Central / national / federal government policies Books
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Political Theory and Public Choice: The Selected
Book SynopsisThis volume, together with a new original introduction, contains the most significant of Anthony Downs's essays written over the past four decades on politics and political theory. The articles address issues such as democracy, public choice theory, rational political decision making and political policy. As such this will be an ideal companion to his famous book An Economic Theory of Democracy. In this collection, Anthony Downs shows how a rational analyst can apply common sense and the lessons of practical experience to the most fundamental and difficult aspects of the political theory of democracy. Written in easily accessible language, Downs' analysis of political behaviour in a democracy and specifically the public choice view is applied to many aspects of democratic politics including cycles of political attention to specific issues, and the long term evolution of democracy.This book will prove invaluable to academics and students of politics, democracy, and public choice theory.Trade Review'Anthony Downs is one of the outstanding thinkers of our times. In an age and country where the title of intellectual has become almost a term of abuse, he has demonstrated the power of ideas in the world of practical affairs. His work focuses on problems, and cuts through disciplinary boundaries. It is informed by a concern to improve the human condition, and a commitment to rigorous analysis of how this can be achieved. The papers in this collection, from his classic work on the economic theory of democracy, to his writings on urban policy and property markets, provide a summary of forty years of a career that has decisively shaped the way in which we think about public affairs.'Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction 1. An Economic Theory of Political Action in Democracy 2. Why the Government Budget is too Small in a Democracy 3. In Defense of Majority Voting 4. The Public Interest: Its Meaning in a Democracy 5. A Theory of Large Managerial Firms 6. Up and Down with Ecology – the “Issue-Attention Cycle” 7. Separating the Planning and Procurement of Public Services from their Production and Delivery 8. They Sell Sizzle, but Their Predictions Fizzle 9. The Evolution of Democracy
£94.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Valuing Environmental Benefits: Selected Essays
Book SynopsisValuing Environmental Benefits brings together Maureen Cropper's work on methods for valuing environmental benefits, especially health benefits, as well as analyses of the benefits implicitly attached to human health and ecosystems by environmental regulations.Beginning with a survey of the field of environmental economics (written with Wallace E. Oates), the book includes papers on valuing health benefits, valuing environmental amenities, and the political economy of environmental regulation. The author's analyses of mortality benefits include both theoretical work and empirical studies of the value citizens attach to life saving programs. Studies of morbidity benefits include previously unpublished work on the value of preventing chronic heart and lung disease. Section two of the book focuses on the use of hedonic methods for valuing urban amenities. The book concludes with statistical analyses of factors influencing US environmental regulations in the areas of pesticide control, toxic substances and superfund cleanups.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Overview Part II: Valuing Health Part III: Valuing Urban Amenities Part IV: The Political Economy of Environmental Regulation Index
£132.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Public Policy Instruments: Evaluating the Tools
Book SynopsisThis important book provides a state of the art of the study of policy instruments, combining insights taken from European and American experiences, to present a detailed exposition of the nature and use of policy instruments.The book first analyses the background of the instrumental approach and outlines its development in the field of public adminstration. It also includes an exposition of four alternative schools of thought about policy instruments, namely, the instrumentalist, proceduralist, contingentist and constitutivist schools. The criteria for choosing instruments are discussed as is the effectiveness of regulatory, financial and communicative instruments. This volume also addresses the recent efforts by governments to restrict intervention in the market. The final section provides a reassessment of the instruments literature and looks at the questions that will continue to face this perspective on public policy.This book will be of great use to academics and students of public policy and political science as well as policymakers.Table of ContentsContents: Prologue Part I: The State of the Art in the Study of Policy Instruments 1. The Traditional Approach to Policy Instruments 2. The Study of Policy Instruments 3. The Trade-off Between Appropriateness and Fit of Policy Instruments Part II: The Quest for Policy Instruments 4. A Contextual Approach to Policy Instruments 5. The Choice of Policy Instruments in Policy Networks 6. A Public Choice Approach to the Selection of Policy Instruments 7. The Political Circumstances of Instrument Design Part III: The Rhythms and Blues of Policy Instruments 8. The Dynamics of Policy Instruments 9. The Acceptability and Visibility of Policy Instruments Part IV: A Re-examination of the Study of Policy Instruments 10. The Sociogenesis of Policy Tools in the Netherlands 11. On Instruments and Instrumentality Epilogue Index
£102.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Fiscal Federalism and State–local Finance: The
Book SynopsisThis volume - the summary of a five-year research programme - describes and assesses the Scandinavian approach to local public finance. A key role of local finance in Scandinavia is redistribution in the form of a wide array of social services that are largely financed at the central level.Trade Review’Jørn Rattsø has assembled a provocative collection of papers. In describing and assessing the Scandinavian approach to local public finance, they provide a basic challenge to the conventional academic wisdom. A key role of local finance in Scandinavia is redistribution in the form of a wide array of social services that are largely financed at the central level. It is both fascinating and instructive to see how all this works and what sorts of problems and compromises are inherent in such a conception of local finance.’ -- Wallace E. Oates, University of Maryland, and Resources for the Future, US’The devolution of the financing and provision of government services has captured the interest of Scandinavian economists and political scientists. This volume provides a summary of a five-year research program to test the applicability of the US model of fiscal decentralization in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. But the book is more than the first in-depth study of federalism in Scandinavia. It also offers important general lessons for all scholars - economists, political scientists, and legal scholars alike - wishing to understand how fiscal institutions define fiscal policies’ -- Robert P. Inman, University of Pennsylvania, US’This volume offers a wonderful addition to the Elgar series on fiscal federalism and state-local finance edited by Wallace Oates. Jorn Rattsø is a unique force in Norwegian fiscal federalism. He and his able Scandinavian colleagues have not only been frequent intellectual contributors to the academic literature, but have also been active in the policy arena as well. The volume reflects the best of both worlds. Readers not familiar with the institutions of Scandinavian public finance will of course find many valuable applications of traditional federalism principles in this volume. Along the way, they will have the opportunity to enjoy an array of intriguing analyses that will encourage fruitful reflections on comparative fiscal federalism. The volume would make a welcome addition as recommended reading on graduate public finance reading lists.’ -- Daniel L. Rubinfield, University of California, Berkeley, USTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Style, Reform and Performance 2. Demand 3. Political Institutions 4. Cost and Control 5. Theory
£136.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Environmental Valuation, Economic Policy and
Book SynopsisThis book brings together some of the most important recent developments in the various aspects of environmental economics as well as providing an introduction to its theory and practice. Environmental valuation techniques, including exciting new approaches such as production function techniques, are outlined and applied to developed and developing countries, and to countries in transition from centrally planned to market based systems. The effectiveness of regulatory and market based policy instruments, including environmental taxation and tradeable permits, is analysed and applied to environmental problems such as the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from transport and the conservation of biological diversity.Trade Review'. . . this volume provides a good introduction to the issues surrounding three critical areas of environmental and ecological economics: nonmarket valuation, policy choices, and sustainability. . . . Overall, I found the volume to be an interesting read . . . The primary contribution is in the collection of work in one location that provides the interested reader who is new to many of the details of the topics with the necessary foundation to pursue topics in more detail . . . Individuals in the fields of law, political science, and other policy fields will find the material accessible and interesting.'Table of ContentsContents: 1. An Introduction to Environmental Economics: Theory and Application (M. Acutt and P. Mason) Part I: Economic Valuation of the Environment 2. Economic Valuation in Transition Economies 3. Real and Hypothetical Willingness to Pay for Environmental Preservation 4. An Alternative Approach to Valuing Non-market Goods 5. Valuing the Environment as an Input Part II: Economic Policy Towards the Environment 6. Environmental Taxation 7. Economic Incentives for the Control of Pollution 8. Environmental Policy, Firm Location and Green Consumption 9. Environmental Regulation Part III: Environmental Sustainability 10. The Economics of Environmental Sustainability 11. Ecological Resilience and Economic Sustainability 12. Stripping Resources and Investing Abroad
£95.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd European Union at the Crossroads: A Critical
Book SynopsisThis book provides an up-to-date analysis of some of the key issues facing the European Union on the (potentially rocky) road towards monetary union and enlargement. A wide range of topics is covered from a diverse and critical perspective.After addressing general questions concerning the deepening and widening of European integration, the authors include theoretical and empirical analyses of the implementation of EMU and its feasibility. They also consider convergence and development within the European Union, and the lessons to be learnt from the Nordic enlargement, as well as the experience of the Southern periphery. While the economic dimension is pervasive, the development of European Monetary Union will also be highly dependent on internal political developments and inter-member bargaining.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Is Europe Ready for EMU? 1. The European Monetary Union in transition 2. Configurations and prospects for European integration and monetary unification 3. The EMS interest rates 4. Expected devaluations in the ERM 5. Stability of a monetary union Part II: Policy and Political Aspects of European Integration 6. Value-added tax and the internal market in the EU 7. Greek agriculture under the CAP 8. Economic integration and development 9. Primary convergence and European monetary integration 10. Capital flows, foreign exchange reserves and aggregate demand Part III: Lessons from the Nordic Enlargement and the Experience of the Southern Periphery 11. Swedish integration with the European Union 12. Did the ERM stabilize real exchange rates?
