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Book SynopsisMax Rolfstam examines the increasing emphasis on public procurement as a means to stimulate innovation and the theoretical implications of this policy development. While 'regular' public procurement may be regarded as the outcome of anonymous market processes, public procurement of innovation must be understood as a special case of innovation, where social processes - and consequently the institutions governing these social processes - need to be considered. This book contributes to our understanding with a detailed institutional analysis of the public procurement of innovation.The author draws on an institutional framework that underscores the importance of conducting a multilevel institutional analysis. Unlike earlier studies that reduced public procurement challenges to a legal issue, this book offers insights of a more holistic nature.Academics, students and researchers with an interest in innovation policy will find this book to be an informative and fascinating read. It will also provide an invaluable reference tool on how public procurement can be used as an innovation policy tool for policy makers at both national and EU levels.Contents 1. Introduction 2. Public Procurement of Innovation Theory 3. Legal Institutions for Public Procurement of Innovation 4. Public Procurement of Innovation Diffusion 5. Public Procurement of Innovation as Collaboration 6. Public Procurement of Innovation as Endogenous-Exogenous Knowledge Conversion 7. Success Factors Public Procurement of Innovation 8. Concluding Remarks References IndexTrade Review‘Public Procurement and Innovation contributes an understanding of how multiple institutions impact procurement, and supplies evidence for the ongoing debate over policies' role in guiding innovation. This book is timely and relevant . . .Anyone interested in public procurement, innovation, EU policy, or technology policy will find the book worthwhile.’ -- Paige A. Clayton, Science and Public PolicyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Public Procurement of Innovation Theory 3. Legal Institutions for Public Procurement of Innovation 4. Public Procurement of Innovation Diffusion 5. Public Procurement of Innovation as Collaboration 6. Public Procurement of Innovation as Endogenous–Exogenous Knowledge Conversion 7. Success Factors Public Procurement of Innovation 8. Concluding Remarks References Index

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Book SynopsisChallenging the traditional orthodoxies of public management, this timely and comprehensive book adopts a lively and critical approach to key questions of public policy and management.With state-of-the-art contributions from leading international scholars, Public Management in the Postmodern Era explores a public sector that has moved irreversibly beyond the familiar territory of New Public Management and the exhausted tenets of modernization. Within a global environment where the old explanations and solutions have failed, the book advances a postmodern analysis. It argues strongly its original case that postmodern perspectives are of immediate relevance to issues of practice as well as to enduring problems of theory.The ambitious remit of the book will be of direct value to practitioners, scholars, academic researchers and students in politics, public policy and public management. With an international scope, the book will appeal to a worldwide audience.Trade Review‘A highly challenging set of essays on sense-making in a public sector world that previously contained a dearth of relevant theory. Moving beyond the orthodoxies of policy and management, this work advances the critical position that post modernism must be relevant to practice by building from the narratives of empowered practitioners faced with finding solutions that go beyond traditional boundaries.’ -- Robert Agranoff, Indiana University, Bloomington, US and Instituto Universitario Ortega y Gasset, Madrid, SpainTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: CONCEPTUALISING AND THEORISING 1. Public Management in the Postmodern Era: An Introduction John Fenwick and Janice McMillan 2. Modernism Redux: Po-Mo Problems and Hi-Mo Public Policy Wayne Parsons 3. Democracy Without a Centre: Towards a Politics of Difference Paul H.A. Frissen 4. Understanding Policy Transfer in the Competition State Mark Evans PART II: APPLICATIONS AND ACTORS 5. Professions and Professionalism Andrew Massey 6. Working Life in the Public Organisation David Farnham 7. Still the Century of Bureaucracy? The Roles of Public Servants B. Guy Peters PART III: RESOLUTION AND SENSE-MAKING 8. Everyday Makers and Expert Citizens: Active Participants in the Search for a New Governance Henrik P. Bang 9. Public Policy and Management in Postmodern Times John Fenwick and Janice McMillan Index

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Book SynopsisInnovation is a core issue for public services and is a key element of public services reform - particularly in this age of austerity where policymakers urge the need to 'innovate to do more with less'. This comprehensive and accessible Handbook explores the potential for creating efficient and effective public services.Leading researchers from across the globe review the state-of-the-art in research on innovation in public services, providing an overview of key issues from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Topics explored include: context for innovation in public services and public service reform; managerial change challenges; ICT and e-government; and collaboration and networks. The theory is underpinned by seven wide-ranging case studies of innovation in practice.Taking the field forward and providing a baseline for future research, this highly unique and original Handbook will prove essential reading for academics, researchers, students, policymakers and practitioners across the fields of innovation, public policy, social policy and public management.Contributors include: D. Alexander, R. Andrews, S. Baines, J. Barlow, C. Barton-Sweeney, V. Bekkers, G.A. Boyne, J.M. Bryson, K. Brown, M. Carter, C. Chew, B.C. Crosby, M. Considine, I. Cunningham, J. Edler, M. Farr, S. Goldfinch, T. Greenhalgh, J. Hartley, G. Harvey, B. Head, B. Jæger, A. Johnston, P. Joyce, R. Keast, T. Kinder, J.M Lewis, C. Longley, L.E. Lynn, Jr., F. Lyon, K. McLaughlin, M.P. Mandell, M. Macaulay, F. Macfarlane, M. Martin, V. Mele, I. Miles, D. Nickson, H. Noke, D. Norris, Z. Radnor, M.L. Rhodes, N.C. Roberts, K. Strokosch, J.M Svara, J. Torfing, E. Uyarra, R.M. Walker, J. Wallis, J. Waterhouse, R. Wilson, P. WindrumTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Innovation in Public Services Stephen P. Osborne and Louise Brown PART I: THE CONTEXT OF INNOVATION IN PUBLIC SERVICES 1. Explaining Patterns of Public Management Reform Diffusion Joe Wallis and Shaun Goldfinch 2. Innovation and Reform in Public Administration: One Subject or Two? Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. 3. Public and Private Features of Innovation Jean Hartley 4. A Services-influenced Approach to Public Service Innovation? Stephen P. Osborne 5. Public Service Innovation: What Messages from the Collision of Innovation Studies and Services Research? Ian Miles PART II: INNOVATION AND CHANGE IN PUBLIC SERVICES 6. Innovation as the Practice of Change in the Public Sector Ian Colville and Mike Carter 7. Managing the Change Process: The State of the Art Kerry Brown and Jennifer Waterhouse 8. Managing Stakeholders in the Change and Innovation Process John M. Bryson and Barbara C. Crosby PART III: KEY MANAGERIAL ISSUES IN INNOVATION IN PUBLIC SERVICES 9. Evidence-based Policy-making for Innovation Brian W. Head 10. Innovation in Public Services: Engaging with Risk Stephen P. Osborne and Louise Brown 11. Entrepreneur or Entrepreneurship in Public Services? Zoe Radnor, Hannah Noke and Andrew Johnston 12. Against All Odds: Bottom-up Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Department of Defense Nancy C. Roberts and Carrick Longley 13. Leading Successful Innovation in Local Public Services James H. Svara 14. Strategic Management and Change in the Public Services Paul Joyce 15. Public Procurement of Innovation Jakob Edler and Elvira Uyarra 16. Ethical Innovation in the Public Services Michael Macaulay and David Norris PART IV: ICT, E-GOVERNMENT AND INNOVATION 17. E-government and Innovation: The Socio-political Shaping of ICT as a Source of Innovation Victor Bekkers 18. Analyzing Policies for Government Innovation in Practice: Electronic Government Policy in Italy, 1993–2003 Valentina Mele 19. Innovation and Information in Public/Third Sector Partnerships for Older People’s Services: Case Studies from England and Italy Rob Wilson, Sue Baines and Mike Martin PART V: COLLABORATION, NETWORKS, CO-PRODUCTION AND THE ROLE OF THE THIRD SECTOR IN INNOVATION IN PUBLIC SERVICES 20. Collaborative Innovation in the Public Sector Jacob Torfing 21. Innovation in an Inter-organisational Context Tony Kinder 22. Innovation in Complex Public Service Systems Mary Lee Rhodes 23. Innovation, Networks and Leadership Myrna P. Mandell and Robyn Keast 24. Policy Networks and Innovation Jenny M. Lewis, Damon Alexander and Mark Considine 25. Co-production and Innovation in Public Services: Can Co-production Drive Innovation? Kirsty Strokosch 26. The Once and Future Pioneers? The Innovative Capacity of Voluntary Organizations and the Provision of Public Services: A Longitudinal Approach Stephen P. Osborne, Celine Chew and Kate McLaughlin 27. Role of Third Sector Organizations in Health Innovation Networks Paul Windrum 28. Social Enterprise and Innovation in Third Sector Organizations Celine Chew and Fergus Lyon 29. User Involvement in Public Services Innovation Birgit Jæger 30. Citizens and the Co-creation of Public Service Innovations Michelle Farr PART VI: INNOVATION IN PUBLIC SERVICES IN PRACTICE 31. Evidence-based Innovation in Practice: Experiences from Health Care and Implications for the Future Gill Harvey 32. NHS Direct: A UK Health Sector Innovation Study Paul Cunningham 33. Internal and External Influences on the Capacity for Innovation in Local Government Richard M. Walker 34. Innovations in Structure: Experience from Local Government in the UK Rhys Andrews and George A. Boyne 35. Strengthening the Spread of Innovation in the UK’s National Health Service James Barlow 36. Exploring the Diffusion and Sustainability of Service Innovation in Healthcare Trisha Greenhalgh, Cathy Barton-Sweeney and Fraser Macfarlane PART VII: CONCLUSIONS 37. Innovation in Public Services: Old and New Directions for Knowledge Louise Brown and Stephen P. Osborne Index

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Book SynopsisReviving local democracy offers a vivid and persuasive critical examination of New Labour's programme for the modernisation of local government, providing a balanced view of the democracy and participation debate. Since 1997, the Blair government has sought to mobilise popular participation through local referenda, new political structures, electoral reform, and the creation of powerful new elected mayors. Through these mechanisms it is hoped that the lack of public interest and persistently low election turnouts will be overcome. The book draws on a wide range of new survey data to relate the crisis of local politics and governance to wider changes in the political culture. The author goes on to evaluate the government's proposals to reverse decline, asking whether this programme of reform is likely to succeed. With the aid of a series of recent surveys of both public and councillor opinion, and the successful blending of historical and empirical analysis, she offers an assessment of the realities which the democratic renewal project will have to confront in its implementation. The book is topical and timely, and highly accessible, and will appeal to students, those involved in local government, and anyone concerned to see local government become more representative, responsive, and open to popular participation.Trade Review"... a very useful account of the decline in interest in local politics." Journal of Social Policy"... an admirably clear description of the tortuous development of local democracy - well worth recommending to undergraduates studying Politics or Social Policy " Critical Social Policy"Nirmala Rao has produced an important and balanced assessment of the current state of local democracy in Britain today and of New Labour's proposals for change. Her book is essential reading for all those interested in local democracy and how far changes designed to improve local democratic performance are likely to succeed." Michael GoldsmithTable of ContentsNew times for local democracy; Local democracy and after; The failed promise of reform; Civic-minded Britain?; The reluctant voter; The third way and democratic reform; The modernising agenda: enhancing participation; The modernising agenda: new forms of political leadership; Prospects for a new politics.

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Book SynopsisOver the past 10 years partnership working has become a central feature of public services. This book analyses experience of partnerships in different policy fields, identifying the theoretical and practical impediments to making partnership work and critically evaluating the advantages and disadvantages for those involved. Its broad coverage goes beyond the confines of statutory partnerships, addressing other important forms of collaboration between voluntary, private and statutory sectors and service users and community and minority groups. Through a wide range of perspectives, Partnership working aims to integrate theory and practice across a number of policy areas. Using a variety of models, it: highlights both positive and negative aspects of partnership working at political, cultural and technical levels; shows how partnerships can empower people and groups through effective collaboration; suggests some of the principles on which good practice should be based and the resources required; addresses key issues of accountability, representation and social exclusion. The book provides important reading for academics, policy makers, service providers and senior practitioners in community development and community safety, local government, housing, social services and health. It will also be a valuable resource for those working in voluntary organisations and students on professional courses.Trade Review"Excellent book. I think the multi-professional perspective is a real strength." Robert Banton, School of Health & Human Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University "This book will add richly to the literature on partnerships in public service... should prove useful for both academicians and practitioners." Voluntas "This is an excellent book and should be read by anyoune involved or thinking of getting involved in partnership working ... one of the essential items to cover in making partnerships succeed is reading this book from cover to cover." Journal of Interprofessional Care"... seems to provide a much-needed critical review of widely accepted policies." Trevor Hart, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Urban Development & Environmental Management, Leeds Metropolitan University"... instructive and inspiring." Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning. "... a well-edited, coherent collection of essays that examines some important questions that lie at the heart of attempts to generate a 'third way' in the arena of contemporary urban politics ... recommended reading for both academics and practitioners alike." Urban StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Susan Balloch and Marilyn Taylor; Part One: Regeneration and social exclusion: 'Holism' and urban regeneration Peter Ambrose; Partnerships and power in community regeneration Marjorie Mayo and Marilyn Taylor; Local government, anti-poverty strategies and partnership working Sarah Pearson; Partnership and change in social housing Barbara Reid; Improving partnership working in housing and mental health Simon Northmore; Part Two: Partnerships in social care and health: The potential of project status to support partnerships Valerie Williamson; Promoting independence: a partnership approach to supporting older people in the community Helen Charnley; Partnership between service users and statutory social services Michael Turner and Susan Balloch; Partnership working in health promotion: the potential role of social capital in health development John Kenneth Davies; Part Three: Power, participation and place: Partnership and power: the role of black and minority ethnic voluntary organisations in challenging racism Jabeer Butt; Rounding up the 'usual suspects': police approaches to multiagency policing Peter Squires and Lynda Measor; Partnership - participation - power: the meaning of empowerment in post-industrial society David Byrne; Spatial considerations in multiagency and multidisciplinary work Philip Haynes; Conclusion - can partnerships work? Susan Balloch and Marilyn Taylor.

