that few current books in public management and policy can equal. The concluding chapters on theories of change and doctrines of comparison (essentially methodology) provide masterly reflections on policy and management, and theoretical insights for further examination.' -- John Halligan, University of Canberra, Australia'This comparative account of public policy and management in England and Belgium provides a fascinating and absorbing analysis of change between 1965 and 2005. Using a "historical institutionalist approach", Pollitt and Bouckaert draw on local case studies of the police and hospitals in Brighton and Leuven to illustrate the complex interface between national policy making and its implementation and to highlight the difficulties of managing change in major institutions. They argue that differences derive from the distinctive features of the national political systems whereas similarities, such as organisational specialisation, managerialism and technological change, are generated by international trends in society and technology. This text, at once readable, thoughtful and provocative, will appeal widely to both those who study policy and those whose aim is to make and implement it at national or local level.' -- Sue Balloch, University of Brighton, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Theory and Method in Comparative Studies of Organizational Change 2. National Reforms: The Belgian and English Regimes 3. National Reforms: Hospitals 4. National Reforms: Police 5. National Reforms: Intersectoral Comparison 6. What Happened Locally? Hospitals 7. What Happened Locally? Police 8. Reflections on Theories of Change 9. Reflections on Doctrines of Comparison Appendix: The Brighton–Leuven Project References Index

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Book SynopsisOver the past decade, carbon capture and storage (CCS) has come to the fore as a way to manage carbon dioxide emissions contributing to climate change. This book examines its introduction into the political scene, different interpretations of its significance as an emerging technology and the policy challenges facing government and international institutions with respect to its development, deployment and regulation. The focus of the book is on the construction of arguments about CCS in the public sphere, the coalitions of actors who have articulated distinctive perspectives on CCS and the varied strategies governments have adopted to integrate it into climate and energy policies. The authors analyse the issues decision-makers now confront in encouraging the uptake of the technology, managing uncertainties and regulating attendant risks. The book includes case studies of the reception of CCS in seven OECD countries: Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States. Developments in the EU form the subject of an eighth case study. The authors point to the political significance of CCS as a mitigation option offering a way forward for fossil fuels in a carbon constrained world, while also emphasizing the uncertainties that surround its future development and deployment. Students, scholars and researchers from a wide variety of fields who are interested in climate change, energy policy, and the politics and policy of the environment will find this book illuminating, as will officials and policy makers in international organizations and governments.Trade Review'. . . the volume is a timely and informative text for students and academics, as well as for practitioners within international organizations and governments.' -- Rudra Kapila, Climate LawTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Politics and Policy of Carbon Capture and Storage James Meadowcroft and Oluf Langhelle 2. Technology Leader, Policy Laggard: CCS Development for Climate Mitigation in the US Political Context Jennie C. Stephens 3. CCS in Australia: From Political Posturing to Policy Potential Darren Sinclair and Neil Gunningham 4. CCS in Canada Mark Jaccard and Jacqueline Sharp 5. Technology as Political Glue: CCS in Norway Andreas Tjernshaugen and Oluf Langhelle 6. Electricity Gap versus Climate Change: Electricity Politics and the Potential Role of CCS in Germany Barbara Praetorius and Christoph von Stechow 7. CCS in the UK: Squaring Coal Use with Climate Change? Ivan Scrase and Jim Watson 8. CCS in the Netherlands: Glass Half Empty or Half Full? Philip J. Vergragt 9. CCS and the European Union: Magic Bullet or Pure Magic? Dag Harald Claes and Paal Frisvold 10. CCS in Comparative Perspective Oluf Langhelle and James Meadowcroft 11. The Politics and Policy of CCS: The Uncertain Road Ahead James Meadowcroft and Oluf Langhelle Index

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Book SynopsisMartin Chick's book is a major economic and historical study of the development of electricity and energy policy in Britain, France and the United States since 1945. Using newly available archival material the author draws important comparisons between these countries and includes all of the fuel and power industries.Among the issues covered within this book are: nationalisation and privatisation; regulation, deregulation and liberalisation; marginal cost pricing; investment appraisal; the OPEC oil price hikes of the 1970s; the European Coal and Steel Community; domestic and international threats to national energy security; the electricity blackouts in California; the efforts of the European Commission to promote competition in national and transnational electricity markets; and the influence of history on current discussions of energy policy. The book blends economic theory with historical evidence and is as interested in the political factors affecting the implementation of theory as in the theory itself.It will be of interest to all students and scholars of environmental studies, politics, economics, business and industrial history, as well as to anyone interested in placing the current debates on electricity and energy policy in their historical perspectiveTrade Review'. . . it's a valuable and laudable work. . . I found it interesting and helpful to have an account of the parallel developments in the other two countries. . . An analysis of important aspects of British and French energy policy development based on primary sources is a worthwhile contribution. A broad comparative synthesis of energy policy in the three countries is also a worthwhile contribution.' -- John Neufeld, EH.NET'The main objective of this very interesting book is to analyse - from economic history and political economy perspectives - the similarities and differences in the forms that the electricity sector has been organized and the ways that energy policy has developed in Britain, France, and the US. The book's organization and the clarity of the writing make for a highly rewarding read. . . Chick has dedicated many years to studying the electricity sector, and this book demonstrates his mastery of this complex industry. . . Chick's book will be of decided interest to energy specialists, but it will also appeal to a broader readership including economic historians, political economists, and other social scientists who wish to understand the crucial role that energy has played in international politics, economic growth, and human welfare during the period since the Second World War.' -- Judith Clifton, The Economic History Review'Chick's superb study of this crucial sector goes right to the heart of a number of problems associated with markets and government, casting light on each. It also sheds light in unexpected areas, and in particular on the history of economic thought. Above all, this volume succeeds admirably in fusing the best techniques of business and economic history to show why history matters for present-day policy.' -- Roger Middleton, Business History'This history of the post-WWII electricity supply industry in France, Great Britain and the US is well researched and well written. . . The author draws on newly available archival material to develop a sophisticated, deeply informed portrayal of the evolutionary process in each nation. . . This well-crafted industrial history should be of interest to practitioners and policy makers as well as students and scholars. Highly recommended.' -- R.C. Singleton, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Shifting from Coal to Oil: What Price Security? 3. The European Coal and Steel Community 4. Moving the Margin to the Centre: Pricing Electricity 5. Electricity Investment: Rewarding the Past, Discounting the Future 6. Deregulation, Privatisation and Liberalisation 7. Conclusion Bibliography 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 SynopsisRussia's vast energy reserves, and its policies towards them have enormous importance in the current geopolitical landscape. This important book examines Russia's energy policies on the national, interregional and global level. It pays particular attention to energy policy actors ranging from state, federal and regional actors, to energy companies and international financial actors and organizations. The book models the formation of Russia's energy policies in terms of how energy policy actors perceive and map their policy environment. The case studies cover federal, regional and environmental aspects of Russian energy policy, Russia's energy relations with Europe and the CIS, North East Asia, the globalization of Russian oil companies and the political economy of Russian energy. It is found that there are several concurrent energy policies in contemporary Russia, and that this situation is likely to continue. These policies are conducted primarily from the business frame perspective while notions of energy superpower Russia are found more ambiguous. Russia's Energy Policies will benefit advanced master's level students, doctoral students, researchers, policy makers and practitioners. The book will be a great resource for advanced international relations, political economy, international business and globalization courses alongside energy policy courses, as well as area studies courses on Russian, post-Soviet and European politics and environmental politics.Contributors: P. Aalto, M.M. Balmaceda, M. Bradshaw, D. Dusseault, M.D. Kennedy, M. Kivinen, X. Liu, N. Poussenkova, H. Smith, S. Tabata, N. TynkkynenTrade Review’The result is a multifaceted book, which is a pioneer in its field, useful for anybody who wishes to gain more in-depth knowledge about Russia’s energy policies, their formation and national and international influence. The numerous tables and maps are very helpful in this respect. . . This book opens up many important questions. . . hopes are that this book will function as a trigger for more studies in this fascinating and under researched field.’ -- Anna Marhold, Oil, Gas and Energy Law Intelligence‘Russia’s Energy Policies may not be just a recommendation, but a roadmap for the way to move forward.’ -- Artur Tranzola Santos, e-International Relations‘The book is a timely, thorough and balanced attempt to understand the complexities and strategic drivers influencing Russian policies in the areas of hydrocarbon extraction and delivery, which goes beyond the frequently encountered stereotypes. The authors are aware that they have studied policies which are continually evolving, but have provided a framework by which these movements can be traced and studied further.’ -- Malcolm Hill, Journal of Contemporary European Studies‘Russia is an increasingly important player in global energy markets, yet its policies are under-researched and little understood. This collection represents an important and sophisticated contribution to the debate. While much of the commentary on Russian energy consists of generalizations about Russia’s political strategy, this work lifts the lid and looks inside the process through which Russian energy policies are designed and implemented. It brings together essays by top specialists in the field, and makes a conscious effort to integrate the various disciplines of politics, economics and geography by developing a model of the “cognitive frames” through which the policy process is shaped. It addresses both domestic and international dimensions of the problem, and gives equal weight to traditional customers in Europe and new markets in Asia.’ -- Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I: A NEW APPROACH TO RUSSIA’S ENERGY POLICY 1. Introduction Pami Aalto 2. How Are Russian Energy Policies Formulated? Linking the Actors and Structures of Energy Policy Pami Aalto, David Dusseault, Markku Kivinen and Michael D. Kennedy PART II: THE NATIONAL LEVEL 3. Public and Business Actors in Russia’s Energy Policy Markku Kivinen 4. Russia’s East and the Search for a New El Dorado: A Comparative Analysis of Russia’s Kovytka, Sakhalin-2 and Chaiadinskoe Greenfield Projects David Dusseault 5. Environmental Sustainability of Russia’s Energy Policies Nina Tynkkynen and Pami Aalto PART III: THE INTERREGIONAL LEVEL 6. Russian Foreign Policy and Energy: The Case of the Nord Stream Gas Pipeline Hanna Smith 7. Russia’s Central and Eastern European Energy Transit Corridor: Ukraine and Belarus Margarita M. Balmaceda 8. Russia’s Energy Policy in the Far East and East Siberia Shinichiro Tabata and Xu Liu PART IV: THE GLOBAL LEVEL: RUSSIAN ENERGY IN A WIDER PERSPECTIVE 9. ‘They Went East, They Went West…’: The Global Expansion of Russian Oil Companies Nina Poussenkova 10. Russian Energy Dilemmas: Energy Security, Globalization and Climate Change Michael Bradshaw 11. Conclusion: Learning About Russian Energy Policies Pami Aalto References Index

