Public administration / Public policy Books
John Wiley & Sons Commons Drivers of Change and Opportunities for
Book SynopsisThis study focuses on forms of commons-based entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa that have developed in response to issues ranging from land and natural resources management to public services, employment and training, climate change and biodiversity.
£999.99
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina The Wild and the Toxic American Environmentalism
Book SynopsisHealth figures centrally in late twentieth-century environmental activism. In this book, Jennifer Thomson untangles the complex web of political, social, and intellectual developments that gave rise to the multiplicity of claims and concerns about environmental health.
£73.80
The University of North Carolina Press Eating While Black Food Shaming and Race in
Book SynopsisSustainable culture - what keeps a community alive and thriving - is essential to Black peoples’ fight for access and equity, and food is central to this fight. Starkly exposing the rampant shaming and policing around how Black people eat, Psyche Williams-Forson contemplates food’s role in cultural transmission, belonging, homemaking, and survival.
£22.36
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina State of Disaster The Failure of U.S. Migration
Book SynopsisContends that the United States must transform its outdated migration policies to address today’s realities. Climate change and natural disasters are here to stay, and much of the human devastation left in their wake is essentially a policy choice.
£73.50
The University of North Carolina Press State of Disaster The Failure of U.S. Migration
Book SynopsisContends that the United States must transform its outdated migration policies to address today’s realities. Climate change and natural disasters are here to stay, and much of the human devastation left in their wake is essentially a policy choice.
£21.21
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Empty Fields Empty Promises A StatebyState Guide
Book SynopsisSince the late 1970s, states across the US have adopted so-called right-to-farm laws to limit nuisance suits loosely related to agriculture. But since their adoption, there has yet to be a comprehensive analysis of what these laws do and who they benefit. This book offers the first national analysis and guide to these laws.
£73.50
The University of North Carolina Press Empty Fields Empty Promises A StatebyState Guide
Book SynopsisSince the late 1970s, states across the US have adopted so-called right-to-farm laws to limit nuisance suits loosely related to agriculture. But since their adoption, there has yet to be a comprehensive analysis of what these laws do and who they benefit. This book offers the first national analysis and guide to these laws.
£19.96
New York University Press Civil Society Second Edition
Book SynopsisA comprehensive discussion and analysis of two and a half millennia of Western political theoryIn the absence of noble public goals, admired leaders, and compelling issues, many warn of a dangerous erosion of civil society, which includes families, religious organizations, and all other NGOs. Are they right? What are the roots and implications of their insistent alarm? How can public life be enriched in a period marked by fraying communities, widespread apathy, and unprecedented levels of contempt for politics? How should we be thinking about civil society? In Civil Society: The Critical History of an Idea, John Ehrenberg analyzes both the usefulness and the limitations of civil society and maps the political and theoretical evolution of the concept and its employment in academic and public discourse. From Aristotle and the Enlightenment philosophers to Black Lives Matter and the Occupy movement, Ehrenberg provides an indispensable analysis of the possibilities of what this increasinglTrade Review"Civil society around the world is in turmoil, making democracy more vulnerable to illiberal forces. How can one enhance the synergy between civil society, democracy and social justice? John Ehrenbergs Civil Society brings historical insight to this challenge, critically examining the evolving concept as understood in Western political theory over two and one half millennia. This book is theoretically elegant, erudite, and conveyed in crisp prose. It is a must read for all those interested in the advance of civil society." -- Micheline Ishay,author of The History of Human Rights: From Ancient Times to the Globalization Era"The concept of civil society is often discussed but rarely dissected. In Civil Society, John Ehrenberg provides a history and analysis of the term, its use and mis-use. Ehrenberg traces the development of the idea of civil society from the classical era to the present, showing how the term has changed as societies, and politics, have evolved. He then explores what civil society means today, both within countries and globally. Ehrenbergs lucid and insightful analysis of the role of civil society in contemporary discourse and practice is relevant both to todays politics, and to enduring issues in political theory and political analysis." -- Jeffry Frieden,author of Currency Politics: The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy
£27.54
New York University Press Civil Society Second Edition
Book SynopsisA comprehensive discussion and analysis of two and a half millennia of Western political theoryIn the absence of noble public goals, admired leaders, and compelling issues, many warn of a dangerous erosion of civil society, which includes families, religious organizations, and all other NGOs. Are they right? What are the roots and implications of their insistent alarm? How can public life be enriched in a period marked by fraying communities, widespread apathy, and unprecedented levels of contempt for politics? How should we be thinking about civil society? In Civil Society: The Critical History of an Idea, John Ehrenberg analyzes both the usefulness and the limitations of civil society and maps the political and theoretical evolution of the concept and its employment in academic and public discourse. From Aristotle and the Enlightenment philosophers to Black Lives Matter and the Occupy movement, Ehrenberg provides an indispensable analysis of the possibilities of what this increasinglTrade ReviewCivil society around the world is in turmoil, making democracy more vulnerable to illiberal forces. How can one enhance the synergy between civil society, democracy and social justice? John Ehrenbergs Civil Society brings historical insight to this challenge, critically examining the evolving concept as understood in Western political theory over two and one half millennia. This book is theoretically elegant, erudite, and conveyed in crisp prose. It is a must read for all those interested in the advance of civil society. -- Micheline Ishay,author of The History of Human Rights: From Ancient Times to the Globalization EraThe concept of civil society is often discussed but rarely dissected. In Civil Society, John Ehrenberg provides a history and analysis of the term, its use and mis-use. Ehrenberg traces the development of the idea of civil society from the classical era to the present, showing how the term has changed as societies, and politics, have evolved. He then explores what civil society means today, both within countries and globally. Ehrenbergs lucid and insightful analysis of the role of civil society in contemporary discourse and practice is relevant both to todays politics, and to enduring issues in political theory and political analysis. -- Jeffry Frieden,author of Currency Politics: The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy
£73.80
University of Toronto Press Fields of Authority
Book SynopsisIn Fields of Authority, Jack Lucas provides the first systematic exploration of local special purpose bodies in Ontario. Lucas uses a policy fields approach to explain how these local bodies in Ontario have developed from the nineteenth century to the present.Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Local Institutional Change and the Policy Fields Approach PART ONE: LOCAL ABCS IN KITCHENER, ONTARIO 2. Berlin, Ontario in the Age of the ABC 3. The Special-Purpose Routine: ABCs Triumphant 4. Regional Reform and Municipal Restructuring: The Final Chapter? PART TWO: LOCAL ABCS IN THREE PROVINCIAL-MUNICIPAL DOMAINS 5. Public School Boards 6. Local Boards of Health 7. Hydro-Electric Commissions 8. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£45.90
University of Toronto Press Assisted Reproduction Policy in Canada
Book SynopsisThis is the first major exploration of the Canada's assisted reproduction policy at the national and provincial levels. It explains the reasons that led to the federal government's failed national framework, and the legacy it left behind.Trade Review"Assisted Reproduction Policy in Canada is meticulously researched. Dave Snow is a punchy writer. Much of political science is concerned with answering one question: ‘What drives politics?’ As Assisted Reproduction shows, it is an impulse for government over-reach, a fetish for control and regulation, and a mistaken suspicion that Canadian society is comprised of wolves and sheep." -- Holly Doan * Blacklock’s Reporter *Table of Contents1. Understanding Assisted Reproduction Policy 2. The Royal Commission On New Reproductive Technologies and the Legacy of Past Frames 3. The Assisted Human Reproduction Act Comes to Fruition 4. The Assisted Human Reproduction Act Goes to Court 5. Surrogacy and Parentage Policy in the Provinces 6. Many Actors, Many Policies: Clinical Intervention Policy in Canada 7. Making Sense of Canadian Assisted Reproduction Policy
£48.45
University of Toronto Press Toronto the Good
Book SynopsisToronto the Good? uniquely explores what diversity does to remake the City of Toronto as a beacon of democracy, racial inclusion, and progress.Table of Contents1. The Diversification of Diversity Toronto the Good: Critical Contexts Toronto the Good: The Research Project Organization of the Book 2. Theoretical Concepts Racialization and Race Abjection Discourse, Power, Space Belonging On Diversity Discourse, Race, Belonging, and Space 3. Being Exceptional: Moving Diversity beyond Race Embodying Progress: Equity, Inclusion, and Intersectionality Moving beyond Race in Text Not Seeing Exceptional via the “Outside” On Diversity and Racial Inclusion 4. Being Like No Other: Building Inside(r) Relations through Race Anti-racism Like No Other Diversity Like No Other Invoking the Stereotype On Being Like No Other: Final Thoughts 5. Being through Consultation Consultation, Democracy, Diversity Being through Commodification Commodification through Re-circulation Through Consultation: Final Thoughts 6. On Diversity Discourse and the Problem of Agency Toronto the Good: Critical insights On the Problem of Agency References
£44.10
University of Toronto Press Unequal Benefits
Book SynopsisUnequal Benefits shows how policies that create education markets and encourage greater private sector involvement in Canada's public education systems undermine the democratic possibilities of the country's public schools.Table of Contents1. Educational Privatization and Public Education in Canada 2. Researching Education Privatization: Traditional and Critical Approaches 3. Funding Advantage in Public Schools 4. Securing Private Benefits 5. Taking Action Appendix A: Steps in Conducting Critical Policy Research Bibliography Index
£41.40
University of Toronto Press Open Federalism Revisited
