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Michigan State University Press We Are Not Starving: The Struggle for Food
Book SynopsisThis critical text is a timely ethnography of how global powers, local resistance, and capital flows are shaping contemporary African foodways. Ghana was one of the first countries targeted by a group of US donors and agribusiness corporations that funded an ambitious plan to develop genetically modified (GM) crops for African farmers. The collective believed that GM crops would help farmers increase their yields and help spark a “new” Green Revolution on the continent. Soon after the project began in Ghana, a nationwide food sovereignty movement emerged in opposition to GM crops. Today, in spite of impressive efforts and investments by proponents, only two GM crops remain in the pipeline. Why, after years of preparation, millions of dollars of funding, and multiple policy reforms, did these megaprojects effectively come to a halt? One of the first ethnographies to take on the question of GM crops in the African context, We Are Not Starving: The Struggle for Food Sovereignty in Ghana blends archival analysis, interviews, and participant observation with Ghanaian scientists, farmers, activists, and officials. Ultimately the text aims to illuminate why GM crops have animated the country and to highlight how their introduction has opened an opportunity to air grievances about the systematic de-valuing and exploitation of African land, labor, and knowledge that have been centuries in the making.Trade Review“In this well researched, yet very approachable text, Joeva Sean Rock sheds light on the controversies surrounding the introduction of GMO crops in Ghana and the vital role that civil society and the food sovereignty movement are playing in raising critical questions about this corporate and donordriven agenda."—William G. Moseley, steering committee member of the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition
£51.28
Information Age Publishing Facilitating Collaboration in Public Management
Book SynopsisEducation, Research, Health, Social Security and other “public goods” are organised by a mix of organisations, partly publicly-funded, partly private enterprises, partly public-private partnerships. The quality of the services relies greatly on the coordination and collaboration of these specialised organisations. How can cooperative relationships be built that guarantee trustful communication, binding decisions, and productive team-work? How can collaboration and competition be balanced? What are the differences between loose-coupled networks and tightly built collaborations and which type is the best solution for which tasks? How can mergers be managed as result of such collaboration? How must organisations prepare themselves and their internal structures to engage in trans-organisational collaboration? This volume investigates the potential and challenges inherent in collaborative ventures. It is based on the authors’ rich experiences derived from consulting engagements and research projects in publicly-funded service organisations, non-profit organisations, public-private partnerships, and for-profit enterprises. The focus is on the role that management consultants can play in facilitating such collaborative ventures. Especially within the European context, this particular organisational form is becoming an increasingly common and powerful type of organisational system, and, as such, interventions that can ease and expedite their performance demand our attention and scholarship. As the authors skillfully document and illustrate, cooperative relationships and networks function according to their own underlying logic, which is typically grounded in a spirit of collaboration and negotiation. As they argue, the resulting dynamic reflects a different perspective on building interpersonal, intergroup, and inter-organisational relationships, one that is removed from historic attempts at coordination through tight hierarchical control, which, as they underscore, is often “inflexible, bureaucratic, and incapable” of achieving the level of commitment and dedication necessary for success. Collaborative ventures involve goals that must be jointly pursued, the partnerships must strive for levels commitment, involvement and motivation from their members that go well beyond those that hierarchical top-down structures typically provide. As the authors convincingly demonstrate, such high levels of collaboration do not emerge on their own. Mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships, and strategic alliances are often launched with great fanfare, only to fall well short of pre-venture expectations. To truly work in practice, collaborative relationships and networks must be deliberately formed, developed, organised, and guided. Yet, as this volume amply illustrates, the underlying process is infused with a number of tensions – from the challenge of balancing collaboration and competition, to the appropriate mix of loose-tight controls and linkages, to ensuring commitment from members to the partnership while they maintain allegiance to their primary organisation. This volume appeals to an international market. It is part of an effort to continue to learn across cultural perspectives, focusing on current thinking in the European context. The reader will become intrigued by the Austrian approach to organisational intervention, especially in the context of inter-organisational settings.
£44.96
Information Age Publishing Facilitating Collaboration in Public Management
Book SynopsisEducation, Research, Health, Social Security and other “public goods” are organised by a mix of organisations, partly publicly-funded, partly private enterprises, partly public-private partnerships. The quality of the services relies greatly on the coordination and collaboration of these specialised organisations. How can cooperative relationships be built that guarantee trustful communication, binding decisions, and productive team-work? How can collaboration and competition be balanced? What are the differences between loose-coupled networks and tightly built collaborations and which type is the best solution for which tasks? How can mergers be managed as result of such collaboration? How must organisations prepare themselves and their internal structures to engage in trans-organisational collaboration? This volume investigates the potential and challenges inherent in collaborative ventures. It is based on the authors’ rich experiences derived from consulting engagements and research projects in publicly-funded service organisations, non-profit organisations, public-private partnerships, and for-profit enterprises. The focus is on the role that management consultants can play in facilitating such collaborative ventures. Especially within the European context, this particular organisational form is becoming an increasingly common and powerful type of organisational system, and, as such, interventions that can ease and expedite their performance demand our attention and scholarship. As the authors skillfully document and illustrate, cooperative relationships and networks function according to their own underlying logic, which is typically grounded in a spirit of collaboration and negotiation. As they argue, the resulting dynamic reflects a different perspective on building interpersonal, intergroup, and inter-organisational relationships, one that is removed from historic attempts at coordination through tight hierarchical control, which, as they underscore, is often “inflexible, bureaucratic, and incapable” of achieving the level of commitment and dedication necessary for success. Collaborative ventures involve goals that must be jointly pursued, the partnerships must strive for levels commitment, involvement and motivation from their members that go well beyond those that hierarchical top-down structures typically provide. As the authors convincingly demonstrate, such high levels of collaboration do not emerge on their own. Mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships, and strategic alliances are often launched with great fanfare, only to fall well short of pre-venture expectations. To truly work in practice, collaborative relationships and networks must be deliberately formed, developed, organised, and guided. Yet, as this volume amply illustrates, the underlying process is infused with a number of tensions – from the challenge of balancing collaboration and competition, to the appropriate mix of loose-tight controls and linkages, to ensuring commitment from members to the partnership while they maintain allegiance to their primary organisation. This volume appeals to an international market. It is part of an effort to continue to learn across cultural perspectives, focusing on current thinking in the European context. The reader will become intrigued by the Austrian approach to organisational intervention, especially in the context of inter-organisational settings.
£82.80
Information Age Publishing The State Role in School Turnaround: Emerging
Book SynopsisWith chapters written by leading researchers and practitioners actively engaged in the work, this edited volume examines the role of the state education agency in school turnaround efforts. An emphasis is placed on practical application of research and best practice related to the State Education Agency’s (SEA’s) critical leadership role in driving and supporting successful school turnaround efforts.This volume is organized around the Center on School Turnaround’s four objectives, with sections devoted to each: Create a Pro-Turnaround Statutory and Regulatory Environment Administer and Manage Turnaround Efforts Effectively Provide Targeted and Timely Technical Assistance to Local Educational Agencies and Schools Advocate and Lead to Build Support for Local Turnaround Efforts
£47.45
Information Age Publishing The State Role in School Turnaround: Emerging
Book SynopsisWith chapters written by leading researchers and practitioners actively engaged in the work, this edited volume examines the role of the state education agency in school turnaround efforts. An emphasis is placed on practical application of research and best practice related to the State Education Agency’s (SEA’s) critical leadership role in driving and supporting successful school turnaround efforts.This volume is organized around the Center on School Turnaround’s four objectives, with sections devoted to each: Create a Pro-Turnaround Statutory and Regulatory Environment Administer and Manage Turnaround Efforts Effectively Provide Targeted and Timely Technical Assistance to Local Educational Agencies and Schools Advocate and Lead to Build Support for Local Turnaround Efforts
£87.40
Information Age Publishing A Chronicle of Echoes: Who's Who in the Implosion
Book SynopsisCorporate reform"" is not reform at all. Instead, it is the systematic destruction of the foundational American institution of public education. The primary motivation behind this destruction is greed. Public education in America is worth almost a trillion dollars a year.Whereas American public education is a democratic institution, its destruction is being choreographed by a few wealthy, well-positioned individuals and organizations. This book investigates and exposes the handful of people and institutions that are often working together to become the driving force behind destroying the community public school.
£37.46
Information Age Publishing A Chronicle of Echoes: Who's Who in the Implosion
Book SynopsisCorporate reform"" is not reform at all. Instead, it is the systematic destruction of the foundational American institution of public education. The primary motivation behind this destruction is greed. Public education in America is worth almost a trillion dollars a year.Whereas American public education is a democratic institution, its destruction is being choreographed by a few wealthy, well-positioned individuals and organizations. This book investigates and exposes the handful of people and institutions that are often working together to become the driving force behind destroying the community public school.