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Book SynopsisThe current context of social policy is one in which many of the old certainties of the past have been eroded. The predominantly inward-looking, domestic preoccupation of social policy has made way for a more integrated, international and outward approach to analysis which looks beyond the boundaries of the state. It is in this context that this Handbook brings together the work of key commentators in the field of comparative analysis in order to provide comprehensive coverage of contemporary debates and issues in cross-national social policy research.Organized around five themes, this thoroughly revised and updated second edition explores the contextual, conceptual, analytical and processual aspects of undertaking comparative social research. The contributions highlight specific areas of comparative social policy including child poverty and well-being, patterns of housing provision and housing inequalities, and social protection in East Asia as well as crime and criminology in a global context. The authors of the Handbook explore continuing and emerging themes as well as issues which are of particular relevance to understanding the contemporary social world.International in scope, this authoritative Handbook presents original cutting-edge research from leading specialists and will become an indispensable source of reference for anyone interested in comparative and international social research. It will also prove a valuable study aid for undergraduate and postgraduate students from a range of disciplines including social policy, sociology, politics, urban studies and public policy.Contributors include: D. Bainton, J. Billiet, J. Bradshaw, J. Clasen, G. Crow, R. Forrest, N. Ginsburg, I. Gough, L. Hantrais, B. Jessop, P. Kennett, H.-j. Kwon, N. Lendvai, S. Mangen, J. Midgley, R. Mishra, D. Nelken, J. O'Connor, A. Perez-Baltodano, A. Walker, C.-k. WongTrade Review'This extensively revised edition of A Handbook of Comparative Social Policy provides up-to-date and valuable insights on key concepts and issues, such as globalization, crime, diversity, housing, child poverty, gender inequality, and social policy regimes. To write about these topics, editor Patricia Kennett has gathered an excellent team of researchers, who deal with both the developing and the advanced industrial world. Students of comparative social policy would benefit from engaging with this illuminating Handbook.' --Daniel Béland, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: The Changing Context of Comparative Social Policy Patricia Kennett PART I: THE STATE AND SOCIAL POLICY IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD 1. Hollowing Out the ‘Nation-State’ and Multi-Level Governance Bob Jessop 2. Globalization, Human Security and Social Policy: North and South Andrés Pérez-Baltodano 3. Globalization and the Decline of ‘Social Protection by Other Means’: The Transformation of Welfare Regimes in Australia, Japan and Eastern Europe Ramesh Mishra PART II: CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS 4. Defining Comparative Social Policy Jochen Clasen 5. Conceptualizing State and Society Graham Crow 6. The Ethnocentric Construction of the Welfare State Alan Walker and Chack-kie Wong 7. Translation: Towards a Critical Comparative Social Policy Agenda Noemi Lendvai and David Bainton PART III: COMPARING AND CATEGORIZING SOCIAL POLICY PROVISION AND REDISTRIBUTION 8. Gender, Citizenship and Welfare State Regimes in the Early Twenty-first Century: ‘Incomplete Revolution’ and/or Gender Equality ‘Lost in Translation’ Julia S. O’Connor 9. Structured Diversity: A Framework for Critically Comparing Welfare States? Norman Ginsburg 10. Social Development and Social Welfare: Implications for Comparative Social Policy James Midgley 11. Social Policy Regimes in the Developing World Ian Gough PART IV: THE RESEARCH PROCESS 12. Crossing Cultural Boundaries Linda Hantrais 13. Cross-National Qualitative Research Methods: Innovations in the New Millennium Steen Mangen 14. Quantitative Methods with Survey Data in Comparative Research Jaak Billiet PART V: THEMES AND DEBATES 15. Child Poverty and Child Well-being in Comparative Perspective Jonathan Bradshaw 16. The Contours of the Housing Question Ray Forrest 17. Global Economic Downturn and Social Protection in East Asia: Coping with Crisis and Reducing Poverty Huck-ju Kwon 18. Globalization, Crime and Comparative Criminal Justice David Nelken Index

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Book SynopsisPrivatization and Economic Efficiency assesses the economic content of many of the beliefs surrounding privatization. It develops a new and novel inter-disciplinary approach linking economic and organizational dimensions.A series of case studies examines the theory, evidence and policy experience of privatization in developed and developing nations. These studies focus on the UK, US, Egypt and Jamaica. The book concludes that privatization is an appealingly simple phrase concealing many difficulties and problems for analysts, researchers and policymakers.Trade Review'. . . overall the volume is interesting, readable, and well produced. . .' -- Stephen Trotter, The Economic Journal

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Book SynopsisThe Welfare State in Britain presents a history of British social policy from the election of Clement Attlee to the fall of Margaret Thatcher.Michael Hill focuses upon the political processes which influenced the key reforms of the late 1940s, and the ways in which those reforms have subsequently been consolidated and undermined. He critically examines some of the theories drawn from political science which have been used to explain the growth of the welfare state in Britain. The so called 'crisis of the welfare state' that has dominated recent rhetoric is shown to have its origins in the very period when the welfare state was believed to have been created. Despite its importance for electoral politics, social policy is shown to have often been subordinate to economic and foreign policy. The book will be essential reading for all students of social welfare and social policy as well as the political history of Britain since 1945.Trade Review'It is lucidly-written and is recommended as a good first-year student text for introductory courses in social policy.'Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Social Policy before 1945 3. The Labour Governments 1945–51 4. The Conservative Governments 1951–64 5. The Labour Governments 1964–70 6. The Conservative Government 1970–74 7. The Labour Governments 1974–79 8. Thatcher's Conservative Governments 1979–90 9. Conclusions Reference Index

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Book SynopsisThis major textbook presents for the first time a thoroughly modern introduction to policy studies - one of the fastest growing areas in the academic curriculum.Public Policy provides a lively, clear and highly accessible introduction to the theory and practice of public policy. Interdisciplinary and comparative in scope, this text covers agenda setting, and problem definition, policy making, implementation and evaluation. The book has been designed to be used with a wide range of policy oriented courses. Wayne Parsons surveys the development of the policy sciences over the past fifty years and focuses on the key ideas, thinkers and concepts which have shaped the field. His authoritative narrative draws on a wide range of policy disciplines - including political science, psychology, sociology, economics, and management. A central theme of the book is its emphasis on taking a multi-framed approach to analysing the increasingly complex policy problems and processes of industrial societies. Unique features include case studies, guides to further reading, background notes and numerous graphics to support and illustrate the main text. Public Policy will be welcomed as a comprehensive examination of the models and methods needed to understand policy making in the modern state. Comprehensive, critical and up-to-date, this textbook promises to define the field for a new generation of students and teachers.Trade Review'Its comprehensiveness is a major achievement in such a diffuse and broad subject.' -- Peter John, West European Politics'The wide sweep of the book, with its extensive bibliography, would prove to be very helpful to students and researchers alike. I think it is a valuable addition to the repertory of textbooks available on the subject.' -- Kuldeep Mathur, Journal of Educational Planning and Administration'This is an excellent review and analysis of the public policy literature . . . Students and faculty can both profit from Parsons's insights into the field.' -- B. Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh, US'This is an excellent book. It is readable, knowledgeable, clear, coherent and in the jargon of the 1990s, "user friendly".' -- Bob Haigh, Teaching Public Administration'This is a formidable book, providing quite the most comprehensive review of the vast and varied literature on public policy. Wayne Parsons presents the range of arguments and theories in a lively and accessible way, being prepared to take us back to Machiavelli and to remind us of the importance of authorities from earlier in this Century as well as to introduce contemporary work. He is very good at showing how prescription and description are interwoven in most of the literature. I read it through over a short period of time without indigestion, but will recommend it to undergraduates in the latter terms, but its particular strength is as a postgraduate text.' -- Michael Hill, University of Newcasle upon Tyne, UK'A very encompassing, informative and useful statement. Belongs in every personal and institutional library.' -- Amitai Etzioni, author of The Spirit of Community'Dr Parsons' book does a very clear and useful job of tracing out the numerous approaches that have been taken and are being taken to the understanding of public policy and the processes that form and change it.' -- Herbert A. Simon, Carnegie Mellon University, US'Rarely does a textbook excite, but this superb teaching volume proves the exception. It is unquestionably the most comprehensive public policy text available. . . it will surely become the standard text. . . As the cliche goes, it is difficult to put down. The level of synthesis is mature and elegant to the degree that it will appeal to most subject teachers as more than simply a student text. Its virtues are considerable.' -- Public Administration'Responding to the increasingly complex nature of modern society. . . . Parsons provides a thoroughly documented introduction to the study of what governments do, why they do it, and what difference it makes.' -- Choice'His awareness of the interrelationship between the social sciences and the public policy field makes this book an important contribution to our understanding of the latter. . . . Parsons' discussion of what is public and what is private makes this book both timely and useful. . . it is comprehensive and contemporary and a most rewarding contribution to our understanding of the origins and scope of public policy.' -- Richard W. Phidd, Canadian Public Administration'This textbook is more than the introduction of the title; it offers a distinctive conceptualization and approach. The structure is commendably clear.' -- Andrew Gray, Political Studies'It is clearly written and will provide an enlightening perspective on the processes of public policy development and implementation. Wayne Parsons' book is likely to become a standard text on public policy analysis.' -- Chris Skelcher, Local Government StudiesTable of ContentsContents: PART I 1.1 Introduction 1.2 'Public and 'Policy' as Concepts 1.3 The Development of the Policy Approach 1.4 Kinds of Policy Analysts and Policy Analysis 1.5 Varieties of Analytical Frameworks 1.6 Philosophical Frameworks 1.7 Analysis and the Policy Process 1.8 Models, Maps and Metaphors 1.9 Paradigms Lost and Found: Sifts in the Focus and Frameworks of Policy Analysis 1.10 Stages and Cycles: Mapping the Policy Process 1.11 The Arrangement of Parts Two, Three and Four PART II 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Social Problem Approaches 2.3 Public Opinion and Public Policy 2.4 Theories of Agenda Control 2.5 Typologies of Policy Issues 2.6 Pluralism, Non-Decision-Making and the Third Dimension of Power 2.7 Neo-Marxist and Critical Approaches 2.8 Knowledge and the Policy Agenda 2.9 Policies and Problems as Symbols 2.10 Networks, Streams, Advocacy Coalitions and Punctuated Equilibrium 2.11 Analysing the Boundaries 2.12 Globalization and Policy-Making: The International Parameters PART III 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Decision-Making: Frameworks and Disciplinary Contexts 3.3 Power Approaches to Decision-Making 3.4 Rationality and Decision-Making 3.5 The Public Choice Approach to Decision-Making 3.6 Institutional Approaches 3.7 Personality, Cognition and Information Processing in Decision-Making 3.8 Policy Analysis and Public Decisions 3.9 Rational Decision-Making and the quest for Knowledgeable Governance 3.10 Critiques of Policy Analysis PART IIII 4.1 Introduction 4.2 The Arrangement of Part Four 4.3 Implementation 4.4 Delivery Systems 4.5 Evaluation 4.6 Change and Continuity in Policy-Making 4.7 Promise and Performance: Evaluating Impact and Outcomes 4.8 Conclusion: Beyond Delivery and Towards Democratization Index

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Book SynopsisThis important new book is an indispensable guide to the development and implementation of environmental policy. It presents authoritative analyses and state-of-the-art summaries which will be essential both to scholars and practitioners trying to keep abreast of the most recent developments in this fast changing field.The book sheds new light on two areas of environmental policy - liability law and enforcement - which are experiencing dramatic change. It shows how economic analysis can provide useful and meaningful insights about subjects such as criminal penalties, private enforcement, liability for oil spills, tort remedies, and lender liability which have hitherto only been considered by lawyers. Drawing on the latest advances in both economics and law, it critically assesses how the most recent innovations in liability law and enforcement are actually working in practice.Trade Review'Traditional regulatory approaches to the environment have been found wanting. As environmental challenges grow and become more complex, it is imperative that we seek efficient solutions to them. Tom Tietenberg's editorship brings together the leading experts in the field in an innovative demonstration of the way forward.' -- David Pearce, University College London, UK'. . . the essays are well-written, co-ordinated, and readable. One of the book's strengths is its use of economic and legal analysis on selected environmental enforcement and liability issues. The result is many thought-provoking suggestions that realise questions about the basic goals and assumptions that underlie those policy decisions.' -- Frank F. Skillern, Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy'I highly recommend the book for everybody interested in the enforcement of environmental regulations.' -- Ing-Marie Gren, The Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics

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Book SynopsisNew Approaches to Welfare Theory draws on recent work from the sociology of social action, feminist literature and critical social theory, to counter the current impasse in social policy. Interdisciplinary in scope and including work by economists, psychologists, philosophers and social workers, it offer insights into the meaning and dynamics of claimsmaking in modern society.The introduction examines the claims which groups - especially groups of marginalised people - make against institutions, the problems they have in articulating their aspirations and needs, and the structured institutional responses to their claims. This is followed by a series of papers on the problem of establishing the moral justifiability of claims, including contributions from both the contractarian and utilitarian approaches. Later sections concentrate on the constraining and enabling effects of social structures on claimsmaking - including the various excluding and filtering institutional responses - and the interactions both of claimsmakers with political institutions and of social groups with institutional patterns. The volume concludes with an afterword by the editors discussing the relationship between the universalist and particularist approaches, the two perspectives on the moral dimensions of welfare which feature most prominently in the book. The essays and papers in this book draw upon a broad background of research, teaching and practical experience by a distinguished group of scholars. New Approaches to Welfare Theory will be welcomed by students and researchers, as well as by social workers and policymakers, as an enlightening and instructive discussion of the problems and implications of an approach to welfare from the perspective of social action.Trade Review'These essays raise the discussion of welfare-state theory to a new level of conceptual and political sophistication.'Table of ContentsContents: Part I: Welfare, Human Agency and Discourse Part II: Welfare Claims and Institutional Responses Part III: The Dynamics of Welfare Claims Part IV: Whither Welfare Theory: Summary and Critical Comments