Book SynopsisOpen Federalism Revisited provides a systematic, encompassing assessment of Canadian federalism in the Harper era, offering a fresh perspective in federalism scholarship.Table of ContentsList of Tables List of Figures List of Appendices 1. Introduction: Stephen Harper’s Legacy for the Dynamics of Canadian Federalism and Regionalism James Farney and Julie M. Simmons Part I: Dynamics of Regional Differences In the Harper Era 2. When the West was In? Public Opinion in the Western Provinces during the Harper Era Loleen Berdahl and Tracey Raney 3. Ontario’s New Identity? Assessing Ontario’s Political Culture and Place in Confederation under “Open Federalism” Cheryl Collier 4. The decline of the Bloc Québécois and Stephen Harper’s Open Federalism Maxime Héroux-Legault 5. From Prairie firewalls to Atlantic seawalls: Atlantic Canada in the Harper Era Louise Carbert Part II: Institutional Changes during the Harper Era 6. Stephen Harper’s PMO Style: Partisan Managerialism Jonathan Craft and Anna Esselment 7. Political Parties and Regional Integration in the 21st Century: Are we Beyond Brokerage? James Farney 8. Stephen Harper’s “Open Federalism”: Kicking the Sand of Multilateral Intergovernmental Institutions Julie M. Simmons 9. Reform and Rulings at the Supreme Court of Canada: The Harper Conservatives and Federalism Erin Crandall Part III: Assessing Harper Era Policy Changes through Regional and Federal Lenses 10. Stephen Harper and Canada’s New Immigration Federalism Mirielle Paquet 11. Dismantling and Drifting: Environmental Policy in an Era of Open Federalism Adam M. Wellstead 12. EI and Regional Dynamics in Canada Peter Graefe 3. The Fragmented Politics of Energy Federalism Geoffrey Hale 14. The Continuities and Discontinuities of Disentanglement: Federal-Provincial Health Care Dynamics in the Harper Era Thomas McIntosh Part IV: Conclusion 15. Conclusion: Taking Stock of Regional and Federal Dynamics James Farney and Julie M. Simmons List of Contributors
£52.70
University of Toronto Press Open Federalism Revisited
Book SynopsisRegional dynamics and federalism lie at the heart of Canadian politics. In Open Federalism Revisited, James Farney, Julie M. Simmons, and a diverse group of contributors examine the legacy of Prime Minister Stephen Harper in areas of public policy, political institutions, and cultural and economic development. This volume examines how these areas significantly affected the balance between shared rule and self-rule in Canada’s federation and how broader changes in the balance between the country’s regions affected institutional arrangements. Open Federalism Revisited engages with four questions: 1) Did the Harper government succeed in changing Canadian federalism in the way his initial promise of open federalism suggests he wanted to? 2) How big was the difference between the change Harper’s government envisioned and what it actually achieved? 3) Was the Harper government’s approach substantially different from that of previous governmTable of ContentsList of Tables List of Figures List of Appendices 1. Introduction: Stephen Harper’s Legacy for the Dynamics of Canadian Federalism and Regionalism James Farney and Julie M. Simmons Part I: Dynamics of Regional Differences In the Harper Era 2. When the West was In? Public Opinion in the Western Provinces during the Harper Era Loleen Berdahl and Tracey Raney 3. Ontario’s New Identity? Assessing Ontario’s Political Culture and Place in Confederation under “Open Federalism” Cheryl Collier 4. The decline of the Bloc Québécois and Stephen Harper’s Open Federalism Maxime Héroux-Legault 5. From Prairie firewalls to Atlantic seawalls: Atlantic Canada in the Harper Era Louise Carbert Part II: Institutional Changes during the Harper Era 6. Stephen Harper’s PMO Style: Partisan Managerialism Jonathan Craft and Anna Esselment 7. Political Parties and Regional Integration in the 21st Century: Are we Beyond Brokerage? James Farney 8. Stephen Harper’s “Open Federalism”: Kicking the Sand of Multilateral Intergovernmental Institutions Julie M. Simmons 9. Reform and Rulings at the Supreme Court of Canada: The Harper Conservatives and Federalism Erin Crandall Part III: Assessing Harper Era Policy Changes through Regional and Federal Lenses 10. Stephen Harper and Canada’s New Immigration Federalism Mirielle Paquet 11. Dismantling and Drifting: Environmental Policy in an Era of Open Federalism Adam M. Wellstead 12. EI and Regional Dynamics in Canada Peter Graefe 3. The Fragmented Politics of Energy Federalism Geoffrey Hale 14. The Continuities and Discontinuities of Disentanglement: Federal-Provincial Health Care Dynamics in the Harper Era Thomas McIntosh Part IV: Conclusion 15. Conclusion: Taking Stock of Regional and Federal Dynamics James Farney and Julie M. Simmons List of Contributors
£26.99
University of Toronto Press A Quiet Evolution
Book SynopsisIn A Quiet Evolution, Christopher Alcantara and Jen Nelles look closely at hundreds of agreements from across Canada and at four case studies drawn from Ontario, Quebec, and Yukon Territory to explore relationships between Indigenous and local governments.Trade Review‘This is a fine systematic study of a ‘quiet’ process – emergence of partnerships between First Nations and local governments – which may be useful in other countries such as the US (in states with reservations) and Australia…. Highly recommended.’ -- G.A. McBeath * Choice Magazine vol 54:05:2017 *‘Alcantara and Nelles’s book is a glorious example of social and political science interacting with the law… A Quiet Evolution is a fantastic guide for anybody interested in this area of law.’ -- Thomas L. Fransoo * Saskatchewan Law Review vol 80:2017 *Table of ContentsDedication Figures Tables Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Indigenous – Local Agreements in Canada: An Analysis of Regional and Historical Trends Chapter 2: The Roots of Collective Action: A Theoretical Framework Chapter 3: Business as Usual: Sault Ste. Marie, Garden River and Batchewana Chapter 4: Strong Synergy: Village of Teslin and Teslin Tlingit Council Chapter 5: In the Loop: Village of Haines Junction and Champagne and Aishihik First Nations Chapter 6: Agreement Centred: Regional Municipality of Les Basques and Malécite de Viger First Nations Conclusion Bibliography Notes
£20.69
University of Toronto Press Assisted Reproduction Policy in Canada
Book SynopsisThe world has undergone a revolution in assisted reproduction, as processes such as in vitro fertilization, embryonic screening, and surrogacy have become commonplace. Yet when governments attempt to regulate this field, they have not always been successful. Canada is a case in point: six years after the federal government created comprehensive legislation, the Supreme Court of Canada struck it down for violating provincial authority over health. In Assisted Reproduction Policy in Canada, Dave Snow provides the first historical exploration of Canadian assisted reproduction policy, from the 1989 creation of the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies to the present day. Snow argues the federal government’s policy failure can be traced to its contradictory policy framing, which sent mixed messages about the purposes of the legislation. In light of the federal government’s diminished role, Snow examines how other institutions have made policy in thTrade Review"Assisted Reproduction Policy in Canada is meticulously researched. Dave Snow is a punchy writer. Much of political science is concerned with answering one question: ‘What drives politics?’ As Assisted Reproduction shows, it is an impulse for government over-reach, a fetish for control and regulation, and a mistaken suspicion that Canadian society is comprised of wolves and sheep." -- Holly Doan * Blacklock’s Reporter *Table of Contents1. Understanding Assisted Reproduction Policy 2. The Royal Commission On New Reproductive Technologies and the Legacy of Past Frames 3. The Assisted Human Reproduction Act Comes to Fruition 4. The Assisted Human Reproduction Act Goes to Court 5. Surrogacy and Parentage Policy in the Provinces 6. Many Actors, Many Policies: Clinical Intervention Policy in Canada 7. Making Sense of Canadian Assisted Reproduction Policy
£23.39
University of Toronto Press Unequal Benefits
Book SynopsisDrawing on research from across Canada and beyond, education policy expert Sue Winton critically analyzes policies encouraging the privatization of public education in Canada. These policies, including school choice, fundraising, fees, and international education, encourages parents and others in the private sector to take on responsibilities for education formerly provided by governments with devastating consequences for the democratic goals of public education. Unequal Benefits introduces traditional and critical approaches to policy research and explains how to conduct a critical policy analysis. Winton explains the role policy plays in supporting and challenging inequality in the pursuit of a strong democracy and the public school ideal. In these idealized education spaces, policy decisions prioritize collective needs over private interests, which are made in public by democratically elected officials, and, more importantly, every child is able to access higTable of Contents1. Educational Privatization and Public Education in Canada 2. Researching Education Privatization: Traditional and Critical Approaches 3. Funding Advantage in Public Schools 4. Securing Private Benefits 5. Taking Action Appendix A: Steps in Conducting Critical Policy Research Bibliography Index
£17.09
University of Toronto Press Toronto the Good
Book SynopsisArmed with the motto Diversity Our Strength, the City of Toronto has garnered a world-class reputation for challenging racism, largely because of how it is seen to value and include racialized groups through its diversity policies and practices. Toronto the Good? unsettles popular depictions of both diversity and the City of Toronto by attending to what diversity does in and for the City in the context of historical relations of race. Toronto the Good? brings together Shana Almeida’s critical insights as a former political staff member along with her years of in-depth research on diversity in the City of Toronto to offer a compelling case to rethink how we understand diversity and racial inclusion in the City of Toronto and beyond. Initiated in a local context, Toronto the Good? critically contributes to global discussions on diversity, race, democracy, political participation, and power.Table of Contents1. The Diversification of Diversity Toronto the Good: Critical Contexts Toronto the Good: The Research Project Organization of the Book 2. Theoretical Concepts Racialization and Race Abjection Discourse, Power, Space Belonging On Diversity Discourse, Race, Belonging, and Space 3. Being Exceptional: Moving Diversity beyond Race Embodying Progress: Equity, Inclusion, and Intersectionality Moving beyond Race in Text Not Seeing Exceptional via the “Outside” On Diversity and Racial Inclusion 4. Being Like No Other: Building Inside(r) Relations through Race Anti-racism Like No Other Diversity Like No Other Invoking the Stereotype On Being Like No Other: Final Thoughts 5. Being through Consultation Consultation, Democracy, Diversity Being through Commodification Commodification through Re-circulation Through Consultation: Final Thoughts 6. On Diversity Discourse and the Problem of Agency Toronto the Good: Critical insights On the Problem of Agency References
£17.99
University of Toronto Press Comparative Federalism