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Book SynopsisPublic policy for the 21st century is a collection of essays in memory of Henry Neuburger, an economist whose career spanned half a dozen government departments, and who was for much of the 1980s an adviser to the leadership of the Labour Party. His original contributions to economic policy analysis across the field of public policy are the starting point of the essays, whose contributors between them cover the same broad span of economic policy. The essays look forward to the new century and together form an introduction to key issues in contemporary policy making. Policy issues covered include macroeconomic policy, the impact of the National Minimum Wage, the distributional effect of tax and benefit policies since the 1997 change of government, the debates around an 'urban renaissance', and the impact of European integration on policy making. Contributors also examine and explain debates around different approaches to economic analysis, and show how analysis can be carried beyond the conventional confines of the money economy and of the household as a 'black box'. The book concludes with a discussion of Henry Neuburger's career, looking in particular at the role of economic advisers within policy making. This is a timely book on economic policy making and commitment to making that policy work. It is important reading for students and academics concerned with public, economic and social policy, and government economists.Trade Review"... a set of thoughtfully written, wide ranging and up to date assessments of a variety of areas in public and social policy." Journal for Social Policy"... this work will be of high interest to anyone with an interest in the work of Henry Neuburger, but serves much further as a valuable contribution to the contemporary study of economic and social policy." Political Studies"This memorial volume has an unusually strong set of contributors and covers a wide range of issues of contemporary relevance. Any student or teacher of economic and social policy will find plenty of informative and searching analysis." Andrew Glyn, Corpus Christi College, Oxford"... a welcome volume. ... a book for anyone seriously interested in contemporary economic and social affairs." Roger Berry MP, Tribune"... an interesting account of how Labour developed its economic policies during the Eighties, a reminder that New Labour did not begin with Tony Blair." The ObserverTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: for the purposes of the future Neil Fraser and John Hills; Part One: The tools for analysing policy: The decline of macroeconomic modelling Simon Wren-Lewis; National accounts for policy analysis Anne Harrison; Economic policy analysis Neil Fraser; The price of parenthood and the value of children Heather Joshi and Hugh Davies; Well being or wel fare? Meghnad Desai; Part Two: The economy as a whole: Four decades of changing macroeconomic policy Christopher Allsopp; Taxation for the enabling state John Hills; European integration and its implications for policy making in the 21st century Iain Begg; Part Three: Sectoral issues: Unions, the national minimum wage and the distribution of pay David Metcalf; Economic appraisal in transport Chris Nash and Peter Mackie; Housing and urban renaissance Jenny Neuburger; The main priority in priority setting in healthcare Gavin Mooney; Part Four: Henry Neuburger's contribution: Making economic policy in the Labour Party: bringing economists back in Mark Wickham-Jones; Henry Neuburger: a personal appreciation Andrew Burchardt.

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Book SynopsisRelationships between local and central government and voluntary and community organisations have been controversial for some time; and particularly since the introduction of the 'contract culture' during the 1980s. New Labour now argues that it wishes to develop a 'partnership culture' in which the voluntary sector is a major partner. New local partnerships, or compacts, of varying kinds are now being developed across the UK, involving a range of local public agencies including councils, health bodies and Learning and Skills Councils. This report is the first national evaluation of how this new approach to partnership working is being implemented at a local level. Based on 12 detailed case studies in England, Scotland and Wales, the report describes the development of the compacts, highlights some of the major barriers to effective partnership working, and offers key lessons from their development to date. It also addresses the particular difficulties faced by marginalised groups, such as small community groups and organisations representing black and minority ethnic communities. This report is a key resource for all those concerned with effective and participative local governance, including local government officers and members, managers and staff in health organisations, and voluntary and community sector workers. It provides key arguments in favour of the development of local compacts and guidance for those wishing to engage in their development.Trade Review"... certainly, a useful tool when negotiating for better practice in the establishment and ongoing development of compacts at a local level." NACVS CirculationTable of ContentsContents: The background for local compact development; Getting started; The factors that illustrate compacts; The reach of compacts; The impact of the compacts; The future for local compacts. jr104.doc

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Book SynopsisChanging Scotland uses longitudinal data from the British Household Panel Survey to improve our knowledge and understanding of the impact of devolution on the lives of people in Scotland. It is the first time that BHPS data has been used in this way. The book provides a detailed examination of social, economic, demographic and political differences, especially those involving dynamic behaviour such as residential mobility, unemployment duration, job mobility, income inequality, poverty, health and deprivation, national identity, family structure and other aspects of individual's lives as they change over time. This data provides a 'baseline' for policy formulation and for analysing the impact of subsequent differential developments arising out of devolution. The book is also an invaluable resource for establishing pre-existing differences between England and Scotland and evaluating the impact of policy initiatives by the Scottish Executive.Trade Review"Changing Scotland will not itself resolve arguments of Scottish identity and distinctiveness; no single book will. However, it is a further welcome contribution to the the growing body of systematic evidence which is replacing supposition, assertion and polemic in this debate." Journal of Social Policy"This book is an extremely timely and effective demonstration of how 'evidence-based' research can inform policy formulation and evaluation in a devolved Scotland. The comparative studies of this important book provide a high quality benchmark against which subsequent contributions to policy analysis in Scotland will be measured." Peter McGregor, Department of Economics, University of StrathclydeTable of ContentsDevolution, policy and evidence ~ John F. Ermisch and Robert E. Wright; Part 1: Families and households: Teenagers' relationships with peers and parents ~ Lynn Jamieson and John McKendrick; Youth transitions ~ Vernon Gayle; Comparison of living arrangements ~ John F. Ermisch; Residential mobility ~ Harminder Battu, Vania Gerova and Euan Phimister; How Scots live: housing and housing policy ~ Jeanette Findlay and Cecilia MacIntyre; Part 2: Inequalities: Health and deprivation ~ Anne Ludbrook, Vania Gerova and Ioannis Theodossiou; Trends in absolute poverty ~ Vernon Gayle, Gregor Jack and Robert E. Wright; Income inequality ~ David Bell and Gregor Jack; The structure of gender differentials ~ Kostas Mavromaras and Ioannis Theodossiou; Part 3: Labour market issues: Distribution and structure of pay ~ Bob Elliott, Vania Gerova and Euan Phimister; Earnings returns to Further Education ~ Anne Gasteen, John Houston and Carolyn Davidson; Low pay, higher pay and job satisfaction ~ Rannia Leontaridi and Peter Sloane; Labour market behaviour of older workers ~ Mark Taylor and John Rigg; Part 4: Social and political behaviour: What makes Scotland want something different? ~ John Curtice; Smart, successful Scotland? National identity, class, employment and enterprise ~ Alex Christie, Nicola McEwen and James Mitchell; Decline of religion ~ Nicole Bourque, Vernon Gayle and Robert E. Wright; Volunteering and organisational participation ~ Jeanette Findlay and Patricia Findlay; Conclusion ~ John F. Ermisch and Robert E. Wright.

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Book SynopsisEvaluation has become a central tool in the development of contemporary social policy. Its widespread popularity is based on the need to provide evidence of the effectiveness of policies and programmes. This book sees evaluation as an inherently political activity, as much about forms of governance as scientific practice. Using a wide range of examples from neighbourhood renewal, health and social care and other aspects of social policy, it relates practical issues in evaluation design to their political contexts. With contributions from leading academics and evaluation practitioners, the book considers key issues in the politics of evaluation including: governance and evaluation; participatory evaluation; partnerships and evaluation; and learning from evaluation. The politics of evaluation is important reading for academics, social researchers, policy makers, service providers and professionals across the public services as well as professional evaluators. It will be a valuable resource for students on a range of social science and professional courses and those concerned with recent developments in social research methodology.Trade Review"I never thought I would find myself describing a book on evaluation as exciting, but this one is. I recommend it to anyone leading or evaluating projects." The British Journal of Healthcare Computing & Information Management" ... this collection provides a wide range of interesting cases of evaluations and evaluators trying to deal with the complexities of practice in a very turbulent policy environment." Journal of Social Policy"This book will provide students (undergraduate and postgraduate) and academic researchers with a useful and interesting entree into the political and practical aspects of policy programme evaluation. The overall appeal of the book lies in the breadth of policy arenas covered, the experiences and insights gleaned from an eclectic mix of real life case studies, its logical structure and clean and clear written style." Policy World "...a book which sets out to examine the politics of evaluation is very timely. ... For those working in areas related to urban studies, this book covers some important issues of urban policy and regeneration." Urban Studies "... the contributors to this volume, all of whome have seen hard service in the vast and lucrative army of academic evaluators in Blairite England, tell their battle stoires in this volume ... Useful? Yes." British Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsIntroduction: The politics of evaluation: an overview ~ David Taylor and Susan Balloch; Part One: Governance and evaluation: Below decks on the youth justice flagship: the politics of evaluation ~ Peter Squires and Lynda Measor; Urban regeneration: who defines the indicators? ~ Peter Ambrose; Reaching for the stars: the performance assessment framework for social services ~ Stella Law and Karin Janzon; Part Two: Participation and evaluation: Service-user involvement in evaluation and research: issues, dilemmas and destinations ~ Peter Beresford; Best Value but not best interests: can service users instruct mental health advocates? ~ Hazel Platzer; New Deal for Communities as a participatory public policy: the challenges for evaluation ~ Kay Graham and Amanda Harris; Discovery through dialogue and appreciative inquiry: a participative evaluation framework for project development ~ Glynis Cousin, Judith Cousin and Frances Deepwell; Evaluating projects aimed at supporting the parents of young people: "I didn't learn anything new, but..." ~ Debi Roker; Part Three: Partnerships and evaluation: Evaluating interagency working in health and social care: politics, policies and outcomes for service users ~ Audrey Leathard; Reflections on an evaluation of partnerships to cope with winter pressures ~ Susan Balloch, Alison Penn and Helen Charnley; Evaluating a partnership approach to supporting people into employment ~ Hilary Arksey; Part Four: Learning from evaluation: Evaluation and New Deal for Communities: learning what for whom? ~ Ian Smith and Lucy Grimshaw; Community-led regeneration: learning loops or reinvented wheels? ~ Mike Rowe and Marilyn Taylor; Can social capital be a framework for participative evaluation of community health work? ~ Jennie Fleming and Thilo Boeck; Learning the art of evaluation: presume the presence of politics ~ Georgie Parry-Crooke and Cathy Sullivan; Conclusion: What the politics of evaluation implies ~ Susan Balloch and David Taylor.

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together a collection of new and innovative work by researchers from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK - settings where issues of voluntarism and participation have become increasingly important for the development and delivery of social welfare policy. Prefaced by one of the foremost geographers in this field, it contains empirical and theoretical work from both new and well-established geographers. The chapters explore the interactions between voluntarism and a range of issues including governance, health, community action, faith, ethnicity, counselling, advocacy and professionalisation. The book will be of interest not only to students and researchers in human geography but also to those working in social policy, sociology, health and political science. The detailed case material will also be of particular interest to practitioners working in the fields of health, governance, social welfare and social exclusion.Trade Review"This is a fascinating book...." Journal of Social Policy"... extremely comprehensive and useful, with a wide range of topics and excellent examples of research by leading scholars. Landscapes of voluntarism would be of great interest to anyone involved in social policy, sociology and health, and probably other areas I haven't thought of!" Volunteering England"This impressive volume brings together a diverse range of contributions around the central theme of voluntarism ... a valuable and thought-provoking reference work for policy-makers and other end-users as well as for academic researchers from far beyond that discipline." European Journal of Social SecurityTable of ContentsContents: Foreword: Beyond the shadow state? ~ Jennifer Wolch; Contemporary landscapes of welfare: the 'voluntary turn'? ~ Christine Milligan and David Conradson; A 'new institutional fix'? The 'community turn' and the changing role of the voluntary sector ~ Rob Macmillan and Alan Townsend; Renewal or relocation? Social welfare, voluntarism and the city ~ Christine Milligan and Nicholas R. Fyfe; Voluntarism and new forms of governance in rural communities ~ Bill Edwards and Michael Woods; New times, new relationships: mental health, primary care and public heath in New Zealand ~ Pauline Barnett and J. Ross Barnett; Informal and voluntary care in Canada: caught in the Act? ~ Mark W. Skinner and Mark W. Rosenberg; Competition, adaptation and resistance: (re)forming health organisations in New Zealand's third sector ~ Susan Owen and Robin Kearns; The difference of voluntarism: the place of voluntary sector care homes for older Jewish people in the United Kingdom ~ Oliver Valins; Values, practices and strategic divestment: Christian social service organisations in New Zealand ~ David Conradson; Faith-based organisations and welfare provision in Northern Ireland and North America: whose agenda? ~ Derek Bacon; Government restructuring and settlement agencies in Vancouver: bringing advocacy back in ~ Gillian Creese; Developing voluntary community spaces and Ethnicity in Sydney, Australia ~ Walter F. Lalich; The voluntary spaces of charity shops: workplaces or domestic spaces? ~ Liz Parsons; The changing landscape of voluntary sector counselling in Scotland ~ Liz Bondi; Volunteering, geography and welfare: a multilevel investigation of geographical variations in voluntary action ~ John Mohan, Liz Twigg, Kelvyn Jones and Steve Barnard; Reflections on landscapes of voluntarism ~ David Conradson and Christine Milligan.

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Book SynopsisPublic participation is central to a wide range of current public policies - not only in the UK, but elsewhere in the developed and the developing world. There are substantial aspirations for what enhanced participation can achieve. This book offers a critical examination of both the discourse and practice of participation in order to understand the significance of this explosion in participatory forums, and the extent to which such practices represent a fundamental change in governance. Based on 17 case studies across a range of policy areas in two English cities, the authors address key issues such as: the way in which notions of the public are constructed; the motivation of participants; how the interests and identities of officials and citizens are negotiated within forums; and the ways in which institutions enable and constrain the development of participation initiatives. Much of the literature on public participation is highly normative. This book draws from detailed empirical work, theories of governance, of deliberative democracy and social movements to offer a nuanced account of the dynamics of participation and to suggest why experiences of this can be frustrating as well as transformative. This book will be essential reading for students of public and social policy and offers important insights for those directly engaged in developing participation initiatives across the public sectorTrade Review"Around the world - including the UK - new policies and innovations in public participation are re-shaping the contours of how and where citizens engage with public institutions. Drawing from diverse theoretical perspectives on social movements, deliberative democracy and institutional design, this book provides us rich empirical case studies from across the UK of what actually happens when publics and public bodies engage with one another. In so doing, the authors skilfully interrogate whether and how these new participatory spaces can fulfil their claims to empower citizens, improve public services and re-vitalise political life. An excellent and challenging read, the book should become a core text for students, practitioners and policy makers everywhere who are concerned with exploring the transformative possibilities of citizen participation and inclusive democracy." John Gaventa, Professor, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction: Participation in context; Inclusive democracy and social movements; Shaping public participation: public bodies and their publics; Re-forming services; Neighbourhood and community governance; Responding to a differentiated public; Issues and expertise; Conclusion: power, participation and political renewal.