£69.00
Information Age Publishing Why did Anticorruption Policy Fail?: A Study of
Book SynopsisThis book examines the cases of implementation failure of the Indonesian Anticorruption Law 1971 of the authoritarian New Order regime, and of the Anticorruption Law 1999 of the democratic Reform Order regime. It investigates to what extent and for what reasons the implementation of these Laws failed to attain the policy objectives of eradicating corruption in the public sector under the two different political systems.The book concludes that combating corruption in a developing country undergoing political transition from an authoritarian to a democratic political system is problematic and difficult. When corruption has systematically infected and distorted the institutional structures and processes of the government, in particular the law enforcement mechanisms, implementing anticorruption laws is expected to be suboptimal and subsequently fail. To overcome this problem, the factors contributing to the policy implementation failure must be eliminated.
£49.95
Information Age Publishing Why did Anticorruption Policy Fail?: A Study of
Book SynopsisThis book examines the cases of implementation failure of the Indonesian Anticorruption Law 1971 of the authoritarian New Order regime, and of the Anticorruption Law 1999 of the democratic Reform Order regime. It investigates to what extent and for what reasons the implementation of these Laws failed to attain the policy objectives of eradicating corruption in the public sector under the two different political systems.The book concludes that combating corruption in a developing country undergoing political transition from an authoritarian to a democratic political system is problematic and difficult. When corruption has systematically infected and distorted the institutional structures and processes of the government, in particular the law enforcement mechanisms, implementing anticorruption laws is expected to be suboptimal and subsequently fail. To overcome this problem, the factors contributing to the policy implementation failure must be eliminated.
£87.40
Information Age Publishing Technologies of Government: Politics and Power in
Book SynopsisIn this book, Baez examines a series of governmental “technologies” that he believes strongly characterize our present. The technologies that he addresses in this book are information, statistics, databases, economy, and accountability. He offers arguments about the role these technologies play in contemporary politics. Specifically, Baez analyses these technologies in terms of (the sometimes oppositional) rationalities for rendering reality thinkable, and, consequently, governable. These technologies bear on the field of education, but also exceed it. So, while issues in education frame many of the arguments in this book, the book’s also has usefulness to those outside of field of education.Specifically, Baez concludes that the governmental technologies listed above all are co-opted by neoliberal rationalities rendering our lives thinkable and governable through an array of devices for the management of risk, using the model of the economy, and heavily investing in the uses of information, statistics, databases, and oversight mechanisms associated with accountability. Baez leaves readers with more questions than they might have had prior to reading the book, so that they may re-imagine their own present and future and thus their own forms of self-government.
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Information Age Publishing Technologies of Government: Politics and Power in
Book SynopsisIn this book, Baez examines a series of governmental “technologies” that he believes strongly characterize our present. The technologies that he addresses in this book are information, statistics, databases, economy, and accountability. He offers arguments about the role these technologies play in contemporary politics. Specifically, Baez analyses these technologies in terms of (the sometimes oppositional) rationalities for rendering reality thinkable, and, consequently, governable. These technologies bear on the field of education, but also exceed it. So, while issues in education frame many of the arguments in this book, the book’s also has usefulness to those outside of field of education.Specifically, Baez concludes that the governmental technologies listed above all are co-opted by neoliberal rationalities rendering our lives thinkable and governable through an array of devices for the management of risk, using the model of the economy, and heavily investing in the uses of information, statistics, databases, and oversight mechanisms associated with accountability. Baez leaves readers with more questions than they might have had prior to reading the book, so that they may re-imagine their own present and future and thus their own forms of self-government.
£82.80
University of Delaware Press The Biden School and the Engaged University of
Book SynopsisThis book reviews the history of the Joseph R. Biden, Jr. School of Public Policy and Administration from 1961 to 2021. The focus is on the school’s accomplishments over its first sixty years, how they were achieved, and why they are significant. The analysis describes the challenges and opportunities that shaped the school’s development and its emergence as one of the nation’s leading public affairs schools. What began in 1961 as an experimental program supported by a single external grant emerged six decades later as one of the nation’s leading comprehensive schools of public affairs. That transformation unfolded during one of the most dynamic periods in the history of higher education when the public purpose of universities was expanded. The history of the Biden School is a story of institutional innovation, perseverance, adaptation, and resilience.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 000 Biden School Timeline 000 Introduction 000 PART I CREATING THE DELAWARE MODEL (1961-1996) Chapter One The Division of Urban Affairs 000 Chapter Two The College of Urban Affairs and Public Policy 000 Chapter Three Policy Partnerships and The Delaware Model 000 PART II BECOMING A COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL (1997-2014) Chapter Four The School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy 000 Chapter Five The School of Public Policy and Administration 000 Chapter Six Shaping Public Policy 000 PART III PURSUING A NEW VISION (2015-2021) Chapter Seven Rising Expectations 000 Chapter Eight The Biden School 000 Chapter Nine Legacies and Possibilities 000 Selected Bibliography 000 Index 000
£25.19
Information Age Publishing Sticking Together: How Local Politicians Make
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University of Arkansas Press The Provisions of War: Expanding the Boundaries
Book SynopsisThe Provisions of War examines how soldiers, civilians, communities, and institutions have used food and its absence as both a destructive weapon and a unifying force in establishing governmental control and cultural cohesion during times of conflict. Historians as well as scholars of literature, regional studies, and religious studies problematize traditional geographic boundaries and periodization in this essay collection, analyzing various conflicts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries through a foodways lens to reveal new insights about the parameters of armed interactions.The subjects covered are as varied and inclusive as the perspectives offered—ranging from topics like military logistics and animal disease in colonial Africa, Indian vegetarian identity, and food in the counterinsurgency of the Malayan Emergency, to investigations of hunger in Egypt after World War I and American soldiers’ role in the making of US–Mexico borderlands. Taken together, the essays here demonstrate the role of food in shaping prewar political debates and postwar realities, revealing how dietary adjustments brought on by military campaigns reshape national and individual foodways and identities long after the cessation of hostilities.Table of Contents Introduction: Geography and Chronology in Food and Warfare —Justin Nordstrom I – Expanding Geographic Boundaries 1. Yankee Pigs and Dying Cattle: Military Logistics, Animal Disease, and Economic Power in the U.S. and Colonial Africa in the Nineteenth Century —Erin Stewart Mauldin 2. The Decisive Weapon? Rations and Food Supply in the Boer War of 1899–1902 —Matthew Richardson 3. Food and Anticolonialism at Gandhi’s Intentional Communities in South Africa and India —Karline McLain 4. The Making of Indian Vegetarian Identity —Mohd Ahmar Alvi 5. Hungry Empire: Manchuria and the Failed Food Autarky in Imperial Japan, 1931–41 —Jing Sun 6. “We Don’t Need Red Tape, We Need Red Meat”: A Comparative Overview of the Fight against Black-Market Meat in Australia, Canada, Great Britain, and the United States during World War II —Leslie A. Przybylek 7. Food in the Counterinsurgency of the Malayan Emergency: Security, Hawking, and Food Denial —Yvonne Tan II – Expanding Chronological Boundaries 8. “To Calm Our Rebellious Stomachs”: U.S. Soldiers’ Experience with Food during the U.S.–Mexico War —Christopher Menking 9. Food, Hunger, and Rebellion: Egypt in World War I and Its Aftermath —Christopher S. Rose 10. Tasting Recovery: Food, Disability, and the Senses in World War I American Rehabilitation —Evan P. Sullivan 11. Culinary Nationalism and Ethnic Recipe Collections during and after World War I —Carol Helstosky 12. Still Poor, Still Little, Still Hungry? The Diet and Health of Belgian Children after World War I —Nel de MÛelenaere 13. Planting Pan-Americanism: The Good Neighbor Policy and the Visual Culture of Corn, 1933–45 —Breanne Robertson 14. “Six Taels and Four Maces (Luk-Leung-SeÍ)”: Food and Wartime Hong Kong, 1938–46 —Kwong Chi Ma 15. Selling Out the Revolution for a Plate of Beans: Social Eating and Violence in Peru’s Civil Conflict of the 1980s and 1990s —Bryce Evans
£26.36
University of Arkansas Press The Provisions of War: Expanding the Boundaries
Book SynopsisThe Provisions of War examines how soldiers, civilians, communities, and institutions have used food and its absence as both a destructive weapon and a unifying force in establishing governmental control and cultural cohesion during times of conflict. Historians as well as scholars of literature, regional studies, and religious studies problematize traditional geographic boundaries and periodization in this essay collection, analyzing various conflicts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries through a foodways lens to reveal new insights about the parameters of armed interactions.The subjects covered are as varied and inclusive as the perspectives offered—ranging from topics like military logistics and animal disease in colonial Africa, Indian vegetarian identity, and food in the counterinsurgency of the Malayan Emergency, to investigations of hunger in Egypt after World War I and American soldiers’ role in the making of US–Mexico borderlands. Taken together, the essays here demonstrate the role of food in shaping prewar political debates and postwar realities, revealing how dietary adjustments brought on by military campaigns reshape national and individual foodways and identities long after the cessation of hostilities.Table of Contents Introduction: Geography and Chronology in Food and Warfare Justin Nordstrom I – Expanding Geographic Boundaries 1. Yankee Pigs and Dying Cattle: Military Logistics, Animal Disease, and Economic Power in the U.S. and Colonial Africa in the Nineteenth Century Erin Stewart Mauldin 2. The Decisive Weapon? Rations and Food Supply in the Boer War of 1899–1902 Matthew Richardson 3. Food and Anticolonialism at Gandhi’s Intentional Communities in South Africa and India Karline McLain 4. The Making of Indian Vegetarian Identity Mohd Ahmar Alvi 5. Hungry Empire: Manchuria and the Failed Food Autarky in Imperial Japan, 1931–41 Jing Sun 6. “We Don’t Need Red Tape, We Need Red Meat”: A Comparative Overview of the Fight against Black-Market Meat in Australia, Canada, Great Britain, and the United States during World War II Leslie A. Przybylek 7. Food in the Counterinsurgency of the Malayan Emergency: Security, Hawking, and Food Denial Yvonne Tan II – Expanding Chronological Boundaries 8. “To Calm Our Rebellious Stomachs”: U.S. Soldiers’ Experience with Food during the U.S.–Mexico War Christopher Menking 9. Food, Hunger, and Rebellion: Egypt in World War I and Its Aftermath Christopher S. Rose 10. Tasting Recovery: Food, Disability, and the Senses in World War I American Rehabilitation Evan P. Sullivan 11. Culinary Nationalism and Ethnic Recipe Collections during and after World War I Carol Helstosky 12. Still Poor, Still Little, Still Hungry? The Diet and Health of Belgian Children after World War I Nel de MÛelenaere 13. Planting Pan-Americanism: The Good Neighbor Policy and the Visual Culture of Corn, 1933–45 Breanne Robertson 14. “Six Taels and Four Maces (Luk-Leung-SeÍ)”: Food and Wartime Hong Kong, 1938–46 Kwong Chi Ma 15. Selling Out the Revolution for a Plate of Beans: Social Eating and Violence in Peru’s Civil Conflict of the 1980s and 1990s Bryce Evans