Book SynopsisIn contrast to the views current only a few years ago, when federalism as a system of government was regarded, in academic circles in North America at least, as passe and even reactionary, there is today throughout the world, and especially in Western Europe, a tremendous interest in the federal idea. It is seen as a dynamic, even revolutionary idea, and it has been seized on as the best institutional device available for assisting and promoting the integration of the Western European countries—one which offers, moreover, the best opportunities for preserving liberal, pluralistic ideals in an era of strong centralized governments. The interest in federalism and in supranational integration makes essential a definitive study of the working practice of federal law and government in those societies where federalism has been long in operation. In these stimulating and thoughtful essays Professor McWhinney brings a fresh and up-to-date view to bear on the nature of federalism, th
£15.19
University of Toronto Press Our Living Tradition
Book SynopsisAgain Carleton University’s important lecture series has produced a stimulating volume in which leading figures in the history of Canadian letters and public affairs are seen in the light of today by a group of distinguished scholars and writers.Professor J. M. Beck, Royal Military College of Canada, begins the volume with a view of Joseph Howe, the colour and dynamic "tribune of the people" who led the movement for reform and responsible government in Nova Scotia in the 1840’s. Professor Pacey, University of New Brunswick, takes a fresh look at the achievement of Sir Charles G. D. Roberts and includes in his estimate an evocative description of the university which was the heart of the literary life of Fredericton during the closing decades of the nineteenth century. M. Andre Laurendeau, editor-in-chief of Le Devoir, gives an account of Henri Bourassa, who was the founder and first editor of M. Laurendeau’s newspaper and an outstanding political f
£17.99
University of Toronto Press Our Living Tradition
Book SynopsisIn this book, distinguished scholars and writers of today discuss leading figures in the history of Canadian letters and public affairs, providing a treasury of information on Canadians of importance, and a meeting between Canada’s past and present. Robert L. McDougall begins with an essay on Thomas Chandler Haliburton, humourist, satirist, and creator of Sam Slick. J. M. S. Carless deals with George Brown, Liberal leader, and proprietor of the Toronto Globe. J. S. Tassle examines the life and work of Philippe Aubert de Gaspe, seigneur, lawyer, and author of the first French-Canadian prose classic, Les Anciens Canadiens, which he created when in his seventies. A.J.M. Smith, himself a poet, supports his opinion of Duncan Campbell Scott as a "remarkable, if not impeccable, poet." James A. Gibson discusses Sir Robert Borden as Leaders of the Opposition and Prime Minister, and his contributions to the theory and practice of Canadian autonomy. Ea
£27.90
University of Toronto Press The Public Servants Guide to Government in Canada
Book SynopsisThe Public Servant’s Guide to Government in Canada is a concise primer on the inner workings of government in Canada. This is a go-to resource for students, for early career public servants, and for anyone who wants to know more about how government works. Grounded in experience, the book connects core concepts in political science and public administration to the real-world practice of working in the public service. The authors provide valuable insights into the messy realities of governing and the art of diplomacy, as well as best practices for climbing the career ladder.Trade Review"The Public Servant’s Guide is skillfully written, wry and sometimes funny." -- Holly Doan * Blacklock’s Reporter, March 2, 2019 *"[This is] a book that every new and aspiring public servant should have in their learning library. Small but mighty in its 108 pages, The Public Servant’s Guide provides lots of tips, advice, and learning that would take a few years on average to accumulate." -- Alana Del Greco * IPAC Toronto *Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Purpose of The Public Servant’s Guide to Government in Canada 1 REVIEW OF CORE CONCEPTS What Is a Public Servant? Core Principles of Canadian Government The Division of Power The Main Institutions of Government Chapter Takeaways 2 THE PUBLIC SECTOR BARGAIN Government as an Organization Threats to the Public Service Bargain Guiding Principles for Public Servants Chapter Takeaways 3 THE POLITICS OF PUBLIC POLICY What Is Public Policy? The Public Policy Cycle Public Policy Lenses Chapter Takeaways 4 THE POLITICS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Accountability Centralization of Power Public Administration Is Political The Merit Principle The Structure and Machinery of Government Chapter Takeaways 5 THE ART OF NAVIGATING LIFE IN GOVERNMENT Political Acumen Knowledge of Power Situational Awareness Soft Skills Ethics of Public Service Chapter Takeaways 6 ROLES AND COMPETENCIES OF A PUBLIC SERVANT Roles and Occupations in the Public Service Building Competencies Relational and Experiential Learning Chapter Takeaways 7 ACHIEVING YOUR CAREER GOALS Finding Purpose in a Public Service Career Finding Balance in a Public Service Career Finding Community in a Public Service Career Chapter Takeaways Glossary of Terms References About the Authors Index
£17.99
Cornell University Press Science Interrupted
Book SynopsisScience Interrupted examines how scientists in China pursue environmental sustainability within the constraints of domestic and international bureaucracies. Timothy G. McLellan offers a theoretical framework for analyzing the formal procedural work of Chinese bureaucracywork that is overlooked when China scholars restrict their gaze to the informal and interpersonal channels through which bureaucracy is often navigated. Homing in on an agroforestry research organization in southwest China, the author takes the experiences of the organization''s staff in navigating diverse international funding regimes and authoritarian state institutions as entry points for understanding the pervasiveness of bureaucracy in contemporary science. He asks: What if we take the tools, sensibilities, and practices of bureaucracies seriously not only as objects of critique but as resources for re-thinking scientific practice? Extending a mode of anthropological research i
£999.99
Cornell University Press Science Interrupted
Book SynopsisScience Interrupted examines how scientists in China pursue environmental sustainability within the constraints of domestic and international bureaucracies. Timothy G. McLellan offers a theoretical framework for analyzing the formal procedural work of Chinese bureaucracywork that is overlooked when China scholars restrict their gaze to the informal and interpersonal channels through which bureaucracy is often navigated. Homing in on an agroforestry research organization in southwest China, the author takes the experiences of the organization''s staff in navigating diverse international funding regimes and authoritarian state institutions as entry points for understanding the pervasiveness of bureaucracy in contemporary science. He asks: What if we take the tools, sensibilities, and practices of bureaucracies seriously not only as objects of critique but as resources for re-thinking scientific practice? Extending a mode of anthropological research i
£18.89
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Social Policy: A Critical and Intersectional
Book SynopsisWelfare states face profound challenges. Widening economic and social inequalities have been intensified by austerity politics, sharpened by the rise in ethno-nationalism and exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, recent decades have seen a resurgence of social justice activism at both the local and the transnational level. Yet the transformative power of feminist, anti-racist and postcolonial/decolonial thinking has become relatively marginal to core social policy theory, while other critical approaches – around disability, sexuality, migration, age and the environment – have found recognition only selectively. This book provides a much needed new analysis of this complex landscape, drawing together critical approaches in social policy with intersectionality and political economy. Fiona Williams contextualizes contemporary social policies not only in the global crisis of finance capitalism but also in the interconnected global crises of care, ecology and racialized borders. These shape and are shaped at national scale by the intersecting dynamics of family, nation, work and nature. Through critical assessment of these realities, the book probes the ethical, prefigurative and transformative possibilities for a future welfare commons. This significant intervention will animate social policy thinking, teaching and research. It will be essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the complexities of social policy for the years ahead.Trade ReviewJoint Winner of the 2023 Peter Townsend Prize of the British Academy‘Fiona Williams has been a vital force in developing critical approaches to social policy. This book brilliantly consolidates and advances our thinking about welfare and welfare states – and does so in a typically subtle and stimulating way. A must-read!’John Clarke, Emeritus Professor, The Open University ‘Breathtaking in its scope, Social Policy sets a challenging analytical and ethical agenda for social policy as a discipline and a praxis. And it contains important messages for all who seek to “build back better” from COVID-19.’Ruth Lister, Member of the House of Lords and Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, Loughborough University‘Social Policy successfully marries critical and intersectional approaches to reveal the multiplicity of socio-economic inequalities and the ways in which they interlock... The book is strongly committed to humanity, social justice and welfare and is driven by a call for a radical paradigm change in welfare principles, praxis and governance, leading to transformational improvements in people’s lives.’Judging Panel of the British Academy’s 2023 Peter Townsend PrizeTable of Contents1. Introduction PART I ORIENTATION 2. A Critical and Intersectional Approach to Social Policy 3. Intersecting Global Crises and Dynamics of Family, Nation, Work, and Nature: a framework for analysis PART II ANALYSIS 4. Un/Settling Family-Nation-Work-Nature: from austerity to pandemic 5. The Social Relations of Welfare: subjects, agents, activists 6. Intersections in the Transnational, Social and Political Economy of Care PART III PRAXIS 7. Towards an Eco-Welfare Commons: intersections of political ethics and prefigurative practices 8. Conclusion: multi-dimensional thinking for social policy Appendix I Elaborating Family-Nation-Work-Nature and Welfare Appendix II Situating the Author within Social Policy
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Superstates: Empires of the Twenty-First Century