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Book SynopsisWe are all 'glass consumers'. Organisations know so much about us, they can almost see through us. Governments and businesses collect and process our personal information on a massive scale. Everything we do, and everywhere we go, leaves a trail. But is this in our interests? The glass consumer appraises this relentless scrutiny of consumers' lives. It reviews what is known about how personal information is used and examines the benefits and risks to consumers. The book takes the debate beyond privacy issues, arguing that we are living in a world in which - more than ever before - our personal information defines our opportunities in life. This book is essential reading for anyone concerned with the future of information use, data protection and privacy. It will also appeal more widely to those with an interest in technology and society, social policy, consumption, marketing and business studies.Trade Review"A significant contribution to the ongoing debate on the important area of how best to protect individuals' personal data in an environment of increasing technological change." Baroness Ashton of Upholland, Government Spokesperson on Constitutional Affairs"The urgent need to think through the practical implications for the rights and protection of the citizen-consumer in a growing 'personal information economy' makes this book essential reading for anyone concerned with these issues. The book manages to be both scholarly and accessible and provides many valuable insights and important food for thought." Melanie Howard, Co-founder, The Future Foundation"The explosion of information in the Google age risks eroding our privacy faster than laws can be made to protect it. This book offers an incisive overview of the trends, risks and possible solutions to what may become the most critical consumer issue in the next century." Chris Anderson, Editor, Wired MagazineTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Susanne Lace; Part One: Orientations: The personal information economy: trends and prospects for consumers ~ Perri 6; Regulatory provisions for privacy protection ~ Charles Raab; The use and value of privacy-enhancing technologies ~ John Borking; Part Two: Contexts: The data-informed marketing model and its social responsibility ~ Martin Evans; Personal data in the public sector: reconciling necessary sharing with confidentiality? ~ Christine Bellamy, Perri 6 and Charles Raab; Part Three: Case studies: Data use in credit and insurance: controlling unfair outcomes ~ Harriet Hall; Personal information in the National Health Service: the demise or rise of patient interests? ~ Jonathan Montgomery; Part Four: NCC's agenda: The new personal information agenda ~ Susanne Lace.

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Book SynopsisEconomic and social change is accelerating under the twin impact of globalisation and the new information technologies. But how are these processes interrelated? Are they impelling us towards a common socio-economic future? What can governments do if they want to manage and steer the direction of development? This book addresses these questions with particular reference to the European Union, which has made the development of a socially cohesive, knowledge-based economy its central task for the present decade. It assesses both the challenges and the policy instruments that are being deployed, focussing in particular on the dynamics of the 'new economy'; the new organisational architectures associated with rapid innovation; the transformation of education and training; the implications for social cohesion and exclusion and the role of policy benchmarking in promoting policy learning and enhancing national performance. The European Challenge presents the most up-to-date research on the development of the knowledge-based economy and its social and policy implications. Its accessible and integrated treatment of the processes of economic, social and technological change make it an invaluable resource for those studying and researching in the fields of public and social policy, organisational and technological change and innovation. It is also highly relevant to policy-makers who need to understand and manage this change.Trade Review"[caters] for both newcomers to the field of policy studies in modern Europe and for experienced policy-makers wishing to keep abreast of new trends and patterns." Journal of Social Policy, Vol. 35 (4), Oct 2006 "This book is a good read." Journal of European Social Policy, 2006, no 16"By examining and evaluating the 'quantitative' aspects of the European response to the challenges of the 'knowledge-based economy', the book sets a good basis for further (more qualitative) research." Journal of Common Market Studies, 2006"The European challenge addresses highly topical issues and offers original insights and contributions to the ongoing debate on the knowledge-based economy and the Lisbon strategy." Maurizio Ferrera, Department of Labour and Welfare Studies, University of Milano, ItalyTable of ContentsThe new knowledge-based economy; The EU response; Growth and stability; Dynamics and innovation; Enterprise and organisational change; Human investment and learning; Social cohesion and inclusion; Models and measurement; Benchmarking and governance; Globalisation and the knowledge economy.

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Book SynopsisEconomic and social change is accelerating under the twin impact of globalisation and the new information technologies. But how are these processes interrelated? Are they impelling us towards a common socio-economic future? What can governments do if they want to manage and steer the direction of development? This book addresses these questions with particular reference to the European Union, which has made the development of a socially cohesive, knowledge-based economy its central task for the present decade. It assesses both the challenges and the policy instruments that are being deployed, focussing in particular on the dynamics of the 'new economy'; the new organisational architectures associated with rapid innovation; the transformation of education and training; the implications for social cohesion and exclusion and the role of policy benchmarking in promoting policy learning and enhancing national performance. The European Challenge presents the most up-to-date research on the development of the knowledge-based economy and its social and policy implications. Its accessible and integrated treatment of the processes of economic, social and technological change make it an invaluable resource for those studying and researching in the fields of public and social policy, organisational and technological change and innovation. It is also highly relevant to policy-makers who need to understand and manage this change.Trade Review"By examining and evaluating the 'quantitative' aspects of the European response to the challenges of the 'knowledge-based economy', the book sets a good basis for further (more qualitative) research." Journal of Common Market Studies, 2006"[caters] for both newcomers to the field of policy studies in modern Europe and for experienced policy-makers wishing to keep abreast of new trends and patterns." Journal of Social Policy, Vol. 35 (4), Oct 2006 "This book is a good read." Journal of European Social Policy, 2006, no 16Table of ContentsThe new knowledge-based economy; The EU response; Growth and stability; Dynamics and innovation; Enterprise and organisational change; Human investment and learning; Social cohesion and inclusion; Models and measurement; Benchmarking and governance; Globalisation and the knowledge economy.

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Book SynopsisInvolving citizens in policy decision-making processes - deliberative democracy - has been a central goal of the Labour government since it came to power in 1997. But what happens when members of the public are drawn into unfamiliar debate, with unfamiliar others, in the unfamiliar world of policy making at national level? This book sets out to understand the contribution that citizens can realistically be expected to make. Drawing on the lessons from an ethnographic study of a public involvement initiative in the health service - the Citizens Council of NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) - the book explores the practical realities behind the much-quoted faith in 'deliberation' that underpins so many models of public involvement and presents the analysis of sixty four hours of video and audiotape capturing a warts-and-all picture of deliberation in action. It sets deliberative participatory initiatives within a broad inter-disciplinary context and challenges politicians, policy-makers and academics to develop more realistic approaches to democratic innovation. "Citizens at the centre" will be of interest to academics and students in social policy, sociology, politics, health, social care, economics, and public administration and management. It will also be valuable to anyone involved in the policy making process, not only in the UK, but also in Europe, the USA and other countries where deliberative democracy is being implemented or discussed.Trade Review"An engagingly written book that offers a detailed and thoughtful analysis of an innovative experiment in citizen participation in healthcare decision-making. This timely study raises a host of significant challenges for democratic theorists and practitioners alike." Graham Smith, Professor of Politics, School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part one: Context: The rise and rise of participation; Deliberation: towards an understanding of practice; Part two: A Citizens Council in action: Setting up a Citizens Council; Doing deliberation: the first Citizens Council meeting; Better by design?subsequent Citizens Councils; Power, discursive styles and identities; Reactions, reflections and re-workings; Part three: Implications: Re-framing citizen deliberation; New directions for policy and practice.

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Book SynopsisPeople who work in planning, management and service delivery in the public sector need to know how policy is translated into practice, what is happening, and whether a policy works. "Policy analysis for practice" introduces students and practitioners to the concepts, methods and techniques required to undertake the analysis and review of policy and its implementation. Focusing on developing understanding and skills for a growing area of practice, it combines material from public and social administration with examples and application to social policy and the social services. The book looks at ways to understand and analyse the main stages of the policy process: developing strategies, identifying aims, examining the situation, choosing methods, implementation and service delivery, and evaluating outcomes. It stresses throughout the role of policy analysis as a political, and not just a technical, activity. "Policy analysis for practice" is an original, thought-provoking text with a strong applied focus. It offers systematic, accessible coverage of wide-ranging literature, application to practical circumstances and the needs of people in the field and a direct relationship to vocational work in the management and administration of social services. It will be invaluable for students and practitioners in public policy, social policy and public sector management, in fields including central and local government, health and social care and the voluntary sector.Trade Review"Accessibly written and logically laid out, the book takes us through a step by step process of policy analysis." LariaNews" ... this book is a valuable addition to the growing range of policy analysis texts ... the book certainly addresses a gap in the UK market." Public Administration"The book is short, clearly-organised and easy to read." Australian Journal of Public Administration "Publications like this provide local authorities with a much needed point of reference in the stormy waters of local engagement, community leadership, efficiency savings and devolution of services." Local Government First "...the book is highly readable and Spicker's wry view of policy implementation makes this complicated subject enjoyable and easily accessible." Journal of Social Policy,"This book offers an interesting and unique approach that will appeal to many working in the field. Written in a clear and accessible style, it will be a valuable text not only for those involved in policy and practice, but also for students and practitioners in health and social care." Susan Balloch, Professor of Health and Social Care, Health and Social Policy Research Centre, University of BrightonTable of ContentsThe nature of policy analysis; The policy process; Strategic policy making; Aims, values and goals; Assessing the environment 1: qualitative interpretation; Assessing the environment 2: quantitative interpretation; Methods, contraints and resources; Selecting methods: value for money; Analysing implementation; The evaluation of policy; Policy analysis: developing a checklist.

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Book SynopsisThis unique book combines both academic and practitioner perspectives to provide critical consideration of contemporary policy-making and highlight examples of good practice at all levels of government. In Professional Policy Making for the Twenty-First Century the Cabinet Office's Strategic Policy Making Team identified nine 'competencies' as the key features of 'modern policy making': forward-looking; outward-looking; innovative, flexible and creative; evidence-based; inclusive; joined-up; open to review; open to evaluation; and capable of learning lessons. Using these to structure the book, nine central chapters - each written by a pair of co-authors, one primarily an academic, and the other primarily a policy maker or practitioner - examine the competencies in turn. Accompanying case studies provide lessons or pointers to good practice, together with guidance on how to access further information. Set in the context of New Labour's emphasis on 'modernisation', and reflecting the growing emphasis on policy making as a skill, the book will appeal to a range of audiences, including undergraduate and postgraduate students on courses that draw upon approaches to public administration and public policy, and social researchers, policy officers and others involved in the development and analysis of policy making at all tiers of government.Trade Review"Up-to-date, applied and theoretical. A 'real world' approach, relevent and 'student-friendly'." Deborah Holman, Anglia Ruskin University"This book will become a key text in the field. The editors are to be congratulated for assembling an authoritative range of contributors and adopting a unique approach to the subject which blends academic and practitioner perspectives." Professor Robert Pyper, Professor of Government and Public Management, Head of Division of Public Policy, Caledonian Business School"With fascinating insights into actual events and what shaped them, the book avoids the stereotypical dry text book approach." SRA News, 2008."This book is a valuable review of progress in improving and professionalising policy making in government and represents in itself an exemplary collaboration between academics and practitioners." Eleanor Goodison, National School of GovernmentPYPER' S TESTIMONIAL IN REVIEWSTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Hugh Bochel and Sue Duncan; Forward-looking policy making ~ Hugh Bochel and Louise Shaxson; Outward-looking policy making ~ Edward C. Page and Jane Mark-Lawson; Innovative, flexible and creative policy making ~ Andrew Massey and Jamie Rentoul; Evidence-based policy making ~ Martin Bulmer, Elizabeth Coates and Louise Dominian; Inclusive policy making ~ Catherine Bochel and Angela Evans; Joined-up policy making ~ Richard Parry with Marion Kerr; Policy review ~ Martin Powell and Warwick Maynard; Policy evaluation ~ Robert Walker and Sue Duncan; Learns lessons from policy experience ~ John Hudson; Conclusions ~ Hugh Bochel and Sue Duncan.

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Book SynopsisThis unique book combines both academic and practitioner perspectives to provide critical consideration of contemporary policy-making and highlight examples of good practice at all levels of government. In Professional Policy Making for the Twenty-First Century the Cabinet Office's Strategic Policy Making Team identified nine 'competencies' as the key features of 'modern policy making': forward-looking; outward-looking; innovative, flexible and creative; evidence-based; inclusive; joined-up; open to review; open to evaluation; and capable of learning lessons. Using these to structure the book, nine central chapters - each written by a pair of co-authors, one primarily an academic, and the other primarily a policy maker or practitioner - examine the competencies in turn. Accompanying case studies provide lessons or pointers to good practice, together with guidance on how to access further information. Set in the context of New Labour's emphasis on 'modernisation', and reflecting the growing emphasis on policy making as a skill, the book will appeal to a range of audiences, including undergraduate and postgraduate students on courses that draw upon approaches to public administration and public policy, and social researchers, policy officers and others involved in the development and analysis of policy making at all tiers of government.Trade Review"Up-to-date, applied and theoretical. A 'real world' approach, relevent and 'student-friendly'." Deborah Holman, Anglia Ruskin University"This book will become a key text in the field. The editors are to be congratulated for assembling an authoritative range of contributors and adopting a unique approach to the subject which blends academic and practitioner perspectives." Professor Robert Pyper, Professor of Government and Public Management, Head of Division of Public Policy, Caledonian Business School"With fascinating insights into actual events and what shaped them, the book avoids the stereotypical dry text book approach." SRA News, 2008."This book is a valuable review of progress in improving and professionalising policy making in government and represents in itself an exemplary collaboration between academics and practitioners." Eleanor Goodison, National School of GovernmentPYPER' S TESTIMONIAL IN REVIEWSTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Hugh Bochel and Sue Duncan; Forward-looking policy making ~ Hugh Bochel and Louise Shaxson; Outward-looking policy making ~ Edward C. Page and Jane Mark-Lawson; Innovative, flexible and creative policy making ~ Andrew Massey and Jamie Rentoul; Evidence-based policy making ~ Martin Bulmer, Elizabeth Coates and Louise Dominian; Inclusive policy making ~ Catherine Bochel and Angela Evans; Joined-up policy making ~ Richard Parry with Marion Kerr; Policy review ~ Martin Powell and Warwick Maynard; Policy evaluation ~ Robert Walker and Sue Duncan; Learns lessons from policy experience ~ John Hudson; Conclusions ~ Hugh Bochel and Sue Duncan.