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Arcler Education Inc Understanding Theories and Concepts in Social
Book SynopsisThe very nature of social policy is that it poses to be very simplistic if one aspect is considered but proves to be very complex if it is looked as a whole. To understand the complex concept of social policy, we have very limited sources. Here lies the relevance of this textbook. As the name Understanding Theories and Concepts in Social Policy suggests, this book explains the concept of social policy as a whole. Humans are constantly in pursuit of improving and developing their lives. This is clearly evident as man constantly reforms the areas of education, health care, labor, criminal justice, and social care among many others. This textbook outlines the broad scope of social policy as an area of study and introduces the reader to major theories and concepts within the discipline of social policy.It critically examines theoretical approaches such as Liberalism, Marxism, Social Democracy, neo-liberalism, post-modernism etc. as well as approaches from the perspective of social movements, especially feminism. In addition to that, the book also discusses sensitive topics, which are important part of social policy, like community and citizenship, equality and social justice, needs, liberty and freedom, and challenges and future directions. The central theme of this book is to develop an understanding of the links between social policy theory, ideology, policy, and politics and practice so that readers can see the relevance to their own lives. It also explores different perspectives and visions on social policy and their implications for understanding and addressing major social problems in society. Central to the current study of social policy is the recognition that society is divided by differences such as age, gender, income, ethnicity and so forth.The writing of this textbook has been truly a collective effort. It has been benefitted and blessed from the inputs received from various field experts and laureates in various sorts of forms, from university professors and school teachers and many other forces which are not mentioned here. In writing this textbook our sincere effort has been to address the concerns raised regarding the obsolete ideologies and stereotypes against social policy by various practitioners. We have tried to collect various suggestions by the experts in this field under one roof for the convenience of the readers and students alike. Furthermore, we have given points and counterpoints on the topics discussed, to engage the students and make the chapters lot more interesting. In keeping with the general guidelines, we have tried to reduce the load and attempted to make it as comprehensible as we can for the students and readers referring to this textbook. How far we have succeeded in our efforts, is left for the students and readers of this textbook to judge. We hope that students who go through this textbook will develop a proper scientific attitude and perspective for analyzing the social policy within the world around them.We take great pleasure in placing this textbook in the hands of students, readers and teachers and also express our sincerest gratitude to all those who have provided their unstinted support in its writing and production.
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Wits University Press Governance and the postcolony: Views from Africa
Book SynopsisCivil society, NGOs, governments, and multilateral institutions all repeatedly call for improved or ‘good’ governance – yet they seem to speak past one another. Governance is in danger of losing all meaning precisely because it means many things to different people in varied locations. This is especially true in sub-Saharan Africa. Here, the postcolony takes many forms, reflecting the imperial project with painful accuracy. Offering a set of multidisciplinary analyses of governance in different sectors (crisis management, water, food security, universities), in different locales (including the African Union and specific regional contexts from West Africa, Zambia, to South Africa), and from different theoretical approaches (network to adversarial network governance, and beyond), this volume makes a useful addition to the growing debates on ‘how to govern’. It steers away from offering a ‘correct’ definition of governance, or from promoting a particular position on postcoloniality. It gives no conclusion that neatly sums up all the arguments advanced. Instead, readers are invited to draw their own conclusions based on these differing approaches to and analyses of governance in the postcolony. As a robust, critical assessment of power and accountability in the sub-Saharan context, this collection brings together topical case studies that will be a valuable resource for those working in the field of African international relations, public policy, public management and administration.Table of ContentsFigures and tables Abbreviations and acronyms Introduction: Governance in the Postcolony: Time for a rethink? – David Everatt Part I: Governance in sub-Saharan Africa in theory and practice Chapter 1 Governance in Africa: Notes towards a resurrection – David Everatt Chapter 2 African Shared Values in Governance for Integration: Progress and prospects – Salim Latib Chapter 3 Governance and Human Development in sub-Saharan Africa – Pundy Pillay Chapter 4 South African Foreign Policy and Global Governance: Conflict from above and below – Patrick Bond Chapter 5 Governing Urban Food Systems: Lessons from Lusaka, Zambia – Caryn Abrahams Chapter 6 African Crisis Leadership: Case study from West Africa – Anthoni van Nieuwkerk and Bongiwe Ngcobo Mphahlele Chapter 7 Public Policymaking through Adversarial Network Governance in South Africa – Susan Booysen Part II: Sectors and locations Chapter 8 Governance versus Government: As reflected in water management – Mike Muller Chapter 9 Broken Corporate Governance: South Africa’s municipal state-owned entities and agencies – William Gumede Chapter 10 Law and Governance: Has the South African judiciary overstepped its oversight mandate? – Chelete Monyane Chapter 11 Factoring in the ‘Real World’: Governance of public higher education in South Africa – Kirti Menon and Jody Cedras Chapter 12 Decolonisation of South African University Spaces: Case study of the Green Leadership Schools – Darlene Miller, Nomalanga Mkhize, Rebecca Pointer and Babalwa Magoqwana Chapter 13 Low-hanging Fruit or Deep-seated Transformation? Quality of life and governance in Gauteng, South Africa – David Everatt Contributors Index
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Wits University Press State Capture in South Africa: How and why it
Book SynopsisThe metaphor of ‘state capture’ has dominated South Africa’s political discourse in the post-Zuma presidency era. What is state capture and how does it manifest? Is it just another example of a newly independent, failed African state? And is it unique to South Africa? The contributors in this collection try to explain the phenomenon from a variety of viewpoints and disciplines. All hold fast to the belief that the democracy that promised the country so much when apartheid ended has been significantly eroded, resulting in most citizens expressing a loss of hope for the future. Read together, the essays cumulatively show not only how state capture was enabled and who benefitted, but also how and by whom it was scrutinised and exposed in order to hold those in power accountable. The book aims to present a scholarly and empirical understanding of how things went awry, even with various regulating bodies in place, and how to prevent state capture from happening again in the future.Table of Contents Introduction: Understanding and Explaining State Capture – Mbongiseni Buthelezi and Peter Vale Chapter 1 Elite Formation, Factions and Violence in the Political Economy of Corruption – Karl von Holdt Chapter 2 State Capture, the Racket and Predatory Power – Robyn Foley Chapter 3 The Foundations of Corruption in South Africa – Ryan Brunette Chapter 4 Legal Mobilisation against State Capture – Jonathan Klaaren Chapter 5 How Professionals Enabled State Capture – Cherese Thakur and Devi Pillay Chapter 6 Civil Society in the Face of State Capture: Solidarity and Disharmony – Luke Spiropoulos Chapter 7 Media Capture and the Mirror of State Capture – Reg Rumney Chapter 8 State Capture and the Popular Imagination: Narrowing the Narrative – Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh Chapter 9 Cycles of State Capture: Bringing Profiteers and Enablers to Account – Hennie van Vuuren and Michael Marchant Chapter 10 Old Ways and New Days: An Interview with Barney Pityana – Mbongiseni Buthelezi and Peter Vale Chapter 11 Can Democracy Bind the State? Comparative Thoughts from Brazil, India and South Africa – Patrick Heller Contributors Index
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Emerald Publishing Limited New Steering Concepts in Public Management
Book SynopsisMultifaceted social problems such as safety, social inclusion, poverty, mobility, rural development, city regeneration, or labour market integration require integrated approaches to steering. NPM-related fragmentation of policy and fragmentation of implementation lead to unsatisfactory public outcomes and a heightened experienced loss of control on the part of policy makers. Governments are therefore looking for new instruments to address the boundary-spanning nature of many social problems. In their quest for achieving valued social outcomes, they struggle with their new role, and the insufficiency of both markets and hierarchies. In this book, authors explore new organisational mechanisms, arrangements and ideas to deal with this fragmentation. New post-NPM steering and coordination practices come in various shapes and names, and current research suffers from considerable terminological confusion. The book first looks at various new organisational arrangements and mechanisms, including whole-of-government, collaborative governance, network governance, and outcome steering. It then goes on to unpack the outcomes these new steering instruments are supposed to achieve, and explores their effect on democracy, power, and the role of government.Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figures. List of Contributors. List of Abbreviations. Chapter 1 Introduction. Chapter 2 Post-NPM Reforms: Whole of Government Approaches as a New Trend. Chapter 3 The ‘Empty Nest’ Syndrome: Dutch Ministries after the Separation of Policy and Administration. Chapter 4 Assessing Public Networks: Proposal for a New Unit of Analysis. Chapter 5 Steering Societal Resilience: An Empirical Exploration of Trends and Challenges in Government–Citizen Collaboration. Chapter 6 Steering Emergent and Complex Change Processes. Chapter 7 Outcome-Based Service Commissioning and Delivery: Does it make a Difference?. Chapter 8 The Direct Engagement of Citizen Users Through Assessment, Choice and Evaluation of Welfare Services: The Implications of the Personalisation Agenda. Chapter 9 The UK Obesity Epidemic: New Steering Instruments for a New Public Policy Problematic?. Chapter 10 Steering Outcomes in Urban Regeneration Projects: An Empirical Study of a Hui Community in China. Chapter 11 Steering for Social Outcomes in Governance Networks: The Effects of Participation and Network Management. Chapter 12 In Search of Network Performance. Chapter 13 New Steering Instruments: Trends in Public Sector Practice and Scholarship. References. New Steering Concepts in Public Management. Research in public policy analysis and management. Research in public policy analysis and management. Copyright page.