Book SynopsisIn this century, the world will conduct an extraordinary experiment in government. In 2050, forty percent of the planet's population will live in just four places: India, China, the European Union, and the United States. These are superstates – polities that are distinguished from normal countries by expansiveness, population, diversity, and complexity. How should superstates be governed? What must their leaders do to hold these immense polities together in the face of extraordinary strains and shocks? Alasdair Roberts looks to history for answers. Superstates, he contends, wrestle with the same problems of leadership, control, and purpose that plagued empires for centuries. But they also bear heavier burdens than empires – including the obligation to improve life for ordinary people and respect human rights. One axiom of history was that empires always died. Size and complexity led to fragility, and imperial rulers improvised constantly to put off the day of reckoning. Leaders of superstates are doing the same today, pursuing radically different strategies for governing at scale that have profound implications for democracy and human rights. History shows that there are ways to govern these sprawling and diverse polities well. But this requires a different way of thinking about the art and methods of statecraft.Trade Review"Analysts focus on what the world's largest and most powerful countries can do to confront climate change, pandemics, and other dangerous threats. Roberts's Superstates flips the script and asks how these threats will affect the structure, borders, and even existence of the world’s most populous countries. Drawing from the history of empire, the book is a sobering warning of the difficulties our unprecedentedly complex 'superstates' will face to survive the next century unscathed."—Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group "A fascinating and provocative account of the governance challenges facing the rulers of today's four 'superstates,' who must grapple not only with the issues that have beset imperial rulers over the centuries, but also those arising from modern technology and culture."—Christopher Hood, University of Oxford "Superstates looks ahead at the future of governance, where more and more people will be crammed into a few massive polities. Roberts shrewdly considers the lessons from past empires and the challenges of running a modern nation state. The result is an extraordinarily accessible, insightful and challenging field guide to governance around the world in the coming decades."—Donald Moynihan, Georgetown University "Alasdair Roberts has done it again! Superstates is a provocative read built on fascinating historical and contemporary evidence that any history or political science student will enjoy."—Trent Engbers, University of Southern Indiana "In Superstates, Al Roberts makes a bold and intriguing argument that four large governmental systems are poised to dominate the twenty-first century. With a careful eye to history and a forward-leaning look to the mid-century and beyond, he explores the big themes that are destined to shape the often wild and raucous debates about the future of governance."—Donald F. Kettl, Professor Emeritus and Former Dean, University of Maryland School of Public Policy "Are Superstates governance utopias or dystopias? And are they self-denying or self-fullfilling? We, the people, want to know. This book makes us understand what to do, and even more, what not to do."—Geert Bouckaert, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute"This book is expertly informed, extensively well documented, crafted for interesting study, and importantly useful for professional and popular understanding."—International Journal of Public Administration "Empires are supposed to be a thing of the past, yet in some ways the empires we knew are still with us. The largest states in the world have the scale of empires but, Roberts suggests, they are a new breed . . . Roberts is sceptical that his four superstates will all exist in their present form in a hundred years’ time."—London Review of Books"With a groundbreaking twist in thinking about the art and methods of statecraft, Roberts considers the decisions leaders must make to devise and redevise strategies for governance at such a grand scale."—Politics Today"Superstates finds a nice balance between academic curiosity and practical utility and overcomes the limitations of comparative political definitions to identify real challenges shared across four distinct political structures. It is a useful framework for looking at what will be a very dynamic period of both domestic and international politics."—The Diplomatic Courier"Superstates is engaging, lucid, judicious, well documented, and highly accessible. For those interested in, or troubled by, the abiding dilemmas of contemporary government and governing, whether as researchers, students, and practitioners, Superstates will serve as an invaluable resource."—International Review of Public Administration"The book serves as an invaluable resource for researchers, students and practitioners grappling with the enduring dilemmas of contemporary government. Readers will find his discussion to be eloquent, perceptive and enlightening."—Global Public Policy and Governance"Superstates offers clever insights about the conduct of public administration. . . . It also makes important connections between tactical issues of public administration and the longer-term implications for its nature and structure."—Policy OptionsTable of ContentsAbout the Author 1. The Experiment 2. Empires Always Die 3. Are Superstates More Durable? 4. The United States: An Old Hazard Returns 5. India: The Centralizing Reflex 6. China: Authoritarian Dilemmas 7. The European Union: Cohesion without Coercion 8. The COVID Test 9. How to Rule a Superstate Acknowledgments Notes
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Superstates: Empires of the Twenty-First Century
Book SynopsisIn this century, the world will conduct an extraordinary experiment in government. In 2050, forty percent of the planet's population will live in just four places: India, China, the European Union, and the United States. These are superstates – polities that are distinguished from normal countries by expansiveness, population, diversity, and complexity. How should superstates be governed? What must their leaders do to hold these immense polities together in the face of extraordinary strains and shocks? Alasdair Roberts looks to history for answers. Superstates, he contends, wrestle with the same problems of leadership, control, and purpose that plagued empires for centuries. But they also bear heavier burdens than empires – including the obligation to improve life for ordinary people and respect human rights. One axiom of history was that empires always died. Size and complexity led to fragility, and imperial rulers improvised constantly to put off the day of reckoning. Leaders of superstates are doing the same today, pursuing radically different strategies for governing at scale that have profound implications for democracy and human rights. History shows that there are ways to govern these sprawling and diverse polities well. But this requires a different way of thinking about the art and methods of statecraft.Trade Review"Analysts focus on what the world's largest and most powerful countries can do to confront climate change, pandemics, and other dangerous threats. Roberts's Superstates flips the script and asks how these threats will affect the structure, borders, and even existence of the world’s most populous countries. Drawing from the history of empire, the book is a sobering warning of the difficulties our unprecedentedly complex 'superstates' will face to survive the next century unscathed."—Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group "A fascinating and provocative account of the governance challenges facing the rulers of today's four 'superstates,' who must grapple not only with the issues that have beset imperial rulers over the centuries, but also those arising from modern technology and culture."—Christopher Hood, University of Oxford "Superstates looks ahead at the future of governance, where more and more people will be crammed into a few massive polities. Roberts shrewdly considers the lessons from past empires and the challenges of running a modern nation state. The result is an extraordinarily accessible, insightful and challenging field guide to governance around the world in the coming decades."—Donald Moynihan, Georgetown University "Alasdair Roberts has done it again! Superstates is a provocative read built on fascinating historical and contemporary evidence that any history or political science student will enjoy."—Trent Engbers, University of Southern Indiana "In Superstates, Al Roberts makes a bold and intriguing argument that four large governmental systems are poised to dominate the twenty-first century. With a careful eye to history and a forward-leaning look to the mid-century and beyond, he explores the big themes that are destined to shape the often wild and raucous debates about the future of governance."—Donald F. Kettl, Professor Emeritus and Former Dean, University of Maryland School of Public Policy "Are Superstates governance utopias or dystopias? And are they self-denying or self-fullfilling? We, the people, want to know. This book makes us understand what to do, and even more, what not to do."—Geert Bouckaert, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute"This book is expertly informed, extensively well documented, crafted for interesting study, and importantly useful for professional and popular understanding."—International Journal of Public Administration "Empires are supposed to be a thing of the past, yet in some ways the empires we knew are still with us. The largest states in the world have the scale of empires but, Roberts suggests, they are a new breed . . . Roberts is sceptical that his four superstates will all exist in their present form in a hundred years’ time."—London Review of Books"With a groundbreaking twist in thinking about the art and methods of statecraft, Roberts considers the decisions leaders must make to devise and redevise strategies for governance at such a grand scale."—Politics Today"Superstates finds a nice balance between academic curiosity and practical utility and overcomes the limitations of comparative political definitions to identify real challenges shared across four distinct political structures. It is a useful framework for looking at what will be a very dynamic period of both domestic and international politics."—The Diplomatic Courier"Superstates is engaging, lucid, judicious, well documented, and highly accessible. For those interested in, or troubled by, the abiding dilemmas of contemporary government and governing, whether as researchers, students, and practitioners, Superstates will serve as an invaluable resource."—International Review of Public Administration"The book serves as an invaluable resource for researchers, students and practitioners grappling with the enduring dilemmas of contemporary government. Readers will find his discussion to be eloquent, perceptive and enlightening."—Global Public Policy and Governance"Superstates offers clever insights about the conduct of public administration. . . . It also makes important connections between tactical issues of public administration and the longer-term implications for its nature and structure."—Policy OptionsTable of ContentsAbout the Author 1. The Experiment 2. Empires Always Die 3. Are Superstates More Durable? 4. The United States: An Old Hazard Returns 5. India: The Centralizing Reflex 6. China: Authoritarian Dilemmas 7. The European Union: Cohesion without Coercion 8. The COVID Test 9. How to Rule a Superstate Acknowledgments Notes
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Bristol University Press The New Technocracy
Book SynopsisThe rise of populist parties and movements across the Western hemisphere and their contempt for ‘experts’ has shocked the establishment. This book examines how the ‘post-industrial’ technocratic regime of the 1980’s – of managerialism, depoliticisation and the politics of expertise – sowed the seeds for the backlash against the political elites that is visible todayTable of ContentsRediscovering Technocracy Technocratic Revolutions. From Industrial to Post-industrial Technocracy Who are the Technocrats? From the Technostructure to Technocratic Government The Technocratic Regime. Technocracy vs. Bureaucracy vs. Democracy Technocratic Organization. The Power of Networks Technocratic Regulation. Coping with Risk and Uncertainty Technocratic Calculation. Economy, Evidence and Experiments New Populism vs. New Technocracy Reining Technocracy Back In?