£102.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd International Competitiveness and Environmental
Book SynopsisGovernment policies to reduce environmental pollution and global warming are often criticized as damaging to the economy, particularly by reducing international competitiveness. This book addresses the issue by examining many of the policies concerned, and their effects on competitiveness. It demonstrates that well-designed, market-oriented environmental policies may be expected to improve both domestic and international competitiveness.The authors dismiss the fear that environmental policies will damage competitiveness by approaching the issue from four different perspectives: the economic analysis of competitiveness; a geo-economic approach to trade and foreign investment between Europe, NAFTA and Southeast Asia; studies of the effects of environmental policies on competitiveness; and the formal modelling of carbon taxation, international competitiveness and carbon leakage. The book also includes results from a global econometric model on the potential for carbon leakage, a detailed case study of German national policies, an examination of life cycle analysis and competitiveness, and an empirical study of green product development. This book will be of great interest to academics working in the field of environmental economics and researchers involved in environmental policy.Trade Review'This is an optimistic and useful book. It succeeds in providing theoretical foundations and empirical evidence of the limited effects on competitiveness of a carbon tax properly introduced. This is an important lesson for policymakers, specially when trying to attain the Kyoto targets.' -- Maria Luisa Tamborra and Dino Pinelli, Environmental Values'The book will be of interest to academics working in the field of environmental economics and policy, and more generally to individuals with an interest in exploring beneath the surface of the one-sided rhetoric presented by business interests looking for short term economic gain.' -- G.J.K. Porter, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management'This book is an interesting read.' -- Anthony Heyes, Journal of Energy LiteratureTable of ContentsContents: Introduction (T. Barker and J. Köhler) Part I: Reviews of the Literature Part II: Macroeconomic Simulations Part III: Economic Analyses of Countries and Firms Index
£111.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Education Policy
Book SynopsisThere have been dramatic changes in education policy throughout the world in the final quarter of the 20th Century. This important volume presents an invaluable collection of previously published and specially commissioned articles which capture these major changes in educational policy.Driven by demands for efficiency and performance, traditional liberal views of education as promoting and providing the ideals of an educated elite and empowered autonomous individuals have been supplanted. Increasingly there have been moves from localized and national policies towards international policies, and a closer integration of schools into the world. Education policy and associated management styles have overtly incorporated current market-led economic theories and in major western nations where education has been seen as a traditional welfare right, policy has moved to a commodification of education and to various forms of privatisation. Topics include Education Policy: Definition, Analysis, Criticism and Research; Economics: Markets and Development; Education Policy and the State; Race, Development and Culture; and Social Justice, Literacy and New Technologies.Education Policy will be an indispensable reference source for students, researchers and practitioners.Trade Review'. . . a major piece of work and deserves a wide audience.' -- Justin Dillon, Environmental Education Research'As the book presents a rich collection of research in the area, at one place for the convenience of researchers, the scholars would undoubtedly feel it worth having.' -- Jandhyala B.G. Tilak, Journal of Educational Planning and AdministrationTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements • Preface Part I: Education Policy: Definition, Analysis, Criticism and Research 1. Stephen J. Ball (1994), ‘What is Policy? Texts, Trajectories and Toolboxes’ 2. John A. Codd (1988), ‘The Construction and Deconstruction of Educational Policy Documents’ 3. John Fitz, David Halpin and Sally Power (1994), ‘Implementation Research and Education Policy: Practice and Prospects’ 4. Hilary Janks (1997), ‘Critical Discourse Analysis as a Research Tool’ 5. Jenny Ozga (1990), ‘Policy Research and Policy Theory: A Comment on Fitz and Halpin’ 6. Michael Peters and James Marshall (1996), ‘Educational Policy Analysis and the Politics of Interpretation’ 7. Sandra Taylor (1997), ‘Critical Policy Analysis: Exploring Contexts, Texts and Consequences’ Part II: Economics: Markets and Development 8. Mark Blaug (1989), ‘Review of Economics of Education: Research and Studies Edited by George Psacharopoulos. Oxford: Pergamon Press. 1987. 482 pp.’ 9. Phillip Brown and Hugh Lauder (1996), ‘Education, Globalization and Economic Development’ 10. Martin Carnoy (1995), ‘Structural Adjustment and the Changing Face of Education’ 11. John E. Chubb and Terry M. Moe (1988), ‘Politics, Markets, and the Organization of Schools’ 12. Patrick Fitzsimons and Michael Peters (1994), ‘Human Capital Theory and the Industry Training Strategy in New Zealand’ 13. Howard Glennerster (1991), ‘Quasi-Markets For Education?’ 14. Simon Marginson (1997), ‘Subjects and Subjugation: The Economics of Education as Power-Knowlege’ 15. Geoff Whitty (1997), ‘Creating Quasi-Markets in Education: A Review of Recent Research on Parental Choice and School Autonomy in Three Countries’ Part III: Educational Policy and the State 16. Michael W. Apple (1993), ‘The Politics of Official Knowledge: Does a National Curriculum Make Sense?’ 17. Roger Dale (1997), ‘The State and the Governance of Education: An Analysis of the Restructuring of the State-Education Relationship’ 18. Tony Edwards and Geoff Whitty (1992), ‘Parental Choice and Educational Reform in Britain and the United States’ 19. David Hogan (1997), ‘The Social Economy of Parent Choice and the Contract State’ 20. Mark Olssen (1996), ‘In Defence of the Welfare State and Publicly Provided Education: A New Zealand Perspective’ 21. Thomas S. Popkewitz (1996), ‘Rethinking Decentralization and State/Civil Society Distinctions: The State as a Problematic of Governing’ 22. Susan L. Robertson (1996), ‘Teachers’ Work, Restructuring and Postfordism: Constructing the New ‘Professionalism’’ 23. Carlos Alberto Torres (1995), ‘State and Education Revisited: Why Educational Researchers Should Think Politically About Education’ Part IV: Race, Development and Culture 24. Jane Kenway, Chris Bigum and Lindsay Fitzclarence (1993), ‘Marketing Education in the Postmodern Age’ 25. Eve Coxon (1999), ‘The Politics of ‘Modernisation’ 26. Phillip W. Jones (1997), ‘Review Article: On World Bank Education Financing - World Bank (1995) Policies and Strategies for Education: A World Bank Review (Washington DC, World Bank)’ 27. Henry A. Giroux (1997), ‘Where Have All the Public Intellectuals Gone? Racial Politics, Pedagogy, and Disposable Youth’ 28. Peter L. McLaren (1997), ‘Unthinking Whiteness, Rethinking Democracy: Or Farewell to the Blonde Beast; Towards a Revolutionary Multiculturalism’ 29. Amy Stuart Wells and Irene Serna (1996), ‘The Politics of Culture: Understanding Local Political Resistance to Detracking in Racially Mixed Schools’ 30. John U. Ogbu (1994), ‘Racial Stratification and Education in the United States: Why Inequality Persists’ 31. Graham Hingangaroa Smith and Linda Tuhiwai Smith (1996), ‘New Mythologies in Maori Education’ Part V: Social Justice, Literacy and New Technologies 32. R.W. Connell (1994), ‘Poverty and Education’ 33. A.H. Halsey (1993), ‘Trends in Access and Equity in Higher Education: Britain in International Perspective’ 34. Bob Lingard and Barbara Garrick (1997), ‘Producing and Practising Social Justice Policy in Education: A Policy Trajectory Study from Queensland, Australia’ 35. Colin Lankshear (1998), ‘Meanings of Literacy in Contemporary Educational Reform Proposals’ 36. Allan Luke, Bob Lingard, Bill Green and Barbara Comber (1999), ‘The Abuses of Literacy: Educational Policy and the Construction of Crisis’ 37. Nicholas C. Burbules and Thomas A. Callister, Jr. (1999), ‘A Post-Technocratic Policy Perspective on New Information and Communication Technologies for Education’ 38. Gary McCulloch (1997), ‘Privatising the Past? History and Education Policy in the 1990s’ Name Index
£369.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Comparative Public Policy: Patterns of Post-war
Book SynopsisComparative Public Policy provides the first truly systematic and comprehensive account of the transformation of the post-war state in the advanced countries of the Western world. The author generates new research findings which show how the economic, social and political changes of the post-war era have reshaped modern public policy across the OECD region.Francis G. Castles examines the growth of big government and the emergence of the modern welfare state and identifies ways in which the role of the state has impacted on labour markets and such personal issues as home ownership, fertility and divorce. He explains why the trajectory of policy transformation has varied from country to country, with immediate post-war policy laggards sometimes becoming leaders, and erstwhile policy pioneers on occasions stagnating. This innovative book presents a wealth of background data and a huge range of new findings, covering 12 policy areas in 21 advanced industrialized countries over a period of more than three decades. Comparative Public Policy is essential reading for students and scholars who wish to understand the dynamics of contemporary social and political development.Trade Review'Castles's book is an important contribution to comparative public policy, offering significant insight into policy areas over time and countries and providing a key source for any analysis of public policy.' -- Martin Lodge, West European Politics'This is a magisterial study by one of the leading international specialists in public policy research. . . . This is a compelling and convincing analysis and in its combination of scope, ambition and rigor is currently unchallenged. It is succinct, concise and undeviating from its central explanatory thesis. . . . it should be compulsory reading for professors.' -- Martin Rhodes, American Political Science Review'Castles's work is accessible and provides much data regarding public policy after World War II.' -- Jim F. Couch, E.H. Net'. . . a comprehensive, well organized work. . . . Castles's book is a comprehensive analysis of recent social processes.' -- Ian Gough and Meir Shabat, Journal of European Social Policy'. . . this book will serve as an extremely valuable source and guide for anybody interested in comparative public policy development between 1950 and the mid 1990s in OECD countries. . . . The ability to discuss the subject matter and argue his case within the space of 350 rather than 1,000 pages pays tribute to the author's considerable grasp of the material and concise presentation and discussion of data and analysis.' -- Jochen Clasen, European Journal of Social Work'. . . the author has achieved his goal of capturing the large picture of economic transformation and public policy in Western capitalism, post World War II. This book poses problems for all kinds of theories. Castles has simplified our empirical world while questioning our theoretical maps. The tables that at first sight appear off-putting have the compelling fascination of a Guinness Book of Records for grown ups. Not the least of its attractions is that it is an interesting read.' -- Grant Jordan, Political Studies'This innovative book presents a wealth of background data and a huge range of findings. This is a most scholarly text.' -- Economic Outlook and Business Review'Castles is one of the most prolific and innovative writers on welfare states and public policy and, once again, he does not disappoint. This book fills a huge vacuum in existing student texts. With great lucidity and tremendous reach, this book gives us a comparative, historical and cross-disciplinary panorama of postwar era public sector growth and, now, crisis. Few, if any, existing texts manage so well to present the leading questions, debates and the evidence so succinctly. It is bound to become a leading text for upper level students everywhere.' -- Gosta Esping-Andersen, University of Trento, Italy'Castles has written an accessible and comprehensive analysis of the evolution of public policy in the industrialized world since 1945. All students of comparative public policy will want to have this book close at hand as a ready guide and a source of superb statistical data to a complicated and fascinating set of policy issues.' -- Peter J. Katzenstein, Cornell University, US'Not the least of this book's many accomplishments is its contribution to our intellectual hygiene. Castles does a real public service by dispelling many myths, held by academics and neoliberal ideologues alike, about the role of 'big government' in advanced societies.' -- Claus Offe, Humboldt University, Germany'Frank Castles has written a book that should be read by anyone interested in comparative public policy, and comparative politics more generally. It is a rare combination of analytic rigor and descriptive richness. It covers a broad sweep of countries, policy areas, and time, and sets a standard for books in public policy.' -- B. Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Making Sense of Post-war Public Policy 2. Economy and Society 3. Institutions and Ideology 4. The Causes of Big Government 5. The Welfare State 6. The State and the Labour Market 7. Public Policy and the Personal 8. Patterns of Post-war Public Policy References
£121.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Comparative Public Policy: Patterns of Post-war