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd International Handbook on Informal Governance
Book SynopsisAcknowledging that governance relies not only on formal rules and institutions but to a significant degree also on informal practices and arrangements, this unique Handbook examines and analyzes a wide variety of theoretical, conceptual and normative perspectives on informal governance. The insights arising from this focus on informal governance are discussed from various disciplinary perspectives, within different policy domains, and in a number of regional and global contexts. This Handbook is an important contribution that will put informal governance firmly on the map of academic scholarship with its review of the range of the different uses and effects of informal arrangements across the globe. Bringing together multidisciplinary contributions on informal governance arrangements, this Handbook will appeal to postgraduate students in political science and scholars within the field of political science and global governance.Trade Review’This volume provides a welcome overview of the diverse ways in which informal practices and norms shape policy in national states, the European Union, and international relations. The wide range of cases that feature in the volume point to the normative and substantive importance of informality. This volume is a valuable contribution to a fascinating and under-researched topic.’ -- Gary Marks, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and VU Amsterdam, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Thomas Christiansen and Christine Neuhold PART I: THEORETICAL AND NORMATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON INFORMAL GOVERNANCE 2. Formal Institutions and Informal Institutional Arrangements Michael Brie and Erhard Stölting 3. Informal Governance and Democratic Theory Hans-Joachim Lauth 4. Informal Politics: The Normative Challenge Christine Reh 5. Informal Institutions and Comparative Politics: A Research Agenda Gretchen Helmke and Steven Levitsky PART II: THE PRACTICE OF INFORMAL GOVERNANCE ACROSS THE GLOBE 6. Informal Governance in the United States: Capitol Hill Networks Roberta Haar 7. Subversive Institutions and Informal Governance in Contemporary Russia Vladimir Gel’man 8. On Informal Politics in East Asia Lowell Dittmer 9. Un-civil Society: The Politics of the ‘Informal People’ Asef Bayat 10. Clientelism, Corruption and Political Cartels: Informal Governance in Southern Europe Jonathan Hopkin PART III: INFORMAL GOVERNANCE AND INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 11. Informal Governance in International Relations Thomas Conzelmann 12. Informal Governance at the United Nations Courtney B. Smith 13. Informal Governance and the G8 Sieglinde Gstöhl 14. Evolving Trade Governance on the Formal–Informal Spectrum: The Case of the World Trade Organization Amrita Narlikar 15. Non-state Actors and Global Informal Governance: The Case of ICANN Jonathan Weinberg 16. Business as Usual? Informal EU Governance and Alternative Methods of Policy-making Otto Holman PART IV: INFORMAL GOVERNANCE AND EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS 17. Formal and Informal Institutions in the EU’s Legislative Process Adrienne Héritier 18. The European Parliament as a Driving Force in Informal Institution-building: The Hard Case of the EP’s Relation with the High Representative for the CFSP Ben Crum 19. Informal Governance and the Decision-making of the Council of Ministers Dorothee Heisenberg 20. Informal Governance in the EU: The European Commission versus the European Parliament Jeffrey Stacey 21. Informal Governance and the Rome Treaties Thomas Gijswijt PART V: INFORMAL GOVERNANCE WITHIN DIFFERENCE POLICY DOMAINS 22. Informal Governance and Networks in EU Foreign Policy Arnout Justaert and Stephan Keukeleire 23. Financial Services Regulation and Informal Governance Alan Hardacre 24. Informal Governance of Emerging Technologies in Africa Matthew Harsh 25. European Economic and Monetary Policy-making through Informal Governance Uwe Puetter 26. Informal Governance in Higher Education Reform: The Bologna Process in Europe Paul Furlong 27. Informal European Asylum Governance in an International Context Maarten Vink and Claudia Engelmann Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Local Government Finance: The Challenges of the
Book SynopsisThis book, compiled from the 2nd Global Report of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) on Decentralization and Local Democracy, analyzes the architecture of fiscal decentralization in one hundred and ten countries as well as in major metropolitan areas. In the majority of these countries, local authorities are taking on more and more responsibilities for public investment and the provision of services that are essential for both economic development and the well being of their citizens. If increasing fiscal decentralization has been a global trend in recent decades, there are significant variations across and within regions and countries. Local budgets make up on average 25% of public expenditure in the countries of the European Union but less than 5% in many developing countries. Decentralization in terms of revenue and expenditure autonomy has also increased, however this has been uneven across countries and has seen greater advances in expenditure than in revenues, where sources remain limited and uncertain, especially for small and middle size cities. With accelerating urbanization and important shifts in the global context (climate change, increasing risk of natural disaster, migration, and demographic changes among others), current funding levels are insufficient for local governments to respond to the urbanization of poverty, growing investment requirements and other pressing needs. The economic and financial crisis that began in 2008 only worsened the situation. This report, offered as part of UCLG's ongoing commitment to deepen understanding of the level of government closest to citizens, identifies universal challenges facing local government finance, as well as those more regional and country specific. Some of the most common are inadequate sources of revenue, unpredictable transfers and grants, excessive higher-level budget controls, and unfunded mandates. In addition to analyzing these challenges and opportunities, the Report proposes recommendations to strengthen the fiscal role and performance of local governments around the world.Trade Review‘. . . the contributors do a fine job of highlighting important trends in local government autonomy and finance and then linking those trends to practical recommendations for reform. Policymakers and local public finance scholars will certainly find the report a useful reference.’ -- J.C. Hall, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction 2. Africa 3. Asia-Pacific 4. Eurasia 5. Europe 6. Latin America 7. Middle East and Western Asia 8. North America 9. Financing Metropolitan Areas 10. Conclusion Bibliography
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Governing Social Risks in Post-Crisis Europe
Book SynopsisIn Governing Social Risks in Post-Crisis Europe, Colin Crouch mounts an impressive comparative analysis to uncover the contrasting ways in which different countries have sought to address the exacerbated social risks, both 'new' and 'old', unleashed by the financial and economic crisis. It demonstrates that growing recourse to market forms of governance in social and labour market policy is inversely related to the strength and influence of organised labour across countries and, in turn, to the degree of security provided for workers and their dependents. The three main patterns identified for governing social risks in the current era - neo-liberal, social democratic and traditional - are shown to exhibit a clear lineage reaching back to the early 20th century.'- Paul Marginson, University of Warwick, UK'Crouch's new book offers an empirically based up-to-date theory relating governance, egalitarianism, and labor market security in contemporary post-industrial societies. It provides a highly sophisticated, original assessment of modes of governance in Europe in terms of their social and economic performance, drawing on extensive comparison of European countries including the new Eastern democracies. Contrasting in particular neoliberalism and social democracy, Crouch shows that the social-democratic model of state and associational intervention in markets performs much better than its neoliberal opponent, raising the question why it is the latter rather than the former that has become the leading model for the post-crisis capitalist political economy.'- Wolfgang Streeck, Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Societies, GermanyHow can a capitalist system reconcile its need to combine workers on uncertain incomes and conditions with consumers confident that they can spend? The approaches of different national economies to this conundrum have had varying degrees of success, as well as diverse implications for social inequality. Through the study of European societies, and comparisons with experience from the rest of the world, Colin Crouch scrutinizes this diversity, and looks at how the 2008 global financial crisis has impacted it.Crouch identifies three broad approaches that countries adopt in response to this central dilemma of a capitalist economy, and examines these across three different contexts: time, place, and the role of inclusion and exclusion. This primarily statistical study embraces all except the smallest European countries, with comparative material on Japan, Russia and the United States. Countries are grouped according to differences found in them in the roles of governance by market, state, and community.This important book will appeal to academics, policy makers and others interested in comparative employment relations, European political economy and social policy. Undergraduate and postgraduate students alike will also find this a compelling, jargon-free insight into social policy and the 2008 global financial crisis in Europe.Trade Review‘. . . the book is a very strong scientific effort to shed light on questions that are, or arguably should be, at the center of discussions about how our economies ought to function. It provides a valuable framework for structuring those discussions, and it generates insights that are rooted in meticulously analyzed empirical data.’ -- Niall Michelsen, Western Carolina University, International Social Science Review‘Crouch’s new book offers an empirically based up-to-date theory relating governance, egalitarianism, and labor market security in contemporary post-industrial societies. It provides a highly sophisticated, original assessment of modes of governance in Europe in terms of their social and economic performance, drawing on extensive comparison of European countries including the new Eastern democracies. Contrasting in particular neoliberalism and social democracy, Crouch shows that the social-democratic model of state and associational intervention in markets performs much better than its neoliberal opponent, raising the question why it is the latter rather than the former that has become the leading model for the post-crisis capitalist political economy’ -- Wolfgang Streeck, Max-Planck-Institute for the Study of Societies, Germany‘In Governing Social Risks in Post-Crisis Europe, Colin Crouch mounts an impressive comparative analysis to uncover the contrasting ways in which different countries have sought to address the exacerbated social risks, both 'new' and 'old', unleashed by the financial and economic crisis. It demonstrates that growing recourse to market forms of governance in social and labour market policy is inversely related to the strength and influence of organised labour across countries and, in turn, to the degree of security provided for workers and their dependents. The three main patterns identified for governing social risks in the current era – neo-liberal, social democratic and traditional – are shown to exhibit a clear lineage reaching back to the early 20th century.’ -- Paul Marginson, University of Warwick, UK'Social risks are presented along a continuum that is not easily packaged between labour market and social policies. Crouch presents us with the concept of tradable risks. But the capacity to trade, or protect against these risks, is sharply demarcated by class positions, politics and resource ownership. This is an important, impressive, comprehensive and original contribution to comparative political economy in its simultaneous analysis of how producers and consumers absorb risks under different macro economic circumstances.' -- Jacqueline O'Reilly, Centre for Research on Management and Employment (CROME), University of Brighton, UK‘In this illuminating book Colin Crouch examines the diverse approaches presented by advanced societies in their attempts to resolve a central dilemma of a capitalist economy: the need to combine buoyant mass consumption with insecure workers, subject to and responsive to, the fluctuations of an unregulated global economy. He demonstrates that the approaches of different national economies have varying degrees of success and diverse implications for social inequality. Through the study of European societies, and comparisons with experience from the rest of the world, Crouch scrutinizes this diversity, and looks at how the 2008 global financial crisis has impacted it.’ -- Hans W. Micklitz, Journal of Consumer Policy‘What are the benefits from reading this book? It can be recommended as an attempt to provide a comprehensive account of social policy developments in a wide variety of different countries. It offers an abundance of findings that are all very important for assessing the status quo in the particular welfare state in question.’ -- Eberhard Eichenhofer, European Journal of Social Security‘The book is to be commended on a number of counts. First, the book engages risk and uncertainty broadly, proposing an analytical framework which both covers the institutional landscape of social risks more fully than is usual and also serves as an integrative analytical tool by connecting approaches to risk management across institutions. Crouch utilizes this fully, skilfully connecting the different institutional domains into a master narrative of regional and national trajectories of risk management strategies founded in class relations and the institutionalization of state, market, associations, and community. Secondly, the amount and diversity of empirical evidence amassed and analysed in this book is impressive as Crouch sets out to provide in-depth investigations of all the relevant aspects of institutions and practices identified by the analytical framework. The reader is provided with a masterful tour of available statistics of both within-country change and between-country differences across Europe. Thirdly, the analysis employs a more differentiated typology of eastern and central European countries than is usual in both industrial relations and welfare research. In particular, Crouch’s highly differentiated treatment of the Baltic states, the Visegra´d cluster, and the other central eastern European countries is informative and analytically efficient. Finally, the ambitious proposition of three major governance profile zones in Europe is both bold and efficient in combining themes otherwise treated in separate literatures into one empirical categorization. . . This is a highly informative and rigorous work which engages the issue of social risk and the consequences of the financial crisis in an engaging and thought-provoking manner.’ -- Acta SociologicaTable of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements 1. Risk, Uncertainty and Class in European Societies 2. Widening the Perspective: An Analytical Scheme 3. Modes of Economic Governance and Class Relations 4. Separating Workers from Consumers 5. Separating Consumption from Labour Income 6. Integrating Consumption and Labour Income 7. Drawing the Threads Together 8. Governance, Class Challenge, Inequality, Innovation, and Capacity for Solidaristic Collectivity Statistical Appendix References Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Public Policy in Action: Perspectives on the
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive textbook explores the policy process from a multitude of perspectives, including rationalism, culturalism, institutionalism and from a political point of view. This allows students to discover key concepts from the policy science literature and gain a deeper understanding of how public policy is discussed academically and shaped empirically. Public Policy in Action gives a detailed breakdown of all stages of the policy process by discussing the emergence of policy problems affecting the agenda, the formulation of policy alternatives, the decision-making process, the implementation of policies and the progression to evaluation, learning and policy change. The authors also outline the sets of factors which influence the steps of the policy process internally and externally. The book is supported by a wide variety of case studies from a number of national and international contexts of relevance to an international audience. Key features include: Up-to-date review of the literature on the policy process Coverage on all key elements of the policy cycle Insight into the complexity of policy making in practice Multiple perspectives of the policy process Critical reflections on the roles of policy analysts Multiple case studies including water management, migration and social policies. This extensive and detailed textbook will be an invaluable resource for undergraduate and masters students of public policy, policy analysis and public administration, by providing an insight into the complexity of policy making in the real world.Trade Review'The field of policy studies has long been characterized by rather narrow empirical perspectives. In more recent years, however, there has been a flurry of theoretical orientations that have sought to reorient the field in ways that speak to contemporary policy realities. By focusing on the differences and intersections between four competing perspectives - rational, political, institutional, and cultural - Public Policy in Action offers a useful framework that helps to move the field forward.' --Frank Fischer, Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Politics and Policies in a Changing World 2. Four Perspectives on the Policy Process 3. Policy Problems and Agenda Setting 4. Policy Formulation: Development, Steering, Instruments and Decision-Making 5. Policy Implementation 6. Evaluating Public Policy 7. Policy Dynamics: Learning, Change and Innovation 8. The Reflective Policy Maker Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Managing Social Issues: A Public Values
Book SynopsisThis book examines how governments, non-profit and private organizations, and local networks understand the connections between public values and social issues.Western societies face complex social issues and a growing diversity of views on how these should be addressed. The traditional view focuses on government and public policy but neglects the initiatives that non-profit and private organizations and local networks take. This book presents a broader variety of viewpoints and theories. Looking at various cases, the authors analyze conflicting values and interests, actors' understandings of the public values related to social issues, and their action to create what they regard as public value. Drawing together these perspectives the authors point the way to how government and the private and voluntary sectors can work in tandem to resolve social issues.The study will prove insightful for researchers and students in fields such as governance studies, public administration, public sector management, organization studies, non-profit and voluntary organizations, civil society, public policy, social policy and social issues in management. The policy focus of the book will also draw the interest of policy makers in governmental and non-governmental organizations.Contributors: P. Boselie, G.A. Brewer, I. Claringbould, A. de Ruijter, E. Farndale, M. Gastelaars, K. Grint, C. Holt, D.M. Hosking, E. Knies, A. Knoppers, M. Koster, P. Leisink, J. Paauwe, R. Spaaij, W. Vandenabeele, R. van Berkel, M. van Bottenburg, E. van Dijk, F. van Eekeren, H.J. van Rinsum, J. VermeulenTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Peter Leisink, Paul Boselie, Maarten van Bottenburg and Dian Marie Hosking PART I: ACTORS AND PUBLIC VALUES IN THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL FIELD 2. Public Management Contributions for Improving Social Service Performance: Public Values, Public Service Motivation and Rule Functionality Gene A. Brewer 3. Public Value Creation and Strategic Human Resource Management: Public Service Motivation as a Linking Mechanism Wouter Vandenabeele, Peter Leisink and Eva Knies 4. Academia: Habitat of Contesting Public Values? Henk J. van Rinsum and Arie de Ruijter 5. Public Value and Localism in the UK Keith Grint and Clare Holt 6. The Organization of Social Issues through Sport: Youths in Public Playgrounds Jeroen Vermeulen PART II: SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND POSSIBILITIES FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION 7. Sport, Social Cohesion and Community Building: Managing the Nexus Ramón Spaaij 8. ‘Passion Alone is no Longer Enough’: The Reframing of Elite Sport from a Private Trouble to a Public Issue Maarten van Bottenburg 9. Both Sides Now: Theoretical Perspectives on the Link between Social and HR Policies in Promoting Labour Market Participation Rik van Berkel and Peter Leisink 10. Understanding the Lack of Gender Equity in Leadership Positions in (Sport) Organization Inge Claringbould and Annelies Knoppers PART III: DEALING WITH THE TENSIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT PUBLIC VALUES 11. How Public Middle Managers Relate to the Institutional Values their Organizations Represent Marja Gastelaars 12. Corporate Social Responsibility and Professional Football Clubs in the Netherlands: Juggling Value and Values in a Local Context Frank van Eekeren 13. Ethnographies of Leadership: The Convergence of Diverging Values Martijn Koster and Eva van Dijk 14. The Contribution of HRM to Fairness, Social Legitimacy and Public Value: Human Resource Governance and Risk Management in Seven Leading Multinational Companies Paul Boselie, Jaap Paauwe and Elaine Farndale 15. Concluding Analysis Peter Leisink, Paul Boselie, Maarten van Bottenburg and Dian Marie Hosking Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Regulation, Governance and Convergence in the