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Bristol University Press The New Technocracy
Book SynopsisThe rise of populist parties and movements across the Western hemisphere and their contempt for ‘experts’ has shocked the establishment. This book examines how the ‘post-industrial’ technocratic regime of the 1980’s – of managerialism, depoliticisation and the politics of expertise – sowed the seeds for the backlash against the political elites that is visible todayTable of ContentsRediscovering Technocracy Technocratic Revolutions. From Industrial to Post-industrial Technocracy Who are the Technocrats? From the Technostructure to Technocratic Government The Technocratic Regime. Technocracy vs. Bureaucracy vs. Democracy Technocratic Organization. The Power of Networks Technocratic Regulation. Coping with Risk and Uncertainty Technocratic Calculation. Economy, Evidence and Experiments New Populism vs. New Technocracy Reining Technocracy Back In?
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Bristol University Press It’s the Government, Stupid: How Governments
Book SynopsisGovernments have developed a convenient habit of blaming social problems on their citizens, placing too much emphasis on personal responsibility and pursuing policies to ‘nudge’ their citizens to better behaviour. Keith Dowding shows that, in fact, responsibility for many of our biggest social crises – including homelessness, gun crime, obesity, drug addiction and problem gambling – should be laid at the feet of politicians. He calls for us to stop scapegoating fellow citizens and to demand more from our governments, who have the real power and responsibility to alleviate social problems and bring about lasting change.Table of ContentsResponsibility; Gun Crime; Obesity; Homelessness; Problem Gambling; Recreational Drugs Policy; Government Responsibility.
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Bristol University Press It’s the Government, Stupid: How Governments
Book SynopsisGovernments have developed a convenient habit of blaming social problems on their citizens, placing too much emphasis on personal responsibility and pursuing policies to ‘nudge’ their citizens to better behaviour. Keith Dowding shows that, in fact, responsibility for many of our biggest social crises – including homelessness, gun crime, obesity, drug addiction and problem gambling – should be laid at the feet of politicians. He calls for us to stop scapegoating fellow citizens and to demand more from our governments, who have the real power and responsibility to alleviate social problems and bring about lasting change.Table of ContentsResponsibility; Gun Crime; Obesity; Homelessness; Problem Gambling; Recreational Drugs Policy; Government Responsibility.
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Bristol University Press Working in the Context of Austerity: Challenges
Book SynopsisAusterity was presented as the antidote to sluggish economies, but it has had far-reaching effects on jobs and employment conditions. With an international team of editors and authors from Europe, North America and Australia, this illuminating collection goes beyond a sole focus on public sector work and uniquely covers the impact of austerity on work across the private, public and voluntary spheres. Drawing on a range of perspectives, the book engages with the major debates surrounding austerity and neoliberalism, providing grounded analysis of the everyday experience of work and employment.Table of ContentsPART I: Introduction Understanding Austerity: Its Reach and Presence in the Changing Context of Work and Employment ~ Donna Baines and Ian Cunningham PART II: Trends and Themes The Age of Increased Precarious Employment: Origins and Implications ~ Wayne Lewchuk Stepping Stone or Dead End? The Ambiguities of Platform-Mediated Domestic Work under Conditions of Austerity. Comparative Landscapes of Austerity and the Gig Economy: New York and Berlin ~ Niels van Doorn Trends in Collective Bargaining, Wage Stagnation and Income Inequality under Austerity ~ Ian Cunningham and Philip James Privatization, Hybridization and Resistance in Contemporary Care Work ~ Pat Armstrong and Donna Baines PART III: Case Studies of Austerity in the Private, Public and Nonprofit Sectors Non-Citizenship at Work: Labour Flexibility Behind the Counter in Western Canada ~ Geraldina Polanco What We Talk About When We Talk About Austerity: Social Policy, Public Management and Politics of Eldercare Funding in Canada and China ~ Kendra Strauss and Feng Xu Public Sector Reform and Work Restructuring for Firefighters in Scotland ~ Eva Jendro and Dora Scholarios Austerity, Personalized Funding and the Degradation of Care Work: Comparing Scotland’s Self-Directed Support Policy and Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme ~ Donna Baines and Doug Young The Rise of Managerialism in the US: Whither Worker Control? ~ Mimi Abramovitz and Jennifer Zelnick Austerity and the Irish Non-Profit Voluntary and Community Sector ~ Pauric O’Rourke PART IV: Alternatives and Resistance ‘The most striking progressive achievement in labor and employment policy’? The Scottish Living Wage in Social Care during Austerity ~ Alina M. Baluch Legislation: A Double-Edged Sword in Union Resistance to Zero-Hours Work – The Case of Ireland ~ Juliette MacMahon, Lorraine Ryan, Michelle O’Sullivan, Jonathan Lavelle, Caroline Murphy, Mike O’Brien, Tom Turner and Patrick Gunnigle Moral Projects and Compromise Resistance: Resisting Uncaring in Non-Profit Care Work ~ Donna Baines Austerity, Resistance and the Labour Movement ~ Helen Blakely and Steve Davies Afterword: Final Word and the Path Forward – Is the Myth of Austerity Giving Way to Myth of the Robots Taking the Jobs? ~ Jill Rubery
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Bristol University Press Outsourcing in the UK: Policies, Practices and
Book SynopsisIn this comprehensive account, Janice Morphet analyses the role and use of outsourcing within the UK public sector since the mid-1970s. Morphet examines the many drivers for the use of outsourcing in the public sector, including international agreements, new public management, performativity and austerity. She also takes in to account the role and failures of the private sector and its response to the opening up of public sector competition. By investigating the way that outsourcing has been used in different service sectors and across scales, the book illustrates the impact it has had on ideology, policy narratives and public expectations in the present.Table of ContentsIntroduction The Legal Basis for Competition in Public Services Competition in Utilities Preparing to Outsource Government Services Local Government: Compulsory Competition and Best Value Creating the Public Services Market Outsourcing Central Government Services Liberalising Health Services and Functions Outsourcing in Education The Third Sector and Social Value Taking Back Service Delivery Conclusions
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Bristol University Press The Political Formulation of Policy Solutions:
Book SynopsisIn this book, an international group of public policy scholars revisit the stage of formulating policy solutions by investigating the basic political dimensions inherent to this critical phase of the policy process. The book focuses attention on how policy makers craft their policy proposals, match them with public problems, debate their feasibility to build coalitions and dispute their acceptability as serious contenders for government consideration. Based on international case studies, this book is an invitation to examine the uncertain and often indeterminate aspects of policy-making using qualitative analysis embedded in a political perspective.Table of Contents1. Introduction - Policy Formulation: A Political Perspective – Phillipe Zittoun, Frank Fischer and Nikolaos Zahariadis 2. Upcycling a Trashed Policy Solution? Argumentative Couplings for Solution Definition and Deconstruction in German Pension Policy – Sonja Blum 3. Binding and Unbinding Problem-Solution Associations in US Agricultural Policy Making: the Introduction and Demise of Direct Payments to Farmers – Gerry Alons 4. The Role of Expert Reporting in Binding Together Policy Problem and Solution Definition Processes – Magalie Bourblanc, Gabrielle Bouleau, Philippe Deuffic 5. Coalitions and Values in the Flow of Policy Solutions – Nikolaos Zahariadis 6. The Marks of Ownership: The Promotion of Carbon Capture and Storage in France – Sebastien Chailleux 7. Anticipating Public Approval in the Binding of Immigrant Integration Problems and Solutions – Van Breugel 8. Discourse Coalitions and the Messiness of Policy Solutions: College Governance in Nevada – Magdalena Martinez 9. Policy Solution Ownership: Road Space Re-allocation as New Approach to Urban Mobility – Charlotte Halpern
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Bristol University Press Between Realism and Revolt: Governing Cities in
Book SynopsisLeading governance theorist Jonathan S. Davies develops a rich comparative analysis of austerity governance and resistance in eight cities, to establish a conjunctural perspective on the rolling crises of neoliberal globalism. Drawing on a major international study of eight cities, Davies employs Gramscian regime analysis to consider the consolidation, weakening and transformation of urban governance regimes through the age of austerity. He explores how urban governance shapes variations in austere neoliberalism, tackling themes including collaboration, dominance, resistance and counter-hegemony. The book is a significant addition to thinking about how the era of austerity politics influences urban governance today, and the potential for alternative urban futures.Table of ContentsStudying Urban Political (Dis)Orders Dynamics of Crisis, Neoliberalisation and Austerity Austerity and State Rescaling Consolidating Neoliberal Austerity Regimes Regime Divergence and the Limits of Austere Neoliberalism Resisting Austerity: Resonant Solidarities and Small Wins The ‘Activity of Ruling Groups’: Containment, De-mobilisation and Fragmentation Reading the Conjuncture: (Dis)Ordering Dynamics in the Crises of Neoliberal Globalism Afterword: Into the Pandemic