Book SynopsisComparative Public Policy provides the first truly systematic and comprehensive account of the transformation of the post-war state in the advanced countries of the Western world. The author generates new research findings which show how the economic, social and political changes of the post-war era have reshaped modern public policy across the OECD region.Francis G. Castles examines the growth of big government and the emergence of the modern welfare state and identifies ways in which the role of the state has impacted on labour markets and such personal issues as home ownership, fertility and divorce. He explains why the trajectory of policy transformation has varied from country to country, with immediate post-war policy laggards sometimes becoming leaders, and erstwhile policy pioneers on occasions stagnating. This innovative book presents a wealth of background data and a huge range of new findings, covering 12 policy areas in 21 advanced industrialized countries over a period of more than three decades. Comparative Public Policy is essential reading for students and scholars who wish to understand the dynamics of contemporary social and political development.Trade Review'Castles's book is an important contribution to comparative public policy, offering significant insight into policy areas over time and countries and providing a key source for any analysis of public policy.' -- Martin Lodge, West European Politics'This is a magisterial study by one of the leading international specialists in public policy research. . . . This is a compelling and convincing analysis and in its combination of scope, ambition and rigor is currently unchallenged. It is succinct, concise and undeviating from its central explanatory thesis. . . . it should be compulsory reading for professors.' -- Martin Rhodes, American Political Science Review'Castles's work is accessible and provides much data regarding public policy after World War II.' -- Jim F. Couch, E.H. Net'. . . a comprehensive, well organized work. . . . Castles's book is a comprehensive analysis of recent social processes.' -- Ian Gough and Meir Shabat, Journal of European Social Policy'. . . this book will serve as an extremely valuable source and guide for anybody interested in comparative public policy development between 1950 and the mid 1990s in OECD countries. . . . The ability to discuss the subject matter and argue his case within the space of 350 rather than 1,000 pages pays tribute to the author's considerable grasp of the material and concise presentation and discussion of data and analysis.' -- Jochen Clasen, European Journal of Social Work'. . . the author has achieved his goal of capturing the large picture of economic transformation and public policy in Western capitalism, post World War II. This book poses problems for all kinds of theories. Castles has simplified our empirical world while questioning our theoretical maps. The tables that at first sight appear off-putting have the compelling fascination of a Guinness Book of Records for grown ups. Not the least of its attractions is that it is an interesting read.' -- Grant Jordan, Political Studies'This innovative book presents a wealth of background data and a huge range of findings. This is a most scholarly text.' -- Economic Outlook and Business Review'Castles is one of the most prolific and innovative writers on welfare states and public policy and, once again, he does not disappoint. This book fills a huge vacuum in existing student texts. With great lucidity and tremendous reach, this book gives us a comparative, historical and cross-disciplinary panorama of postwar era public sector growth and, now, crisis. Few, if any, existing texts manage so well to present the leading questions, debates and the evidence so succinctly. It is bound to become a leading text for upper level students everywhere.' -- Gosta Esping-Andersen, University of Trento, Italy'Castles has written an accessible and comprehensive analysis of the evolution of public policy in the industrialized world since 1945. All students of comparative public policy will want to have this book close at hand as a ready guide and a source of superb statistical data to a complicated and fascinating set of policy issues.' -- Peter J. Katzenstein, Cornell University, US'Not the least of this book's many accomplishments is its contribution to our intellectual hygiene. Castles does a real public service by dispelling many myths, held by academics and neoliberal ideologues alike, about the role of 'big government' in advanced societies.' -- Claus Offe, Humboldt University, Germany'Frank Castles has written a book that should be read by anyone interested in comparative public policy, and comparative politics more generally. It is a rare combination of analytic rigor and descriptive richness. It covers a broad sweep of countries, policy areas, and time, and sets a standard for books in public policy.' -- B. Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Making Sense of Post-war Public Policy 2. Economy and Society 3. Institutions and Ideology 4. The Causes of Big Government 5. The Welfare State 6. The State and the Labour Market 7. Public Policy and the Personal 8. Patterns of Post-war Public Policy References
£33.20
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Handbook of Political Change in Eastern
Book SynopsisThis major new reference book provides an authoritative and thorough analysis of the political changes which have occurred in Eastern Europe since the demise of communism. It offers an historical, comparative perspective of the region and focuses on the social consequences of the transition, historical legacies, and variations between countries in the sequences of the changes. This comprehensive handbook includes detailed examinations of elections, the formation of governments, electoral systems, and constitutional arrangements. It features country case studies on Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, and Bulgaria. These are supplemented by several chapters drawing conclusions on the transition to democracy in the region as a whole, and the consolidation of democracy in a post-communist setting.The Handbook of Political Change in Eastern Europe provides a state-of-the art companion which will be indispensable for students and scholars in the social sciences including transitional economics, comparative economic systems and political science, as well as for policymakers and practitioners.Trade Review'The editors have succeeded in putting together an excellent group of authors who present a well informed and balanced analysis of the formation of political systems in the examined countries. . . . The authors of this book are to be congratulated on the structure and clarity of its presentation. This volume makes an interesting contribution to knowledge in this field and should be useful reading for students and experts interested in Central and Eastern European politics.' -- Dan Marek, Journal of European Area Studies'This is a very interesting reference book of the political changes in Eastern Europe since the demise of communism. It will prove to be of great use for everybody involved in research on Eastern Europe, but it can also offer considerable introductory information to those who have not followed the most recent developments in the region.' -- Ioannis Armakolas, The Ethnic Conflict Research DigestTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Foundations of Change 2. The Challenge of History in Eastern Europe 3. Estonia 4. Latvia 5. Lithuania 6. Poland 7. The Czech and Slovak Republics 8. Hungary 9. Slovenia 10. Romania 11. Bulgaria 12. From Transition to Consolidation
£174.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Implementing European Union Public Policy
Book SynopsisDuring its comparatively short life as a set of institutions, the European Union (EU) has experienced rapid growth in size, remit and policy competence. In addition, the resulting analytical and factual literature has more than matched this growth. As Roger Levy notes, ’[a] visit to the institutions of the EU now requires a travel itinerary on the scale of the cultural tour once favoured by the aristocracy.'This valuable and detailed study provides, for the first time, a systematic empirical analysis of EU programme management in all of the main spending areas over a 20 year period. After setting out the management framework in each area, Roger Levy looks methodically at audit evidence to build up a comprehensive performance profile. The management of EU spending programmes is subject to almost continual media speculation about its propriety and efficiency. The unprecedented resignation of the Santer Commission en masse in March 1999 was a direct result of its management failures. Using up-to-date, original data, this valuable book provides an empirical antidote to much of the speculation which dominates this issue.This accessible analysis of the vast data available on this contentious area will prove invaluable reference to anyone studying the European Union, as well as European and national government officials, research organisations and pressure groups.Trade Review'This study provides a very careful analysis of the European Union spending programmes over the last 20 years.' -- Aslib Book GuideTable of ContentsContents: Implementing European Union Public Policy 1. The Context 2. Measuring the Quality of European Union Programme Management 3. General Overview 4. EAGGF Guarantee 5. Structural Actions 6. Research and Development 7. Cooperation and Development 8. The European Development Fund 9. Present Trends and Future Directions Bibliography Index
£103.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Taxes, Public Goods and Urban Economics: The
Book SynopsisThe 27 articles reprinted in this volume are among Peter Mieszkowski's most important contributions to public, urban and regional economics. Several of these pieces concern income distribution theory and policies for promoting equality in wages, housing and education.The first part of this book includes studies of labour markets, tax incidence and the distributive effects of trade unions and wage subsidies. Two important conclusions presented in these papers concern the local property tax: it is a tax on capital and it results in under-provision of local public goods.The second and third parts of the book address, respectively, the decentralization of cities and and tax reform. Issues discussed include: racial discrimination in housing markets, the design of land use regulation, the negative income tax, consumption taxes, and tax reform in transition countries, particularly Eastern European countries.These outstanding essays bring together, in an accessible form, the work of one of the most important scholars in the field of public finance and urban economics.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: General Equilibrium Analysis of Tax Incidence and Labor Markets Part II: Urban and Regional Economics Part III: Tax Policy and General Economics Index
£166.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Political Economy of the New Deal
Book SynopsisThe Political Economy of the New Deal explores the political and economic forces that shaped the highly uneven distribution of federal emergency relief spending during the Great Depression. It presents new empirical evidence on the Roosevelt administration's response to the Great Depression, and shows how this was influenced more by presidential politics than by the plight of the unemployed millions. The authors apply public choice theory to data produced by the Roosevelt administration to produce an empirical model of New Deal spending decisions. It reassesses the role played by politics in shaping the policies adopted by the New Dealers through a detailed analysis of the distribution of federal emergency relief funds. The authors present new econometric evidence supporting the idea that President Roosevelt used the New Deal to buy electoral votes. They suggest that states with healthier economies attracted disproportionately larger shares of the federal government's relief funds simply because they could afford the programs' costs; and that states whose citizens were in greatest economic need were required to bear more of the cost of financing projects. The results from this analysis suggest that while economic need was certainly not ignored, political considerations dominated the distribution of New Deal dollars.This book examines the origins of the modern American welfare state from a public choice perspective and will be of great interest to economists and political scientists, as well as those interested in the economic history of the United States.Trade Review'All in all, The Political Economy of the New Deal is a well-written book that makes us think further about the motives of the New Dealers and politicians in general. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the New Deal and the politics of the 1930s.' -- Gene Smiley, The Independent Review'This book effectively debunks the popular mythology about the New Deal, and represents a watershed in the application of public choice analysis to an important episode in recent economic history.' -- Gary M. Anderson, Public Choice'. . . engaging and provocative . . . Couch and Shughart's book provides a useful outline of some of the arguments that a public choice based view of the New Deal must attempt to make. They present an interesting overview of several agencies and programs, accompanied by quotes and examples that often succeed in giving the reader a feeling of being in the midst of the action.' -- Barbara J. Alexander, Journal of Economic History'Well written, this volume is a useful blend of public choice theory and economic history.' -- H.H. Ulbrich, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. A Concise History of the Great Depression 3. The Farm Crisis and Rural Relief 4. The First New Deal 5. The Second New Deal 6. Did the New Dealers Respond to Economic Need? 7. Politics and Patterns of New Deal Spending 8. The Political Economy of the New Deal 9. Summary and Conclusions References Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Market and the Environment: The Effectiveness of Market-Based Policy Instruments for Environmental Reform
Book SynopsisDo taxes improve the environment at a reasonable cost? This book focuses on the environmental effects and effectiveness of market-based policy instruments, especially taxes, at improving the environment.In order to calculate their efficiency, the authors compare taxes levied in different ways and at different stages in the product life-cycle with other market-based instruments such as charges, subsidies, tradeable emission permits and deposit-refund systems. They also compare the effectiveness of environmental taxes with other regulatory instruments and schemes including liability and insurance schemes and green labelling. Several chapters focus on the transaction and information costs associated with the implementation of market based policy instruments. The contributors use case study examples to support their findings on the most effective method to improve the environment.Trade Review'The Market and the Environment is a very good book. Thomas Sterner has done an excellent job of assembling a set of high quality papers that complement each other very well.' -- Robert E. Wright, Environmental ConservationTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Disclosure Strategies for Pollution Control 3. Theoretical Considerations Regarding the Effectiveness of Policy Instruments 4. Locally Rational Affection and the Choice of Environmental Policy Instruments 5. Impacts of Environmental Policy on International Trade and Capital Movement 6. Effects of Uncertainty over Environmental Taxes on Emission-reducing Capital in an Oligopoly 7. Regulating Road Transport Externalities 8. Variations on the Wrong Themes? 9. Environmental Taxes seem to be Effective Instruments for the Environment 10. Energy and Environmental Taxes in the European Community and in OECD Countries 11. Energy and Environmental Taxation in Sweden 12. The Distributional Effects of Carbon Regulation 13. Market-Based Instruments for Environmental Policy in Developing Countries 14. Environmental Taxation in Kenya 15. Economic Instruments for Environmental Management in Tanzania 16. The Role of Enforcement and Economic Instruments in Inducing Environmental Investment in a Transition Economy 17. Design and Performance of Economic Instruments for Waste Management and Air Emission Control in Hungary 18. Do Pollution Charges Reduce Emissions in Lithuania? 19. Issues in Designing an Effective Solid Waste Policy 20. Waste Management and Recycling 21. The Effectiveness of the UK Landfill Tax - Early Indications 22. Environmental and Economic Implications of Market-Based Instruments in Portugal Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Migration and Public Policy