Book SynopsisWith digital technologies blurring media boundaries, this book provides a detailed analysis of how the Internet is producing a convergence of the press, audio-visual and online media. Based on extensive empirical analysis, the authors analyse over 25 years of changes to media forms and expose the reality behind the notion that media convergence is inevitable and inexorable. Peter Humphreys and Seamus Simpson break new ground through exploring a diverse range of topics at the heart of the media convergence governance debate, such as next generation networks, spectrum, copyright and media subsidies. They highlight how reluctance to accommodate non-market based policy solutions creates conflicts and problems resulting in only shallow media convergence thus far. Highly accessible, this book is a valuable read for undergraduate and masters students researching digital media and communications. With guidance on a series of policy directions and innovations that should be developed to fulfil the promise of media convergence, it is also a vital tool for media and communication practitioners and policy makers.Trade Review'This is an outstanding contribution to explaining some of the complex policy questions raised by digital convergence. Humphreys and Simpson draw on their extensive knowledge of international media systems to provide a stimulating, comprehensive and highly readable analysis of the content and infrastructure issues posed by a rapidly changing global communications industry. Their original thinking and insights into the dilemmas now facing policy makers around the world are essential reading for media, communications and politics scholars.' --Steven Barnett, University of Westminster, UK'This is a masterful and comprehensive overview of the state of the art in media policy, published at a crucial moment in the development of media institutions and their role for democracy. As governments around Europe and the world prepare their responses to the pressing questions of misinformation, hate speech, free speech and fake news they should all read this marvelous book in order to understand that the policy challenges they face are not at all new. Offering introductory yet detailed introductions to policy issues, it will be of interest to students and researchers with an interest in the media, media law, policy and regulation and offers a succinctly written, accessible entry point into a field that is all too often obscured by jargon. Recommended.' --Damian Tambini, London School of Economics, UKTable of ContentsContents: Part I The Context of Media Convergence 1. Media Convergence: Paths and Constructs Part II The Infrastructures of Media Convergence 2. Next Generation Networks: Providing a Sustainable Convergence Platform 3. The Future is (Still) Mobile: Spectrum Governance Issues in a Converging Media Environment 4. Access and Opportunity Online: the Debate on Internet Neutrality and Converging Media Part III Governing Content in Converging Media Environments 5. Copyright in an Era of Media Convergence 6. Regulating Media Concentration in a Converging Media Environment 7. Subsidies: Sustaining Public Service Communication in a Converging Media Environment Part IV Challenging the Impediments to Media Convergence 8. Conclusion: Governance, Policy and the Development of Media Convergence References Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Introduction to Transport Policy: A Public Policy
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive and accessible textbook introduces the basic concepts of transport policy and decision-making to students of transport policy, transport planning, urban transport, transport evaluation and public policy.It presents the foundations and rationale of transport policy, incorporating a review of the policy formulation process and models of decision-making appropriate to public sector policy-makers. Topics covered include:- The basics of transport planning and traffic theory deemed necessary to understand policy implications of issues including congestion, safety and parking.- Potential solutions to problems such as road user charges, travel demand management, voluntary travel behavior change, transport system management and public transport investment.- Prescriptions for technological change.- Discussion of the need for an integrated land transport policy along with a case study to illustrate how this might be developed for a typical metropolitan area.Contents: 1. Introduction 2. History of Transport with Policy Implications 3. Policy Needs and Policy Processes 4. Economic and Sustainability Foundations 5. Traffic Theory and Transport Planning Foundations 6. Social Exclusion 7. Tackling the Externalities - Environment 8. Tackling the Externalities - Health and Safety 9. Tackling the Externalities - Congestion 10. Tackling the Externalities - Fuels and Technology 11. Agglomeration and Other Wider Economic Benefits 12. Road User Charges 13. Potential Solutions - Public Transport Investment and Technology 14. Potential Solutions - TSM, TDM, VTBC, etc 15. Goods Movement 16. An Integrated Land Use/Transport PolicyTrade Review‘This well-structured and highly readable textbook for students and practitioners in transport geography, transportation planning, transport policy, and related studies and professions provides valuable insights. . . Peter Stopher and John Stanley’s Introduction to Transport Policy: A Public Policy View, is highly recommended to all students and practitioners requiring a comprehensive compendium in transportation contexts.’ -- Marco Domenico Schäfer, Journal of Transport GeographyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. History of Transport with Policy Implications 3. Policy Needs and Policy Processes 4. Economic and Sustainability Foundations 5. Traffic Theory and Transport Planning Foundations 6. Social Exclusion 7. Tackling the Externalities – Environment 8. Tackling the Externalities – Health and Safety 9. Tackling the Externalities – Congestion 10. Tackling the Externalities – Fuels and Technology 11. Agglomeration and Other Wider Economic Benefits 12. Road User Charges 13. Potential Solutions – Public Transport Investment and Technology 14. Potential Solutions – TSM, TDM, VTBC, etc 15. Goods Movement 16. An Integrated Land Use/Transport Policy
£35.10
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Principles and Standards for Benefit–Cost
Book SynopsisThis book is a superb textbook treatment of benefit-cost analysis. It is well designed for students in public policy, public administration, public health, social work, environmental affairs, law and business.'- John D. Graham, Indiana University, US'Principles and Standards for Benefit-Cost Analysis is well worth reading. The volume reproduces some chapters previously published online in the Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis alongside new material that has not yet appeared in print, and does so in a logical and appealing way. Even the several chapters with which I disagreed made me think hard about my own views. And thinking hard is a good thing!'- Paul R. Portney, University of Arizona, USBenefit-cost analysis informs which policies or programs most benefit society when implemented by governments and institutions around the world. This volume brings together leading researchers and practitioners to recommend strategies and standards to improve the consistency and credibility of such analyses, assisting analysts of all types in achieving a greater uniformity of practice.Although new analytical approaches are constantly being used and tested, this book supports the emergence of a professional culture adhering to a set of principles and standards that can be used to identify useful analytical processes and to discard less useful ones. Contributors to this volume come from a wide variety of backgrounds and include authors of leading textbooks, editors of journals, former government officials, and practitioners whose analyses have shaped decisions about education, the environment, security, income distribution, and other vital social and economic policies. Students and professors of public sector economics will find much of interest in this groundbreaking book. Practitioners working in government, non-profit organizations, and international institutions, including welfare economists, policy analysts, environmentalists, engineers, and others will also benefit from this volume's sophisticated and practical recommendations.Contributors: D.F. Burgess, J.H. Cook, T.B. Davis, S. Farrow, N. Garland, J.K. Hammitt, L.A. Karoly, H.A. Klaiber, J.B. Loomis, J.R. Lott, Jr, L.A. Robinson, T. Scott, V.K. Smith, A.R. Vining, W.K. Viscusi, D.L. Weimer, R.O. Zerbe, Jr.Trade Review‘This book is a superb textbook treatment of benefit–cost analysis. It is well designed for students in public policy, public administration, public health, social work, environmental affairs, law and business.’ -- John D. Graham, Indiana University, US‘Principles and Standards for Benefit–Cost Analysis is well worth reading. The volume reproduces some chapters previously published online in the Journal of Benefit–Cost Analysis alongside new material that has not yet appeared in print, and does so in a logical and appealing way. Even the several chapters with which I disagreed made me think hard about my own views. And thinking hard is a good thing!’ -- Paul R. Portney, University of Arizona, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Professionalizing Benefit–Cost Analysis Scott Farrow and Richard O. Zerbe, Jr. 1. An Assessment of Important Issues Concerning the Application of Benefit–Cost Analysis to Social Policy Aidan R. Vining and David L. Weimer 2. Toward Standardization of Benefit–Cost Analysis of Early Childhood Interventions Lynn A. Karoly 3. Principles and Standards for Benefit–Cost Analysis of Public Health Preparedness and Pandemic Mitigation Programs Joseph H. Cook 4. Principles and Standards for the Benefit–Cost Analysis of Crime John R. Lott, Jr. 5. Towards Principles and Standards for the Benefit–Cost Analysis of Safety Scott Farrow and W. Kip Viscusi 6. Developing General Equilibrium Benefit Analyses for Social Programs: An Introduction and Example H. Allen Klaiber and V. Kerry Smith 7. Appropriate Discounting for Benefit–Cost Analysis David F. Burgess and Richard O. Zerbe, Jr. 8. Ethical Benefit–Cost Analysis as Art and Science: Ten Rules for Benefit–Cost Analysis Richard O. Zerbe, Jr. 9. Incorporating Distributional Issues into Benefit–Cost Analysis: Why, How, and Two Empirical Examples Using Non-market Valuation John B. Loomis 10. Behavioral Economics and the Conduct of Benefit–Cost Analysis: Towards Principles and Standards Lisa A. Robinson and James K. Hammitt 11. Conclusion: Principles and Standards for Benefit–Cost Analysis Richard O. Zerbe, Jr., Tyler Blake Davis, Nancy Garland and Tyler Scott