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Book SynopsisThis book is an English version of a successful text* on public policy analysis originally written for policy practitioners in Switzerland and France. It presents a model for the analysis of public policy and includes examples of its application in everyday political-administrative situations. This English version introduces supplementary illustrations and examples from the United Kingdom. Structured and written accessibly for readers who may not have an academic background in the social sciences, Public Policy Analysis applies key ideas from sociology, political science, administrative science and law to develop an analytical framework that can be used to carry out empirical studies on different public policies. British scholars, practitioners and students are introduced all too rarely to ideas from the Francophone world, and this book will contribute to remedying that. It will be particularly relevant for students and practitioners of public administration.Trade Review"...I would particularly recommend this book to students and practitioners involved in policy evaluation..." "What this book does exceptionally well, whilst remaining theoretically neutral, is present an analytically and conceptually sophisticated account of public policy. It has the potential to be used to teach and to inform high-quality research." Social Policy, Vol 37:3, 2008"This book makes a major contribution to the literature. The approach it takes offers new and important insights for students of public policy and policy analysis. It deserves to be marked 'essential' and 'highly recommended' in any reading list in the field." Wayne Parsons, Professor of Public Policy, Queen Mary, University of London."This is a very comprehensive text on the analysis of the policy process, enabling students to consider how they might approach analysis at each stage of the rational cycle of activities." A. Thompson, Univeristy of Edinburgh.Table of ContentsPart one: The theoretical framework: The theoretical perspectives on policy analysis; Part two: The key to the analysis: Public policy; Policy actors; Policy resources; The institutional rules; Part three: The analysis model: The analysis model; Political agenda setting; Policy programming; Policy implementation; Evaluating policy effects; Research and working hypotheses; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThe idea of policy is ripe for critical reappraisal. Whilst the context for policy making changes constantly, multiple questions endure, such as how policy is conceived and why; what is taken for granted and what gets problematised; and how policy should be informed, analysed and understood. This book identifies key topics within the policy arena and subjects them to theoretical and practical analysis. It explores the meaning and framing of policy, and examines its practice from the micro- to the supra-national levels, using illustrative case studies to demonstrate how policy is contested, shaped and accounted for. Given the significance of policy as a means to organise and direct social, economic and political life, this book presents the case for a critical restatement of its origins, development and form - without which we risk being caught up in a cycle of change without understanding why or how. The book presents a productive encounter between the three themes of meanings, politics and practices, themes normally not brought together in a single text. It emphasizes the multiplicity of perspectives that can be directed towards understanding the policy world, opening up new ground as well as visiting anew some familiar terrain. Targeted at upper undergraduate and postgraduate students and their teachers, it will also be of interest to researchers and policy actors wanting insight to their project.Trade Review"Books about policy-making that grapple with the relations between theory, language and application are rare. By bringing in sociology, anthropology and social work this one provides a welcome refreshment of the social and public policy literature and a stimulus to all whose use it." Richard Parry, School of Social and Political Studies, University of EdinburghMOVE PARRY'S TESTIMONIAL BACK'Policy reconsidered' is not just a reconsideration of old concepts of the policy process. The authors `disturb’ established assumptions of public policy as public sector activity to critically evaluate the societal, the transnational and the evidential forces in policy processes. Those who want to understand the interpretive complexities behind policy will find this collection invaluable." Diane Stone, Professor of Politics & International Studies, University of Warwick and Marie Curie Chair, Central European UniversityPARRY'S TESTIMONIAL IN REVIEWSTable of ContentsPolicy and its exploration ~ Susan M. Hodgson and Zoë Irving; Part One: Meanings: Introduction; The meaning of policy/policy as meaning ~ Richard Jenkins; Policy and the 'good society' ~ David Phillips; Categorising and policy making ~ Joanne Britton; Part Two: Politics: Introduction; Language, politics and values ~ Marilyn Gregory; Business, power, policy and politics ~ Kevin Farnsworth; (Social) Policy and politics at the international level ~ Bob Deacon; Part Three: Practices: Introduction; Ethics, research and policy ~ Malcolm Cowburn; User involvement ~ Kathy Boxall, Lorna Warren and Ruby C.M. Chau; Policies as translation: situating transnational social policies ~ Noémi Lendvai and Paul Stubbs; Studying policy: a way forward ~ Susan M. Hodgson and Zoë Irving.

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Book SynopsisThe idea of policy is ripe for critical reappraisal. Whilst the context for policy making changes constantly, multiple questions endure, such as how policy is conceived and why; what is taken for granted and what gets problematised; and how policy should be informed, analysed and understood. This book identifies key topics within the policy arena and subjects them to theoretical and practical analysis. It explores the meaning and framing of policy, and examines its practice from the micro- to the supra-national levels, using illustrative case studies to demonstrate how policy is contested, shaped and accounted for. Given the significance of policy as a means to organise and direct social, economic and political life, this book presents the case for a critical restatement of its origins, development and form - without which we risk being caught up in a cycle of change without understanding why or how. The book presents a productive encounter between the three themes of meanings, politics and practices, themes normally not brought together in a single text. It emphasizes the multiplicity of perspectives that can be directed towards understanding the policy world, opening up new ground as well as visiting anew some familiar terrain. Targeted at upper undergraduate and postgraduate students and their teachers, it will also be of interest to researchers and policy actors wanting insight to their project.Trade Review"Books about policy-making that grapple with the relations between theory, language and application are rare. By bringing in sociology, anthropology and social work this one provides a welcome refreshment of the social and public policy literature and a stimulus to all whose use it." Richard Parry, School of Social and Political Studies, University of EdinburghMOVE PARRY'S TESTIMONIAL BACK'Policy reconsidered' is not just a reconsideration of old concepts of the policy process. The authors `disturb’ established assumptions of public policy as public sector activity to critically evaluate the societal, the transnational and the evidential forces in policy processes. Those who want to understand the interpretive complexities behind policy will find this collection invaluable." Diane Stone, Professor of Politics & International Studies, University of Warwick and Marie Curie Chair, Central European UniversityPARRY'S TESTIMONIAL IN REVIEWSTable of ContentsPolicy and its exploration ~ Susan M. Hodgson and Zoë Irving; Part One: Meanings: Introduction; The meaning of policy/policy as meaning ~ Richard Jenkins; Policy and the 'good society' ~ David Phillips; Categorising and policy making ~ Joanne Britton; Part Two: Politics: Introduction; Language, politics and values ~ Marilyn Gregory; Business, power, policy and politics ~ Kevin Farnsworth; (Social) Policy and politics at the international level ~ Bob Deacon; Part Three: Practices: Introduction; Ethics, research and policy ~ Malcolm Cowburn; User involvement ~ Kathy Boxall, Lorna Warren and Ruby C.M. Chau; Policies as translation: situating transnational social policies ~ Noémi Lendvai and Paul Stubbs; Studying policy: a way forward ~ Susan M. Hodgson and Zoë Irving.

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Book SynopsisThere has already been much discussion and critique of the New Public Management, and the impact of auditing and inspection on professional work in schools, hospitals, local government and the police. This study, by a qualitative sociologist, uses interpretive methods to examine this new form of regulation from the inside. Based on interviews with inspectors, quality assurance managers, and auditors, as well as with professionals struggling with red tape, it offers a critical and insightful account of organisational change. The author includes vivid accounts of how quality assurance procedures and systems work in practice, conveying a sense of what is practically involved in the work of counting, measuring and managing quality, and the everyday frustrations of professionals dealing with ever-increasing amounts of paper work and red tape. This book should be essential reading for anyone concerned about the rise of this new bureaucracy and the contemporary state of the professions. It is intended to support courses on quality assurance and the New Public Management in public administration and management. It also provides an accessible introduction for students in socio-legal studies, sociology and social policy about the effects of neo-liberalism on public sector work.Trade Review"Travers presents an unbiased overview of the tension between professions and the state over the claim that quality improvement will result from quantitative measurement. The book has international implications for those who may be influenced by the optimistic assertions of quality assurance proponents but lack an understanding of the stresses that develop when quality assurance measures are implemented." Carolyn L. Wiener, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, University of California San Francisco, is the author of The Elusive Quest: Accountability in HospitalsWIENER'S IS A TESTIMONIAL - MOVE BACK"Quality assurance practices have grown rapidly since the early 1980s, touching every aspect of life in public organizations. This important book is the first to get inside this phenomenon and examines the practice of quality assurance as both an emergent occupation and as a form of regulation." Michael Power, Professor of Accounting, London School of Economics and Political ScienceTable of ContentsIntroduction; Quality assurance as a new occupation; Professionals and quality; Audit and inspection; Organisations and accountability; The problem of red tape; Critical responses; Conclusion: learning to live with regulation.

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Book SynopsisLife expectancy in Japan, South Korea, and much of urban China has now outpaced that of the United States and other high-income countries. With this triumph of longevity, however, comes a rise in the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes and hypertension, reducing healthy life years for individuals in these aging populations, as well as challenging the healthcare systems they rely on for appropriate care. The challenges and disparities are even more pressing in low- and middle-income economies, such as rural China and India. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the vulnerability to newly emerging pathogens of older adults suffering from NCDs, and the importance of building long-term, resilient health systems. What strategies have been tried to prevent NCDs—the primary cause of morbidity and mortality — as well as to screen for early detection, raise the quality of care, improve medication adherence, reduce unnecessary hospitalizations and increase “value for money” in health spending? Fourteen concise chapters cover multiple aspects of policy initiatives for healthy aging and economic research on chronic disease control in diverse health systems — from cities such as Singapore and Hong Kong to large economies such as Japan, India, and China. Table of Contents 1.Introduction. Karen Eggleston. 2. Inequality in Age of Death: Comparing Trends in Japan, Korea, Singapore, and the U.S. Victor Fuchs, Karen Eggleston, Daejung Kim, Zhi Ping Teo. 3. Healthy Aging and Economics Research on the Net Value of Noncommunicable Disease Management in Japan Chiyo Hashimoto and Karen Eggleston. 4. The Political Economy of Precision Health: The Case of Japan Minori Ito. 5.Personalized and Precision Medicine in Japan Hokuto Asano. 6. Policies for Healthy Aging in Korea Hongsoo Kim. 7. Noncommunicable Disease Management in Hong Kong: Current Policies and the Potential Role of Economics Research. Janet Tin Kei Lam, Sabrina Wong, Jianchao Quan. 8.Constructing National Demonstration Areas for Integrated Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Disease in China. Jianqun Dong and colleagues from China National CDC. 9. Promoting Local Innovation for Healthy Aging in China: Selection of NCD Control National Demonstration Areas Yiqun Chen, Maigeng Zhou, Yichong Li, Shiwei Liu, Kate Bundorf, Grant Miller, Kim Babiarz, Karen Eggleston, Helen Chen. 10. Avoidable Admission Rates for Diabetes Patients and Associated Medical Spending in Rural China Haibin Wu, Yiwei Chen, Hui Ding, Jieming Zhong, Ruying Hu, Chunmei Wang, Kaixu Xie, Xiangyu Chen, Pedro Gallardo, Karen Eggleston, Min Yu. 11. Exploring and Promoting the Family Doctor System in Aging China Hai Fang. 12. Hypertension Control after Health Insurance Expansion: Empirical Evidence from China Jason Li. 13. Private Roles for Public Goals in China's Social Services Jack Donahue, Karen Eggleston, Yijia Jing, Richard J. Zeckhauser. 14. Cancer, Disparities, and PublicPrivate Roles: Views from China and Taiwan Karen Eggleston, Rachel Lu, Christina Ping, Nancy Zhang. 15. Policies for Healthy Aging in India Kavita Singh. 16. Net value methods (appendix)

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Book SynopsisWater has always been one of the American West's most precious and limited resources. The earliest inhabitants—Native Americans and later Hispanics—learned to share the region's scant rainfall and snowmelt. When Euro-Americans arrived in the middle of the nineteenth century, they brought with them not only an interest in large-scale commercial agriculture but also new practices and laws about access to, and control of, the water essential for their survival and success. This included the concept of private rights to water, a critical resource that had previously been regarded as a communal asset.David Stiller's thoughtful study focuses on the history of agricultural water use of the Rio Grande in Colorado's San Luis Valley. After surveying the practices of early farmers in the region, he focuses on the impacts of Euro-American settlement and the ways these new agrarians endeavored to control the river. Using the Rio Grande as a case study, Stiller offers an informed and accessible history of the development of practices and technologies to store, distribute, and exploit water in Colorado and other western states, as well as an account of the creation of water rights and laws that govern this essential commodity throughout the West to this day. Stiller's work ranges from meticulously monitored fields of irrigated alfalfa and potatoes to the local and state water agencies and halls of Congress. He also includes perceptive comments on the future of western water as these arid states become increasingly urbanized during a period of worsening drought and climate change.An excellent read for anyone curious about important issues in the West, Water and Agriculture in Colorado and the American West offers a succinct summary and analysis of Colorado's use of water by agricultural interests, in addition to a valuable discussion of the past, present, and future of struggles over this necessary and endangered resource.Trade ReviewI think it provides a useful lens for viewing current western water dilemmas. . . . This book succeeds in being informative without being a chore to read." —Hannah Holm, Director of the Hutchins Water Center at Colorado Mesa University