Book SynopsisMigration and Public Policy brings together the most significant papers by leading scholars on both international and internal migration. It investigates the role of governments in encouraging, discouraging or forcing such migration. The book critically appraises the motivation for state intervention, including economic efficiency, strategic considerations or an attempt to achieve ethnic, racial or religious homogeneity, and the intended and unintended effects of this intervention.This authoritative collection will be a valuable resource for students, academics, politicians and policymakers who have an interest in migration policy.Trade Review'. . . this collection represents a most valuable repository of some of the best informed and analytically incisive studies on a subject which, far from fading, will be of increasing concern to academic and practitioner alike.' -- Anthony P. Maingot, International MigrationTable of ContentsContents Acknowledgements • Introduction 1. Allan Findlay (1994), ‘An Economic Audit of Contemporary Immigration’ 2. Myron Weiner (1996), ‘Ethics, National Sovereignty and the Control of Immigration’ 3. Nasra M. Shah (1983), ‘Pakistani Workers in the Middle East: Volume, Trends and Consequences’ 4. Alejandro Portes (1978), ‘Toward a Structural Analysis of Illegal (Undocumented) Immigration’ 5. Saskia Sassen-Koob (1979), ‘Economic Growth and Immigration in Venezuela’ 6. James Jupp (1995), ‘From “White Australia” to “Part of Asia”: Recent Shifts in Australian Immigration Policy Towards the Region’ 7. Judith A. Fortney (1970), ‘International Migration of Professionals’ 8. A.M. Findlay (1988), ‘From Settlers to Skilled Transients: The Changing Structure of British International Migration’ 9. Vaughan Robinson (1995), ‘The Changing Nature and European Perceptions of Europe’s Refugee Problem’ 10. Nicholas P. Glytsos (1995), ‘Problems and Policies Regarding the Socio-Economic Integration of Returnees and Foreign Workers in Greece’ 11. Xiushi Yang and Sidney Goldstein (1990), ‘Population Movement in Zhejiang Province, China: The Impact of Government Policies’ 12. James H. Johnson and John Salt (1981), ‘Population Redistribution Policies in Great Britain’ 13. Thomas R. Leinbach (1989), ‘The Transmigration Programme in Indonesian National Development Strategy: Current Status and Future Requirements’ 14. Joost R. Hiltermann (1991), ‘Settling for War: Soviet Immigration and Israel’s Settlement Policy in East Jerusalem’ 15. Alan Mabin (1992), ‘Comprehensive Segregation: The Origins of the Group Areas Act and its Planning Apparatuses’ 16. Akbar S. Ahmed (1995), ‘“Ethnic Cleansing”: A Metaphor for Our Time?’ 17. Kimberly A. Hamilton (1997), ‘Europe, Africa, and International Migration: An Uncomfortable Triangle of Interests’ 18. Mike King (1993), ‘The Impact of Western European Border Policies on the Control of ‘Refugees’ in Eastern and Central Europe’ 19. Michael M. Cernea (1990), ‘International Refugee Flows and Development-Induced Population Displacement’ 20. William T.S. Gould (1988), ‘Government Policies and International Migration of Skilled Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa’ 21. Paul Boyle (1995), ‘Public Housing as a Barrier to Long Distance Migration’ 22. Barry N. Stein (1983), ‘The Commitment to Refugee Resettlement’ 23. Wolfgang Seifert (1997), ‘Admission Policy, Patterns of Migration and Integration: The German and French Case Compared’ 24. Tamar Horowitz (1996), ‘Value-Oriented Parameters in Migration Policies in the 1990s: The Israeli Experience’ 25. Keith H. Halfacree (1996), ‘Out of Place in the Country: Travellers and the “Rural Idyll”’ 26. Hazel Flett, Jeff Henderson and Bill Brown (1979), ‘The Practice of Racial Dispersal in Birmingham 1969-75’ 27. Vaughan Robinson (1989), ‘Up the Creek without a Paddle: Britain’s Boat People Ten Years On’ 28. Vaughan Robinson (1998), ‘The Development of Policies for the Resettlement of Quota Refugees in the UK, 1945-91’ 29. Sharon Stanton Russell (1992), ‘Migrant Remittances and Development’ 30. Graeme Hugo (1996), ‘Environmental Concerns and International Migration’ 31. Gertrud Neuwirth and Lynn Clark (1981), ‘Indochinese Refugees in Canada: Sponsorship and Adjustment’ 32. Roger Zetter (1991), ‘Labelling Refugees: Forming and Transforming a Bureaucratic Identity’ Name Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Monetary Policy and the Great Inflation in the
Book SynopsisThis unique book deals with the most serious macroeconomic failure experienced in the US in the post-war period and the great inflation of the late 1960s and 1970s. It is the first detailed analysis, using Federal Reserve documents, of the thinking behind the inflationary monetary policy during this period.The book examines documentary evidence, including minutes, memos and reports and interviews with people who were closely involved in making policy decisions, to explain the monetary policy that led to this inflation. Thomas Mayer considers forecasting errors and wage and price controls in his attempt to explain why the inflation occurred and places some of the blame on ineffective operating procedures, institutional inefficiencies, and political pressures on the Federal Reserve. The author concludes that much of the responsibility for the mistaken policies lies with academic economists who underestimated the dangers of inflation and encouraged the Federal Reserve to focus on an unattainable employment goal.Monetary Policy and the Great Inflation in the United States will be welcomed by economists, political scientists and economic historians interested in monetary policyTrade Review'Thomas Mayer writes beautifully. Although his book treats difficult issues, one can read it with pleasure. He deals with the problem of why inflation soared in the sixties and seventies. At the same time, he offers the reader general insights gained from a lifetime of observation of how 19 members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) sit around a table and make monetary policy.' -- Robert Hetzel, Journal of Economic Literature'. . . a fascinating book about the causes of the 1965-79 "Great Inflation" in the US. . . . Recommended for public, academic, and professional collections.' -- R.J. Phillips, Choice'Mayer has filled a considerable gap in our knowledge with this path-breaking study . . . No one in future should write on this topic without consulting it.' -- David Laidler, Economic Record'Monetary Policy and the Great Inflation in the United States is a very enlightening description of how monetary policy led to the Great Inflation. Professor Mayer displays his typically thorough analytical skills and clear writing style while describing a wealth of source level evidence regarding the thought process of monetary policymakers.' -- Stephen J. Perez, EH.NET'His [Thomas Mayer's] research shows both how easily monetary policy can be led astray by dubious economic theories, and how difficult it is to change direction once a policy has been established . . . This book contains much information and insight about Federal Reserve policy making . . . I recommend it to readers interested in the macroeconomic history of the 1970s or the history of Federal Reserve policy making in general.' -- David C. Wheelock, Journal of Economic HistoryTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Forecasts of Macroeconomic Variables 3. Controlling the Monetary Aggregates 4. Cognitive Errors 5. Political Pressures 6. Controls and the Committee on Interest and Dividends 7. Economists’ Thinking and the FOMC 8. Conclusion Appendix A: The Federal Open Market Committee Appendix B: Supply Shocks in the 1973–5 Period Appendix C: Background of FOMC Participants Cited References Glossary Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Political Economy of Environmental Policy: A
Book SynopsisWhy is it that market instruments have not been used to their full potential in environmental policy? Using a public choice perspective, this book critically analyses the political economy of environmental policy with special emphasis on the role of powerful interest groups which have blocked the introduction of market instruments.Drawing on new case studies of market instruments, Dr Dijkstra examines the attitudes of interest groups and how they influence environmental policy. He discusses the preferences of shareholders and workers in the polluting industry, the environmental movement and the environmental bureaucracy. He then investigates the circumstances under which market instruments will have low or no probability of being accepted, assuming that they are welfare-maximizing.The Political Economy of Environmental Policy will be of interest to environmental and ecological economists, policymakers, political scientists and public choice scholars.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction 2. The Positive Literature on Instrument Choice 3. Effects of Instruments in an Industry Model 4. Interest Group Preferences: Other Literature 5. Survey among Dutch Interest Groups 6. Market Instruments in Practice 7. Models of Interest Group Influence 8. Noncooperative Rent Seeking 9. Cooperative Rent Seeking 10. A Two-Stage Rent Seeking Contest for Instrument Choice and Revenue Division 11. Assessment of Political Economy Models 12. Conclusion Interviews References Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Finance, Governance and Economic Performance in
Book SynopsisFinance, Governance and Economic Performance in Pacific and South East Asia focuses on key aspects of government policy, financial systems and their links to the economic miracle in Pacific and South East Asia. It also considers the financial crises that have affected those economies and their economic progress. The contributors examine the success of governance in the form of government involvement with the macroeconomy and with the deregulation of markets. Attention is drawn not only to the need for further liberalisation, but also the need to introduce regulatory structures to produce orderly markets.The book includes contributions on financial market opening in developing countries, the impact of FDI on the economic growth of the ASEAN economies, governance, human capital, labour and endogenous growth in Asia Pacific and lessons from the financial crisis as well as an overview of finance, development and growth.This book will be welcomed by those interested in financial economics and reform, the recent Asian crisis, and growth and development in the region.Trade Review'. . . this is an interesting and valuable collection of papers that addresses a highly topical area of research. The quality of writing is high in the main and the econometric methodology and models transparent. The appendices to many of the empirical chapters provide detailed information about data sources as well as model results. The book should be required reading for researchers and graduate students in this field, and the review papers provide valuable teaching material. It will be especially useful for those concerned with the contribution of governance structures to economic performance, financial crises and the still-disputed relationship between growth and financial liberalization.' -- Jenifer Piesse, Asia Pacific Business ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Finance, Development and Growth: An Overview 3. Economic Development, Financial Development and Liberalization: Taiwan, 1960–95 4. Financial Market Opening in Developing Countries 5. Japanese Financial Markets in Turmoil: Liberalization and Consequences 6. Bank–Firm Relationships and Corporate Governance in Japan: Evidence for the 1960s to the 1990s 7. The Performance of Taiwan’s Financial Sector 8. Financial Reform and Asian Turmoil: Taiwan’s Experience 9. Thailand’s Financial Revolution and the 1997 Crisis 10. Currency Hedging in Asian Equity Markets 11. Lessons from the Financial Crisis in Pacific and South East Asia 12. Good Governance and Financial Sector Reform 13. Governance, Human Capital, Labour and Endogenous Growth in Asia–Pacific: A Comparative Study 14. Productivity Growth Analysis in the Dynamic Production Function for Selected Asian Countries 15. The Impact of FDI on the Economic Growth of the ASEAN-5 Economies, 1970–94: A Comparative Dynamic Multiplier Analysis from a Small Model, with Emphasis on Liberalization 16. Investment, Finance and Firms’ Objectives: Implications for the Recent Experience of South East Asian Economies Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Public Policy in the New Europe: Eurogovernance
Book SynopsisThis innovative book examines the concept of Eurogovernance and the parameters of public policy making in contemporary Europe. It argues that government and governance can only be understood from a multi-theoretical perspective and analyses the consequences of the challenge of regional interdependence for individual states, the European Union, and for Europe as a whole.In the first part, the authors introduce theories of public policy, the policy process and decision making. They then discuss Eurogovernance in the light of issues such as immigration, health policy, environment policy, eastward expansion of the European Union (EU), structural funding and defence policy. They find that there is no one correct way to analyse Europe's public policy and governance - the type of analysis changes according to its context. The authors also discuss the continuing hegemony exercised by the USA in, for example, security and defence issues, as well as economic management. Readers are also made aware of the dangers emanating from regions of instability, dangers which if not properly addressed may come to pose a threat to the grand designs of the architects of the EU's political and cultural destiny.This book will be essential reading for scholars of public policy and European studies.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Eurogovernance and the Policy Process 1. Eurogovernance: Theories and Approaches to the EU 2. Public Policy in the New Europe Part II: Policies: States and Institutions 3. Economic Management and Governance in Europe 4. The Politics of Structural Funding: Arenas and Agendas 5. European Union Police Policy Making and Co-operation 6. The Governance of Migration: Towards a European Immigration Regime 7. The Health of Nations: Structures and Discourses in Pan-European Health Policy 8. Environmental Europe 9. Eurogovernance and Eastward Expansion of the EU: Formal versus Substantive Democratic Reform 10. Defence and Security Policy Part III: The Nature and Shape of Public Policy in Europe 11. Conclusion References Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Economic Decentralization and Public Management
Book SynopsisThis book sheds new light on the political economy of public management reform. It examines the new forms of economic decentralization and macroeconomic adjustment, and discusses their implications for policy design and regulation.The authors discuss leading-edge research on public management reform, privatization and decentralization in both industrialized and aid-dependent countries, concentrating on the meso-level of institutional response. Combining theory, case studies and institutional analysis, they focus on issues including public/private partnerships, public finance and aid allocation. The authors also present new ideas on the design of a regulatory framework.This book will be welcomed by academics and researchers working in the fields of development studies, development economics, political economy and international public management as well as policymakers working for government agencies and NGOs in developing countries.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Economic Decentralization, Issues of Theory and Policy Part I: Decentralization: Public Management Issues 2. Economic Theories of Decentralization 3. Public–Private Partnerships 4. The Multilateral Institutions and Budget Accountability in Jamaica 5. Public Expenditure Reform without Policy Change 6. Aid, Financial Decentralization and Accumulation under Economic Reforms Part II: Policy and Regulation in Privatizing Systems 7. Informal Regulation 8. Charging for Health Care in Tanzania 9. The Water Industry in England and Wales 10. Management Control, Ownership and Development Index
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Bristol University Press Remaking governance: Peoples, politics and the
Book SynopsisRemaking governance focuses on the dynamics of change as new strategies - active citizenship, public participation, partnership working, consumerism - encounter existing institutions. It explores different sites and practices of governing, from the remaking of Europe to the increasing focus on 'community' and 'personhood' in governing social life. The authors critically engage with existing theory across political science, social policy, sociology and public administration and management to explore how 'the social' is constituted through governance practices. This includes the ways in which the spaces and territories of governing are remade and the peoples constituted; how the public domain is re-imagined and new forms of state-citizen relationships fostered and how the remaking of governance shapes our understanding of politics, changing the ways in which citizens engage with political power and the selves they bring to that engagement. Remaking governance is essential reading for academics and students across a range of social science disciplines, and of interest to those engaged in policy evaluation and reform.Trade Review"Remaking Governance is a search for the 'social' in social policy. It also underlines the role of the nation states and national governments in contrast to the 'hollowing out of the state' theses of governance literature. This edited book successfully presents an enhanced view of the term social to rethink governance." Political Studies Review"This edited book successfully presents an enhanced view of the term social to rethink governance." Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Janet Newman; Reconstituting Europe: governing a European people? ~ John Clarke; Governance and the constitution of a European social ~ Emma Carmel; Remaking European governance: transition, accession and integration ~ Noémi Lendvai; Regendering governance ~ Janet Newman; Welfare governance and the remaking of citizenship ~ Håkan Johansson and Bjørn Hvinden; Participative governance and the remaking of the public sphere ~ Janet Newman; Promoting democratic governance through partnerships? ~ Rebekah Sterling; Among everyday makers and expert citizens ~ Henrik Bang; Governance and the transformation of political representation ~ Michael Saward; Conclusion ~ Janet Newman.