£139.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Privatisation and Nationalisation of European
Book SynopsisDaniel Albalate has produced the most comprehensive review of critical issues facing private participation in European motorways to date. The book's scope is breathtaking, offering a concise history of the development of European roads, and the main reasons for the failure of many European motorway public-private partnerships while reviewing the design of road public-private partnerships. Readers will come away with a fresh understanding of interactions between public policy and private participation in road construction, financing, operation and maintenance'- Rick Geddes, Associate professor in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell University'Daniel Albalate provides the most comprehensive and updated analysis on privatization and nationalization of motorways in Europe. Albalate's thorough review of the trends in the ownership, management and financing of European motorways is a must-read for anybody interested in what are the factors that favor or undermine private participation in this type of infrastructure, which is a subject of increasing interest in the public policies in Europe, and throughout the world. This book provides very useful insights for scholars, and also relevant implications for policy makers.'- Germà Bel, University of Barcelona, SpainThis distinctive and timely book examines the current state and trends in the ownership, management and financing of European high capacity roads. Offering an analysis of three pioneer countries in road privatization, Spain, France and Italy, from their origins to their recent developments, it evaluates how the design of privatization policies may lead to their success or failure.Describing the trend in favoring public-private collaboration and road charging, Professor Daniel Albalate presents the theoretical framework of road privatization and its relevant design issues. Exhaustively studying the national experiences in historical perspective, he aims at providing lessons on the good, the bad and the ugly of road privatisation. As a result, this excellent study shows the increasing role of private financing and ownership in Europe, a trend mainly explained by fiscal motivations and the thrust of the European Commission.Presenting an evaluation of the critical elements of the contractual and regulatory design of the public-private collaboration that determines the likelihood of success and failure, this unique book will be of special interest to academics, graduate students and policy makers interested in the public provision and financing of road infrastructure, and public finance more generally.Contents: Preface Introduction Part I: A Favourable Trend to Privatisation 1. European Roads: Origins and Models of the Past 2. Motorway Privatisation in Europe Part II: Economics of Road Privatisation and the Design of PPPs 3. Privatisation and Regulation of Motorways: The Background 4. The Design of Public-Private Collaboration 5. Demand Risk Mitigation Mechanisms 6. When Privatisation Fails: Bailouts, Renegotiations and Nationalisations Part III: Selected Experiences in Historical Perspective 7. Spain 8. Italy 9. France Part IV: Evaluation PPPs: What We Know About Motorway Privatization 10. An Evaluation of the Private Participation in the Motorway Industry 11. Conclusions References IndexTrade Review‘This book sheds light on an important issue both in transport policy and more in general on innovative forms of state intervention. After a solid analysis of the drivers of the majority of European countries in changing radically their attitude toward this strategic sector (budget constraints and efficiency goals), it describes in detail the wide set of technical and financial tools employed to involve the private sector. And its conclusions are not less illuminating: this privatisation process, in order to be successful, requires a well constructed “case by case” strategy, and the public sector has to remain fully vigilant and aware of the risks involved in this approach.’ -- Marco Ponti, Politecnico University of Milan, Italy‘Daniel Albalate has produced the most comprehensive review of critical issues facing private participation in European motorways to date. The book’s scope is breathtaking, offering a concise history of the development of European roads, and the main reasons for the failure of many European motorway public-private partnerships while reviewing the design of road public-private partnerships. Readers will come away with a fresh understanding of interactions between public policy and private participation in road construction, financing, operation and maintenance’ -- Rick Geddes, Cornell University, US‘Daniel Albalate provides the most comprehensive and updated analysis on privatisation and nationalisation of motorways in Europe. Albalate’s thorough review of the trends in the ownership, management and financing of European motorways is a must-read for anybody interested in the factors that favor or undermine private participation in this type of infrastructure, which is a subject of increasing interest in the public policies in Europe, and throughout the world. This book provides very useful insights for scholars, and also relevant implications for policy makers.’ -- Germà Bel, University of Barcelona, SpainTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction Part I: A Favourable Trend to Privatisation 1. European Roads: Origins and Models of the Past 2. Motorway Privatisation in Europe Part II: Economics of Road Privatisation and the Design of PPPs 3. Privatisation and Regulation of Motorways: The Background 4. The Design of Public-Private Collaboration 5. Demand Risk Mitigation Mechanisms 6. When Privatisation Fails: Bailouts, Renegotiations and Nationalisations Part III: Selected Experiences in Historical Perspective 7. Spain 8. Italy 9. France Part IV: Evaluation PPPs: What We Know About Motorway Privatization 10. An Evaluation of the Private Participation in the Motorway Industry 11. Conclusions References Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Policy Alienation and the Power of Professionals:
Book SynopsisTummers' book resurfaces alienation as an established and useful concept, but also as a forgotten and ignored reality. Shifts in policies affect the meaning of these policies, and reforms affect power balances. The analyses in this book are crucial to help understand why policies fail and why there is resistance to change. Tummers coins 'policy alienation' as an increasingly indispensable concept. Reforms would have been different if Tummers' analysis on powerlessness and meaninglessness was more taken into account.'- Geert Bouckaert, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium and former President of the European Group for Public Administration'Lars Tummers has written a must-read book! While systemic changes ushered in by market-oriented reforms have received attention, little is known about the plight of the individual in modern bureaucracies. Tummers presents a masterful and authoritative account of policy alienation that public service professionals experience. The breadth and depth of Tummers's scholarship is impressive! This book has something of value for everyone from the casual reader to public management scholar.'- Sanjay K. Pandey, The State University of New Jersey, US'Why do public sector professionals resist change? Tummers offers a compelling account of the alienation of professionals following new public management reforms. This timely and methodologically innovative book shows public managers how to implement organisational change, and provides scholars with a set of new measurement scales. Policy Alienation and the Power of Professionals is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand how professional organisations operate, and why professionals resist some changes, while embracing others.'- Steven Van de Walle, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the NetherlandsProfessionals often have problems with governmental policies they have to implement. This ranges from Israeli teachers striking against school reforms, via British civil servants quitting their jobs as they have problems with New Public Management reforms focused on cost cutting, to US healthcare professionals feeling overwhelmed by a constant flow of policy changes, resulting in tensions, conflicts, and burn-outs.This eloquent book by Lars Tummers develops a framework to understand these important issues with policy implementation, using the innovative concept of 'policy alienation'. Policies in healthcare, social security, and education are analyzed. The conclusions challenge the common assertions regarding the reasons why professionals resist policies. For instance, the impact of professional influence, often viewed as an end in itself, is nuanced. Lars Tummers reveals that it is far more important for professionals that a policy is meaningful for society and for their clients, than they have an influence in its shaping.Policy Alienation and the Power of Professionals is essential for public administration scholars, policymakers, change managers and professionals. To improve its academic and practical significance, a 'policy alienation' questionnaire is developed to measure the degree of policy alienation felt by implementers. This instrument can be used to first understand and then improve policy performance in various settings.Trade ReviewThis work not only contributes to tackling the intellectual hegemony of public choice theories regarding organisational change in the public sector but can also be used in the debates on the application of business-like values in higher education. . . Tummers' ''policy alienation'' concept is not only a significant academic contribution, but can also be used as a powerful instrument in a number of important debates regarding the organization of public services. --LSE Review of BooksThis book is a good read for academics and policy makers wishing to understand how professionals operate, and why new policies are sometimes met with resistance at the implementation stage. It stands as an important piece of research which adds substantially to the field and which future scholars can advance. --Leanne-Marie Cotter, Public AdministrationTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Introduction and Background of Policy Alienation 1. Introducing Policy Alienation and the Power of Professionals 2. An Historical Background of Alienation Part II: Conceptualizing Policy Alienation 3. A Definition of Policy Alienation 4. A Measurement Instrument for Policy Alienation Part III: Antecedents of Policy Alienation 5. The Impact of New Public Management and Professionalism on Policy Alienation Part IV: Effects of Policy Alienation 6. The Impact of Policy Alienation on Resistance to Change 7. Moving Beyond Policy Alienation? Examining Organizational Context and Personality Characteristics Part V: Conclusions and Moving Forward 8. Discussion and Conclusions Appendix: How Can I Use the Policy Alienation Framework in Research, in Consultancy or as a Practitioner? Five Basic Steps References Index