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Book SynopsisAcross the U.S. immigrants, laborers, domestic workers, low-income tenants, indigenous communities, and people experiencing homelessness are conducting research to fight for justice. Collaborating for Change: A Participatory Action Research Casebook documents the stories of a dozen community-based research projects. Academics and their partners share authorship about the importance of gathering credible evidence, both for organizing and persuading. The emphasis is on community organizations involved in struggles for equality and justice. Research projects directly engage community partners in all phases of the research process. Finally, the stories capture how the research changes the roles of researchers and those being researched. The book is designed for students, but also for community organizers, social justice activists, and their research allies; it offers real stories and real projects that show how democratizing research supports social change and heightens our understanding of complex social issues. Trade Review"The dismantling of the public sector over the past three decades has meant that even as universities proclaimed their commitment to civic engagement, community-based courses often ended up trying to compensate for the loss of essential services, rather than challenging the status quo. Now comes this collection, which demonstrates that when academics collaborate with grassroots activists who are committed to progressive social change, and when they embrace egalitarian research methods, genuine transformation is possible. I highly recommend it for anyone who is involved in university-community partnerships." -- Susan B. Hyatt * co-editor of Learning Under Neoliberalism: Ethnographies of Governance in Higher Education *"Collaborating for Change is an invigorating how-to on forging solidarity across activist and academic divides, a blueprint for turning visions of a better world into reality with a step-by-step accounting of what works on the frontlines in the struggle for social justice. In a new twist on “thinking global, acting local,” this powerful and instructive volume illustrates the magic that happens when committed, thoughtful people bring their special knowledge and expertise to bear on a common goal." -- Alisse Waterston * author with illustrator Charlotte Hollands, of the forthcoming graphic book, Light in Dark Times: Th *"Each part of Collaborating for Change presents participatory action research from different communities and with different goals. What connects them is a shared rejection of the notion that academic research and community organizing are separate, and in fact, they show that blurring the lines between these practices strengthens each....While the findings they present are supported by the data and, while every research project led to significant policy changes, [some] succeeded beyond this [and] most clearly captured the power of praxis in language new researchers can absorb." * AnthroSource *"The greatest strength of this casebook is that it includes numerous rich, detailed examples that illustrate PAR processes, including their strengths and contributions as well as challenges and obstacles. Each chapter is co-authored and focuses on a PAR process funded by the SIF. For those hungry for examples, this casebook is a feast." * Contemporary Sociology *"Collaborating for Change: A Participatory Action Research Casebook is a particularly timely publication considering the influx in momentum for social justice movements during 2020....[A] quality overview of PAR as an epistemology and method, but its true value lies in the real world examples of how collaborating for change has played out and created co- benefits for researchers, activists, organizations, and communities." * Rural Sociology *"Pedagogy in Participatory Action Research," by Prentice Zinn * Footnotes *Table of ContentsIntroduction SUSAN D. GREENBAUM 1 The Epistemology and Hybridity of Participatory Action Research: What and Whose Truth Is It? GLENN JACOBS Part I Social Justice Organizing 3 The Activist Class Cultures Project: Helping Activists Become More Class Inclusive BETSY LEONDAR-WRIGHT 4 Fighting Antihomeless Laws and the Criminalization of Poverty through Participatory Action Research LISA MARIE ALATORRE, BILAL ALI, JENNIFER FRIEDENBACH, CHRIS HERRING, T. J. JOHNSTON, AND DILARA YARBROUGH 5 Organizers and Academics Together: The Household Energy Security Crisis and Utility Justice Organizing JONATHAN BIX, WILLIAM HOYNES, AND PEGGY KAHN Part II Worker Rights Activism 6 Shaping Organizing Strategy and Public Policy for an Invisible Workforce: Restaurant Opportunities Center VERONICA AVILA, CHRISTINA FLETES-ROMO, AND TEÓFILO REYES 7 Worker-Led Research Makes the Case for Labor Justice for Massachusetts Domestic Workers: Social Research and Social Change at the Grassroots TIM SIEBER AND NATALICIA TRACY 8 Power Sharing through Participatory Action Research with a Latino Forest Worker Community VICTORIA BRECKWICH VÁSQUEZ, DIANE BUSH, AND CARL WILMSEN 9 Making Injustice Visible: National Day Laborer Organizing Network’s Research and Action PABLO ALVARADO, CHRIS NEWMAN, BLISS REQUA-TRAUTZ, AND NIK THEODORE 10 Milking Research for Social Change: Immigrant Dairy Farmworkers in Upstate New York CARLY FOX, REBECCA FUENTES, FABIOLA ORTIZ VALDEZ, GRETCHEN PURSER, AND KATHLEEN SEXSMITH 11 Building a Better Texas: Participatory Research Wins for Texas Workers RICH HEYMAN AND EMILY TIMM Part III Language, Literacy, and Heritage 12 Mobilizing and Organizing Nimiipuu to Protect the Environment: Fighting to Protect Ancestral Lands in Idaho LEONTINA HORMEL, JULIAN MATTHEWS, ELLIOTT MOFFETT, CHRIS NORDEN, AND LUCINDA SIMPSON 13 Building Future Language Leaders in a Participatory Action Research Model ROBERT ELLIOTT AND JANNE UNDERRINER 14 Conclusion: Linking Research to Social Action PRENTICE ZINN, SUSAN D. GREENBAUM, AND GLENN JACOBS Notes on Contributors About the Foundation Index

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Book SynopsisAcross the U.S. immigrants, laborers, domestic workers, low-income tenants, indigenous communities, and people experiencing homelessness are conducting research to fight for justice. Collaborating for Change: A Participatory Action Research Casebook documents the stories of a dozen community-based research projects. Academics and their partners share authorship about the importance of gathering credible evidence, both for organizing and persuading. The emphasis is on community organizations involved in struggles for equality and justice. Research projects directly engage community partners in all phases of the research process. Finally, the stories capture how the research changes the roles of researchers and those being researched. The book is designed for students, but also for community organizers, social justice activists, and their research allies; it offers real stories and real projects that show how democratizing research supports social change and heightens our understanding of complex social issues. Trade Review"The dismantling of the public sector over the past three decades has meant that even as universities proclaimed their commitment to civic engagement, community-based courses often ended up trying to compensate for the loss of essential services, rather than challenging the status quo. Now comes this collection, which demonstrates that when academics collaborate with grassroots activists who are committed to progressive social change, and when they embrace egalitarian research methods, genuine transformation is possible. I highly recommend it for anyone who is involved in university-community partnerships." -- Susan B. Hyatt * co-editor of Learning Under Neoliberalism: Ethnographies of Governance in Higher Education *"Collaborating for Change is an invigorating how-to on forging solidarity across activist and academic divides, a blueprint for turning visions of a better world into reality with a step-by-step accounting of what works on the frontlines in the struggle for social justice. In a new twist on “thinking global, acting local,” this powerful and instructive volume illustrates the magic that happens when committed, thoughtful people bring their special knowledge and expertise to bear on a common goal." -- Alisse Waterston * author with illustrator Charlotte Hollands, of the forthcoming graphic book, Light in Dark Times: Th *"Each part of Collaborating for Change presents participatory action research from different communities and with different goals. What connects them is a shared rejection of the notion that academic research and community organizing are separate, and in fact, they show that blurring the lines between these practices strengthens each....While the findings they present are supported by the data and, while every research project led to significant policy changes, [some] succeeded beyond this [and] most clearly captured the power of praxis in language new researchers can absorb." * AnthroSource *"The greatest strength of this casebook is that it includes numerous rich, detailed examples that illustrate PAR processes, including their strengths and contributions as well as challenges and obstacles. Each chapter is co-authored and focuses on a PAR process funded by the SIF. For those hungry for examples, this casebook is a feast." * Contemporary Sociology *"Collaborating for Change: A Participatory Action Research Casebook is a particularly timely publication considering the influx in momentum for social justice movements during 2020....[A] quality overview of PAR as an epistemology and method, but its true value lies in the real world examples of how collaborating for change has played out and created co- benefits for researchers, activists, organizations, and communities." * Rural Sociology *"Pedagogy in Participatory Action Research," by Prentice Zinn * Footnotes *Table of ContentsIntroduction SUSAN D. GREENBAUM 1 The Epistemology and Hybridity of Participatory Action Research: What and Whose Truth Is It? GLENN JACOBS Part I Social Justice Organizing 3 The Activist Class Cultures Project: Helping Activists Become More Class Inclusive BETSY LEONDAR-WRIGHT 4 Fighting Antihomeless Laws and the Criminalization of Poverty through Participatory Action Research LISA MARIE ALATORRE, BILAL ALI, JENNIFER FRIEDENBACH, CHRIS HERRING, T. J. JOHNSTON, AND DILARA YARBROUGH 5 Organizers and Academics Together: The Household Energy Security Crisis and Utility Justice Organizing JONATHAN BIX, WILLIAM HOYNES, AND PEGGY KAHN Part II Worker Rights Activism 6 Shaping Organizing Strategy and Public Policy for an Invisible Workforce: Restaurant Opportunities Center VERONICA AVILA, CHRISTINA FLETES-ROMO, AND TEÓFILO REYES 7 Worker-Led Research Makes the Case for Labor Justice for Massachusetts Domestic Workers: Social Research and Social Change at the Grassroots TIM SIEBER AND NATALICIA TRACY 8 Power Sharing through Participatory Action Research with a Latino Forest Worker Community VICTORIA BRECKWICH VÁSQUEZ, DIANE BUSH, AND CARL WILMSEN 9 Making Injustice Visible: National Day Laborer Organizing Network’s Research and Action PABLO ALVARADO, CHRIS NEWMAN, BLISS REQUA-TRAUTZ, AND NIK THEODORE 10 Milking Research for Social Change: Immigrant Dairy Farmworkers in Upstate New York CARLY FOX, REBECCA FUENTES, FABIOLA ORTIZ VALDEZ, GRETCHEN PURSER, AND KATHLEEN SEXSMITH 11 Building a Better Texas: Participatory Research Wins for Texas Workers RICH HEYMAN AND EMILY TIMM Part III Language, Literacy, and Heritage 12 Mobilizing and Organizing Nimiipuu to Protect the Environment: Fighting to Protect Ancestral Lands in Idaho LEONTINA HORMEL, JULIAN MATTHEWS, ELLIOTT MOFFETT, CHRIS NORDEN, AND LUCINDA SIMPSON 13 Building Future Language Leaders in a Participatory Action Research Model ROBERT ELLIOTT AND JANNE UNDERRINER 14 Conclusion: Linking Research to Social Action PRENTICE ZINN, SUSAN D. GREENBAUM, AND GLENN JACOBS Notes on Contributors About the Foundation Index

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Book SynopsisWhen oil and gas exploration was expanding across Aotearoa New Zealand, Patricia Widener was there interviewing affected residents and environmental and climate activists, and attending community meetings and anti-drilling rallies. Exploration was occurring on an unprecedented scale when oil disasters dwelled in recent memory, socioecological worries were high, campaigns for climate action were becoming global, and transitioning toward a low carbon society seemed possible. Yet unlike other communities who have experienced either an oil spill, or hydraulic fracturing, or offshore exploration, or climate fears, or disputes over unresolved Indigenous claims, New Zealanders were facing each one almost simultaneously. Collectively, these grievances created the foundation for an organized civil society to construct and then magnify a comprehensive critical oil narrative--in dialogue, practice, and aspiration. Community advocates and socioecological activists mobilized for their health and well-being, for their neighborhoods and beaches, for Planet Earth and Planet Ocean, and for terrestrial and aquatic species and ecosystems. They rallied against toxic, climate-altering pollution; the extraction of fossil fuels; a myriad of historic and contemporary inequities; and for local, just, and sustainable communities, ecologies, economies, and/or energy sources. In this allied ethnography, quotes are used extensively to convey the tenor of some of the country’s most passionate and committed people. By analyzing the intersections of a social movement and the political economy of oil, Widener reveals a nuanced story of oil resistance and promotion at a time when many anti-drilling activists believed themselves to be on the front lines of the industry’s inevitable decline.Trade Review"The care that Widener takes in her research is outstanding– she manages to convey a strong sense of the real nature of ethnographic and case study research: unpredictable, problematic, and exciting." -- Sherry Cable * author of Sustainable Failures: Environmental Policy and Democracy in a Petro-dependent World *"A gripping analysis of the motivations of those who protested against the surge in oil and gas exploration in Aotearoa New Zealand’s oceans and lands in the 2010s. Drawing from her own experiences in the field, Widener immerses the reader in the physical and emotional realities of protest action, and shows how the interplay of culture, identity, politics, and environmental concerns gave rise to a multi-faceted resistance to an expansionist oil and gas program." -- Janet Stephenson * Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago *"Unlike others who have experienced an oil spill, or hydraulic fracturing, or offshore oil and gas exploration, or climate fears, or disputes over unresolved Indigenous claims, New Zealanders were facing each one almost simultaneously. Collectively, these grievances mobilized civil society to construct and then to magnify a comprehensive critical oil narrative – in dialogue, local practice, and national aspiration. In this allied ethnography, quotes are used extensively to convey the tenor of some of the country’s most passionate and committed people, including many community advocates and anti-drilling activists who believed themselves to be on the front lines of the oil industry’s promotions and inevitable decline." * ASA Environmental Newsletter *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Which Way Aotearoa New Zealand?Kia Ora: Welcome to the Bottom of the World Becoming another Oil Story A Social Analysis of Oil Advocacy & Resistance Chapter 2: An Allied Ethnography Critical Place Ethical Comparisons Surveillance Banking Time Chapter 3: Dominant & Critical Oil Narratives Three Flows of Oil New Zealand’s O&G History Dominant Oil Paradigm Critical Oil Paradigm Chapter 4: Oil at the Bottom of the World Cultural Capture & Conflict Regulatory Capture & Toxic Alliances Accommodating Extraction: Then & Now Preserving Cultural or Capital Taonga? Chapter 5: License to Criticize: From Disasters to Resistance Routinization of Violence Oil Promises, Human LossesRena: An Oil & Cargo Spill “A Little Government Waits” Sweat Equity, 8000-Strong Distinctly Māori National Resistance: Now-or-never Focusing Events Illusions of Recovery & Safety Chapter 6: Marine Justice: Defending the Seas, Claiming the Coastline Coastal & Saltwater Sociology A Harbinger: Punching beyond the Shoreline Māori vs Petrobras The “Dodgy Bullshit” of Anadarko Greenpeace: An Ideal Type of Resistance Kaikoura: Kaitiaki & Whale-watching Otago’s Natural Gas & Divided Alliances Marine Justice: Whose Ocean? Our Ocean? Chapter 7: Mobilizing the Middle: Ka Nui! “No Mining, No Drilling, No Fracking, Enough!” Unconventional Technologies, Controversial Impacts Rousing the Middle “Their Truth:” Global Flow of Citizen Knowledge From Taranaki, with Intent Problematizing Taranaki Enabling a Sacrifice Chapter 8: Tainting a Clean, Green Image Pure Products, Green Jobs Generational Pride, Ecocultural Consciousness Realism or a “Green Mirage”? Greenies Silenced by Association Hypocrite Drivers “Feeling a Bit Under Siege” Aotearoa Justice Chapter 9: Oil: Catalyst for Reviving Climate Activism Inverse Accounting “The Failure of the World” Re-energizing the Frontlines “Bubbling Away Underneath” Bind of a Spill Struggle to Localize Impacts Intergenerational Worry Chasing Global Justice Chapter 10: Disrupting Oil for Transformative Justice Applying Critical Environmental Justice Advancing Just Transitions About the Author References Index