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Book SynopsisThis volume provides the most important essays and papers on urban and regional policy, making it a convenient summary of the key theories, approaches and research results.The study of sub-national politics is no longer mainly concerned with the urban political decision-making process and now focuses on the political, economic and social preconditions for urban policy. As the articles and papers reprinted in this volume demonstrate, local and regional politics are increasingly important features of most Western democracies. Economic and political life are more and more determined by changes occurring at the local, regional and global levels rather than at the national level. This volume seeks to cover the most important elements of research on local government with a particular emphasis on different approaches and theories of urban political economy. The volume covers, in turn, the study of urban politics and government, theories of local government, central-local relationships and local autonomy, local politics, the political economy of local government and regional policy.Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Urban Policy A. Theories of Local Government 1. E. Page (1982), ‘The Value of Local Autonomy’ 2. L.J. Sharpe (1970), ‘Theories and Values of Local Government’ 3. M. Goldsmith (1992), ‘Local Government’ 4. R.A. Dahl (1967), ‘The City in the Future of Democracy’ 5. M. Dear (1981), ‘A Theory of the Local State’ 6. A. Kirby (1989),‘State, Local State, Context, and Spatiality: A Reappraisal of State Theory’ 7. D. Ashford (1975), ‘Theories of Local Government: Some Comparative Considerations’ B. Central–Local Relationships and Local Autonomy 8. L.J. Sharpe (1988), ‘The Growth and Decentralisation of the Modern Democratic State’ 9. E.C. Page and M.J. Goldsmith (1987), ‘Centre and Locality: Explaining Crossnational Variation’. 10. D.S. King (1987), ‘The State, Capital and Urban Change in Britain’ 11. R. Warren (1990), ’National Urban Policy and the Local State: Paradoxes of Meaning, Action, and Consequences’ 12. R. Hambleton (1989), ‘Urban Government under Thatcher and Reagan’ C. Local Politics 13. P. Bachrach and M.S. Baratz (1962), ‘Two Faces of Power’ 14. K. Newton (1982), ‘Is Small Really so Beautiful? Is Big Really so Ugly? Size, Effectiveness, and Democracy in Local Government’ 15. C.N. Stone (1980), ‘Systemic Power in Community Decision Making: A Restatement of Stratification Theory’ 16. K. Newton and L.J. Sharpe (1977), ‘Local Outputs Research: Some Reflections and Proposals’ D. The Political Economy of Local Government: The Politics of Place 17. C.M. Tiebout (1956), ‘A Pure Theory of Local Expenditure’ 18. P.E. Peterson (1979), ‘A Unitary Models of Local Taxation and Expenditure Policies in the United States’ 19. H. Molotch (1976), ‘The City as a Growth Machine: Toward a Political Economy of Place’ 20. G. Stoker (1992), ‘The Comparative Study of Urban Regimes’. 21. T. Swanstrom (1988), ‘Semisovereign Cities: The Politics of Urban Development’ 22. P. Kantor (1987), ‘The Dependent City: The Changing Political Economy of Urban Economic Development in the United States’ 23. H. Molotch (1990), ‘Urban Deals in Comparative Perspective’ Part II: Regional Policy 24. R.D.P. Smith (1968), ‘The Changing Urban Hierarchy’ 25. M. Keating (1988), ‘Does Regional Government Work? The Experience of Italy, France and Spain’ 26. D. Massey (1979), ‘In What Sense a Regional Problem?’ 27. M. Chisholm (1985), ‘De-Industrialisation and British Regional Policy’ 28. J.N. Marshall (1985), ’Business Services, the Regions and Regional Policy’ 29. C.F. Sabel (1989), ‘Flexible Specialisation and the Re-emergence of Regional Economies’ 30. A.R. Markusen and V. Carlson (1989), ’Deindustrialization in the American Midwest: Causes and Responses’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThe debate regarding the increased funding of higher education has focused on specific issues - such as whether higher education should be financed through general taxation and the implications of collecting fees later in life through the use of a tax surcharge - while largely ignoring the important economic interdependencies which affect them.In The Economics of Higher Education, John Creedy explores the economic foundations of the debate and focuses attention on the process of government decision-making including the precise way that these decisions are affected by the possible external effects of higher education. This book addresses the key issues in the debate using a fully specified model which allows for dispersion of abilities, the individual’s decision to invest in higher education and the government’s choice of higher education grant, along with the government’s budget constraint. This model is also used to consider the effects of alternative tax and grant systems on the distribution of lifetime income within a cohort of individuals, and is extended to allow for the general equilibrium effects of other social transfers to the low paid, along with means testing of grants.The non-technical introduction discusses the author’s approach, the framework of analysis and the conclusions which he has reached. As a rigorous analytical contribution to a major public policy debate, this book will be welcomed by policymakers and educationalists, as well as by teachers and researchers in the field of public economics.Trade Review’John Creedy provides a highly rigorous technical analysis. . .’Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. A General Framework of Analysis 3. Extensions to the Model 4. Majority Voting Over Progressive Taxation 5. Higher Education and Progressive Taxation 6. Further Extensions of the Model 7. Higher Education and Inequality 8. The Use of a Tax Surcharge 9. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisFor governments to be successful in achieving their objectives, they need to select the correct policy instruments. This volume addresses the role of policy instruments in achieving policy objectives.Policy Evaluation provides a systematic assessment of the impact that public policy evaluations have on the governance of democratic societies. This book emphasises the impacts of policy evaluations on the formulation, implementation and accountability functions of governments. At all three phases of the policy cycle, there is a need for coherent and systematic evaluation. This book demonstrates how such evaluations can be conducted and the opportunities for their subsequent utilization.Trade Review'This volume provides very comprehensive coverage of the subject.' -- International Review of Administrative SciencesTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Policy Evaluation and the Policy Arena A. Theoretical Perspectives 1. E. Albaek (1989–90), ‘Policy Evaluation: Design and Utilization’ 2. F.L. Leeuw (1991), ‘Policy Theories, Knowledge Utilization, and Evaluation’ 3. D.J. Palumbo and M.A. Hallett (1993), ‘Conflict Versus Consensus Models in Policy Evaluation and Implementation’ B. Policy Evaluation and Policy Instruments 4. M. Howlett (1991), ‘Policy Instruments, Policy Styles, and Policy Implementation: National Approaches to Theories of Instrument Choice’ 5. M. Wrightson and T. Conlan (1989), ‘Targeting Aid to the Poor: What Have We Learned About Allocating Intergovernmental Grants?’ 6. B. Abel Smith (1992), ‘Cost Containment and New Priorities in the European Community’ C. Policy Evaluation and Utilization 7. A. Gray and B. Jenkins (1989–90), ‘Policy Evaluation in a Time of Fiscal Stress: Some Reflections from British Experience’ 8. M.L. Bemelmans-Videc (1989–90), ’Dutch Experience in the Utilization of Evaluation Research: The Procedure of Reconsideration’ 9. D.H. Greenberg and M.B. Mandell (1991), ‘Research Utilization in Policymaking: A Tale of Two Series (of Social Experiments)’ 10. J.E. Katz (1993), ‘Science, Technology, and Congress’ D. Policy Evaluation and Governance 11. J.-P. Nioche (1992), ‘Institutionalizing Evaluations in France: Skating on Thin Ice?’ 12. M. Bamberger (1991), ‘The Politics of Evaluation in Developing Countries’ 13. H.-U. Derlien (1992), ‘Two-Track Processes: Budgeting, Auditing and Evaluation in the Federal Republic of Germany’ Part II: The Policy Cycle A. Policy Formulation 14. D.A. Rochefort and R.W. Cobb (1993), ‘Problem Definition, Agenda Access, and Policy Choice’ 15. M. Peters and J. Marshall (1993), ‘Educational Policy Analysis and the Politics of Interpretation’ 16. S.B. Kamerman and A.J. Kahn (1989), ‘Family Policy: Has The United States Learned From Europe’? 17. C.A. Arnold (1989), ‘Beyond Self-Interest: Policy Entrepreneurs and Aid to the Homeless’ B. Policy Implementation 18. R.C. Lippincott and R.P. Stoker (1992), ‘Policy Design for Implementation Effectiveness: Structural Change in a County Court System’ 19. S. Jasanoff (1991), ‘Cross-National Differences in Policy Implementation’ 20. G. Byner 91991), ‘Implementing Global Environmental Agreements’ C. Policy Accountability 21. R.C. Rist (1989), ‘Management Accountability: The Signals Sent by Auditing and Evaluation’ 22. M. Bamberger (1989), ‘The Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Sector Programs in Asia: Why are Development Programs Monitored but Not Evaluated?’ 23. J.W. Guthrie (1991), ‘The World’s New Political Economy is Politicizing Educational Evaluation’ Part III: Sectorial Policy Evaluation A. Environment 24. L. Gan (1992–3), ‘Global Environmental Policy in Social Context: The Case of China’ B. Health Insurance 25. J.A Wysong and T. Abel (1990), ‘Universal Health Insurance and High-risk Groups in West Germany: Implications for U.S. Health Policy’ C. Education 26. P.A. McGavin (1991), ‘Policy Evaluation of Investment in Education: A Papua New Guinea Study’ D. Economic Development 27. D.L Brown and M.E. Warner (1991), ‘Persistent Low-Income Nonmetroplolitan Areas in the United States: Some Conceptual Challenges for Development Policy’ E. Industrial Relations 28. D. Marsh (1991), ‘British Industrial Relations Policy Transformed: The Thatcher Legacy’ F. Energy 29. D. Rahm (1993), ‘US Public Policy and Emerging Technologies: The Case of Solar Energy’ G. Child Support 30. J. Millar and P. Whiteford (1993), ‘Child Support in Lone-Parent Families: Policies in Australia and the UK’ H. Housing 31. D. Clapham and M. Satsangi (1992), ‘Performance Assessment and Accountability in British Housing Management’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThis important two-volume set presents the most significant published literature on both the national and international dimensions of environmental policy. In Volume I, the articles by leading scholars in the field offer reviews of the comparative literature on national environmental policies and compare the changes in awareness of environmental issues in Europe, the US and Japan. They investigate how different countries have established the institutions to deal with environmental policy making and explore how the polices are implemented and the results they achieve. Volume II is devoted to the international scene. It reviews the theoretical research on international environmental policy, explores the politics and problems of international policymaking, examines the connections between national and international environmental policies and investigates the impact of international policy agreements on individual nations and their effectiveness. This authoritative collection will be invaluable to all students, academics, politicians and policymakers who have an interest in environmental policy.Trade Review'Wolfgang Rudig has put together a fine collection of published articles and chapters on comparative environmental policy. The two-volume collection includes well-known or oft-cited authors (L. Caldwell, L. Lundqvist, P. Knoepful, P. Haas, O. Young) but also less-known works by authors who, Rudig hopes, will now get the attention they deserve. . . any scholar of environmental policy should be delighted to have access to this collection. . . the collection is classic, well edited and excellent value for money.' -- Elizabeth Bomberg, Environmental PoliticsTable of ContentsContents: Volume I: Acknowledgements • Introduction Part I: Comparing Environmental Policies: The Research Agenda 1. Lynton K. Caldwell (1972), ‘Management of Resources and the Environment: A Problem in Administrative Coordination’ 2. David Vogel, with the assistance of Veronica Kun (1987), ‘The Comparative Study of Environmental Policy: A Review of the Literature’ 3. Peter Knoepfel, Lennart Lundqvist, Rémy Prud’homme and Peter Wagner (1987), ‘Comparing Environmental Policies: Different Styles, Similar Content’ 4. James P. Lester and Emmett N. Lombard (1990), ‘The Comparative Analysis of State Environmental Policy’ 5. Sheldon Kamieniecki and Eliz Sanasarian (1990), ‘Conducting Comparative Research on Environmental Policy’ Part II: Issue Emergence and Agenda Setting 6. Anthony Downs (1972), ‘Up and Down with Ecology – The “Issue-Attention Cycle”’ 7. William Solesbury (1976), ‘Issues and Innovations in Environmental Policy in Britain, West Germany, and California’ 8. Nicholas Watts and Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith (1980), ‘Postmaterial Values and Environmental Policy Change’ 9. Michael R. Reich (1984), ‘Mobilizing for Environmental Policy in Italy and Japan’ 10. Kathryn Harrison and George Hoberg (1991), ‘Setting the Environmental Agenda in Canada and the United States: The Cases of Dioxin and Radon’ Part III: Creating Institutions and Making Policy 11. Lennart J. Lundqvist (1974), ‘Environmental Policies in Canada, Sweden, and the United States: A Comparative Overview’ 12. Ronald Brickman and Sheila Jasanoff (1980), ‘Concepts of Risk and Safety in Toxic Substances Regulation: A Comparison of France and the U.S.’ 13. J.J. Richardson and N.S.J. Watts (1985), ‘National Policy Styles and the Environment: Britain and West Germany Compared’ 14. Albert Weale, Timothy O’Riordan and Louise Kramme (1991), ‘Environmental Wholes, Administrative Parts’ and ‘Comparing Regulatory Transition’ 15. David Vogel (1993), ‘Representing Diffuse Interests in Environmental Policy Making’ 16. Barry Ames and Margaret E. Keck (1997–98), ‘The Politics of Sustainable Development: Environmental Policy Making in Four Brazilian States’ Part IV: Implementation and Outcomes 17. Lester Ross (1984), ‘The Implementation of Environmental Policy in China: A Comparative Perspective’ 18. Peter Knoepfel and Helmut Weidner (1986), ‘Explaining Differences in the Performance of Clean Air Policies: An International and Interregional Comparative Study’ 19. Martin Jänicke (1992), ‘Conditions for Environmental Policy Success: An International Comparison’ 20. Evan J. Ringquist (1995), ‘Is “Effective Regulation” Always Oxymoronic?: The States and Ambient Air Quality’ 21. Peter May (1995), ‘Can Cooperation Be Mandated? Implementing Intergovernmental Environmental Management in New South Wales and New Zealand’ 22. Corinne Larrue (1995), ‘The Political (Un)feasibility of Environmental Economic Instruments’ 23. Markus M.L. Crepaz (1995), ‘Explaining National Variations of Air Pollution Levels: Political Institutions and Their Impact on Environmental Policy Making’ Name Index Volume II: Part I: Inter-, Trans- and Supra-National Environmental Policy: The Research Agenda 1. Dimitris Stevis, Valerie J. Assetto and Stephen P. Mumme (1989), ‘International Environmental Politics: A Theoretical Review of the Literature’ 2. Volker von Prittwitz (1990), ‘Several Approaches to the Analysis of International Environmental Policy’ 3. Henry Buller, Philip Lowe and Andrew Flynn (1993), ‘National Responses to the Europeanisation of Environmental Policy: A Selective Review of Comparative Research 4. Steve Smith (1993), ‘Environment on the Periphery of International Relations: An Explanation’ 5. Michael Zürn (1998), ‘The Rise of International Environmental Politics: A Review of Current Research’ Part II: Supra-National Environmental Policy Making: The Institutional Dynamics 6. Oran R. Young (1989), ‘The Politics of International Regime Formation: Managing Natural Resources and the Environment’ 7. Peter M. Haas (1990), ‘Obtaining International Environmental Protection through Epistemic Consensus’ 8. Angela Liberatore (1991), ‘Problems of Transnational Policy Making: Environmental Policy in the European Community’ 9. Matthew Paterson and Michael Grubb (1992), ‘The International Politics of Climate Change’ 10. Mark Imber (1993), ‘Too Many Cooks? The Post-Rio Reform of the United Nations’ 11. Sonja Boehmer-Christiansen (1994), ‘Global Climate Protection Policy: The Limits of Scientific Advice, Part I’ and ‘Global Climate Protection Policy: The Limits of Scientific Advice, Part II’ Part III: Exploring the International-National Policy Nexus 12. Wyn Grant, William Paterson and Colin Whitston (1988), ‘The Environmental Regulation of the Chemical Industry’ 13. Andrew Hurrell (1994), ‘A Crisis of Ecological Viability? Global Environmental Change and the Nation State’ 14. Detlef Sprinz and Tapani Vaahtoranta (1994), ‘The Interest-Based Explanation of International Environmental Policy’ 15. Adrienne Heritier (1995), ‘“Leaders” and “Laggards” in European Clean Air Policy’ 16. Hugh Ward (1996), ‘Game Theory and the Politics of Global Warming: The State of Play and Beyond’ 17. J. Samuel Barkin and George E. Shambaugh (1996), ‘Common-Pool Resources and International Environmental Politics’ 18. Duncan Liefferink and Mikael Skou Andersen (1998), ‘Strategies of the “Green” Member States in EU Environmental Policy Making’ Part IV: The Impact of International Environmental Policy 19. Peter M. Haas (1989), ‘Do Regimes Matter? Epistemic Communities and Mediterranean Pollution Control’ 20. Jon Birger Skaerseth (1993), ‘The “Effectiveness” of the Mediterranean Action Plan’ 21. Brian Wynne (1993), ‘Implementation of Greenhouse Gas Reductions in the European Community: Institutional and Cultural Factors’ 22. Susana Aguilar (1993), ‘Corporatist and Statist Designs in Environmental Policy: The Contrasting Roles of Germany and Spain in the European Community Scenario’ 23. Geoffrey Pridham and Michelle Cini (1994), ‘Enforcing Environmental Standards in the European Union: Is there a Southern Problem?’ 24. Jan-Erik Lane and Svein Thore Jensen (1996), ‘States and Common Pool Resources’ 25. Katarina Eckerberg and William M. Lafferty (1997), ‘Comparative Perspectives on Evaluation and Explanation’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisNew Approaches to Welfare Theory draws on recent work from the sociology of social action, feminist literature and critical social theory, to counter the current impasse in social policy. Interdisciplinary in scope and including work by economists, psychologists, philosophers and social workers, it offer insights into the meaning and dynamics of claimsmaking in modern society.The introduction examines the claims which groups - especially groups of marginalised people - make against institutions, the problems they have in articulating their aspirations and needs, and the structured institutional responses to their claims. This is followed by a series of papers on the problem of establishing the moral justifiability of claims, including contributions from both the contractarian and utilitarian approaches. Later sections concentrate on the constraining and enabling effects of social structures on claimsmaking - including the various excluding and filtering institutional responses - and the interactions both of claimsmakers with political institutions and of social groups with institutional patterns. The volume concludes with an afterword by the editors discussing the relationship between the universalist and particularist approaches, the two perspectives on the moral dimensions of welfare which feature most prominently in the book. The essays and papers in this book draw upon a broad background of research, teaching and practical experience by a distinguished group of scholars. New Approaches to Welfare Theory will be welcomed by students and researchers, as well as by social workers and policymakers, as an enlightening and instructive discussion of the problems and implications of an approach to welfare from the perspective of social action.Trade Review'These essays raise the discussion of welfare-state theory to a new level of conceptual and political sophistication.'Table of ContentsContents: Part I: Welfare, Human Agency and Discourse Part II: Welfare Claims and Institutional Responses Part III: The Dynamics of Welfare Claims Part IV: Whither Welfare Theory: Summary and Critical Comments