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Bristol University Press Understanding Affordability: The Economics of
Book SynopsisFor many younger and lower-income people, housing affordability continues to worsen. Based on the academic research of two distinguished housing economists – and stimulated by working with governments across the world - this wide-ranging book sets out clear theoretical and empirical frameworks to tackle one of today’s most important socio-economic issues. Housing unaffordability arises from complex forces and a prerequisite to effective policy is understanding the causes of rising house prices and rents and the interactions between housing, housing finance and the macroeconomy. The authors challenge many of the conventional wisdoms in housing policy and offer innovative recommendations to improve affordability.Table of ContentsCrisis, What Crisis? Is Housing Really Unaffordable? What Factors Determine Changes in House Prices and Rents? Influences on Household Formation and Tenure Rental Affordability What Determines the Number of New Homes Built? Housing Demand, Financial Markets and Taxation Housing, Affordability and the Macroeconomy Planning and the Assessment of Housing Need and Demand Raising the Level of Provate Housing Construction Subsidizing the Supply of Rental Housing Subsidizing the Housing Costs of Lower-Income Tenants Increasing Home Ownership Where Do We Go from Here?
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Bristol University Press Rethinking Governance in Public Service
Book SynopsisCompelling and robust, this book provides an analysis of challenges in public service outsourcing and considers how to avoid failure in the future. Examining how barriers to implementing this idea within the existing EU and UK legal frameworks may be addressed, the book formulates actionable policy proposals.
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Bristol University Press Politics and Policy Making in the UK
Book SynopsisOver the past decade, the UK has experienced major policy and policy making change. This text examines this shifting political and policy landscape while also highlighting the features of UK politics that have endured. Written by Paul Cairney and Sean Kippin, leading voices in UK public policy and politics, the book combines a focus on policy making theories and concepts with the exploration of key themes and events in UK politics, including: • developing social policy in a post-pandemic world; • governing post-Brexit; and • the centrality of environmental policy. The book equips students with a robust and up-to-date understanding of UK public policy and enables them to locate this within a broader theoretical framework.Table of ContentsPreface: How To Analyse UK Policy Making 1. Introducing UK Politics and Policy Making 2. Perspectives on Policy and Policy Making 3. Explaining UK Politics and Policy Making 4. The Transformation of the UK State 5. What Does State Transformation Tell Us About the UK Policy Process? 6. Crises and Policy Making: The UK Response to COVID-19 7. Constitutional Policy: Brexit 8. Environmental Policy: Climate Change and Sustainability 9. Economic Policy: Austerity 10. Social Policy: Inequalities, Racism, and Protest 11. Foreign Policy: The War on Terror 12. Conclusion References
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Bristol University Press Employer Engagement: Making Active Labour Market
Book Synopsis•Addresses a gap in the literature by bringing human resource management into dialogue with public policy •Combines rigorous academic research with practitioner case studiesTable of Contents1 Introduction: Why Is Employer Engagement Important? Jo Ingold and Patrick McGurk PART I The Macro Level: Political Economy and Policies 2 Varieties of Policy Approaches to Employer Engagement in Activation Policies Thomas Bredgaard, Jo Ingold and Rik Van Berkel 3 Political Economy of the Inclusive Labour Market Revisited: Welfare through Work in Denmark David Etherington and Martin Jones 4 Skills, Apprenticeships and Diversity: Employer Engagement With Further and Higher Education Patrick McGurk and Omolola Olaleye 5 Practice Case Study: Programme Commissioning and Co-Opetition in the UK and Australia Orla Baker, Jo Ingold, Emma Crichton and Tony Carr PART II The Meso Level: Programmes and Actors 6 the Weakest Link? Job Quality and Active Labour Market Policy in the UK Anne Green and Paul Sissons 7 Opening the Black Box of Promoting Employer Engagement at the Street Level of Employment Services Tanja Dall, Flemming Larsen and Mikkel Bo Madsen 8 Active Labour Market Programmes and Employer Engagement in the UK and Germany Jay Wiggan and Matthias Knuth 9 Practice Case Study: Reconnecting Employee and Employer Engagement Through Continuous Improvement of Policy Andrew Hamilton PART III The Micro Level: Workplaces and Their Contexts 10 Who Are the Engaged Employers? Strategic Entry-Level Resourcing in Low-Wage Sectors Patrick McGurk and Richard Meredith 11 HRM and Social Security: It Takes Two To Create a Transitional Labour Market Irmgard Borghouts and Charissa Freese 12 Conditions, Processes and Pressures Promoting Inclusive Organisations Jeffrey Moore and William Hanson 13 Practice Case Study: Sephora’s Journey to an Inclusive Workplace and the ‘Let Us Belong’ Philosophy William Hanson, Jeffrey Moore and Tom Gustafson 14 Conclusion: Making Active Labour Market Policies Work Patrick McGurk and Jo Ingold
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Bristol University Press Democratizing Science: The Political Roots of the
Book SynopsisPublic trust in the scientific community is under extraordinary pressure. Crucial areas of human activity and public policy, such as education, universities, climate and health care are influenced by populist political strategies rather than evidence-based solutions. Moreover, data-driven methods are becoming increasingly subject to delegitimization. This book examines potential remedies for improving public trust and the legitimacy of science. It reviews different policy approaches adopted by governments to incentivize the empowerment of stakeholders through co-production arrangements, participatory mechanisms, public engagement and interaction between citizens and researchers. Offering an original analysis of the political roots of the governmental impact and engagement agenda, this book sheds much-needed light on the wider connections to democracy.Table of ContentsChapter 1 - Introduction: Science and Democracy A crisis of public trust in science Knowledge systems in a populist era Overview of the book Chapter 2 - Public Engagement: Concept, Practice and Rhetoric Public engagement: a slippery concept Conclusions Chapter 3 - The Entrepreneurial State The New Public Management A critique of New Public Management The case of the adoption of New Public Management in the 1990s in Italy Citizens' Charter of Education Conclusions Chapter 4 - The Engaged State: Bringing Citizens In Citizen science Collaborative governance in the new millennium and citizens as co-producers The ecological citizen Youth public engagement with sustainability Conclusions Chapter 5 - Working with Schools and the Case of Ecological Citizenship Education for sustainable development in Italy Adoption of mandatory civic education in schools Operational concerns from the street level Discussion and analysis Conclusions Chapter 6 - Universities and Civic Engagement The 'old' universities and their social embeddedness The 'new' entrepreneurial university Higher education landscape reforms: the marketization agenda The 'engaged' university Public universities at a crossroads Conclusions Chapter 7 - Rethinking the Public Scientist Citizen science Public engagement: the concept Public engagement: the contradictions Public engagement: the benign rhetoric
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Bristol University Press Radical Municipalism The Politics of the Common and the Democratization of Public Services
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press Transnational Canadas: Anglo-Canadian Literature and Globalization
Book SynopsisTransnational Canadas marks the first sustained inquiry into the relationship between globalization and Canadian literature written in English. Tracking developments in the literature and its study from the centennial period to the present, it shows how current work in transnational studies can provide new insights for researchers and students. Arguing first that the dichotomy of Canadian nationalism and globalization is no longer valid in today's economic climate, Transnational Canadas explores the legacy of leftist nationalism in Canadian literature. It examines the interventions of multicultural writing in the 1980s and 1990s, investigating the cultural politics of the period and how they increasingly became part of Canada's state structure. Under globalization, the book concludes, we need to understand new forms of subjectivity and mobility as sites for cultural politics and look beyond received notions of belonging and being. An original contribution to the study of Canadian literature, Transnational Canadas seeks to invigorate discussion by challenging students and researchers to understand the national and the global simultaneously, to look at the politics of identity beyond the rubric of multiculturalism, and to rethink the slippery notion of the political for the contemporary era.Trade Review"In presenting transnational Canadas as a process, and a practice, Dobson enacts an ethics of reading that accounts for not only the texts of CanLit but also the contexts in which they are produced, circulated, and consumed, read and re-read, by academic and non-academic readers alike." - Gillian Roberts, University of Nottingham, British Journal of Canadian Studies, Volume 23 (Number 2), 2010``Dobson moves deftly between textual and contextual analysis: in approaching established, canonical texts, he examines both their canonicity and the form and content of the works themselves; in his study of more recent work, his attention to the implications of such phenomena as the Giller Prize persuasively argues that we must consider Canadian literature within its economic context, given the function of books as 'cultural commodities that participate