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Bristol University Press Remaking governance: Peoples, politics and the
Book SynopsisRemaking governance focuses on the dynamics of change as new strategies - active citizenship, public participation, partnership working, consumerism - encounter existing institutions. It explores different sites and practices of governing, from the remaking of Europe to the increasing focus on 'community' and 'personhood' in governing social life. The authors critically engage with existing theory across political science, social policy, sociology and public administration and management to explore how 'the social' is constituted through governance practices. This includes the ways in which the spaces and territories of governing are remade and the peoples constituted; how the public domain is re-imagined and new forms of state-citizen relationships fostered and how the remaking of governance shapes our understanding of politics, changing the ways in which citizens engage with political power and the selves they bring to that engagement. Remaking governance is essential reading for academics and students across a range of social science disciplines, and of interest to those engaged in policy evaluation and reform.Trade Review"Remaking Governance is a search for the 'social' in social policy. It also underlines the role of the nation states and national governments in contrast to the 'hollowing out of the state' theses of governance literature. This edited book successfully presents an enhanced view of the term social to rethink governance." Political Studies Review"This edited book successfully presents an enhanced view of the term social to rethink governance." Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Janet Newman; Reconstituting Europe: governing a European people? ~ John Clarke; Governance and the constitution of a European social ~ Emma Carmel; Remaking European governance: transition, accession and integration ~ Noémi Lendvai; Regendering governance ~ Janet Newman; Welfare governance and the remaking of citizenship ~ Håkan Johansson and Bjørn Hvinden; Participative governance and the remaking of the public sphere ~ Janet Newman; Promoting democratic governance through partnerships? ~ Rebekah Sterling; Among everyday makers and expert citizens ~ Henrik Bang; Governance and the transformation of political representation ~ Michael Saward; Conclusion ~ Janet Newman.
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Liverpool University Press From Palace to Power: An Illustrated History of
Book SynopsisFrom Palace to Power: an IIlustrated history of Whitehall is the 400-year story -- in contemporary pictures, maps and photographs, as well as letters and diaries -- of the historical transformation of 'The Street' recognised throughout the world as a symbol of Government. The illustrations have been gathered from diverse sources: some hang as oil paintings in the corridors of power, known only to the privileged who occupy these offices. Others have been gleaned from contemporary journals, old sepia prints and postcards from the early days of the camera. Extended captions to the 120 illustrations, the 8-page coloured plate section, map endpapers -- as well as a select bibliography, chronology, list of statues in Whitehall, and index -- make this book easy to read and follow for the historian and the browser. In this new work, which has taken five years to research, Susan Foreman has created a vivid image of how the most pre-eminent street in Britain has changed, and how the political fortunes of its dramatis personae have left their mark.Trade Review"Probably the book on Whitehall. . . . Despite the numerous historians during its long history, Whitehall has never been the subject of a work quite like this. Indeed, the format and structure of the book set an admirable example for dealing with other areas of important national significance." ASCHBTable of ContentsIntroduction; The Early Years; Peace River Airways; Adventures in Airline Transport; Helping the US Military; The Search for CPD; Royal Airforce Ferry Command; The National Airline; After the Airlines; One More Trip; Epilogue.
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Liverpool University Press Britain and Italy, 1943-1949: The Decline of
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Liverpool University Press Britain, the Cold War and Yugoslav Unity,
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Asia/Pacific Research Center, Div of The Institute for International Studies Going Private in China
Book SynopsisAs the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) set about reforming its centrally planned economy, it faced the thorny policy question of how to reform its state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Should it support a shift from public to private ownership of the means of production? Such a shift would challenge not only the CCP's socialist ideology but also its very legitimacy. Mixing the business of corporate restructuring with the politics of socialism presented nothing short of a policy nightmare.With policy-relevant acuity, the contributors to this wide-ranging volume address the questions about reform programs that have plagued China—and East Asia more broadly—since the 1990s. While China, Japan, and South Korea have all been criticized for implementing reform too slowly or too selectively, this volume delves into the broader contexts underlying certain institutional decisions. The book seeks to show that seemingly different political economies actually share surprising similarities, and problems. While Going Private in China sheds new light on China's corporate restructuring, it also offers new perspectives on how we think about the process of institutional change.
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Zone Books Walled States, Waning Sovereignty
Book SynopsisWhy, just two decades after international celebrations of the fall of the Berlin Wall, are so many nation-states building elaborate walls at or near their borders? Why walls now, given growing global connectedness and given the general imperviousness of late modern powers from capital to religion to terror to physical blockading? How do walls shore up an imago of sovereign statehood and to what extent do they fortify reactionary national imaginaries? What do the new walls perform symbolically, materially, psychically?In Walled States, Waning Sovereignty, Wendy Brown reflects on the proliferation of nation-state walls in a time of eroded nation-state sovereignty and intensifying transnational powers unleashed by globalization. A leading theorist of neoliberalism, Brown argues that although the new walls may demarcate existent or aspirational nation-state boundaries, they do not arise as fortresses against invading national armies or even as articulations of sovereign statehood.Rather, in a post-Westphalian context of increasing nonstate transnational actors and powers, the new walls consecrate the very boundary corruption they would contest as well as signify the contemporary limitations of national and global governance by law or political dictate. Even as walls theatrically display nation-state sovereignty, they index with equal force the decline of sovereign state power.In a rare combination of powerful theory and precise historical, political, and economic analysis, Walled States, Waning Sovereignty provides a new indeed the first account of nation-state walling as a distinctive contemporary phenomenon. For Brown, the frenzy of wall building today reveals crucial predicaments of political power and desire emerging from the waning of sovereignty, including new political legitimacy deficits, new citizen anxieties, and new fusions of state and non-state violence.
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North Beach West Maui Benefit Fund Whose Future
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Rutgers University Press Chinese Marriages in Transition: From Patriarchy
Book SynopsisOutdated models of Chinese gender roles, marriage, and family transitions portray these changes as streamlined and unidirectional, from traditional to modern, public to private, collective to individual. Chinese Marriages in Transition documents the complex, nuanced, and multidirectional nature of these cultural transformations. Using complex and large-scale historical national data as well as comprehensive data from multiple countries, Xiaoling Shu and Jingjing Chen demonstrate that, while the second demographic transition is unfolding in many advanced Western societies, it is not necessarily a normative form of societal transition. Working instead from a framework of "new familism," Shu and Chen show that Chinese new familism consists of both old and new values, including the persistence of some traditional beliefs and practices, accompanied by a transition to modern perceptions of gender, and adaption to some modern forms of family formation. This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)— a collaboration of the Association of American Universities, the Association of University Presses, and the Association of Research Libraries—and the generous support of the University of California, Davis. Learn more at the TOME website, available at: openmonographs.org.Download the open access book here.Trade Review"Shu and Chen identify a distinctive pattern of 'flexible traditionalism' that reinforces the notion of separate spheres and heightens gender differences in marriage and family life. An important and original book that will further the debate on how and why Chinese women and men are charting a different course than their peers in Europe and North America." -- Deborah S. Davis * coeditor of Wives, Husbands, and Lovers: Marriage and Sexuality in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Urban Chin *"The radical transformations in the Chinese system of gender, family, and marriage do not neatly fit the prevailing theories of modern social change, nor are they outside the global transitions of the last century. Shu and Chen masterfully integrate China's uniquely "flexible traditionalist" system into that broader story of social change, providing a powerful introduction to Chinese social change for all gender and family scholars." -- Philip Cohen * author of Enduring Bonds: Inequality, Marriage, Parenting, and Everything Else That Makes Families G *Table of ContentsSeries Foreword BY PÉTER BERTA 1 Introduction: The Second Demographic Transition and the Chinese Gender and Family System 2 From Patriarchy to New Familism: The Chinese Gender and Family System 3 Flexible Traditionalism Ideology: Global Comparison and Historical Transformation 4 Changing Patterns of Cohabitation, Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage, and Fertility 5 New Familism: Changing Gender, Family, Marriage, and Sexual Values 6 Fertility and Divorce: Are Number and Gender of Children Associated with Divorce 7 Marital Dynamics: Housework, Breadwinning, Decision-Making, and Marital Satisfaction 8 Conclusion: Convergence, Contradictions, and Changes in the Future AcknowledgmentsNotes References Index
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Rutgers University Press Chinese Marriages in Transition: From Patriarchy
Book SynopsisOutdated models of Chinese gender roles, marriage, and family transitions portray these changes as streamlined and unidirectional, from traditional to modern, public to private, collective to individual. Chinese Marriages in Transition documents the complex, nuanced, and multidirectional nature of these cultural transformations. Using complex and large-scale historical national data as well as comprehensive data from multiple countries, Xiaoling Shu and Jingjing Chen demonstrate that, while the second demographic transition is unfolding in many advanced Western societies, it is not necessarily a normative form of societal transition. Working instead from a framework of "new familism," Shu and Chen show that Chinese new familism consists of both old and new values, including the persistence of some traditional beliefs and practices, accompanied by a transition to modern perceptions of gender, and adaption to some modern forms of family formation. This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to TOME (Toward an Open Monograph Ecosystem)— a collaboration of the Association of American Universities, the Association of University Presses, and the Association of Research Libraries—and the generous support of the University of California, Davis. Learn more at the TOME website, available at: openmonographs.org.Download the open access book here.Trade Review"Shu and Chen identify a distinctive pattern of 'flexible traditionalism' that reinforces the notion of separate spheres and heightens gender differences in marriage and family life. An important and original book that will further the debate on how and why Chinese women and men are charting a different course than their peers in Europe and North America." -- Deborah S. Davis * coeditor of Wives, Husbands, and Lovers: Marriage and Sexuality in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Urban Chin *"The radical transformations in the Chinese system of gender, family, and marriage do not neatly fit the prevailing theories of modern social change, nor are they outside the global transitions of the last century. Shu and Chen masterfully integrate China's uniquely "flexible traditionalist" system into that broader story of social change, providing a powerful introduction to Chinese social change for all gender and family scholars." -- Philip Cohen * author of Enduring Bonds: Inequality, Marriage, Parenting, and Everything Else That Makes Families G *Table of ContentsSeries Foreword BY PÉTER BERTA 1 Introduction: The Second Demographic Transition and the Chinese Gender and Family System 2 From Patriarchy to New Familism: The Chinese Gender and Family System 3 Flexible Traditionalism Ideology: Global Comparison and Historical Transformation 4 Changing Patterns of Cohabitation, Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage, and Fertility 5 New Familism: Changing Gender, Family, Marriage, and Sexual Values 6 Fertility and Divorce: Are Number and Gender of Children Associated with Divorce 7 Marital Dynamics: Housework, Breadwinning, Decision-Making, and Marital Satisfaction 8 Conclusion: Convergence, Contradictions, and Changes in the Future AcknowledgmentsNotes References Index
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Rutgers University Press Collision Course: Economic Change, Criminal