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Book SynopsisThis two volume set reprints 28 papers on fiscal and monetary policy interpreted broadly enough to include such issues as the effects of government debt and intergenerational accounting. It emphasizes problems that are not specific to a particular country but are relevant for all developed market economies. Fiscal and Monetary Policy is divided into three parts; the first deals with the problems that are common to both fiscal and monetary policies; the second deals with fiscal policy and the third with monetary policy.Fiscal and Monetary Policy includes important articles on the effects of lags on the feasibility of stabilization policy, time inconsistency, the motivation of monetary and fiscal authorities, the Lucas critique, Ricardian equivalence, the choice of monetary targets, feedback rules, international aspects of monetary policy and the appropriate role of government in the monetary system.Table of ContentsCONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION VOLUME 1 1. Milton Friedman (1953), ‘The Effects of a Full-Employment Policy on Economic Stability: A Formal Analysis’ 2. Arthur M. Okun (1972), ‘Fiscal-Monetary Activism: Some Analytical Issues’ 3. Robert E. Lucas, Jr. (1976), ‘Econometric Policy Evaluation: A Critique’ 4. Stanley Fischer (1980), ‘Dynamic Inconsistency, Cooperation and the Benevolent Dissembling Government’ 5. Robert J. Barro and David B. Gordon (1983), ‘A Positive Theory of Monetary Policy in a Natural Rate Model’ 6. David Alan Aschauer (1985), ‘Fiscal Policy and Aggregate Demand’ 7. John J. Seater (1993), ‘Ricardian Equivalence’ 8. Olivier J. Blanchard (1985), ‘Debt, Deficits, and Finite Horizons’ 9. James M. Poterba and Lawrence H. Summers (1987), ‘Finite Lifetimes and the Effects of Budget Deficits on national Saving’ 10. Franco Modigliani (1961), ‘Long-Run Implications of Alternative Fiscal Policies and the Burden of the National Debt’ 11. Alan S. Blinder and Robert M. Solow (1973), ‘Does Fiscal Policy Matter?’ 12. Thomas J. Sargent and Neil Wallace (1981), ‘Some Unpleasant Monetarist Arithmetic’ 13. Michael R. Darby (1984), ‘Some Pleasant Monetarist Arithmetic’ 14. Kevin D. Hoover and Steven M. Sheffrin (1992), ‘Causation, Spending, and Taxes: Sand in the Sandbox or Tax Collector for the Welfare State?’ 15. B. T. McCallum and J. K. Whitaker (1979), ‘The Effectiveness of Fiscal Feedback Rules and Automatic Stabilizers under Rational Expectations’ 16. Alan J. Auerbach, Jagadeesh Gokhale, and Lawrence J. Kotlikoff (1993), ‘Generational Accounts and Lifetime Tax Rates, 1900-1991’ VOLUME 2 1. Milton Friedman (1968), ‘The Role of Monetary Policy’ 2. Karl Brunner (1983), ‘The Pragmatic and Intellectual Tradition of Monetary Policy making and the International Monetary Order’ 3. Lawrence K. Roos (1986), ‘Inherent Conflicts of U. S. Monetary Policymaking’ 4. Robert L. Hillel (1990), ‘The Political Economy of Monetary Policy’ 5. Alex Cukierman and Allan H. Meltzer (1986), ‘A Theory of Ambiguity, Credibility, and Inflation under Discretion and Asymmetric Information’ 6. William Poole (1970), ‘Optimal Choice of Monetary Policy Instruments in a Simple Stochastic Macro Model’ 7. Benjamin M. Friedman (1977), ‘The Inefficiency of Short-Run Monetary Targets for Monetary Policy’ 8. Thomas Mayer (1990), ‘GNP targeting - what are the issues?’ 9. James Tobin (1983), ‘Monetary Policy: Rules, Targets, and Shocks’ 10. Jacob A. Frenkel, Morris Goldstein and Paul R. Masson (1989), ‘International Dimensions of Monetary Policy: Coordination versus Autonomy’ 11. Milton Friedman and Anna J. Schwartz (1986), ‘Has Government any Role in Money?’ 12. Charles Goodhart (1989), ‘The Conduct of Monetary Policy’

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the extent to which spatial economic convergence has taken place in the European Union and analyses the effectiveness of regional policy. The authors examine the differing economic features of the European regions and provide an institutional background to regional policy at both the national and Union level. Theories of economic growth are discussed and assessed in terms of the relative performance of regional economies in Europe. The authors then analyse the extent to which economic convergence, for example in terms of income and employment, has materialized across regions using a variety of techniques including mean reversion and time varying parameter procedures. The analysis is both at the level of the entire EU area and at more disaggregate levels that look at specific regions of the Union and at specific sectors. The book offers an assessment of some of the key regional policy instruments used and pays particular attention to the role of infrastructure investment as a tool for enhancing regional growth. It also considers the extent to which some non-regional specific policies impact upon the development of regional economies and explores the implications of closer monetary ties between member states.This book will be of interest to academics and policymakers concerned with regional science, European studies and macroeconomics.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Regions of the European Union 3. The Development of the European Union’s Regional Policy 4. Theories of Economic Development 5. Regional Economic Performance in the European Union 6. Economic Performance and Convergence across UK Regions 7. Labour Market Convergence in the UK and Germany 8. Infrastructure and Regional Economic Development 9. Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisRegional Policy and Regional Integration reprints the most important papers on those government policies that have an intentional and formal geographic focus. These policies have typically been motivated by equity considerations such as reducing unemployment, increasing incomes, promoting structural adjustments or realizing development potentials. While the main objective of regional policy is to improve conditions in deprived areas, public resources must be used in such a way that these objectives are achieved efficiently.The topics covered in this important volume include regional integration and urban systems; income, amenities and welfare; infrastructure; manufacturing; services; innovative milieux; delineating planning regions and policy instruments.Table of ContentsPart I Regional integration and urban systems. Part II Income, amenities and welfare. Part III Infrastructure. Part IV Manufacturing. Part V Services. Part VI Innovative milieux. Part VII Delineating planning regions. Part VIII Policy instruments.

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Book SynopsisBetween Anarchy and Hierarchy offers a stimulating new perspective on conflict and collaboration in international politics. Robert Lieshout's new book shows how decision-making within individual states influences foreign policy and, in turn, international politics. Using a sliding scale between anarchy and hierarchy, he shows how each political system can be defined, including the distinctly anarchic international system itself. By showing the impact which internal decision-making processes have on the structure of the international system, Professor Lieshout integrates a theory of foreign policy making into a theory of international politics. After developing the epistemological foundations of this theory, Professor Lieshout applies his principles to results drawn from the use of game theory in international relations, examines the role of force in both hierarchical and anarchic systems, and shows how the adaptability of collective decision-making processes in states influences their behaviour in the international system.Between Anarchy and Hierarchy is remarkable both for the use of a general empirical behavioural theory to explain international politics, and for integrating theories of bureaucratic decision making into 'realist' theories of international relations. It will be of particular interest to international relations specialists as well as economists, political scientists and sociologists within the rational choice tradition.Trade Review'When the epistemology is sound, intelligence and hard work are sure to bring progress, as they have in this ambitious book by Robert Lieshout. Even some people, like me, who are not specialists in international relations, will find it useful.'Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Epistemology 3. The Explanatory Principle 4. Interaction 5. Behavioural Theory and Game Theory 6. Change and its Consequences 7. Decision Making and the Management of Conflict in Anarchical Systems 8. Decision Making and the Management of Conflict in the Hierarchical Systems 9. International Politics and Foreign Policy Index

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Book SynopsisWhich level of government is most appropriate for environmental policy making in a confederal or federal system? How does the level of government at which policy is made and implemented affect the choice of policy instruments? This important new volume addresses these problems by comparing environmental policies and practices in the European Union and the United States.In Environmental Policy with Political and Economic Integration, a distinguished group of authors discusses how environmental policy in a federal or confederal system may differ both in theory and practice from that found in a unitary government system. After examining the framework for environmental policy in the EU and US, the authors present papers on their federal institutions, the economic forces affecting environmental governance, the choice of policy instruments, linkages between trade and environmental policy and environmental regulations within international trade negotiations. The final part brings together a series of case studies which sheds new light on the research questions formulated earlier in the book. Issues discussed include the regulation of agricultural pollution, global warming, ozone pollution and environmental security.In addition to its detailed discussion of environmental policy in the EU and the US, Environmental Policy with Political and Economic Integration will be essential reading for both scholars and policymakers concerned with designing and implementing regulations to protect the environment.Trade Review’This is a valuable collection of essays. Students of political and economic integration will definitely want to work through the contributions and there is a lot here for environmental economists dealing with trade and European issues.’Table of ContentsContents: Introduction (J.B. Braden, H. Folmer, T.S. Ulen) Part I: The Economic and Philosophical Foundations of Environmental Policy (C.W. Howe, E.T. Freyfogle) Part II: The Law and Economics of Authority in a Federal System (J.E. Pfander, P. Shapiro) Part III: The Political Economy of Instrument Choice (K. Segerson, R. Pethig) Part IV: International Trade and Environmental Policy (C. Ford Runge, A. Ulph) Part V: Case Studies of Comparative Environmental Policies Section A: Agricultural Pollution (W. Brussard, M.R. Grossman, J.S. Shortle) Section B: Global Warming (L. Bergman, C.D. Kolstad) Section C: Tropospheric Ozone Pollution (J.B. Braden, S. Proost) Section D: Environmental Dimensions of National and International Security (K.H. Butts, S. Dalby) Index

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Book SynopsisMarket, State and Feminism offers an inter-disciplinary critique of the 'free market backlash' - the belief that free market economics can improve the position, status and well-being of women. The authors argue that, far from being restrictive and intrusive, state action can enhance the individual's ability to make responsible choices.This book questions the philosophical basis of free market feminism, challenging its masculine assumptions about rationality and individualism. The authors critically examine the theoretical validity of dichotomising the market versus the state and draw attention to the richness of the interdependence between markets and state institutions. Empirical and case study material is drawn from the UK, the European Union and the United States and illuminates the issues of equal employment opportunities and pay, girls' education performance, business attitudes to women, lobbying by women's groups and equal opportunities legislation.Trade Review'Market, State and Feminism, criticizes the free market backlash that is based on core principles about how markets work, how individual agents behave and how the state influences the functioning of a market economy. The book powerfully refutes the view that free market economics can improve the status and well-being of women.'Table of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. A Feminist Economic Perspective 2. Gender, Economic Life and Politics 3. The Different Worlds of Work 4. The Free Market, Family and Gender 5. Valuing Diversity? Women in the US Workforce Today 6. Women’s Employment and the European Union 7. A Critique of Free Market Feminism Index