in the logic of capital'.'' -- Gillian Roberts, University of Notthingham -- British Journal of Canadian Studies, 23.2, 201012``Arguing from the premise that `writing in Canada has become transnational,' Dobson (Mount Royal College, Canada) ponders `questions of belonging and subjectivity in the world of global capitalism.' He begins in the 1960s and 1970s with the exclusive, anti-American nationalism of Margaret Atwood's Surfacing and Survival, Dennis Lee's Civil Elegies, and the messianically weak proto-postmodernsim of Leonard Cohen's Beautiful Losers. Even more polemically, he reads the multiculturalism of the 1980s event in Joy Kagawa's Obasan amd Michael Ondaatje's In the Skin of the Lion to be problematic, confused, and ultimately co-opted by the dominant state discourse they superficially appear to challenge; Jeanette Armstrong's Slash, Dobson argues, remains that decade's most coherent and cogent challenge to the legacy of colonialism. Attempting to construct a `transnational theory' at the intersections of Marxism, deconstruction, postcolonialism, and indigenous thinking in the current decade, Dobson discovers in Roy Miki's Surrender and Dionne Brand's What We All Long For writing that successfully articulates `new subjectivities' emerging under transnationalism, although he points out that the awarding of a recent Giller Prize to Vincent Lam's Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures shows the power and persistence of the market forces that have turned `mainstream multiculturalism' into `commodification of difference.'.... Recommended.'' -- D.R. McCarthy, Huron University College -- CHOICE, April 2010, 201004``Transnational Canadas is the first book-length consideration of transnationalism's effects on the production of Canadian literature, on critical responses to it and, in a more general sense, on the political and social climate of the country as we consider issues of identity and belonging. As such, the book is significant and welcome. Broad in scale, it is an excellent survey of changing approaches to the idea of a national literature in the last fifty years.... Dobson balances theoretical discussion with readings of key Canadian texts, highlighting the debates these texts have provoked throughout their critical reception.... Throughout, Dobson's voice is assured, clear and often wryly funny.... Transnational Canadas is both an excellent history of political movements within the Canadian literary and cultural scene, and a foundational text itself, one which will be integral to scholarship going forward.'' -- Susanne Marshall, Dalhousie University -- The Dalhousie Review, Spring 2010, 201007``Kit Dobson likes to dive into cultural theory at the deep end.... Transnational Canadas is sophisticated, engrossing.'' -- Jon Kertzer -- University of Toronto Quarterly, Volume 81, number 3, Summer 2012, 201211Table of ContentsTable of Contents for Transnational Canadas: Anglo-Canadian Literature and Globalization by Kit Dobson Introduction: Globalization and Canadian Literature PART ONE: Reconstructing the Politics of Canadian Nationalism Introduction to Part One Chapter One: Spectres of Derrida and Theoryâs Legacy Chapter Two: Ambiguous Resistance in Margaret Atwoodâs Surfacing Chapter Three: Nationalism and the Void in Dennis Leeâs Civil Elegies Chapter Four: Leonard Cohenâs Beautiful Losers and the Crisis of Canadian Modernity Conclusion to Part One PART TWO: Indigeneity and the Rise of Canadian Multiculturalism Introduction to Part Two Chapter Five: Critique of Spivakian Reason and Canadian Postcolonialisms Chapter Six: Multiculturalism and Reconciliation in Joy Kogawaâs Obasan Chapter Seven: Multicultural Postmodernities in Michael Ondaatjeâs In the Skin of a Lion Chapter Eight: Dismissing Canada in Jeannette Armstrongâs Slash Conclusion to Part Two PART THREE: Canada in the World Introduction to Part Three Chapter Nine: Transnational Multitudes Chapter Ten: Mainstreaming Multiculturalism? The Giller Prize Chapter Eleven: Global Subjectivities in Roy Mikiâs Surrender Chapter Twelve: Writing Past Belonging in Dionne Brandâs What We All Long For Conclusion to Part Three Conclusion: Transnational Canadas Bibliography Index
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press Scandalous Bodies: Diasporic Literature in
Book SynopsisScandalous Bodies is an impassioned scholarly study both of literature by diasporic writers and of the contexts within which it is produced. It explores topics ranging from the Canadian government's multiculturalism policy to media representations of so-called minority groups, from the relationship between realist fiction and history to postmodern constructions of ethnicity, from the multicultural theory of the philosopher Charles Taylor to the cultural responsibilities of diasporic critics such as Kamboureli herself. Smaro Kamboureli proposes no neat or comforting solutions to the problems she addresses. Rather than adhere to a single method of reading or make her argument follow a systematic approach, she lets the texts and the socio-cultural contexts she examines give shape to her reading. In fact, methodological issues, and the need to revisit them, become a leitmotif in the book. Theoretically rigorous and historically situated, this study also engages with close readingânot the kind that views a text as a sovereign world, but one that opens the text in order to reveal the method of its making. Her practice of what she calls negative pedagogyâa self-reflexive method of learning and unlearning, of decoding the means through which knowledge is producedâallows her to avoid the pitfalls of constructing a narrative of progress. Her critique of Canadian multiculturalism as a policy that advocates what she calls "sedative politics" and of the epistemologies of ethnicity that have shaped, for example, the first wave of ethnic anthologies in Canada are the backdrop against which she examines the various discourses that inform the diasporic experience in Canada. Scandalous Bodies was first published in 2000 and received the Gabrielle Roy Prize for Canadian Criticism.Table of ContentsTable of Contents for Scandalous Bodies: Diasporic Literature in English Canada by Smaro Kamboureli Foreword | Imre Szeman Preface and Acknowledgements Critical Correspondences: The Diasporic Criticâs (Self-)Location One: Realism and the History of Reality: F.P. Groveâs Settlers of the Marsh Two: Sedative Politics: Media, Law, Philosophy Three: Ethnic Anthologies: From Designated Margins to Postmodern Multiculturalism Four: The Body in Joy Kogawaâs Obasan: Race, Gender, Sexuality Notes Works Cited Index
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press The Global Food Crisis: Governance Challenges and
Book SynopsisThe global food crisis is a stark reminder of the fragility of the global food system. The Global Food Crisis: Governance Challenges and Opportunities captures the debate about how to go forward and examines the implications of the crisis for food security in the world's poorest countries, both for the global environment and for the global rules and institutions that govern food and agriculture. In this volume, policy-makers and scholars assess the causes and consequences of the most recent food price volatility and examine the associated governance challenges and opportunities, including short-term emergency responses, the ecological dimensions of the crisis, and the longer-term goal of building sustainable global food systems. The recommendations include vastly increasing public investment in small-farm agriculture; reforming global food aid and food research institutions; establishing fairer international agricultural trade rules; promoting sustainable agricultural methods; placing agriculture higher on the post-Kyoto climate change agenda; revamping biofuel policies; and enhancing international agricultural policy-making. Co-published with the Centre for International Governance InnovationTrade Review``The Global Food Crisis amasses a nice set of thoughtful papers by respected authorities. Collectively, they offer useful insights on the genesis and implications of the global food crisis that began in late 2006 and exploded on the world stage in 2008. This book especially highlights underlying governance questions that are fundamental but far too often overlooked.'' -- Christopher B. Barrett, Director, African Food Security and Natural Resources Management Program, Cornell University -- 09/2009``[The] sixteen chapters [are] grouped loosely into sections on causes, immediate governance challenges and proposed solutions, longer-term solutions and problems, and strategies to promote a future sustainable food system.... [B]y including 2008 data and analysis, it is a timely addition to a collection on global food systems and security...a good complement to single-authored books on the food crisis.'' -- J.M. Deutsch, CUNY Kingsborough Community College -- CHOICE, April 2010``By focusing on issues which have been addressed insufficiently in the major international food and agricultural institutions [this book makes] a compelling case for establishing a democratic system of global governance which would ensure food security for all.'' -- D.J. Shaw -- Development Policy Review, 29 (2), 2011``The Global Food Crisis...is a timely and comprehensive study of the recent global food crisis.... The editors purposefully (and refreshingly) ensure that throughout the book all sides of the debate receive due consideration.... A distinctive asset of the book is the balance between contributions from practitioners and academics. The mix of case studies, policy report-styled summaries and theoretically inclined contributions provides insights nto the challenges of agriculture and food governance at two levels: on the ground with the practitioner and at a broader level of systemic analysis provided by scholars.... The book fills a significant void in the literature by providing a transdisciplinary contribution examining the linkages between governance institutions, modes of agricultural production, food assistance policies, biotechnology, climate change and hunger eradication. As such, the book would be of considerable interest to scholars of international political economy, global governance, environmental studies, development, health