Book SynopsisThis book is about the convergence of trends in two American institutions – the economy and the criminal justice system. The American economy has radically transformed in the past half-century, led by advances in automation technology that have permanently altered labor market dynamics. Over the same period, the U.S. criminal justice system experienced an unprecedented expansion at great cost. These costs include not only the $80 billion annually in direct expenditures on criminal justice, but also the devastating impacts experienced by justice-involved individuals, families, and communities. Recently, a widespread consensus has emerged that the era of “mass incarceration” is at an end, reflected in a declining prison population. Criminal justice reforms such as diversion and problem-solving courts, a renewed focus on reentry, and drug policy reform have as their goal keeping more individuals with justice system involvement out of prisons, in the community and subsequently in the labor force, which lacks the capacity to accommodate these additional would-be workers. This poses significant problems for criminal justice practice, which relies heavily on employment as a signal of offenders’ intentions to live a law-abiding lifestyle. The diminished capacity of the economy to utilize the labor of all who have historically been expected to work presents significant challenges for American society. Work, in the American ethos is the marker of success, masculinity and how one “contributes to society.” What are the consequences of ignoring these converging structural trends? This book examines these potential consequences, the meaning of work in American society, and suggests alternative redistributive and policy solutions to avert the collision course of these economic and criminal justice policy trends. Trade Review"Mass incarceration in America is now understood as a policy problem needing immediate attention. Auerhahn’s careful analysis shows that it is also a looming crisis. If we are serious about repairing the mess we have made with our incarceration policies, then we must be honest that we cannot do so without also addressing the way the changes in our economy works create imposing impediments to a reform agenda." — Todd Clear, author of The Punishment Imperative: The Rise and Failure of Mass Incarceration in America "The scope of Auerhahn’s analysis in this valuable publication is very ambitious and wide-ranging, and embraces economic change and the reform of social welfare institutions."— Bill Jordan, author of Social Policy for the 21st CenturyTable of Contents1 The Contours of the Problem 2 The U.S. Economy in the Twenty-First Century 3 The Criminal Justice System in the Twenty-First Century 4 Work and Welfare in American Culture and Society 5 The Consequences of Denial 6 A Way Forward 7 Conclusion: Charting a New Course Acknowledgments Notes References Index
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Rutgers University Press The Synchronized Society: Time and Control From
Book SynopsisThe Synchronized Society traces the history of the synchronous broadcast experience of the twentieth century and the transition to the asynchronous media that dominate today. Broadcasting grew out of the latent desire by nineteenth-century industrialists, political thinkers, and social reformers to tame an unruly society by controlling how people used their time. The idea manifested itself in the form of the broadcast schedule, a managed flow of information and entertainment that required audiences to be in a particular place – usually the home – at a particular time and helped to create “water cooler” moments, as audiences reflected on their shared media texts. Audiences began disconnecting from the broadcast schedule at the end of the twentieth century, but promoters of social media and television services still kept audiences under control, replacing the schedule with surveillance of media use. Author Randall Patnode offers compelling new insights into the intermingled roles of broadcasting and industrial/post-industrial work and how Americans spend their time.Trade Review"Patnode asks a deceptively simple question—why were modern media audiences willing to structure their lives around broadcasting schedules? Only now, as the broadcast era recedes, can that question be posed historically. The book offers a striking new synthesis, linking broadcasting history to the longer history of time management in the US. Recent histories have often been audience-centered; this one reminds us of the imperatives towards rationalization, discipline, and efficiency that also shaped modern broadcasting."— David Goodman, coauthor of New Deal Radio: The Educational Radio ProjectTable of Contents1 The Bizarre Model of Broadcasting 1 2 The Evolution of Time Consciousness 13 3 Roots of the Synchronized Society 22 4 The Rationalization of Radio 41 5 The Synchronized Society 66 6 Learning to Love the Clock 87 7 Television and Latter-Day Synchrony 105 8 The Decline of Synchrony 128 9 The Arrhythmic Society 153 10 From Clock to Click 172 11 Moving Ahead While Looking Backward 187 Acknowledgments 193 Notes 195 Index 000
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Rutgers University Press The Synchronized Society: Time and Control From
Book SynopsisThe Synchronized Society traces the history of the synchronous broadcast experience of the twentieth century and the transition to the asynchronous media that dominate today. Broadcasting grew out of the latent desire by nineteenth-century industrialists, political thinkers, and social reformers to tame an unruly society by controlling how people used their time. The idea manifested itself in the form of the broadcast schedule, a managed flow of information and entertainment that required audiences to be in a particular place – usually the home – at a particular time and helped to create “water cooler” moments, as audiences reflected on their shared media texts. Audiences began disconnecting from the broadcast schedule at the end of the twentieth century, but promoters of social media and television services still kept audiences under control, replacing the schedule with surveillance of media use. Author Randall Patnode offers compelling new insights into the intermingled roles of broadcasting and industrial/post-industrial work and how Americans spend their time.Trade Review"Patnode asks a deceptively simple question—why were modern media audiences willing to structure their lives around broadcasting schedules? Only now, as the broadcast era recedes, can that question be posed historically. The book offers a striking new synthesis, linking broadcasting history to the longer history of time management in the US. Recent histories have often been audience-centered; this one reminds us of the imperatives towards rationalization, discipline, and efficiency that also shaped modern broadcasting."— David Goodman, coauthor of New Deal Radio: The Educational Radio ProjectTable of Contents1 The Bizarre Model of Broadcasting 1 2 The Evolution of Time Consciousness 13 3 Roots of the Synchronized Society 22 4 The Rationalization of Radio 41 5 The Synchronized Society 66 6 Learning to Love the Clock 87 7 Television and Latter-Day Synchrony 105 8 The Decline of Synchrony 128 9 The Arrhythmic Society 153 10 From Clock to Click 172 11 Moving Ahead While Looking Backward 187 Acknowledgments 193 Notes 195 Index 000
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Sustainability of European Food Quality Schemes:
Book SynopsisThis edited volume evaluates recent EU quality policy, focusing on the structure, governance, technical specifications and performances – economic, environmental and social – of Food Quality Schemes (FQS) in the European Union and South East Asia. The intended benefits of FQS include generating a fair return for farmers and producers, and enabling consumers to make better‐informed purchasing choices through effective labeling. In addition, policy makers now consider FQS as a means of guaranteeing not only quality in food production, but also sustainability. Despite these potential benefits, the economic performance of the FQS (e.g. PDO, PGI, organic) has been variable. While some support significant value‐added production, with substantial benefits to producers, consumers and wider economies, many others have failed to become economically sustainable. In addition, the environmental and social performance of FQS remains largely unexamined, with the exception of the environmental performance of organic products. The editors examine these discrepancies and offer a nuanced evaluation of the effectiveness of such policies. Several unique features make this volume a key resource for those interested in FQS and in the sustainability of food products. The editors provide a concise description of the value chain, the governance and the technical specifications of 27 FQS in Europe and South East Asia. The editors also provide a sustainability assessment of each of these FQS, and support or question the view that FQS are moving from “quality” to “sustainability.” Finally, the volume serves as a repository of key data on these FQS. Readers have access to the raw data necessary to compute the indicators used in the sustainability assessment (eg. value added, number of jobs, quantity of fertilizers, etc), allowing them to conduct novel re-analysis. The book is designed for an interdisciplinary audience of academics, policy makers, and stakeholders. The compilation of FQS case studies makes it a useful reference for researchers and students of food policy, geography, food anthropology, local and rural development, local agri-food systems and agri-food chains. Stakeholders such as national and European regulators, entities responsible for FQS technical specifications, and embassy staff will also find the information relevant. Additionally, individuals helping to implement food quality schemes, including auditors, producers, and consumer associates, as well as stakeholders in the sustainability of food products, including farmers, farmer's associations, and environmental NGOs, will also find the information relevant and important for their work.Table of ContentsI. Cereal & bakery sector a. Organic flour in France – author: tbc b. Organic pasta in Poland – author: E. Majewski, tbc c. PGI rice in Thailand – author: O. Napasintuwong, tbc II. Fruits & vegetables a. Organic olive oil in Croatia – author: R. Brečić, tbc b. PDO apple in Greece – author: K. Mattas, tbc c. PGI apple in Greece – author: K. Mattas, tbc d. PDO paprika powder in Hungary – author: A. Török, tbc e. Organic tomatoes or apples in Italy – author: F. Arfini, tbc f. PDO potatoes in the Netherlands – author: L. Dries, tbc g. PGI strawberries or apples in Poland – author: E. Majewski, tbc h. Organic rasperries in Serbia – author: Z. Stojanovic, tbc III. Meat sector a. PGI sausage in Croatia – author: R. Brečić, tbc b. Organic meat product tbc in Germ any – author: B. Schaer, tbcc. PGI sausage in Hungary – author: A. Török, tbc d. PGI sausage in Spain – author: C. Gil, tbc e. PGI ham in Spain – author: C. Gil, tbc IV. Dairy sector a. PDO Comté cheese in France – author: R. Courbou, L. Delesse, E. Husson, A. Paget, E. Toque, V. Bellassen, M. Drut b. PDO Parmigiano cheese in Italy – author: F. Arfini, tbc c. PDO Gouda cheese in the Netherlands – author: L. Dries, tbc d. Organic cheese tbc in Germany – author: B. Schaer, tbc e. PDO Homolje cheese in Serbia – author: Z. Stojanovic, tbc f. PGI Exmoor cheese in the UK – author: A. Wilkinson, tbc V. Fish & seafood sector a. PGI anchoives in France – author: B. Schaer, tbc b. TSG mussels in France – author: B. Schaer, tbc c. PGI stockfish in Norway – author: G. Vitterso, tbc d. PGI fermented fish in Norway – author: G. Vitterso, tbce. PDO fal oysters in the UK – author: A. Wilkinson, tbc f. PDO fish sauce in Vietnam – author: K.T. Tran, tbc
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Towards a Natural Social Contract: Transformative
Book SynopsisThis open access book is a 2022 Nautilus Gold Medal winner in the category "World Cultures' Transformational Growth & Development". It states that the societal fault lines of our times are deeply intertwined and that they confront us with challenges affecting the security, fairness and sustainability of our societies. The author, Prof. Dr. Patrick Huntjens, argues that overcoming these existential challenges will require a fundamental shift from our current anthropocentric and economic growth-oriented approach to a more ecocentric and regenerative approach. He advocates for a Natural Social Contract that emphasizes long-term sustainability and the general welfare of both humankind and planet Earth. Achieving this crucial balance calls for an end to unlimited economic growth, overconsumption and over-individualisation for the benefit of ourselves, our planet, and future generations. To this end, sustainability, health, and justice in all social-ecological systems will require systemic innovation and prioritizing a collective effort. The Transformative Social-Ecological Innovation (TSEI) framework presented in this book serves that cause. It helps to diagnose and advance innovation and spur change across sectors, disciplines, and at different levels of governance. Altogether, TSEI identifies intervention points and formulates jointly developed and shared solutions to inform policymakers, administrators, concerned citizens, and professionals dedicated towards a more sustainable, healthy and just society. A wide readership of students, researchers, practitioners and policy makers interested in social innovation, transition studies, development studies, social policy, social justice, climate change, environmental studies, political science and economics will find this cutting-edge book particularly useful.“As a sustainability transition researcher, I am truly excited about this book. Two unique aspects of the book are that it considers bigger transformation issues (such as societies’ relationship with nature, purpose and justice) than those studied in transition studies and offers analytical frameworks and methods for taking up the challenge of achieving change on the ground.”- Prof. Dr. René Kemp, United Nations University and Maastricht Sustainability InstituteTable of ContentsPart I – The quest for a natural social contract.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Sustainability transition: quest for a new social contract.- 3.Towards a natural social contract.- Part II – Theories and concepts.- 4. Conceptual background of Transformative Social-Ecological Innovation.- Part III – A Research and Innovation Agenda.- 5. Analytical instruments for studying TSEI.- 6. Transition to a sustainable and healthy agri-food system.- 7. Governance of urban sustainability transitions.- Bibliography.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Social Policy, Service Users and Carers: Lived