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Book Synopsis2020 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Carbon Criminals, Climate Crimes analyzes the looming threats posed by climate change from a criminological perspective. It advances the field of green criminology through a examination of the criminal nature of catastrophic environmental harms resulting from the release of greenhouse gases. The book describes and explains what corporations in the fossil fuel industry, the U.S. government, and the international political community did, or failed to do, in relation to global warming. Carbon Criminals, Climate Crimes integrates research and theory from a wide variety of disciplines, to analyze four specific state-corporate climate crimes: continued extraction of fossil fuels and rising carbon emissions; political omission (failure) related to the mitigation of these emissions; socially organized climate change denial; and climate crimes of empire, which include militaristic forms of adaptation to climate disruption. The final chapter reviews policies that could mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, adapt to a warming world, and achieve climate justice.Trade Review"At the heart of Ron’s argument is the observation that climate disruption does not happen by chance, accident or simply because of human activities in general. Rather, it is corporate-state collusion that is mostly to blame for perpetuating global warming and for delaying action to prevent or forestall further climate change."— from the foreword by Rob White, author of Green Crimes and Dirty Money "Kramer has written a tightly constructed and compelling narrative, providing a historical overview of global warming and climate change, of environmental science, of the development of Green Criminology, of the problems of fossil fuel extraction and rising emissions, of the case for four specific types of crime/criminality, and of environmental movements for social justice."— Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books "Community Conversations," WWMT-TV interview with Ron Kramer https://wwmt.com/news/local/community-conversations-professor-studies-the— "Community Conversations," WWMT-TV "This is a book of the very first importance, one that historians (assuming there are some) will refer back to in a century as they struggle to understand the worst thing that ever happened on earth. It's well-proved thesis rests in the title: climate change was not an accident, and not something caused by 'everyone.' It was the work of a handful of greedy men, who were entirely conscious of their crime even as they committed it."— Bill McKibben, author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? "Carbon Criminals is a fantastic and immensely compelling and readable-yet-thorough account of the ongoing climate crisis from a criminological perspective. And we should make no mistake about it: climate change is not going anywhere. While the covid-19 pandemic might have, for now, eclipsed Australia’s Black Summer, the sure money is on climate change taking back the headlines sooner or later. Green and other critical criminologies will continue apace in a world that is irreparably harmed and wholly configured by climate change, and books like Carbon Criminals will tell us why, how, and by whom."— Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crime "Art Beat," WMUK interview with Ron Kramer https://www.wmuk.org/post/art-beat-carbon-criminals-climate-crimes#stream/0— "Art Beat," WMUK “An important contribution to the literature and to the fight for climate justice more generally. Its relevance can hardly be overstated….[This] book encourages us to bring climate change to the centre of criminological curriculum. Carbon Criminals, Climate Crimes will be on my students’ reading list this year.”— State Crime Review "Kramer's book should motivate widespread actions against climate crimes, both through social movement and the criminal justice system. Multiple strategies are needed to win the war for our families’ health and welfare."— World Medical & Health Policy "With a laudatory foreword by leading green criminologist and climate change expert Rob White of the University of Tasmania, this is all in all a must read. Essential."— ChoiceTable of ContentsContents List of Tables Foreword Preface List of Abbreviations 1. “This Was a Crime:” Climate Change as a Criminological Concern 2. “Beyond Catastrophic:” The Climate Crisis, Carbon Criminals, and Fossil Capitalism 3. “When Did They Know”? Climate Crimes of Continued Extraction and Rising Emissions 4. “The Politics of Predatory Delay:” Climate Crimes of Political Omission and Socially Organized Denial 5. “Slowing the Rise of the Oceans”? Obama’s Mixed Legacy and Trump’s Climate Crimes 6. “Blood for Oil,” Pentagon Emissions, and the “Politics of the Armed Lifeboat:” Climate Crimes of Empire 7. The “Climate Swerve:” Hope, Resistance, and Climate Justice References Index

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Book Synopsis2020 Choice​ Outstanding Academic TitleCarbon Criminals, Climate Crimes analyzes the looming threats posed by climate change from a criminological perspective. It advances the field of green criminology through a examination of the criminal nature of catastrophic environmental harms resulting from the release of greenhouse gases. The book describes and explains what corporations in the fossil fuel industry, the U.S. government, and the international political community did, or failed to do, in relation to global warming. Carbon Criminals, Climate Crimes integrates research and theory from a wide variety of disciplines, to analyze four specific state-corporate climate crimes: continued extraction of fossil fuels and rising carbon emissions; political omission (failure) related to the mitigation of these emissions; socially organized climate change denial; and climate crimes of empire, which include militaristic forms of adaptation to climate disruption. The final chapter reviews policies that could mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, adapt to a warming world, and achieve climate justice.Trade Review"At the heart of Ron’s argument is the observation that climate disruption does not happen by chance, accident or simply because of human activities in general. Rather, it is corporate-state collusion that is mostly to blame for perpetuating global warming and for delaying action to prevent or forestall further climate change." -- from the foreword by Rob White * author of Green Crimes and Dirty Money *"This is a book of the very first importance, one that historians (assuming there are some) will refer back to in a century as they struggle to understand the worst thing that ever happened on earth. It's well-proved thesis rests in the title: climate change was not an accident, and not something caused by 'everyone.' It was the work of a handful of greedy men, who were entirely conscious of their crime even as they committed it." -- Bill McKibben * author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? *"Art Beat," WMUK interview with Ron Kramer https://www.wmuk.org/post/art-beat-carbon-criminals-climate-crimes#stream/0 * "Art Beat," WMUK *"With a laudatory foreword by leading green criminologist and climate change expert Rob White of the University of Tasmania, this is all in all a must read. Essential." * Choice *"Community Conversations," WWMT-TV interview with Ron Kramer https://wwmt.com/news/local/community-conversations-professor-studies-the * "Community Conversations," WWMT-TV *"Kramer has written a tightly constructed and compelling narrative, providing a historical overview of global warming and climate change, of environmental science, of the development of Green Criminology, of the problems of fossil fuel extraction and rising emissions, of the case for four specific types of crime/criminality, and of environmental movements for social justice." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"Carbon Criminals is a fantastic and immensely compelling and readable-yet-thorough account of the ongoing climate crisis from a criminological perspective. And we should make no mistake about it: climate change is not going anywhere. While the covid-19 pandemic might have, for now, eclipsed Australia’s Black Summer, the sure money is on climate change taking back the headlines sooner or later. Green and other critical criminologies will continue apace in a world that is irreparably harmed and wholly configured by climate change, and books like Carbon Criminals will tell us why, how, and by whom." * Journal of White Collar and Corporate Crime *"Kramer's book should motivate widespread actions against climate crimes, both through social movement and the criminal justice system. Multiple strategies are needed to win the war for our families’ health and welfare." * World Medical & Health Policy *“An important contribution to the literature and to the fight for climate justice more generally. Its relevance can hardly be overstated….[This] book encourages us to bring climate change to the centre of criminological curriculum. Carbon Criminals, Climate Crimes will be on my students’ reading list this year.” * State Crime Review *Table of ContentsContents List of Tables Foreword Preface List of Abbreviations 1. “This Was a Crime:” Climate Change as a Criminological Concern 2. “Beyond Catastrophic:” The Climate Crisis, Carbon Criminals, and Fossil Capitalism 3. “When Did They Know”? Climate Crimes of Continued Extraction and Rising Emissions 4. “The Politics of Predatory Delay:” Climate Crimes of Political Omission and Socially Organized Denial 5. “Slowing the Rise of the Oceans”? Obama’s Mixed Legacy and Trump’s Climate Crimes 6. “Blood for Oil,” Pentagon Emissions, and the “Politics of the Armed Lifeboat:” Climate Crimes of Empire 7. The “Climate Swerve:” Hope, Resistance, and Climate Justice References Index

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Book SynopsisPrecarity and Belonging examines how the movement of people and their incorporation, marginalization, and exclusion, under epochal conditions of labor and social precarity affecting both citizens and noncitizens, have challenged older notions of citizenship and alienage. This collection brings mobility, precarity, and citizenship together in order to explore the points of contact and friction, and, thus, the spaces for a possible politics of commonality between citizens and noncitizens.The editors ask: What does modern citizenship mean in a world of citizens, denizens, and noncitizens, such as undocumented migrants, guest workers, permanent residents, refugees, detainees, and stateless people? How is the concept of citizenship, based on assumptions of deservingness, legality, and productivity, challenged when people of various and competing statuses and differential citizenship practices interact with each other, revealing their co-constitutive connections? How is citizenship valued or revalued when labor and social precarity impact those who seemingly have formal rights and those who seemingly or effectively do not? This book interrogates such binaries as citizen/noncitizen, insider/outsider, entitled/unentitled, “legal”/“illegal,” and deserving/undeserving in order to explore the fluidity--that is, the dynamism and malleability--of the spectra of belonging. Trade Review"This judiciously selected compilation shines by threading the critical link of insecurity through spaces of belonging, labor, and migration across time and contexts. Through the lens of precarity, the insightful, accessible, brilliant essays in this collection expose the complexity and fragility of life at the heart of our troubled times. It breaks new ground and will be read widely." -- Cecilia Menjívar * co-editor of The Oxford Handbook of Migration Crises *"Precarity and Belonging is a marvelous and timely collection. The essays brilliantly explore how the increasing precarization of life impacts the social and physical mobility of both citizens and noncitizens, blurring the boundaries between them and thus making possible a politics of commonality." -- Jonathan Xavier Inda * author of Targeting Immigrants: Government, Technology, and Ethics *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Toward a Politics of Commonality: The Nexus of Mobility, Precarity, and (Non)citizenship CATHERINE S. RAMÍRE Z, JUAN POBLETE, SYLVANNA M. FALCÓN, STEVEN C. McKAY, AND FELICITY AMAYA SCHAEFFERPart I Mobility and Migration 1 More Equal Than Others: Managing the Boundaries of Citizenship BRIDGET ANDERSON 2 Refractions of the Nation: The Democratic Impacts of “Chain Migration” ADRIÁN FÉLIX 3 Racialization of Central Americans in the United States LEISY J. ABREGO AND ALEJANDRO VILLALPANDO 4 The Waste of Globalization’s Party ALEJANDRO GRIMSON 5 Occupation on Sacred Land: Colliding Mobilities on the Tohono O’odham Reservation FELICITY AMAYA SCHAEFFER 6 A State-to-Come: Tibetan Refugee-Citizenship and the Nation in Exile TSERING WANGMO DHOMPAPart II Labor and Precarity 7 Apartheid, Migrant Labor, and Precarity in Comparative Perspective MARCEL PARET 8 Labor Precarity, Immigration, and the Challenges of Accessing Worker Rights: Evidence from California SHANNON GLEESON 9 Negotiating Indenture: Migrant Domestic Work and Temporary Labor Migration in Singapore RHACEL SAL A ZAR PARREÑAS AND KRITTIYA KANTACHOTE 10 Pocketed Proletarianization: Why There Is No Labor Politics in the “World’s Factory” BIAO XIANG 11 The Urban Exclusion of Internally Displaced Farmers in Medellín, Colombia CLAUDIA MARIA LÓPEZPart III Belonging and (Non)citizenship 12 Exclusionary Inclusion: Applying for Legal Status in the United States SUSAN BIBLER COUTIN AND VÉRONIQUE FORTIN 13 Formal and Informal Citizenships: The Spectrum of Practices and Statuses in Latin America and the United States JUAN POBLTE 14 Denizenship 227 NICHOLAS DE GENOVA 15 Black No More: Black Denizenship and the Struggle for the Future CATHERINE S. RAMÍREZ 16 Imperial Citizenship: Marshall Islanders and the Compact of Free Association EMILY MITCHELL-EATON Afterword: The Politics of Precarity and Noncitizenship under Global Capitalism TANYA GOLASH-BOZA Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisClimate change has shifted from future menace to current event. As eco-conscious electricity consumers, we want to do our part in weening from fossil fuels, but what are we actually a part of? Committed environmentalists in one of North America’s most progressive regions desperately wanted energy policies that address the climate crisis. For many of them, wind turbines on Northern New England’s iconic ridgelines symbolize the energy transition that they have long hoped to see. For others, however, ridgeline wind takes on a very different meaning. When weighing its costs and benefits locally and globally, some wind opponents now see the graceful structures as symbols of corrupted energy politics. This book derives from several years of research to make sense of how wind turbines have so starkly split a community of environmentalists, as well as several communities. In doing so, it casts a critical light on the roadmap for energy transition that Northern New England’s ridgeline wind projects demarcate. It outlines how ridgeline wind conforms to antiquated social structures propping up corporate energy interests, to the detriment of the swift de-carbonizing and equitable transformation that climate predictions warrant. It suggests, therefore, that the energy transition of which most of us are a part, is probably not the transition we would have designed ourselves, if we had been asked. Trade Review"Well-written, incredibly informative, and sharply argued, Electric Mountains will be an important contribution to critical environmental scholarship on energy transitions." -- Jesse Goldstein * author of Planetary Improvement: Cleantech Entrepreneurship and the Contradictions of Green Capitali *"Electric Mountains is a timely and well researched book. Grounding an array of sociological thought about the environment and environmental behavior in rich ethnographic narrative, the book is both insightful and artfully written. Electric Mountains is a must read by anyone seeking to understand the social complexities surrounding wind energy." -- Brent Z. Kaup * College of William & Mary *"The Real Problem With Michael Moore’s New Film: Planet of the Humans," by Shaun Golding https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/05/05/real-problem-michael-moores-new-film-planet-humans * Common Dreams *"The world’s quickening energy transition is heralded by iconic changes to our landscapes and exciting new modes of transit, heating, and cooling. And yet society’s shift away from climate-harming energy is far from the urgent transformation warranted by climate change predictions. Electric Mountains explores the dissonance between electricity transition and energy transformation through the story of a region’s renewable energy policies and the popular backlash against them. Contextualizing narratives commonly dismissed as NIMBYism, Electric Mountains engages with the themes of rurality, risk, justice, and Ecological Modernization in predominantly white and ecologically progressive Northern New England. It encourages students and practitioners of Environmental Sociology to discern nuance across different regional political economies of energy and to recognize the imprints of energy hegemons, as well as our own biases and privileges, in our energy realities and energy transition roadmaps." * ASA Environmental Newsletter *Table of Contents List of Illustrations Preface 1. Introduction 2. Windy Ridgelines, Social Fault Lines 3. For the Love of Mountains: The Green Politics of Place 4. But What If…? Wind and the Discourse of Risk 5. Following Power Lines: A Regional Political Economy of Renewables Part I. The Money Part II. The People 6. Scripted in Chaos 7. Why We Follow the Slow Transition Road Map 8. Ecological Modernizations or Capitalists Treadmills? 9. Energy and “Justice” in the Mountains 10. Reimagining Energy Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book presents international experiences in urban network learning. It is vital for cities to learn as it is necessary to constantly adapt and improve public performance and address complex challenges in a constantly changing environment. It is therefore highly relevant to gain more insight into how cities can learn. Cities address problems and challenges in networks of co-operation between existing and new actors, such as state actors, market players and civil society. This book presents various learning environments and methods for urban network learning, and aims to learn from experiences across the globe. How does learning take place in these urban networks? What factors and situations help or hinder these learning practices? Can we move from intuition to a strategy to improve urban network learning?Table of Contents1. Introduction: Studying Strategies for Urban Network LearningLeon van den Dool and Linze SchaapPART I. THEORIES AND REFLECTIONS2. Learning processes in an urban governance context: a theoretical explorationLeon van den Dool and Linze Schaap3. From “Best Practice” to “Relevant Practice” in International City-to-City LearningRobin HambletonPART II. APPROACHES TO URBAN GOVERNANCE NETWORK LEARNING4. City-Region Governance Labs: Governance Learning by Strategic Policymakers from European City RegionsLinze Schaap, Niels Karsten, Carlo Colombo, Maaike Damen5. Networking and Learning in Urban Living Labs: the Case of the Housing Innovation Lab in BostonGiorgia Nesti6. Understanding Gentrification: Learning through Field Visits to Amsterdam, Yogyakarta, and Rotterdam Remco Vermeulen7. Learning Through Collaboration: the Case of City Deals in The NetherlandsMarloes Dignum, David Hamers, David Evers 8. Two Reflexive Methods for Evaluating Public Policy Practice in Urban Network Contexts: Learning History and Learning EvaluationMichael DuijnPART III. TECHNIQUES FOR URBAN GOVERNANCE NETWORK LEARNING9. Learning in Complex Urban Networks: Can Group Mentoring Help?Leon van den Dool10. City Visitations as Instruments of Urban Network Learning: the Case of the 2011 Flemish City Visitations Herwig Reynaert, Arno Korsten, Tom Verhelst11. Crowd-Sourced Planning, Crowd-Monitoring, and Organisational LearningNorbert Kersting12. Can Peer-to-Peer Learning Support Energy Transition in Cities and Regions?Elena Marie Ensenado and Jen Heemann 13. Lessons about Learning from Serious Games: the Learning Potential of Co-creation and Gameplay in Participatory Urban Planning Processes Cristina Ampatzidou14. Urban Gaming: Learning about the Energy Transition at the Local Level with Go2ZeroGeertje Bekebrede15. Urban Network Learning: ConclusionsLeon van den Dool and Linze Schaap