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Book SynopsisThis important book presents a comprehensive and systematic investigation of the effectiveness of environmental policy within the European Union at the dawn of the twenty-first century.The development of environmental policy, including the policymaking process, is analysed from an historical perspective. The authors then examine implementation and enforcement and present a critical appraisal of the impact of environmental policy throughout Europe. Key issues discussed include: trade and the environment environmental protection and the maintenance of industrial competitiveness agriculture and the environment energy and environmental policy transport and the environment tourism and the environment The authors provide insight into the problems of reconciling differing national interests, and present a number of proposals for environmental policy in the future. They conclude that what is required for effective environmental policy is not more radical measures but the opportunity for the measures already in place to be effectively implemented.This book will be of interest to a wide audience including students interested in environmental issues and the European Union, as well as postgraduates and academics working in the fields of environmental management and environmental studies. It will also be of use to environmental policymakers, consultants, advisers and non-government organizations.Trade Review'In the space of some 300 pages, the authors present the reader with a comprehensive treatment of the key features of EU environmental policy. . . This is an excellent addition to the literature and can be recommended to both the academic and practice-based readers of Business Strategy and the Environment.'Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: The Rationale for a European Union Policy on the Environment 2. Developing the EU’s Environmental Perspective 3. The Makers of Environmental Policy 4. Implementation and Enforcement of Policy 5. Market Forces and the Environment 6. Trade and the Environment 7. Environmental Protection and the Maintenance of Industrial Competitiveness 8. Agriculture and the Environment 9. Energy and Environmental Policy 10. Transport and the Environment 11. Tourism and the Environment 12. The Future for Environmental Policy within the EU Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis major new Handbook is a detailed, up-to-date guide to different national labour markets and policies to combat unemployment and their outcomes. It will become established as a standard reference book - the first of its kind - providing an authoritative account of the rapidly growing field of labour market policy in a coherent and systematic framework.A group of internationally renowned researchers provides a state-of-the-art account of research on three levels; an evaluation of the methods available, an evaluation of policies and policy regimes and an evaluation of institutional frameworks and monitoring systems. Unique features of this reference book include the presentation of a 'Target-Oriented Approach' to evaluating labour market policy. The Handbook is international in its approach - all chapters apply an international comparative framework in assessing contemporary developments in the field.International Handbook of Labour Market Policy and Evaluation will be an indispensable source of reference for policymakers, social scientists and academics interested in labour market policy and policy evaluation.Trade Review'The book should be of great use and interest to anyone concerned with labour market issues, and particularly so for those concerned with designing effective evaluation schemes. Further, it cannot be disputed that, as the paper version yields a price of roughly .04p per page, this book offers very good value indeed.'Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Theory and Methodology of Labour Market Policy Evaluation 1. Theory and Methodology of Labour Market Policy Evaluation (G. Schmid, J. O’Reilly, K. Schömann) 2. Experimental and Nonexperimental Evaluation (J.J. Heckman, J.A. Smith) 3. Experimental Evaluation of European Labour Market Policy (A. Björklund, H. Regnér) 4. Longitudinal Designs in Evaluation Studies (K. Schömann) 5. Aggregate Impact Analysis (L. Bellmann, R. Jackman) 6. Cost–benefit Analysis (L. Delander, H. Niklasson) 7. Process Evaluation: Policy Formation and Implementation (G. Schmid) Part II: Evaluating Labour Market Policies in Selected Target Areas 8. Unemployment Compensation and Labour Market Transitions (G. Schmid, B. Reissert) 9. Job Opportunities for the Hard-to-place (C. Erhel, J. Gautié, B. Gazier, S. Morel) 10. The School to Work Transition (P. Ryan, C.F. Büchtemann) 11. Transition between Family Formation and Paid Employment (C. Fagan, J. Rubery) 12. Exit Options from the Labour Force (B. Casey) 13. Improving Job-matching through Placement Services (U. Walwei) 14. Occupational Segregation, Discrimination and Equal Opportunity (J. Rubbery, C. Fagan, F. Maier) 15. Life-long Learning and Skill Formation (A.C. Tuijnman, K. Schömann) 16. Form Unemployment to Self-employment: Labour Market Policies for Business Start-up (N. Meager) 17. Employment Opportunities for the Disabled (L. Delsen) 18. Immigrant Labour Integration (G. Biffl) 19. Labour Adjustment through Part-time Work (J. O’Reilly) 20. Employment Stabilization through Short-time Work (H. Mosley, T. Kruppe) 21. Legal Regulation and Flexibility of Employment Contracts (R. Rogowski, K. Schömann) 22. Employment Security and Dismissal Protection ( C.F. Büchtemann, U. Walwei) Part III: Evaluating Institutional Frameworks of Labour Market Policy 23. Explaining State Intervention to Prevent Unemployment: The Impact of Institutions on Active Labour Markt Policy Expenditures in 18 Countries (T. Janoski) 24. The Impact of Labour Market Policy on Wages, Employment and Labour Market Mismatch (L. Bellman, R. Jackman) 25. New Public Management of Further Training (G. Schmid) 26. The Importance of Wage-bargaining Institutions for Employment Performance (E. Applebaum, R. Schettkat) 27. Tax Regimes and Labour Market Performance ( S. Gustafsson) Part IV: Evaluating Policy Targets at the European Level 28. The European Social Fund: A Strategy for Generic Evaluation (R. M. Lindley) 29. European Regulation of Social Standards (J. O’Reilly, B. Reissert, V. Eichener) 30. Monitoring of Labour Market Policy in EU Member States (P. Auer, T. Kruppe) Index

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Book SynopsisThe complexity of a multi-layered system of government yields a wealth of issues concerning environmental policy making. This important book presents new original work on the problems that arise from the existence of more than one level of government, and discusses the responsibility of federal, state and local government policy making.This theme of government responsibilty for environmental regulation is expanded to consider the coordination of environmental policy across different levels of government. This is directly related to the question of which level of government should bear the costs of implementing environmental policy, if agreement can be reached between various levels of government. Furthermore the contributors discuss whether the policy targets for environmental quality should be uniform or regionally differentiated. They conclude that there is a role for both a federal government and for regional coordination in the design and application of environmental policies. Moreover, that economic integration through a federal system can result in better and more efficient environmental regulation.The Economic Theory of Environmental Policy in a Federal System will be an invaluable resource for academics, policymakers and government officials.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction (J. Braden, E. Feinzaig, S. Proost) 2. The Economic Cycles of Federalism (T.S. Ulen) 3. Intergovernmental Transfers in a Federal System: an Economic Analysis of Unfunded Mandates (K. Segerson, T.J. Miceli, L.-C. Wen) 4. International Environmental Regulation when National Governments act Strategically 5. Environmental Tax Competition – A Simulation Study of Nonsymmetric Countries (K. Conrad) 6. The Welfare Economics of Environmental Regulatory Authority: Two Parables on State vs Federal Control (P. Shapio, J. Petchey) 7. Fiscal Competition and Cooperation in Natural Resource Markets (G.S. Amacher, R.J. Braxee) Index

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Book SynopsisThe Politics of Social Policy in Europe analyses and critically assesses tensions and uncertainties which are haunting social policy provision throughout Europe in the 1990s. The expansion in social expenditures associated with the 1950s and 1970s has been replaced by retrenchment and pessimism in the 1990s. Disillusion prevails throughout the community due to growing disparity between the objectives of policy statements and the real life experience of EU citizens. This important book explores the relationships between political choices and constraints, and how governments in different countries are interpreting the challenges to the welfare state. Additionally it critically assesses their policy options in the 1990s and beyond. Special attention is paid to the relationship between social policy and the wider arguments of public finance, employment, citizenship, competitiveness and the economy. Complementing this discussion are country case studies to show how Germany, Sweden, Britain, Denmark, France and Ireland are planning to deal with these problems.This definitive guide will prove to be an invaluable resource to academics and especially policymakers involved in decision making on social welfare throughout Europe.Trade Review'The volume provides a rich quarry of data and ideas on social policy and citizenship.'Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Towards a European Welfare State: A European Welfare Regime by Design or Default? 3. A Crisis of Public Expenditure in Europe: Myths and Realities 4. The Politics of Unemployment in Europe 5. Beyond the State? Citizenship and European Social Integration 6. The Welfare State and Social Protection in the United Kingdom 7. Competitiveness and the Welfare State in Britain 8. German Social Policy 9. Social Policy in Denmark 10. Social Policy in Sweden: Current Crises and Future prospects 11. The New Poor Law 12. Exclusion and Citizenship in France 13. Discourses on Citizenship: The Challenge to Citizenship in the 1990s 14. Conclusions: Risk, Ecology and Social Policy Index

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental Policy in Europe focuses on the creation of environmental policy, how new legislation is formed and the influence brought to bear by industrial interest groups. By addressing the nature of this consultation process between interested parties and public authorities, the authors show why public policy in the European Union is so different in practice from the prescriptions of academic scholarship. European environmental legislation results from a process of consultation and negotiation which is extensively explored in this volume by a distinguished group of authors. Focusing on such issues as pesticide registration, combustion emissions, the European waste management industry, recycling regulations and eco-auditing, they offer unique insights into the development of public policy. While the analysis focuses on the actual behaviour of firms and public authorities, the authors also discuss the involvement of firms within the regulation devising process - to determine whether their behaviour distorts the public interest - and the strategic use by firms of the regulatory process by firms leading to restrictions of competition.Scholars, students and policymakers will welcome Environmental Policy in Europe for seeking to enlarge the traditional perspective of environmental economics on public policy while integrating the recent advances of both the economics of regulation and industrial economics.Trade Review'. . . the editor has made a substantial contribution to the area of environmental economics and policy literature. I hope that this volume will find its way onto many academic and professional reading lists and that the results of this outstanding integrative work will put an end to simple generalisation regarding European environmental policies.'Table of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction (F. Lévêque) 2. The European Fabric of Environmental Regulations (F. Lévêque) 3. The Regulatory Game (F. Léveque) 4. From Environment to Competition – the EU Regulatory Process in Pesticide Registration (A. Nadai) 5. The Energy Sector Response to European Combustion Emission Regulations (A. Ikwue, J. Skea) 6. Playing on Two Chessboards – the European Waste Management Industry Strategic Behaviour in the Market and the Policy Debate (S. Brusco, P. Bertossi, A. Cottica) 7. Voluntary Agreements Between Industry and Government – the Case of Recycling Regulations (T. Whiston, M. Glachant) 8. Voluntary Initiatives and Public Intervention – the Regulation of Eco-Auditing (J. Franke and F. Wätzold) 9. Conclusion (F. Lévêque) Index

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Book SynopsisWith a population of 1.2 billion and nearly two decades of spectacular growth, China promises to become one of the world's largest economic powers and consumer markets in the next century. A salient feature of the contemporary Chinese economy is the significance of state intervention toward business in the form of 'preferential policies'. Thanks to these policies, a firm's location, ownership type and area of business largely determine whether it should receive privileges of disadvantages in the regulated business environment. The fast changing preferential policies have had great influence on a wide range of economic activities, including foreign direct investment. The extent, complexity and variety of these policies are bewildering to both investors and academics who study the Chinese economy.State Intervention and Business in China is a systematic study of China's preferential economic policies. Dr Lu and Dr Tang present these policies in three categories, namely, the investor-oriented, the region-oriented, and the industry-oriented policies. The authors give a clear account of policies including: preferential tax rates, state bank loans, trade protection and subsidies, and licensing schemes. The book provides the in-depth political economy analyses that reveal the sources and functions of these policies. By offering empirical observations on the impact of state intervention on regional development and economic structures, this book sheds new light on the prospects for China's economic policy making.State Intervention and Business in China will be indispensably for scholars and specialists who are interested in contemporary Chinese economy and society. It is also a valuable guide for doing business in China.Trade Review'Within a comparatively short text, Lu and Tang have succeeded in analysing a very complex area in an accessible way and have provided extensive tables of data. This is a book for specialists interested in economic developments in China, rather than for the business generalist; it addresses issues that are rarely brought together, giving an overall analysis of scope and impact of government intervention.'Table of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction 2. Investor-Oriented Policies 3. Region-Oriented Policies 4. Industry-Oriented Policies 5. Uncertainty in Preferential Policies 6. Epilogue: Prospects of Preferential Policies Appendix Index