and public policy. Scholars of contemporary global governance would benefit significantly from this book as it makes a most welcome addition to the study of global governance by bringing agriculture and food to the forefront of governance debates. For far too long, agriculture and food have been pushed to the margins of global governance studies, and here this book provides a pioneering rectification.'' -- Matias E. Margulis, McMaster University -- European Journal of Risk Regulation, 1/2010``This fine collection of essays puts the food crisis into the ecological, social, political, global and institutional context that the debate so urgently needs.'' -- Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the WorldFood System -- 200909``A reader looking for a coherent set of governance principles and strategies to guide us through the food crisis will be disappointed, but the book is packed with plenty of suggestions that a reader can hoose from in deciding where to begin. This speaks to the vastness of the problem that faces the world today; it is multifaceted and intractable, with long- and short-term causes, each of which requires an adequate response. Clapp and Cohen's volume does the important job of illuminating much of the structure of this vast problem, with a few specific proposals--such as urban agriculture, reforming the Food Aid Convention, reforming U.S. biofuel policy--sprinkled in. Most importantly, the book highlights the deeper instabilities of our food system at a time when some may be lulled by the end of the 2008 crisis, with prices returning to reasonable levels for the time being. Clapp and Cohen emphasize the urgent need to begin addressing the structure of our global food system if we are to prevent another crisis and ensure food security for developing countries in the 21st century.'' -- Lisa Guo and David Rojas -- Yale Human Rights and Development L.J., Volume 13, 201010Table of ContentsTable of Contents for The Global Food Crisis: Governance Challenges and Opportunities , edited by Jennifer Clapp and Marc J. Cohen List of Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Food Crisis and Global Governance | Jennifer Clapp and Marc J. Cohen Part 1: The Causal Factors behind the Food Crisis 2. The Blame Game: Understanding Structural Causes of the Food Crisis | Anuradha Mittal 3. The 1974 and 2008 Food Price Crisis: DéjÃ-Vu? | Sue Horton 4. Responding to Food Price Volatility and Vulnerability: Considering the Global Economic Context | Jennifer Clapp 5. US Biofuels Policy and the Global Food Price Crisis: A Survey of the Issues | Kimberly Ann Elliott Part 2: Immediate Governance Challenges and Proposals: Food Aid, Trade Measures, and International Grain Reserves 6. Responding to the 2008 âFood Crisisâ: Lessons from the Evolution of the Food Aid Regime | Raymond F. Hopkins 7. Preparing for an Uncertain Global Food Supply: A New Food Assistance Convention | C. Stuart Clark 8. From Food Handouts to Integrated Food Policies | Frederic Mousseau 9: The Uses of Crisis: Progress on Implementing US Local/Regional Procurement of Food Aid | Gawain Kripke Part 3: Longer-Term Ecological Concerns and Governance Responses 10. The Impact of Climate Change on Nutrition | Cristina Tirado, Marc J. Cohen, Noora-Lisa Aberman, and Brian Thompson 11. Fossil Energy and the Biophysical Roots of the Food Crisis | Tony Weis 12. Setting the Global Dinner Table: Exploring the Limits of the Marketization of Food Security | Noah Zerbe Part 4: Strategies to Promote Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture: The Way Ahead 13. A Stronger Global Architecture for Food and Agriculture: Some Lessons from FAOâs History and Recent Evaluation | Daniel J. Gustafson and John Markie 14. Improving the Effectiveness of US Assistance in Transforming the Food Security Outlook in Sub-Saharan Africa | Emmy Simmons and Julie Howard 15. Urban Agriculture and Changing Food Markets | Mark Redwood 16. Reorienting Local and Global Food Systems: Institutional Challenges and Policy Options from the UN Agricultural Assessment | Marcia Ishii-Eiteman 17. The Governance Challenges of Improving Global Food Security | Alex McCalla Contributors Noora-Lisa Aberman is a program analyst and communications specialist in the Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division (formerly the Food Consumption and Nutrition Division) of the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, DC. Jennifer Clapp is a CIGI Chair in International Governance and a professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at the University of Waterloo. Her recent books include Paths to a Green World: The Political Economy of the Global Environment (co-authored with Peter Dauvergne, MIT Press, 2005) and Corporate Power in Global Agri-Food Governance (co-edited with Doris Fuchs, MIT Press, 2009). She is also co-editor of the journal Global Environmental Politics (MIT Press). Marc J. Cohen is a humanitarian policy researcher at Oxfam America in Washington, DC and professorial lecturer in international development at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. He previously was a research fellow in the Food Consumption and Nutrition Division of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and was the lead author of the 2008 IFPRI-FAO study Impact of Climate Change and Bioenergy on Nutrition . Kimberly Ann Elliott is a senior fellow with the Peterson Institute for International Economics and the Center for Global Development. Her most recent books include Delivering on Doha: Farm Trade and the Poor , which was co-published by CGD and PIIE in 2006 and Economic Sanctions Reconsidered (with Gary Hufbauer and Jeffrey Schott, 3rd. ed., 2007). Daniel Gustafson is the director of the FAO Liaison Office for North America. He has worked for the past thirty years on agricultural and rural development in Latin America, Africa, and Asia as well as in the United States. Previously, he was program director of the International Development Management Center at the University of Maryland. Raymond Hopkins has taught at Swarthmore College since 1967. He is the author or co-author of six books and over sixty articles. He has been a consultant to the State Department, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Food Programme, the Agency for International Development, the Canadian International Development Association, the International Food Policy Research Institute, and the World Bank. Sue Horton is a professor of Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University. She has worked in over twenty developing countries and has consulted for the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, several UN agencies, and the International Development Research Centre. She served as the associate dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science, chair of the Department of Social Science and interim dean at the University of Toronto at Scarborough, and as vice-president academic at Laurier. Julie Howard is executive director of the Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa, an independent nonprofit coalition dedicated to increasing the level and effectiveness of US assistance and private investment in Africa through research, dialogue, and advocacy. She also serves as an adjunct assistant professor of development at Michigan State University. Marcia Ishii-Eitema is a senior scientist at Pesticide Action Network North America and director of PANNAâs Sustainable Solutions Program. She previously directed PANNAâs World Bank Accountability program and was a lead author of the UN-led International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD). Prior to joining PANNA in 1996, she worked in Asia and Africa facilitating farmer-NGO collaborations on sustainable agriculture. Gawain Kripke is the director of policy and research for Oxfam America, based in Washington, DC. Prior to this position, he served as a senior policy advisor on Oxfam's Make Trade Fair campaign. He is author of numerous opinion pieces and briefing papers on trade and development issues. Before to joining Oxfam, he served as director of economic programs for the environmental organization Friends of the Earth. John Markie is an independent consultant. Previously he held positions with the United Nations Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the United Nations Evaluation Group. Alex McCalla is professor emeritus of economics at the University of California, Davis, where he served as dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, associate director of the California Agricultural Experiment Station, and founding dean of the Graduate School of Management. He also directed the Agriculture and Natural Resources Department at the World Bank, chaired the Technical Advisory Committee of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, and was a founding member and co-convenor of the International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium. Anuradha Mittal is executive director of the Oakland Institute, a progressive policy think-tank she founded in Oakland, California in 2004. She is an expert on trade, development, human rights, and agriculture issues. Mittal is the author and editor of numerous articles and books including America Needs Human Rights and The Future in the Balance: Essays on Globalization and Resistance . Previously, she was co-director of Food First Institute for Food and Development Policy. Frederic Mousseau is a senior fellow at the Oakland Institute and a food security consultant who works with international relief agencies including Action Against Hunger, Doctors Without Borders and Oxfam International. He is author of Food Aid or Food Sovereignty? Ending World Hunger in Our Time , and his work has involved the design of food security interventions in a number of countries. Mark Redwood is program leader of the Urban Poverty and Environment section of the International Development Research Centre in Ottawa, Canada. He has published numerous articles on wastewater use for agriculture and his most recent book is Agriculture in Urban Planning: Generating Livelihood and Food Security (IDRC 2008). Emmy Simmons is an independent consultant on international development issues. 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