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Book SynopsisThis book describes methods and tools that empower information providers to build and maintain knowledge graphs, including those for manual, semi-automatic, and automatic construction; implementation; and validation and verification of semantic annotations and their integration into knowledge graphs. It also presents lifecycle-based approaches for semi-automatic and automatic curation of these graphs, such as approaches for assessment, error correction, and enrichment of knowledge graphs with other static and dynamic resources.Chapter 1 defines knowledge graphs, focusing on the impact of various approaches rather than mathematical precision. Chapter 2 details how knowledge graphs are built, implemented, maintained, and deployed. Chapter 3 then introduces relevant application layers that can be built on top of such knowledge graphs, and explains how inference can be used to define views on such graphs, making it a useful resource for open and service-oriented dialog systems. Chapter 4 discusses applications of knowledge graph technologies for e-tourism and use cases for other verticals. Lastly, Chapter 5 provides a summary and sketches directions for future work. The additional appendix introduces an abstract syntax and semantics for domain specifications that are used to adapt schema.org to specific domains and tasks.To illustrate the practical use of the approaches presented, the book discusses several pilots with a focus on conversational interfaces, describing how to exploit knowledge graphs for e-marketing and e-commerce. It is intended for advanced professionals and researchers requiring a brief introduction to knowledge graphs and their implementation. Table of ContentsIntroduction: What is a Knowledge Graph?.- How to build a Knowledge Graph.- How to use a Knowledge Graph.- Why we need Knowledge Graphs: Applications.- Conclusions.- References.- Appendix.- Index.

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Book SynopsisIn this volume scholars from around the world discuss the innovative forms of collaboration between public and private actors that contribute to making our cities more liveable. It offers helpful insights into the practices of partnerships and the ways in which partnerships can contribute to a more liveable urban environment. The liveability of our cities is a topic of increasing relevance and urgency. The world’s cities are becoming congested and polluted, putting pressure on affordable housing and causing safety to become a major problem. Urban governments are unable to address these major challenges on their own, and thus they seek cooperation with other governments, companies, civil society organizations, and citizens. By focusing on examples such as greenery in the city, affordable housing, safety, neighbourhood revitalization, and ‘learning by doing’ in urban living labs, this book asks two key questions. How do partnerships between public and private actors contribute to the liveability of cities? Under what conditions are partnerships successful, and when do they fail to yield the desired results?Table of ContentsList of illustrationsList of contributors1. Introduction Cor van Montfort and Ank MichelsPART I - Partnerships and green in cities2. Partnerships in experimental urban climate governance: insights from Seoul Jeroen van der Heijden and Seung-Hun Hong3. Liveable cities and daily life: local level urban agriculture in Orizânia, São Paulo, and Montreal Kate Dayana de Abreu, Zilma Borges, Lya Porto, and Peter Spink4. From gray to green cities: Tilburg, Melbourne, San Jose, and Cape Town Cor van Montfort and Ank Michels5. The impact of public and private partnerships on the liveability of eco-cities in the Pearl River Delta in ChinaHaiyan Lu, Li Sun, and Martin de JongPART II – Partnerships and affordable housing6. Production of middle-class residential developments in Nairobi: informal collaboration between developers and urban planners Mary Muthoni Mwangi7. Innovations in affordable housing in Dublin: lessons from not-for-profit housing developers Valesca Lima8. Emerging public-private partnership in the provision of affordable housing in China’s major cities.Zhi Liu and Desiree ChewPART III – Safety in the city9. Partnerships for safe cities: community-safety initiatives in cities in the Netherlands and Belgium Carola van Eijk10. Multi-stakeholder cooperation for safe and healthy urban environments: the case of Citizen Sensing Anna Berti Suman11. Safety in the city: building partnerships in the fight against organized crime Martijn Groenleer, Sanderijn Cels, and Jorrit de Jong PART IV – Neighborhood revitalization12. Partnerships in shrinking cities: making Baltimore ‘liveable’? Madeleine Pill13. Youths growing up in the French banlieues: partners that make the city Simone van de Wetering and Femke Kaulingfreks 14. The effectiveness, legitimacy and robustness of hybrid liveability governance. The case of Quartiersmanagement in Berlin Niels Karsten, Carlo Colombo, and Linze SchaapPART V – Urban living labs15. The governance challenge of Urban Living Laboratories: using liminal ‘in-between’ space to create liveable cities Lieke Oldenhof, Sabrina Rahmawan-Huizenga, Hester van de Bovenkamp, and Roland Bal16. Partnerships for innovation. The case of Urban Living Lab in Turin Giorgia Nesti17. Conclusions. The dynamic and fluid world of partnerships Ank Michels and Cor van MontfortIndex

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Book SynopsisBy merging public and private tangible and intangible capitals, Public Private Partnerships contracts (PPP) are fundamental to generate public value and to support economic and social development; in the aftermath of Covid-19 pandemic, they prove critical to pave the way for the recovery. This book is intended to support the co-evolution of the main public and private players involved in PPP contracts for infrastructure and service delivery, by providing principles, based on the academic and professional experience of the authors, that can be applied across sectors and jurisdictions. Drawing on the framework of public-private collaborations at macro, meso and micro level, this book provides a practical perspective on the most relevant legal, financial and contractual issues of PPP contracts for infrastructure and service delivery.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Public-Private Partnerships for Infrastructure and Service Delivery. An IntroductionChapter 2: Private Investments for InfrastructureChapter 3: PPP Legal FrameworkChapter 4: PPP Contracts and FeaturesChapter 5: Project Risks and Optimal AllocationChapter 6: From Traditional to Outcome-based Public-Private Partnerships: Social Impact Bonds (SIBs).Chapter 7: Principles of Capital Budgeting for Infrastructure FinancingChapter 8: Value for Money Analysis: Standard and Value-based Methodologies

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Book SynopsisThis volume discusses public policy making in Turkey. Using Turkey as an overarching case study, the author presents foundational concepts of public policy analysis. The method followed in the book is from general to specific: in each chapter, the relevant public policy stage or concept is explained and discussions from international literature are provided first. Then, Turkish cases are presented and clarified using theoretical concepts and debates. Additional examples from other municipalities are included for a comparative perspective. This volume will be of use to researchers and students studying public policy, policy analysis, and global public administration as well as professionals, policymakers, and diplomats working in the Turkish public sector. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Basic Concepts of Public Policy.- Chapter 2: Agenda-Setting.- Chapter 3: Policy Formulation.- Chapter 4: Policy Implementation.- Chapter 5: Policy Evaluation.

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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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Book SynopsisThis innovative book investigates the concept of collapse in terms of our built environment, exploring the future transition of modern cities towards scenarios very different from the current promises of progress and development. This is not a book about the end of the world and hopeless apocalyptic scenarios. It is about understanding change in how and where we live. Collapse is inevitable, but in the built environment collapse could imply a manageable situation, an opportunity for change or a devastating reality. Collapsing gracefully means that there might be better ways to coexist with collapse if we learn more about it and commit to rebuild our civilisations in ways that avoid its worst effects. This book uses a wide range of practical examples to study critical changes in the built environment, to contextualise and visualise what collapse looks like, to see if it is possible to buffer its effects in places already collapsing and to propose ways to develop greater resilience.The book challenges all agents and institutions in modern cities, their designers and planners as well as their residents and users to think differently about built environment so as to ease our coexistence with collapse and not contribute to its causes. .Trade Review“The authors take their readers on a journey … a well-rounded exploration of the issues, both past and present … . Collapsing Gracefully encourages architects, designers and those in the construction industry to reflect on what we consider to be best for the built environment … . I thoroughly enjoyed Collapsing Gracefully. Regardless of your background, the book offers a great opportunity in which to stop and reflect on your work and consider its wider impacts.” (James McLean, Architecture New Zealand, March - April, 2022)Table of ContentsWhat Do We Mean by Collapsing Gracefully?.- Current Ideas for Future Built Environments.- What Can We Learn From the Collapse of Societies in the Past?.- The Modern Built Environment and its Relationship to Collapse.- Technology and Collapse.- A Case Study of Technology and Climate Change.- Inequality, Collapse and the Built Environment.- Inequality in the Urban Landscape of New Zealand: From the Country to the Plot.- Growth and Collapse.- Growth and Resources.- Epidemics, Pandemics, and Collapse.- The Architecture of Wealth.- What Should We Do?