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental Policy and Technical Change assesses the impact of environmental policy on technical change in cleaner technology. It focuses in particular on the possibility of inducing radical change in technology - a topic that is likely to move to the centre of the policy debate as people discover that incremental changes are not enough to achieve environmental sustainability.This innovative book sheds new light on the relationship between clean technology and environmental policy. It adopts an approach which combines a balance of both theoretical models of innovation and diffusion with empirical case studies. Dr Kemp examines policies such as subsidies, tradeable quotas, pollution taxes and emission standards in how they affect technical choices. Suggestions are offered on how environmental policies may be (re)designed towards the efficient conservation of environmental qualities by encouraging innovation in environmental benign technology.This important book will be essential reading for both researchers and environmental economists concerned with environmental policy and technical innovation.Trade Review'This book is worth reading (and understanding) for economists, politicians and students who are interested in learning about economics and the way it tries to contribute solutions to environmental conflicts. I found this a splendid approach for dealing with complex systems, which crosses scientific barriers and should make some of that science understandable to decision-makers.'Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Part I: Theoretical Models of Innovation and Diffusion 2. A Critical Survey of Innovation Models in Pollution Control 3. New Models of Innovation in Pollution Control 4. An Interpretative Survey of Technological Diffusion Models 5. The Diffusion of Environmentally Beneficial Technological Innovations Part II: Empirical Studies of Environmentally Beneficial Technologies 6. The Diffusion of Biological Waste-Water Treatment Plants in the Dutch Food and Beverage Industry 7. The Diffusion of Thermal Home Insulation in the Netherlands 8. Case Studies of Cleaner Technologies 9. Technology Effects of Past Environmental Policies: An Overview Part III: The Problem of Technological Regime Shifts 10. Continuity and Change in Technological Regimes 11. Understanding Technological Regime Shifts 12. The Transition from Hydrocarbons 13. Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisThis important book presents new work by respected scholars in the field of public administration in Europe, and evaluates both American and European approaches to public sector management and administrative reform.The book begins with introductory chapters examining public management in Europe and the United States and explores the paradoxes that exist in administrative reform. Part two presents a wide range of case studies of European management reforms including the United Kingdom, France, Austria, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland. It offers a balanced view of the managerial trend which appears to be sweeping across Western Europe. This is achieved by presenting the full spectrum of case studies from success to failure. Balance is created by presenting counter-arguments and criticisms of the prevailing trend of reform. The third part considers management, legal state and democracy. Finally, the volume concludes with a North American perspective on the administrative reform in Europe.Public Management and Administrative Reform will be indispensable to academics, policymakers and management practitioners in the public sector, especially those working within Europe.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Introduction: Public Management and Administrative Reform Part II: Management Reforms in Western Europe: Successes, Nuances and Failures Part III: Management, Rechtsstaat and Democracy Part IV: Epilogue Index

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Book SynopsisThis second volume of essays in honour of Bernard Corry and Maurice Peston focuses on labour economics, the history of economic thought and the development of the economics profession, specifically addressing teaching and policy advice issues. The authors discuss areas Bernard Corry and Maurice Peston have been particularly influential in. They address issues including labour markets, Malthus's methodology, the relationship between Alfred Marshall and Adam Smith, the eighteenth century origins of modern economics, monetary policy and education.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Contemporary Labour Markets 1. Changes Over Time in Union Relative Wage Effects in Great Britain and the United States 2. Unemployment and Wages in Europe and North America Part II: Contributions to the History of Economic Thought 3. Malthus and Method 4. Adam Smith and Alfred Marshall 5. On the Open Economy Quantity Theory 6. Monetary Unions in Nineteenth-Century Europe 7. The Invisible Hand of God Part III: Explorations of the Economics Profession 8. QMC’s Terrible Two 9. CNAA Economics 10. Educational Reform, Reaction and Resources Twenty-Five Years On 11. The Renaissance of LSE Economics 12. ‘Cambridge Didactic Style?’ 13. When is a Test a Good Test?

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Book SynopsisThis is the third and final volume written in honour of Bernard Corry and Maurice Peston by an internationally renowned group of experts, and focuses on the application of economics to policy advice.The contributors to this volume consider practical policy issues including labour market policy and the problem of unemployment, methodology and econometric analysis, taxation policy, industrial regulation, practical applications of transaction cost theory in the European Union, policy issues such as foreign direct investment and pension reform affecting transition economies and training policies in developing countries.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Labour Markets and Employment 1. The Post-redundancy Experience and the Dynamics of Local Labour Market Adjustment 2. Flexible Labour Markets and Economic Performance 3. Firms’ Strategies and Cooperative Games Part II: Methodological Issues in Economic Policy 4. Problems of Time-series Econometrics 5. Why Firms Invest Less but Adopt Higher Capital Intensity as the Capital Stance Tightens 6. Do Shocks Matter? Part III: Policy Issues 7. Household Production, Human Capital and Optimal Linear Income Taxation 8. Ex Post Value Regulation of Pharmaceutical Prices 9. Timing of Payment Conventions for Consumer Purchases Part IV: Economic Policy, Transition and Development 10. China’s Overseas Investment 11. Pension Reform in Central and Eastern Europe 12. A Governmental Role in Training Markets in Developing Countries Index

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Book SynopsisHealth Policy presents the key classic and contemporary articles and will be an important source of reference for health care professionals, academics and policymakers. It sheds light on the values and socio-political factors which underpin health policy, and will be invaluable in helping to assess and compare policymaking processes in different countries. The volume is divided into six sections and within each section the articles are presented chronologically. Thus the selection is suitable for both the beginner and the more advanced student; the beginner will benefit from the earlier readings by observing their cumulative impact on later writings, while the more advanced student may find the more up-to-date articles of particular interest. Section I introduces several basic values which underlie all health policies; section II reviews the socio-economic and political factors in health policy; section III deals with the experience and practice of American health care while section IV offers comparisons with other countries in Europe and also with Japan. Section V examines the opportunities and constraints for countries' learning from each other and finally section VI raises methodological issues and indicates the challenges which must be addressed in the future.Trade Review'This useful library resource meets the editors' objective "to help analysts of all ages to comprehend the context of foundational values and socio-political factors undergirding health policy as well as to access actual policy making processes in comparative settings". It contains . . . delightful articles. . .' -- G. Ross Langley, Annals of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction James W. Björkman and Christa Altenstetter PART I HEALTH POLICY FOUNDATIONS: BASIC VALUES AND ORIENTATIONS 1. A. Donabedian (1971), ‘Social Responsibility for Personal Health Services: An Examination of Basic Values’ 2.H.H. Hiatt (1975), ‘Protecting the Medical Commons: who is Responsible?’ 3. F.F.H. Rutten (1983), ‘Health Care Policy Today: Making Way for the Libertarians’ 4. B.L. Kirkman-Liff (1991), ‘Health Insurance Values and Implementation in the Netherlands and the Federal Republic of Germany: An Alternative Path to Univesral Coverage’ PART II CONTEXT OF HEALTH POLICY: SOCIO-ECONOMIC & POLITICAL FACTORS 5.H. Kaufman (1966), ‘The Political Ingredient of Public Health Services: A Neglected Area of Research’ 6.S. Kelman (1975), ‘The Social Nature of the Definition Problem in Health’ 7.A. Wildavsky (1977), ‘Doing Better and Feeling Worse: The Political Pathology of Health Policy’ 8. R.G. Evans and G.L. Stoddart (1990), ‘Producing Health, Consuming Health Care’ PART III THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: PILLARS AND PLAYERS 9.R.R. Alford (1972), ‘The Political Economy of Health Care: Dynamics without Change’ 10.R. Stevens (1979), ‘The American Hospital in Historical Perspective’ 11. P. Starr (1982), ‘The Social Origins of Professional Sovereignty’ 12. J.W. Björkman (1989), ‘Politicizing Medicine and Medicalizing Politics: Physician Power in the United States’ 13. S. Steinmo and J. Watts (1995), ‘It’s the Institutions, Stupid! Why Comprehensive National Health Insurance Always Fails in America’ PART IV COMPARATIVE HEALTH POLICY: CROSS-NATIONAL VARIATIONS 14. C. Altenstetter and J.W. Björkman (1981), ‘Planning and Implementation: A Comparative Perspective on Health Policy’ 15. A.J. Heidenheimer, H. Heclo and C.T. Adams(1990), ‘Health Policy’ 16. M. Döhler (1991), ‘Policy Networks, Opportunity Structures and Neo-Conservative Reform Strategies in Health Policy’ 17. E.M. Immergut (1992), ‘Institutions of Representation and National Health Insurance Politics’ 18. David Wilsford (1995), ‘States Facing Interests: Struggles over Health Care Policy in Advanced, Industrial Democracies’ PART V POLICY LEARNING: ASPIRATIONS AND LIMITATIONS 19. M. Lerner, PhD (1977), ‘The Non-Health Services’ Determinants of Health Levels: Conceptualization and Public Policy Recommendations’ 20. L.D. Brown (1986), ‘Introduction to a Decade of Transition’ 21. W.C. Hsiao (1992), ‘Comparing Health Care Systems: What Nations can Learn from One Another’ 22. W.A Glaser (1993), ‘Universal Health Insurance That Really Works: Foreign Lessons for the United States’ 23. R. Klein (1995), ‘Learning from Others: Shall the Last be the First Markets’ PART VI: HEALTH POLICY ANALYSIS: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES 24. N. Milio (1981), ‘Measuring Prevention and its Worth: The Benefits of Health-Making Policy’ 25. J. Mendeloff (1983), ‘Measuring Elusive Benefits: On the Value of Health’ 26. A.Y. Ellencweig (1992), ‘Health Systems – A Critical Analysis of Existing and Suggested Models’ 27. J.W. Kingdon (1995), ‘The Policy Window, and Joining the Streams’ 28. M. Moran (1995), ‘Three Faces of the Health Care State’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThis important book challenges conventional development theory by addressing not only technological but also socio-economic factors influencing low agricultural productivity in the developing world.Agricultural productivity has long been regarded as a fundamental factor in influencing economic development, yet relatively little research has examined the causes of stagnated and low agricultural productivity in developing countries. This book goes beyond the traditional discussion of low productivity being primarily determined by technological factors, and addresses the more complex determinants. Special attention is given to the influences of ecology and environmental degradation, the distribution of political power and socio-economic factors, as well as possibilities for biotechnology. The authors have been drawn from an international arena and transcend traditional academic disciplines combining historical, statistical and formal analysis for a better understanding of critical development issues. Economic Development and Agricultural Productivity will be of special interest to development and agricultural economists and policymakers.Trade Review'This is a thought-provoking book worthy of the attention of all professionals working with issues of agricultural development in developing countries.'Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Historical Perspectives on Productivity in Agriculture Part II: The Role of the Price Mechanism in Relation to the Agricultural Sector Part III: Stagnation and Growth in Agricultural Productivity: The Influence of Class Relations and the Role of the State Part IV: Ecological Sustainability of Agricultural Productivity Growth Index

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Book SynopsisTransport is a fundamental component of all modern economies. Transport Policy presents a wide ranging collection of previously published articles which aim to provide the reader with an understanding of the main elements of transport policy.Topics covered include: the objectives of transport policy, policy options, policy analysis and, through a series of case studies, policy implementation. This volume will be of particular interest to those academics and policymakers seeking an overview of the most important issues in the modern transport policy arena.Trade Review'The original pagination is kept on top of the present volume for ease of reference, which is most useful . . . The contents are well-chosen, international and covers most pertinent areas of transport economics and policy. It is particularly interesting to read articles from the pre-Thatcher era, saying things ignored at the time . . . This book would be a valuable addition to any reference collection with an interest in transport policy per se, particularly those which do not hold collections of the academic transport journals.' -- Place