Book SynopsisThis textbook provides a greater understanding of the lived effect that social policies have on service users and carers. While service user and carer involvement has become more and more prominent in social policy over recent years, it is rarely the case that the perspectives of service users and carers goes beyond consultation to truly meaningful involvement and co-production. This book is unique in that it has ten substantive co-produced chapters with service users and carers who have direct lived experiences of social policies. The chapters include lived experiences of direct payments, domestic violence and abuse, looked after children, being a foster carer, receiving long term health and social care, welfare to work, mental health, the transition to leaving care and being a carer. The ground-breaking textbook draws on these lived experiences to highlight key lessons that are relevant to social policy, and will provide an impetus towards changes to make such polices better support service users and carers. We hope that this book will inspire academics, policy makers, students and practitioners but, most importantly, it will encourage service users and carers to come forward with their own narratives to further shape social policy.Table of Contents1. Introduction, Clive Sealey, Peter Unwin and Joy Fillingham.- 2. Co-production: Rationale, Processes and Application to this Book, Clive Sealey, Peter Unwin and Joy Fillingham.- 3. Living with Care Orders: Turning Pain into Passion - Francesca Crozier-Roche (Co-produced with Joy Fillingham).- 4. Improving Transitions for Independence to Adulthood for Care Leavers - Charles English-Peach (Co-produced by Clive Sealey).- 5. The Realities of Fostering in a Flawed System - Vivienne Tongue (Co-produced with Joy Fillingham).- 6. Benefits and Employment Support for Vulnerable and Disabled People - Joanne*, Becki Meakin and Jon Powton (Co-produced with Peter Unwin).- 7. Living with Long-Term Disability and Care – a Perspective on the Adequacy of Provision and Areas for Improvement - Julia Smith (Co-produced with Clive Sealey).- 8. Direct Payments: Rationalising, Processes and Improving- Mark Lynes (Co-produced with Clive Sealey).- 9. Children in Need/Looked After Children: Analysing the Adequacy of the Care System - Shereese Cooper and Dorothy*(Co-produced with Clive Sealey).- 10. Mental Health: Services and Struggles - Chantele Harvey-Head (Co-produced with Joy Fillingham).- 11. Lived Experiences of Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Violence - Janine*, Eva* and David Gowar (Co-produced with Peter Unwin).- 12. Informal Carers and Caring - Christine Ransome-Wallis, Bob Conner and Barbara Pugh (Co-produced with Peter Unwin).- 13. Social Policy, Service Users and Carers: Proposals for Improving Policy and Practice.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Climate Geoengineering: Science, Law and
Book SynopsisThe sobering reality of the disconnect between the resolve of the world community to effectively address climate change, and what actually needs to be done, has led to increasing impetus for consideration of a suite of approaches collectively known as “climate geoengineering,” or “climate engineering.” Indeed, the feckless response of the world community to climate change has transformed climate geoengineering from a fringe concept to a potentially mainstream policy option within the past decade. This volume will explore scientific, political and legal issues associated with the emerging field of climate geoengineering. The volume encompasses perspectives on both of the major categories of climate geoengineering approaches, carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation management.Table of ContentsTentative Table of Contents1) The Role of the Paris Agreement in Governing Climate Geoengineering2) Human Rights Regimes and Climate Geoengineering3) Recent Developments in Climate Change Law, Sicnece and Politics for SRM Liability4) Non-Environmental Regimes for Governing Climate Geoengineering5) The Precautionary Principle and Climate Geoengineering6) Climate Change Mitigation and Adaption and the Political Econom
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Practical Sustainability: A Guide to a More
Book SynopsisThis book will teach you everything you need to know about sustainable living—from reducing your greenhouse gas footprint to making sure that you are part of the green economy. Along the way, readers will learn about the field of sustainability and the “three E’s” of sustainable living—environment, economy, and equity. We are in the midst of great environmental change and all of us need to do everything we can to try to live more gently on the planet. Robert Brinkmann provides a range of options for readers as to what they can do to try to make a difference. Some involve simple lifestyle changes - but he also challenges all of us to commit to make more difficult and more meaningful changes to create a greener, more sustainable world. The book also delves into how we can create more sustainable communities, schools, and organizations. It showcases many examples of people and organizations that are making significant contributions to improving our planet’s sustainability that serve as inspiration and guidance for all of us trying to live more sustainably. Table of ContentsPart I. Defining our Great Global Challenges.- Chapter 1. Change Yourself and Change the World.- Chapter 2. Our Climate Change Challenge.- Chapter 3. Our Great Sustainability Challenge.- Chapter 4. Our Ethical Responsibility.- Part II. Tackling Climate Change.- Chapter 5. How You and Your Family Can Reduce Your Carbon Footprint.- Chapter 6 How Your Community Can Reduce Its Greenhouse Gas Impact.- Chapter 7. How Your School, Non-Profit Organization, or Business Can Reduce Eliminate Its Carbon Footprint.- Part III. Environmental Sustainability.- Chapter 8 Moving to Green Energy.- Chapter 9. Protecting Our Water Resources.- Chapter 10. Dealing with the Garbage Around Us.- Chapter 11. Saving Ecosystems.- Part IV. Building Just and Equitable Economic and Social Systems.- Chapter 12. Building a Just and Sustainable Society.- Chapter 13. Green Your Economy.- Chapter 14. Sustainable Travel and Leisure.- Chapter 15. Tune Out, Buy Nothing, and Get Educated.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Outcomes of Open Adoption from Care: An
Book SynopsisThis Open Access book presents unique evidence from the first comprehensive study of the outcomes of open adoption from care in Australia. It contributes to the international debate concerning the advantages and disadvantages of face-to-face post adoption contact with birth families.The chapters assess whether adoption provides a better chance of permanence and more positive outcomes than long-term foster care for abused and neglected children in care who cannot safely return to their birth families. They also explore whether open adoption can avoid some of the detrimental consequences of past policies in which adoption was shrouded in secrecy and children frequently grew up with a conflicted sense of identity. The book will appeal to policy makers, practitioners and students of social policy, social work, the law, psychology and psychiatry. It should also be of interest to adult adoptees and adoptive parents, whose experiences it reflects. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction. Part One: Birth Parents, Adoptive Parents and Children When They Entered their Adoptive Homes.- Chapter 2. Issues Facing the Birth Parents and their Implications for Open Adoption. - Chapter 3. The Children.- Chapter 4. The Adoptive Parents.- Part 2: Outcomes of Open Adoption From Care.- Chapter 5. Permanence.- Chapter 6. Post-Adoption Contact and Relationships with Birth Family Members.- Chapter 7. Progress After Placement.- Chapter 8. Adult Outcomes.- Chapter 9. Conclusion: Implications for Policy and Practice.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Refugees in Canada: On the Loss of Social and
Book SynopsisThe focus of this book is on the experiences of government-sponsored refugees in the early stages of integrating into Canadian society. Combining data gleaned from a longitudinal study of relatively recently arrived refugees in Calgary, Canada, with a close focus on the case of a physician from Colombia and his family, this volume illustrates how the cultural and social capital of refugees is marginalized and, in some cases, erased by the undervaluing of their education, training, credentials, and other knowledge. The findings presented in the book underscore the importance of addressing the challenge of integrating highly trained professionals into the professions for which they are credentialed.Trade Review“This book is intended for researchers, teachers, and language policies makers. It demystifies the linguistic, social, and economic conditions of refugee families in Canada. It is an excellent example for researching the changes in the social and cultural capital of migrants, indigenous peoples, and transnational families in other countries.” (Lorena Córdova-Hernández, Language Policy, Vol. 21, 2022)Table of ContentsChapter 1: The ProblemChapter 2: The Researcher and the Researched Chapter 3: The Study Chapter 4: The Martinez Family Chapter 5: Robert and Jacqueline Chapter 6: Challenges and a Way Forward
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Quiet Activism: Climate Action at the Local Scale
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the potential and possibilities for socially innovative responses to the climate emergency at the local scale. Climate change has intensified the need for communities to find creative and meaningful ways to address the sustainability of their environments. The authors focus on the creative and collaborative ways local- scale climate action reflects the extra-ordinary measures taken by ordinary people. This includes critical engagement with the ways in which novel social practices and partnerships emerge between people, organisations, institutions, governance arrangements and eco-systems. The book successfully highlights the transformative power of socially innovative activities and initiatives in response to the climate crisis; and critically explores how different individuals and groups undertake climate action as ‘quiet activism’ – the embodied acts of collective disruption, subversion, creativity and care at the local scale.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Addressing the climate emergency at the local scale.- Chapter 2: Building and bridging the knowledge base.- Chapter 3: Bringing missing actors to the table.- Chapter 4: Walking together with care.- Chapter 5: Realising transformative potential.- Chapter 6: Making and breaking connections.- Chapter 7: Quiet activism in climate change.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Renewable Energy Communities and the Low Carbon Energy Transition in Europe
Book SynopsisThis volume addresses renewable energy communities, and in particular renewable energy cooperatives (REScoops), in the context of the revised EU Renewables Directive. It provides a comprehensive account of the history and development of the renewable energy community movement in over six different countries of continental Europe. It addresses their visions, strategy, organisation, agency, and more particularly the challenges they encounter. This is of particular importance to gain more understanding into how renewable energy communities fare in domestic energy markets where they are confronted with regime institutions, structures and incumbents’ agency that tend to favour maintaining of the status quo while blocking attempts to empower and institutionalise renewable energy communities as market entrants having a disruptive, radical green and localist agenda. This volume will be an invaluable reference for academics and practitioners with an interest in social innovation in sustainable transitions, the role of community energy in energy markets, their agency, as well as an outlook to the impact that the EU Renewables Directive may have to change national legislation and policy frameworks to create a level playing field that is essentially more fair and beneficial to renewable energy communities. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.Chapter 2: “What are Energy Communities Under the EU’s Clean Energy Package?”.Chapter 3: Community energy on the east side of the Baltic Sea Region: from standstill to first steps.Chapter 4: Clean energy transition in Southeast Europe: The paradigm of Greece from a fossil fuel mediator to a community energy hub.Chapter 5: The community energy sector in Italy; historical perspective and recent evolution.Chapter 6: Community Energy in Germany: From Technology Pioneers to Professionalisation under Uncertainty.Chapter 7: Support structures for renewable energy communities.Chapter 8: Energy Communities promoting Home Energy Savings: Interventions, Theory and Results.Chapter 9: Creating an enabling policy framework for inclusive energy communities: a gender perspective.Chapter 10: Housing communities as low-carbon energy pioneers Experiences from the Netherlands. Chapter 11: Conclusion.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Climate of the Middle: Understanding Climate
Book SynopsisThis Open Access book presents a multidisciplinary perspective to increase our understanding of climate policies that are rooted in the natural moral inclinations of people, families and firms. Which policies prevent a widening gap between higher and lower educated people? Which policy instruments are there, and how could they be used? What is the role of free entrepreneurship?In this book, academics from different fields have brought together their knowledge and expertise to reflect on the following three questions: How are the polarised positions on climate change of different groups related to their moral outlook, world view, tradition, cultural norms and values? What is a good distribution of responsibilities between firms, households and the government relating to climate change? What are possible avenues where the climate policies are a natural extension of moral inclinations of families and firms, such as the stewardship for the natural environment and the climate? This book will be of interest to policy and decision-makers, students of social and behavioural sciences, and those interested climate change policies and how this effects our livesTable of ContentsIntroduction into the project with the Martens Centre (policy institute of the European People’s Party) about climate change. 1. Policing or policies: Warming the middle class to the climate (Introduction) Arjen Siegmann, VU Amsterdam, NL 2. Perceptions of catastrophic risks Wouter Botzen, VU Amsterdam, NL 3. Determinants of belief in climate change. David Leiser, Ben-Gurion University of Negev, Israel & Pascal Wagner-Egger, University of Fribourg, Germany 4. Apollo projects as amplification strategies Hans von Storch, University of Hamburg, Germany 5. Redefining the concept of profit in view of the circular economy Jan Gooijer, VU Amsterdam, NL 6. Follow the Joy. Looking for a better opponent to face greed in the fight for the Earth Karl Kepler 7. Sharing the waste: Shared responsibility of firms and government in recycling Sytske Wijnsma, University of Cambridge, UK 8. The green challenge for central banks and households Dirk Schoenmaker, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, NL 9. The long and dark shadow of (some) white swans Francisco Estrada, Boston University, USA
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Just Energy Transitions and Coal Bed Methane: The