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Book SynopsisThis open access book discusses the socio-political context of the COVID-19 crisis and questions the management of the pandemic emergency with special reference to how this affected the governance of migration and asylum. The book offers critical insights on the impact of the pandemic on migrant workers in different world regions including North America, Europe and Asia. The book addresses several categories of migrants including medical staff, farm labourers, construction workers, care and domestic workers and international students. It looks at border closures for non-citizens, disruption for temporary migrants as well as at special arrangements made for essential (migrant) workers such as doctors or nurses as well as farmworkers, ‘shipped’ to destination with special flights to make sure emergency wards are staffed, and harvests are picked up and the food processing chain continues to function. The book illustrates how the pandemic forces us to rethink notions like membership, citizenship, belonging, but also solidarity, human rights, community, essential services or ‘essential’ workers alongside an intersectional perspective including ethnicity, gender and race.Table of Contents​Part I. Pandemic Borders, Belonging, and Exclusion1 Spaces of Solidarity and Spaces of Exception: Migration and Membership During Pandemic Times Anna Triandafyllidou2 (In)Essential Bordering: Canada, COVID, and Mobility Audrey Macklin3 Territorial and Digital Borders and Migrant Vulnerability Under a Pandemic Crisis Petra Molnar4 Vulnerability and Resilience in the Covid-19 Crisis: Race, Gender, and Belonging Eileen Boris5 Sanctuary Cities and Covid-19: The Case of Canada Mireille Paquet, Noémie Benoit, Idil Atak, Meghan Joy, Graham Hudson, and John ShieldsPart II Pandemics and ‘Essential’ Migrants6 Migrant Care Labour, Covid-19, and the Long-Term Care Crisis: Achieving Solidarity for Care Providers and Recipients Lena Gahwi and Margaret Walton-Roberts7 Pandemic Shock Absorbers: Domestic Workers’ Activism at the Intersection of Immigrants’ and Workers’ Rights Anna Rosińska and Elizabeth Pellerito8 Essential Farmworkers and the Pandemic Crisis: Migrant Labour Conditions, and Legal and Political Responses in Italy and Spain Alessandra Corrado and Letizia Palumbo9 The Entangled Infrastructures of International Student Migration: Lessons from Covid-19 Parvati Raghuram and Gunjan Sondhi10 Voluntary and Forced Return Migration Under a Pandemic Crisis Zeynep Sahin Mencutek11 Return Migration from the Gulf Region to India Amidst COVID-19 S Irudaya Rajan and H. Arokkiaraj12 Internal Migration and the Covid-19 Pandemic in India S Irudaya Rajan and R. B. Bhagat

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses the role of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in global transportation infrastructure. Seen as a way to provide vital services in an era of shrinking government budgets, public-private partnerships have become an increasingly important part of travel infrastructure worldwide. This book describes and analyzes the structure of various models of PPPs in various countries, evaluating their effectiveness, and drawing policy implications for future use. Written by leading international researchers and practitioners in the transportation field, each chapter is a case study on the adoption, implementation, and outcome of transportation services in different municipalities. Taken together, these diverse case studies provide an integrated framework for evaluating and using PPPs. Providing rigorous empirical analysis of PPPs in transportation, this volume will be of interest to researchers in public administration, political science, and economics as well as practitioners and policymakers involved in establishing and monitoring PPPs in transportation.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Public Private Partnerships in Transportation: Airports, Water Ports, Rail, Buses, and Taxis- AN OVERVIEW.- Chapter 2. Evaluating The Viability of The Ghana Airport Cargo Centre as Publica-Private Partnership Project.- Chapter 3. The role of individual actors in public-private partnership (PPP) projects: Insights from Madinah Airport in Saudi Arabia.- Chapter 4. Models, Expectations, And Reality In Airport Public Private Partnerships.- Chapter 5. Airport Privatization in the United States.- Chapter 6. Legal Impediments to Airport P3s in the United States.- Chapter 7. Public-Private Partnerships in Port Areas: Lessons Learned from Case Studies in Antwerp and Rotterdam.- Chapter 8. Seaport PPPs in the EU: Policy, Regulatory and Contractual Issues.- Chapter 9. Sustainable Strategies for Mass Rapid Transit PPPs.- Chapter 10. Rational Inattention in Non-Profit Public-Private Partnerships: The Las Vegas Monorail Bankruptcy Case.- Chapter 11. Public -Private Partnerships in Denver, CO: Analysis of the Role of PPPs in the Financing and Construction of Transportation Infrastructure in the USA.- Chapter 12. Governance of Public Private Partnerships: Lessons from the Italian Experience in Transportation Projects.- Chapter 13. Developing Urban Rail Using Public Private Partnership – A Case Study of the Gold Coast Light Rail Project.- Chapter 14. For Hire Vehicle Regulation, misunderstanding, mismatch, control and capture: the case of Vehicles for Hire and PPP.- Chapter 15. Using History to Develop Future Regulation of TNCs and Autonomous Taxis.- Chapter 16. Distinguishing Between Demand-Risk And Availability-Payment Public-Private Partnerships.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book centres on the advisory roles of political scientists in Europe. Based on a cross-national survey, the book offers a comparative analysis of the viewpoints and activities of university-based political scientists on external engagement. Political scientists in Europe appear more extrovert as academics than sometimes thought. In their professional functioning they engage in delivering knowledge and advice to all kinds of stakeholders in the policy process. This volume contains twelve in-depth country studies where different trends are visible, from political regime change to pressure for impact of academic work. The findings from this comparative analysis may inform our orientation on interaction between academics and their social and political environment, and what this means for education and training in university programs in political science. Table of ContentsPart I From Theory to Empirical Analysis of Advisory Roles1. Introduction, Arco Timmermans and Marleen Brans2. A Theoretical Perspective on the Roles of Political Scientists in Policy Advisory Systems, Marleen Brans, Arco Timmermans, and Athanassios Gouglas3.Strategy of Data Collection and Analysis for Comparing Policy Advisory Roles, Marleen Brans, Arco Timmermans, and José Real-Dato.- Part II Country Studies of Advisory Roles4. Removing Political Barriers to Engagement: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Albania, Nevila Xhindi and Blerjana Bino5. Resisting Devolution? The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Belgium, Marleen Brans, David Aubin, and Ellen Fobé6. Restrained Wisdom or Not? The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Denmark, Morten Kallestrup7. A Small Discipline, Scarce Publicity, and Compromised Outward Reach: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in France, Pierre Squevin and David Aubin8. Driven by Academic Norms and Status of Employment: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Germany, Sonja Blum and Jens Jungblut9. Coping with a Closed and Politicized System: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Hungary, Gábor Tamás Molnár10. Of Pure Academics and Advice Debutants: The Policy Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Italy, Andrea Pritoni and Maria Tullia Galanti11. The New Abundance of Policy Advice: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Norway, Ivar Bleiklie and Svein Michelsen12. In Search of Relevance: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Spain, José Real-Dato13. Polder Politics Under Pressure: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in the Netherlands, Valérie Pattyn and Arco Timmermans14. Changing Policy Advisory Dynamics in the 2000s: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Turkey, Caner Bakir and H. Tolga Bolukbasi15. Making Political Science Matter: The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in the United Kingdom, Matthew Flinders, Justyna Bandola-Gill, and Alexandra AndersonPart III Patterns Across Countries in Europe16. The Advisory Roles of Political Scientists in Comparative Perspective, Arco Timmermans, Marleen Brans, and José Real-Dato

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Book SynopsisThis book provides the latest research advancements and findings for the scientific systematization of knowledge regarding digital governance and transformation, such as core concepts, foundational principles, theories, methodologies, architectures, assessment frameworks and future directions. It brings forward the ingredients of this new domain, proposing its needed formal and systematic tools, exploring its relation with neighbouring scientific domains and finally prescribing the next steps for laying the foundations of a new science. The book is structured into three main areas. The first section focuses on contributions towards the purpose, ingredients and structure of the scientific foundations of digital transformation in the public sector. The second looks at the identification and description of domain's scientific problems with a view to stabilizing research products, assessment methods and tools in a reusable, extendable and sustainable manner. The third envisions a pathway for future research to tackle broader governance problems via the applications of information and communication technologies in combination with innovative approaches from neighbouring scientific domains. Contributing to the analysis of the scientific perspectives of digital governance and digital transformation, this book will be an indispensable tool for students, researchers and practitioners interested in digital governance, digital transformation, information systems, as well as ICT industry experts and policymakers charged with the design, deployment and implementation of public sector information systems.Table of ContentsPart A: Scientific Foundations of Digital Governance.- Chapter 1 - Scientific Foundations of Digital Governance - Why, What and How (Yannis Charalabidis,Zoi Lachana, Charalampos Alexopoulos).-Chapter 2 - Digital governance as a scientific concept (Tove Engvall, Leif Skiftenes Flak).- Chapter 3 - Digital Government Research: A Diverse Domain (Hans J. Scholl).- Chapter 4 - On the Structure of the Digital Governance Domain ( Zoi Lachana, Yannis Charalabidis, Panagiotis Keramidis).- Chapter 5 - Digital Governance education: Survey of the programs and curricula ( Demetrios Sarantis, Soumaya Ben Dhaou, Charalampos Alexopoulos, Alexander Ronzhyn, Francesco Mureddu).- Chapter 6 - Discussing the Foundations for Interpretivist Digital Government Research (Keegan McBride, Yuri Misnikov, Dirk Draheim).- Part B: Digital Governance Problem and Solution Space.- Chapter 7 - Understanding Digital Transformation in Government( Frank Danielsen, Leif Skiftenes Flak, Øystein Sæbø),- Chapter 8 - A Public Value Impact Assessment Framework for Digital Governance (Anne Fleur van Veenstra, Tjerk Timan).- Chapter 9 - Fostering a data-centric public administration: strategies, policy models and technologies ( Francesco Mureddu, David Osimo, Angeles Kenny, Matthew Upson, Vassilios Peristeras).- Chapter 10 - A Methodology for Evaluating and Improving Digital Governance Systems Based on Information Systems Success Models and Public Value Theory (Euripidis Loukis).- Chapter 11 - Understanding the impact of public policy context on the implementation orientation for the digital transformation of interoperable public services (Raul M. Abril).- Joep Crompvoets).- Chapter 12 - Agent Based Modeling in Digital Governance Research: A Review and Future Research Directions ( Prakash C. Sukhwal, Atreyi Kankanhalli).- Part C: Perspectives and Future Research Directions for Digital Governance.- Chapter 13 - Government 3.0: Scenarios and Roadmap of Research ( Alexander Ronzhyn, Maria A. Wimmer).- Chapter 14 - Building Digital Governance Competencies: Baseline for a Curriculum and Master Programme (Gabriela Viale Pereira, Alexander Ronzhyn, Maria A. Wimmer).- Chapter 15 - E-Justice: A Review and Agenda for Future Research ( Nilay Yavuz, Naci Karkın, Mete Yıldız).- Chapter 16 - Digitalisation and Developing a Participatory Culture: Participation, Co-production, Co-destruction ( Noella Edelmann ).

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Book SynopsisThe book provides a holistic review, presenting a multi-stakeholder, multi-disciplinary, international, and evidence-based approach to Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in migration. The book brings together different views and multifaceted responses to ICT-based migration management, examining their overlap, conflict, and synergies. The book is a major addition to the field, tackling important debates concerning humanitarianism and securitization in the reception of migrants, as well as exploring the role of digital technology in aiding migrant integration. The authors explore contentious areas such as the use of new technologies deployed on borders for migration management and border security under the umbrella of smart border solutions including drones, AI algorithms, and face recognition, which are widely criticized for ignoring the fundamental human rights of migrants. The research presented will depart from the euphoric appraisals that technology has made things easier for migrants and those who assist them, to critically examine the bane and boon, benefits and afflictions, highlighting the barriers, as well as the solutions, including several under-researched aspects of digital surveillance and the digital divide.This edited volume has been developed by the MIICT project, funded under the EU Horizon 2020 Action and Innovation programme, under grant agreement No 822380. Provides a positive approach to the integration of migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees using Information and Communications Technology (ICT) solutions Offers a strategic approach to providing digital services for migrants at an EU, national and local level Bridges the gap between academia and front-line practitioners’ work by providing theoretical, policy, ethical, and methodological recommendations Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Part 1 – The relevance of ICTs in migration.- Minority rights.- Migration knowledge production and the shaping of perceptions of Europe.- Integrate services to integrate migrants.- Part 2 – Reviewing perspectives and experiences.- The Challenges and opportunities of ICT along the Road to Europe.- From a digital breach to a usage and positioning gap.- Developing migration focused ICT tools with marginalised groups.- ICTs and Migration.- The Challenges of co-design and co-creation for migrant integration.- Easing migrants’ access to public services.- Part 3 – Developing migration-related ICTs.- Micado Architecture.- The challenges of co-creation processes on developing ICT solutions for migrant inclusion.- Experiences from the development of ICT tools for and with migrants through NADINE platform.- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in designing AI-based solutions for migrants integration: REBUILD project.- Skill matching for migrant guidance based on AI tools.- Personalised interaction or how we can improve migrants’ experience when using a digital companion through a mobile app.- Immerse Architecture.- Authoring tools for young migrants.- Part 4 – Legal, ethical and societal considerations.- Assessing the socio-economic, technological and political impact of ICT tools for migrant integration.- Protecting Migrants’ Data.- Shaping ICT policies for integrative and inclusive digital services.- Legal and Ethical Frameworks Applicable to Social Media Analytics in the Context of Migration.- The Legal Framework Applicable to the Design and Use of ICTs in Migrants’ Integration.- Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThe book provides a holistic review, presenting a multi-stakeholder, multi-disciplinary, international, and evidence-based approach to Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in migration. The book brings together different views and multifaceted responses to ICT-based migration management, examining their overlap, conflict, and synergies. The book is a major addition to the field, tackling important debates concerning humanitarianism and securitization in the reception of migrants, as well as exploring the role of digital technology in aiding migrant integration. The authors explore contentious areas such as the use of new technologies deployed on borders for migration management and border security under the umbrella of smart border solutions including drones, AI algorithms, and face recognition, which are widely criticized for ignoring the fundamental human rights of migrants. The research presented will depart from the euphoric appraisals that technology has made things easier for migrants and those who assist them, to critically examine the bane and boon, benefits and afflictions, highlighting the barriers, as well as the solutions, including several under-researched aspects of digital surveillance and the digital divide.This edited volume has been developed by the MIICT project, funded under the EU Horizon 2020 Action and Innovation programme, under grant agreement No 822380. Provides a positive approach to the integration of migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees using Information and Communications Technology (ICT) solutions Offers a strategic approach to providing digital services for migrants at an EU, national and local level Bridges the gap between academia and front-line practitioners’ work by providing theoretical, policy, ethical, and methodological recommendations Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Part 1 – The relevance of ICTs in migration.- Minority rights.- Migration knowledge production and the shaping of perceptions of Europe.- Integrate services to integrate migrants.- Part 2 – Reviewing perspectives and experiences.- The Challenges and opportunities of ICT along the Road to Europe.- From a digital breach to a usage and positioning gap.- Developing migration focused ICT tools with marginalised groups.- ICTs and Migration.- The Challenges of co-design and co-creation for migrant integration.- Easing migrants’ access to public services.- Part 3 – Developing migration-related ICTs.- Micado Architecture.- The challenges of co-creation processes on developing ICT solutions for migrant inclusion.- Experiences from the development of ICT tools for and with migrants through NADINE platform.- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in designing AI-based solutions for migrants integration: REBUILD project.- Skill matching for migrant guidance based on AI tools.- Personalised interaction or how we can improve migrants’ experience when using a digital companion through a mobile app.- Immerse Architecture.- Authoring tools for young migrants.- Part 4 – Legal, ethical and societal considerations.- Assessing the socio-economic, technological and political impact of ICT tools for migrant integration.- Protecting Migrants’ Data.- Shaping ICT policies for integrative and inclusive digital services.- Legal and Ethical Frameworks Applicable to Social Media Analytics in the Context of Migration.- The Legal Framework Applicable to the Design and Use of ICTs in Migrants’ Integration.- Conclusion.

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