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a comparative overview of the environmental and resource problems experienced in the Nordic and Baltic regions. It considers policies to combat environmental challenges and evaluates future economic growth and economic integration between the region and Western Europe.Using eight country case studies, the contributors assess recent policies to address environmental problems in the region and examine the choice of policy instruments used in the various countries. They study the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and the Nordic countries of Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland and consider the relationship between environmental policies of these and other European countries. In addition they also debate issues such as: international environmental cooperation environmental problems within the context of political debate international financial assistance for environmental projects comparative aspects of economic theory and policy concerning resources, the environment and economic growth Environmental Transition in Nordic and Baltic Countries will be welcomed by academics interested in environmental economics and transition economies as well as policymakers in governmental and non-governmental organizations.Trade Review'One would wish that every person living in a Nordic or Baltic country would read this book to see through the political rhetoric. More realistically, the book should be required reading for any Nordic journalist writing on environmental policy. Within the academic community, the book would give political scientists as well as economists some valuable insights.' -- Peder Hjorth, Local EnvironmentTable of ContentsContents: Part I: Introduction Part II: Nordic Countries Part III: Baltic Countries Part IV: International Co-Operation

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Book SynopsisThe Fiscal Behavior of State and Local Governments presents, in one authoritative volume, Harvey Rosen's considerable contribution to the field of sub-federal public finance in the United States. He investigates how state and locality spending and taxing decisions are influenced by the economic environment in which they operate.This important book begins by examining the fiscal structures of states and localities. The analyses augment traditional models with new economic and political considerations. Rosen investigates the effect of tax structure on the growth of expenditure, the influence of the level of expenditure of neighbouring governments, and the impact of the federal income tax on the fiscal structure of state and local governments. He also employs the tools of modern dynamic analysis to shed new light on state and local behaviour in an intertemporal setting, using both panel and aggregate data. In addition, he discusses the problems involved in characterizing state tax structure. Finally, he explores a number of methodological issues relating to the theory and econometrics of tax analysis.This book will prove invaluable to economists who specialise in public finance, political economy and public policy.Trade Review'. . . this book is work of real substance and quality, and well worth reading, at least selectively, not just by economists but also by civil servants and the wider academic community interested in local government.'Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Understanding the Fiscal Structures of State and Localities Part II: State and Local Decision Making in an Intertemporal Context Part III: Characterizing State Income and Sales Taxes Part IV: Some Methodological Issues Name Index

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Book SynopsisThe transfer study, a technique used in cost-benefit analysis, is an increasingly important tool used by government agencies to assess environmental regulatory policy. This innovative book develops protocols for using the transfer method to approach environmental problems and introduces several significant conceptual and methodological advances that refine the transfer process.The transfer approach to quantitative policy analysis adapts information and data from existing studies and so provides an economical way to assess potential benefits and costs for projects. The book presents a detailed framework for examining the transfer of information, outlines the basic steps of the method, and discusses solutions to frequently encountered problems. It then illustrates the method with an extensive case study of environmental externalities from electricity generation. This case study provides the opportunity to discuss salient aspects of the transfer method in more detail, including conceptual principles, the quality of original studies, empirical difficulties and estimation techniques. It also demonstrates the use of state-of-the-art techniques such as meta analysis to synthesise and transfer information from multiple studies and assesses the reliability of the transfer estimates with repeated computer simulations, a technique known as Monte Carlo analysis.Environmental Policy Analysis with Limited Information will appeal to environmental policy analysts and managers as well as environmental economists.Trade Review'Desvousges, Johnson and Banzhaf have transformed the landscape for environmental policy analyses. Benefit analyses for policy evaluation generally require adaptations of existing research results to meet the needs of specific policy questions. The authors illustrate how analysts can systematically learn from the literature, develop methods for incorporating uncertainty in transferred benefit measures, and integrate the results from diverse research sources. In the process, the authors develop a comprehensive set of estimates of the environmental costs of the residual byproducts from electricity. . .' -- V. Kerry Smith, Arizona State University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Critical Aspects of the Transfer 3. Designing the Transfer Study 4. Estimating Changes in Health Services 5. Health Effects Measured as Monetary Costs 6. Other Effects: Agriculture, Materials and Visibility 7. Results of the Case Study 8. Assessing the Transfer Method Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAfter more than twenty years of orthodox economic policy in Europe the scourge of unemployment remains. This impressive book goes beyond the neoclassical theory of employment and develops sound policy guidelines to tackle the global problem of unemployment.Employment, Technology and Economic Needs provides the latest thinking on issues of employment, unemployment and economic policy. The book is explicitly interdisciplinary in scope and international in coverage, including European and US country case studies. Its authors include economists, management scientists, sociologists and economic geographers. Together they provide the most comprehensive analysis to date of the problems of unemployment and poor economic performance from a broadly institutional and evolutionary perspective. The book reports the latest academic research, whilst clearly documenting the implications for public policy. The authors discuss the effectiveness of policy prescriptions such as negative income taxes, the International Labour Organization agenda, a fiscal system based on eco-taxation, a reduction of working time, and developing a 'corporatist' system as a means to develop employment opportunities. Written in an accessible style, this book will be vital reading for all those interested in the fields of employment, technology, and macroeconomic and industrial policy. It will also be of interest to anyone concerned with economic policy issues and human welfare.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: Towards an Alternative Theory and Policy on Employment (J. Michie and A. Reati) Part I: The Political Economy of Employment and Unemployment 1. Labour Supply and Unemployment (A.G. Calafati) 2. Demand – and Supply-side Approaches to Economic Policy (J. Michie and C. Pitelis) 3. Deindustrialization, Unemployment and Government (M. Kitson and J. Michie) 4. Institutions and Employment Performance in Different Growth Regimes (E. Appelbaum and R. Schettkat) Part II: The Role of Technology and Innovation 5. The Present Technological Change (A. Reati) 6. A Micro-macro View of the Causes of and Remedies for Unemployment in an Integrating Europe (A. Tylecote) 7. Product versus Process Innovation (C. Edquist, L. Hommen and M. McKelvey) 8. Regional Innovation Strategies (S. Davies and K. Morgan) Part III: The World of Work 9. The Employment Relationship in Transition (E. Benedetti and M. Rangone) 10. Creating Your Own Job (J. Wheelock and S. Baines) 11. In Search of Employment Creation via Environmental Valorization (R. Hudson) 12. Some Alternative Explanations of Irish Unemployment (C.M.A. Clark and C. Kavanagh) Part IV: A Policy Agenda 13. Employment as a Human Right (M.R. Tool) 14. Full Employment (W. Sengenberger) 15. Reforming the Labour Market Through Guaranteed Incomes (J. Manza and F. Block) 16. The Reduction of Working Time as a Means of Solving the Unemployment Problem (A. Reati) Index

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Book SynopsisImproving urban air quality has become a policy priority for the European Union, national governments and city authorities as more evidence comes to light of the harmful health effects of road traffic pollution. This book clearly illustrates how to work towards effective policies for improved urban air quality.The authors argue that designing and implementing successful policies is not just a matter of deciding on the most appropriate technological solutions. A process of institution building has to take place which works towards consensus among a variety of potentially divergent interests; from the police and highway authorities to business interests and citizens. Making use of policy network theory, this volume presents studies of attempts to build such coalitions, and the factors that have often frustrated them, in countries such as Canada, France, Italy and Switzerland. This book provides a major contribution to the theoretical and empirical understanding of the policies needed to combat road traffic pollution.The Politics of Improving Urban Air Quality will prove invaluable to scholars of environmental studies and public policy.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. When Policy Networks Collide: The Institutional Dynamic of Air Pollution Policy-making in two Canadian Cities 3. ‘Soft’ Institutions for Hard Problems: Instituting Air Pollution Policies in Three Italian Regions 4. Improving Air Quality in Italian Cities: The Outcome of an Emergency Policy Style 5. Shifting Tools and Shifting Meanings in Urban Traffic Policy: The Case of Turin 6. Changing Definitions and Networks in Clean Air Policy in France 7. Lyon’s Urban Transportation Policy and the Air Quality Problem: A Policy Network Approach 8. Clean Air and Transport Policy in Switzerland: The Case of Berne 9. Conclusion: Institution Building for Sustainable Urban Mobility Policies Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisPolicy Analysis and Public Choice is an important selection of articles written by William A. Niskanen over the last thirty years. The volume represents two quite different disciplines to which Niskanen has made a major contribution: policy analysis and public choice. It also includes his major essays on proprietary studies as well as many of his professional papers written for an academic audience.Part I details Niskanen's important contribution to policy analysis. The diverse topics discussed include: defence spending and resource allocation, trade policy, crime and drug policy, and welfare and the culture of poverty. Part II is concerned with public choice and political economy, in particular the liberal economic order, bureaucracy, democratic government and progressive taxation. The volume also includes an autobiographical summary focusing on the complementary nature of his work on policy analysis and public choice, and a number of commentaries that reflect Niskanen's unique professional background and perspective. Policy Analysis and Public Choice will be of special interest to those interested in public choice, public policy, political economy and political science.Trade Review'Niskanen's analysis is insightful and thought-provoking on all of the various topics covered.'Table of ContentsContents: 1. Personal Note: From Technocrat to Political Economist 2. An Irreverent Perspective on the Case for Federal Chartering of Corporations Part I. Policy Analysis 3. Crime, Police and Root Causes 4. The Defense Resource Allocation Process 5. More Defense Spending for Smaller Forces 6. The District of Columbia 7. Economists and Drug Policy 8. Student Performance and School District Size 9. Land Prices Substantially Underestimate the Value of Environmental Quality 10. Fiscal Effects on US Economic Growth 11. Political Guidance on Monetary Policy 12. Economists and Politicians 13. Reaganomics 14. Economic Regulation 15. US Trade Policy 16. The Determinants of US Capital Imports 17. Welfare and the Culture of Poverty 18. The President is Not our Leader Part II. Political Economy 19. Economic and Political Effects on the Popular Vote for the President 20. The Environmental Consequences of Majority Rule 21. Progressive Taxation and Democratic Government 22. Public Policy and the Political Process 23. The Pathology of Politics 24. The Opportunities for Political Entrepreneurship 25. Corporations and Other Large Organizations 26. Guidelines for Delineating the Private and the Government Sector 27. The Soft Infrastructure of a Market Economy 28. Conditions Affecting the Survival of Constitutional Rules 29. The Case for a New Fiscal Constitution 30. The Reflections of a Grump 31. The Moral Case for Bourgeois Democracy 32. The Prospect for Liberal Democracy 33. The Erosion of the Liberal Economic Order 34. Growing Up

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Book SynopsisThe Economic Approach to Environmental Policy draws together a selection of Myrick Freeman's most influential papers on key analytical and policy issues in the field of environmental economics.The papers collected in this significant volume cover a wide range of topics pertinent to the study of environmental economics including: the effects of environmental and resource policies on the distribution of income the incorporation of distribution effects into environmental policy analysis the role of economic incentives in environmental policy the economic valuation of environment changes the consideration of risk and uncertainty in economic valuation and policy making This outstanding collection also includes several papers that communicate, in a non-technical way, the ethical basis of environmental economics and the economic approach to environmental policy.It will be of great interest to academics and policymakers concerned with working in the area of environmental economics.Trade Review'The book is handsomely produced with several articles reset for the occasion. . . . the book is of interest to scholars in the history of economic thought, as well as convenient access to core materials on environmental policy from the economics of the latter part of the twentieth century.' -- Peter Read, International Journal of Social EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Multi-Objective Planning and the Distribution of Benefits and Costs Part II: Incentives and Pollution Control Policy Part III: Valuing Changes in the Environment Part IV: Risk and Uncertainty Part V: Miscellaneous

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