Book SynopsisThis book discusses how Coal Bed Methane (CBM) could help the acceleration of the energy transition in a ‘just’ way in Indonesia, due to the country's potential CBM reserves (and current dependence on climate damaging coal). Developing countries face multiple challenges in achieving their energy transitions. CBM in Indonesia could potentially be a catalyst for energy transition and subsequently improve access to energy. However, CBM faces numerous challenges and although Indonesia first developed its domestic CBM sector over more than a decade ago, they are still to implement this successfully. This book exposes the challenges and opportunities of CBM, exploring what lessons other countries could learn from Indonesia to improve the industry with a view to achieving energy transition and climate change targets. This book will be an invaluable reference for researchers and practitioners working in this field.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction1.1 Introduction 1.2 Overview on Indonesia’s Energy Sector 1.3 The Non-OECD vs OECD Countries’ Fiscal Regimes and The Importance of Fiscal Incentives 1.4 Discussions on CBM PSC in Indonesia, The U.S. Royalty/Tax System, and the Australian PRRT 1.5 Energy Transition and Energy Justice 1.6 Chapters Overview Chapter 2 Energy Transition and Coal Bed Methane Development in Indonesia 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Energy Transition in Indonesia 2.3 CBM as a cleaner source of energy 2.4 Understanding CBM: Technical and Geological Perspective 2.5 CBM Worldwide and CBM Outlook 2.6 CBM in Indonesia 2.7 CBM Economy in Indonesia 2.8 The Challenges in the CBM Industry in Indonesia 2.9 Proposed Recommendation for the Development of CBM in Indonesia Chapter 3 How CBM Projects align with the Indonesian Energy Transition Goal 3.1 Introduction 3.2 CBM and Energy Transition Acceleration in Indonesia 3.3 CBM for Electrification Replacing Coal 3.4 CBM Technical and Geological Aspects 3.5 Economic Aspect 1: Gas Price 3.6 Economic Aspects 2: CBM Cost Structures Chapter 4 Current Issues on CBM Development in Indonesia – What do they say? 4.1 Introduction 4.2 The CBM Current Situation in Indonesia 4.3 Interview & Focus Group Discussion: The Challenges in the CBM Industry in Indonesia Chapter 5 Environmental Impacts and Societal Justice Aspect of CBM in Transitioning to Low-Carbon Economy 5.1 Introduction 5.2 CBM’s Environmental impacts 5.3 Survey Results on the local community impacts and expectation towards CBM Development Chapter 6 Re-attracting CBM Investment in Indonesia 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Indonesian CBM fiscal regime: Net PSC 6.3 The U.S. CBM fiscal regime: Wyoming State Fiscal Regime 6.4 Australian CBM fiscal regime (Petroleum Resources Rent Tax) 6.5 Fiscal terms comparison: Indonesia, the U.S. and Australia 6.6 Feasible Fiscal Terms to be Adapted 6.7 Discussion on Feasible Terms to be Adapted 6.7.4 Balancing the Government and Investor’s Cash Flow Chapter 7 The Future of CBM in Indonesia & International Reflections 7.1 Introduction 7.2 CBM in Indonesia’s Future 7.3 The Core Energy Issues for Energy Development 7.4 Where Next for CBM 7.5 Final Reflections References List of Figures & Tables
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG International Impacts on Social Policy: Short
Book SynopsisThis open access book consists of 39 short essays that exemplify how interactions between inter- and trans-national interdependencies and domestic factors have shaped the dynamics of social policy in various parts of the world at different points in time. Each chapter highlights a specific type of interdependence which has been identified to provide us with a nuanced understanding of specific social policy developments at discrete points in history. The volume is divided into four parts that are concerned with a particular type of cross-border interrelation. The four parts examine the impact on social policy of trade relations and economic crises, violence, international organisations and cross-border communication and migration. This book will be of interest to academics and postgraduate students in the field of social policy, global history and welfare state research from diverse disciplines: sociology, political science, history, law and economics. Table of Contents1. Frank Nullmeier, Delia González de Reufels and Herbert Obinger International interdependencies and the impact on social policiesPart I: Violence and Welfare2. Herbert Obinger and Carina SchmittIntroduction: Violence and welfare3. Herbert Obinger, Carina Schmitt and Laura SeelkopfMass warfare and the development of the modern welfare state – an analysis of the Western World, 1914-19504. Andreas Heinrich The emergence of the socialist healthcare model after the First World War5. Klaus Petersen, Michele Mioni and Herbert Obinger The Cold War and the welfare state in Western Europe6. Delia González de ReufelsThe coalition between medical doctors and the military: On the establishment of public health in Chile, 1870-19397. Amanda Shriwise Social policy and Britain’s 1929 Colonial Development Act8. Elsada Diana Cassells, Gabriela de Carvalho and Lorraine Frisina DoetterThe colonial legacy and the Jamaican healthcare system9. Aline GrünewaldBetween aspiration and reality: The effect of the French colonial legacy on old-age pension coverage in Africa10. Anna WolkenhauerThe colonial legacies of copper dependence: Inequality and bifurcated social protection in Zambia11. Alex VeitClass-based communities: The postcolonial reform of school education in South AfricaPart II: International Organisations and Transnational Diffusion12. Kerstin Martens and Dennis Niemann Introduction: International organisations and transnational diffusion13. Fabian Besche-Truthe, Helen Seitzer and Michael WindzioGlobal “cultural spheres” and the introduction of compulsory schooling around the world14. Jenny Hahs The ILO beyond Philadelphia15. Dennis Niemann, David Krogmann and Kerstin MartensBetween economics and education: How international organisations changed the view on education16. Naho SugitaThe role of the United Nations in promoting the policy debate on child allowance issues in 1960s Japan17. Gabriela de Carvalho and Lorraine Frisina DoetterThe Washington Consensus and the push for neoliberal social policies in Latin America: The impact of international organisations on Colombian healthcare reform18. Ertila Druga World Bank intervention and introduction of Social Health Insurance in Albania 19. Sarah Kassim de Camargo Penteado Social protection in Mozambique from the 1990s to the 2000s 20. Irene Dingeldey and Jean-Yves GerlitzLabour market segmentation, regulation of non-standard employment, and the influence of the EU21. Tobias Böger, Sonja Drobnič and Johannes HuininkPathways to family policy in half a century of population control – international paradigms and national programmes22. Heiko PleinesOpposition to the Washington Consensus: The IMF and social policy reforms in post-Soviet RussiaPart III: Globalisation, Economic Interdependencies and Economic Crises23. Ivo Mossig and Michael LischkaIntroduction: Globalisation, economic interdependencies and economic crises24. Nils Düpont, Ivo Mossig and Michael Lischka Economic interdependencies and social expenditures revisited25. Herbert Obinger and Carina SchmittBlack swans and the emergence of unemployment insurance in the first half of the Twentieth Century26. Heiner Fechner Standard-setting in colonial labour regulation and the Great Depression 27. Simon Gerards-IglesiasSocial reforms and the fear of economic backlash: Political debates on social policy and transnational influences in Argentina in the 1930s 28. Cornelius TorpInternational transfers and national path dependencies: Pension systems in Britain and Germany after the Second World War 29. Johanna Kuhlmann and Frank NullmeierThe formation of a national capital stock and the pension systems in South Korea and Malaysia30. Magnus Brosig and Karl Hinrichs The “Great Recession” and pension policy change in European countries31. Martín Cortina EscuderoTrade and immigration: How international factors shaped social policy in ArgentinaPart IV: Transnational social movements and expert networks32. Delia González de Reufels and Frank Nullmeier Introduction: Transnational social movements and expert networks33. Tao Liu and Tong TianRelations between Germany and China and the rise of the social insurance state in China since the economic reform of 197834. Johanna Fischer, Hongsoo Kim, Lorraine Frisina Doetter and Heinz Rothgang Social long-term care insurance: An idea traveling between countries?35. Monika Ewa KaminskaVariations on Bismarck: Translations of social health insurance in post-communist healthcare reforms in Central and Eastern Europe – the role of vertical and horizontal interdependencies36. Ulrich Mückenberger A quest for equity: Labour standards on the transnational move37. Teresa HuhleDid migrants build the welfare state? Migration as a social policy driver in early twentieth century Uruguay38. Tao Liu and Tobias ten Brink Social protection for migrant workers in China 39. Friederike Römer Differentiation of welfare rights for migrants in Western countries 1970 to present40. Karin Gottschall, Kristin Noack and Heinz RothgangDependencies of long-term care policy and East-West migration – The case of GermanyConclusions41. Frank Nullmeier, Delia González de Reufels and Herbert Obinger By way of conclusion: Future research
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Interdisciplinary Approaches to Climate Change for Sustainable Growth
Book SynopsisThe book is an edited collection of contributions by a distinguished international panel of academics on the main scientific, juridical, and economic aspects involved in the mitigation and adaptation processes imposed by climate change. Explicitly interdisciplinary, the book transversally cuts through different disciplines offering an outline of a phenomenon that is too often left to specific and sectorial insights. The volume is divided into four parts. The first part introduces the main concepts of the book: climate change and sustainability, wellbeing, and mitigation and adaptation. The second part presents the scientific understanding of climate change and explores some of the more pressing issues driving policy development, such as the melting of the glaciers and the impact on coastal areas. The third part discusses significant experiences in the environmental policies both in the European Union and in the United States of America. The last section explains possible approaches to climate change, by exploring the legal and economic aspects of both adversarial and more lenient approaches towards a more sustainable world. It faces four main issues in the economic and juridical context: consumer behaviors, climate litigations, environmental litigations and the alternative forms of dispute resolution on environmental matters, with particular regard to environmental mediation. Offering a new vision of sustainable policies, this volume will be of interest to researchers and students of environmental policy, resource economics, environmental law, sustainable development, and public administration, as well as practitioners and policy makers working in related areas.Trade Review“The overall approach allows the reader to connect an interest in climate with a wide variety of literature on sustainability.” (Turner, nr&e, natural resources & environment, Vol. 37 (2), Fall, 2022)Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. The Ideological Trick of Climate Change and Sustainability.- 3. Words Count: the Role of Language in Overcoming Climate Inertia.- 4. Measuring Complex Socio-Economic Phenomena. Conceptual and Methodological Issues.- 5. Glaciers: Vanishing Elements of our Mountains and Precious Witnesses of Climate Change.- 6. Rural Revival and Coastal Areas: Risks and Opportunities.- 7. Climate Change: from Science to Policies, Back and Forward.- 8. The EU Perspective from Setbacks to Success: Tackling Climate Change from Copenhagen to the Green Deal and the Next Generation EU.- 9. Carbon Pricing from the Origin to the European Green Deal.- 10. Technology Innovation in the Energy Sector and Climate Change: the Role of Governments and Policies.- 11. How Emerging Technologies are Finally Matching the Policy Leverage of Cities with their Political Ambitions.- 12. Sustainable Transportation.- 13. From Green to Social Procurement.- 14. Climate, Sustainability, and Waste : European Union & United States Regulatory Approaches Compared.- 15. Construction Industry and Sustainability.- 16. Impact Climate Change in Agriculture: Adaptation and Mitigation Options.- 17. Climate Change and Consumer Behavior.- 18. Climate Change Litigation : Losing the Political Dimension of Sustainable Development.- 19. The Judicial Review of Administrative Decisions with Environmental Consequences.- 20. fcarpinetiMediation in Environmental Disputes.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The United States in a Troubled World: Essays in
Book SynopsisThis book presents an overview of the main changes in the United States' foreign policy in response to the transformations in the international order in the last decades. If, after the end of the Cold War, the USA invested in the universalization of market economy and in the strengthening of its military supremacy, new developments demanded reorientations in the country’s foreign strategy. The controversial military interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq, the 2008 economic crisis, the rise of the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and the rise of right-wing populism altered the global political landscape and demanded new responses from the most powerful country in the world. This volume brings together nine essays in which the founding member of the World International Studies Committee, Sebastião C. Velasco e Cruz, analyzes how the United States’ foreign policy responded to the growing challenges posed by this changing international order, discussing topics such as: The evolution of the American geopolitical strategy after the end of the Cold War How US foreign policy reacted to challenges to security and dilemmas of the international order Barack Obama's foreign policy and world politics Donald Trump and the rise of populism in the USA US relations with BRICs and Latin America The United States in a Troubled World: Essays on Interpretation will be of interest to international relations and political science researchers both within and outside the United States. Table of Contents1. A Problem of Method. The United States Grand Strategy: Debate, Policies, Implications for Brazil.- 2. Between Norms and Facts: Challenges to Security and Dilemmas of the International Order.- 3. After the Cold War: Geopolitical Evolution, Scenarios and Prospects.- 4. The United States in India’s Mirror: Reflections on the Development Strategies and Foreign Relations of an Ascending Country.- 5. A New Course? Obama’s Choices and World Politics.- 6. The Tragedy of Diplomacy and Obama’s Foreign Policy.- 7. The Presence of Tradition: Populism in the USA.- 8. A House Divided: Donald Trump and the Transformation of American Politics.- 9. International Order? Interamerican Relations and Political Outlook for Latin America.
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