£90.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The International Handbook of Public
Book SynopsisIt is about time for another Handbook, and Massey and Johnston have given us a good one. It is to be commended particularly for having avoided the Anglocentricity of some previous volumes. Eminent scholars line up to give us useful frameworks for thinking about governance, and mature analyses of current systems across the continents. An excellent addition to both library and classroom.'- Christopher Pollitt, Leuven Public Government Institute, BelgiumTaking a comparative approach unmatched by any other book on this topic, this vital Handbook explores key questions around the ways in which public administration and governance challenges can be addressed by governments in an increasingly globalized world. World-leading experts explore contemporary issues of government and governance, as well as the relationship between civil society and the political class. The insights offered will allow policy makers and officials to explore options for policy making in a new and informed way.Adopting global perspectives of governance and public sector management, the Handbook includes scrutiny of current issues such as: public policy capacity, wicked policy problems, public sector reforms, the challenges of globalization and complexity management. Practitioners and scholars of public administration deliver a range of perspectives on the abiding wicked issues and challenges to delivering public services, and the way that delivery is structured. The Handbook uniquely provides international coverage of perspectives from Africa, Asia, North and South America, Europe and Australia.Practitioners and scholars of public administration, public policy, public sector management and international relations will learn a great deal from this Handbook about the issues and structures of government and governance in an increasingly complex world.Contributors: Perri 6, J.T. Anagnoson, G. Andranovich, A. Badran, G. Bouckaert, R. Cameron, S.S. Cankar, G.M. Cejudo, D. Curry, W. Drechsler, R.C. Gomes, J. Halligan, G. Hammerschmid, B.W. Head, S. Jilke, K. Johnston, A. Massey, D. Mctavish, J. O'Flynn, V. Petkovcek, R. Pyper, R.A.W Rhodes, D.J. Savoie, L. Secchi, A. Tiernan, K.K. Tummala, S. Van De Walle, Z. ZhuTrade Review‘It is about time for another Handbook, and Massey and Johnston have given us a good one. It is to be commended particularly for having avoided the Anglocentricity of some previous volumes. Eminent scholars line up to give us useful frameworks for thinking about governance, and mature analyses of current systems across the continents. An excellent addition to both library and classroom.’ -- Christopher Pollitt, Leuven Public Government Institute, BelgiumTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Andrew Massey PART 1: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE: CONCEPTS AND CONTESTABILITIES 1. Public Administation, Public Management and Governance Robert Pyper 2. Governance: A Typology and Some Challenges Geert Bouckaert 3. Governance: If Governance is Everything, Maybe it’s Nothing Perri 6 4. Executive Governance and its Puzzles R.A.W Rhodes and Anne Tiernan 5. Paradigms of Non-Western Public Administration and Governance Wolfgang Drechsler PARTII INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE 6. Public Service Reform in South Africa: From Apartheid to New Public Management Robert Cameron 7. The Political Economy of Administrative Reforms in Egypt: Governance, Reforms and Challenges Ahmed Badran 8. The Canadian Public Service: In Search of a New Equlibrium Donald J. Savoie 9. Public Administration and Governance in the USA Greg Andranovich and J. Theodore Anagnoson 10. Public Administration in Brazil: Structure, Reforms, and Participation Ricardo Corrêa Gomes and Leonardo Secchi 11. Public Administration in Latin America: Adaption to a New Democratic Reality Guillermo M. Cejudo 12. Administrative Developments in India Krishna K. Tummala 13. The Tao of Governance: Public Administration Reform in China Zhichang Zhu 14. Capacity, Complexity and Public Sector Reform in Australia John Halligan 15. Australia: Building Policy Capacity for Managing Wicked Policy Problems Brian W. Head and Janine O’Flynn 16. The State and Perceptions of Public Sector Reform in Europe Dion Curry, Gerhard Hammerschmid, Sebastian Jilke and Steven Van De Walle 17. Government Challenges in Slovenia at a Time of Global Economic Crisis and Austerity Measures Stanka Setnikar Cankar and Veronika Petkovšek 18. United Kingdom: Government, Governance and Public Administration Complexity Duncan McTavish Conclusion Karen Johnston Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Context in Public Policy and Management: The
Book SynopsisPutting into context' is a very common phrase - both in the social sciences and beyond. But what exactly do we mean by this, and how do we do it?In this book, leading scholars in public policy and management tackle these issues. They show how ideas of context are central to a range of theories and explanations and use an international range of case studies to exemplify context-based explanation. The book uncovers the complexity that lies behind an apparently simple notion, and offers a variety of approaches to decipher that complexity. Context is indeed a missing link, which enables us to make sense of the vital relationship between the general and the particular.Context in Public Policy and Management will prove insightful to academics, as well as to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in government, public policy, public management, public administration and political science.Contributors: P. Ahonen, E.M. Berman, M. Bevir, J. Birchall, G. Bouckaert, T. Bovaird, D.-y. Chen, T. Christensen, J. Clarke, J. Edelenbos, J. Halligan, C. Hood, E.-H. Klijn, P. Lægreid, J. Lonsdale, G. Nasi, J. Newman, E. Ongaro, S.P. Osborne, B.G. Peters, J. Pierre, C. Pollitt, I. Proeller, Z. Radnor, R.A.W. Rhodes, F. Rugge, V. Sierra, R. Stillman, T. Virtanen, T. YsaTable of ContentsContents: Preface: Context – a Missing Link? Christopher Pollitt PART I: FRAMING AND UNDERSTANDING 1. Context in the Context – Missing the Missing Links in the Field of Public Administration Turo Virtanen 2. Contexts: Forms of Agency and Action John Clarke 3. Constituting Context? Janet Newman 4. The Intransigent Context: Glimpses at the History of a Problem Fabio Rugge 5. Three Visions of Context as History Mark Bevir and Rod Rhodes 6. Numbers in Context: Applying Frege’s Principles to Public Administration Geert Bouckaert First Link Christopher Pollitt PART II: PUTTING CONTEXT INTO THEORY (AND THEORY INTO CONTEXT) 7. Institution in Context, and as Context B. Guy Peters 8. Can Cultural Theory Give us a Handle on the Difference Context Makes to Management by Numbers? Christopher Hood 9. Context, Theory and Rationality: An Uneasy Relationship? Jon Pierre 10. Contexts and Administrative Reforms: A Transformative Approach Tom Christensen and Per Lægreid 11. Context in Public Policy: Implications of Complexity Theory Tony Bovaird 12. The Service-Dominant Context of Public Services: A Suitable Case for Treatment? Stephen P. Osborne, Greta Nasi and Zoe Radnor 13. Explaining Contextual Influences on the Dynamics of Public Management Reforms: Reflections on Some Ways Forward Edoardo Ongaro Second Link Christopher Pollitt PART III: EMPIRICAL APPLICATIONS 14. What We Know So Far and How to Proceed: Contextual Variables in NPM Reform Research Isabella Proeller Third Link Christopher Pollitt 15. Context in Governance Networks: Complex Interactions between Macro, Meso and Micro. A Theoretical Exploration and Some Empirical Evidence on the Impact of Context Factors in Taiwan, Spain and the Netherlands Erik-Hans Klijn, Vicenta Sierra, Tamyko Ysa, Evan M. Berman, Jurian Edelenbos and Don-yun Chen 16. Seeing Context Where There’s No ‘There’ There: The EU/USA Financial Crises and the Missing State Richard Stillman 17. The Context of Public Administration from a Neo-institutionalist Point of View: An Analysis with Finland as the Case Pertti Ahonen 18. The Uses and Abuses of Historical Context: A Case Study in the ‘Mutualisation’ of Public Services Johnston Birchall 19. Context and Accountability: Factors Shaping Performance Audit Jeremy Lonsdale 20. The Role of Significance of Context in Comparing Country Systems John Halligan 21. Hospitals and the Dynamics of Multiple Contexts Christopher Pollitt Fourth Link Christopher Pollitt PART IV: REFLECTIONS 22. Context: What Kind of Missing Link? Christopher Pollitt Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Growing the Productivity of Government Services
Book Synopsis'Carrera and Dunleavy provide a crystal clear and comprehensive account of the complex issues involved in how best to improve the productivity of government services. They offer a nuanced but powerful explanation of productivity puzzles, conundrums and dilemmas in the public sector. But they also offer solutions to many of these problems. Finally, I have found a text on public economics that makes sense, gives genuine management insights and offers real suggestions to practitioners as to what to do next.'- Barry Quirk, Chief Executive, London Borough of Lewisham, UK'This book presents a welcome and sobering analysis of productivity performance in UK central government - a subject that has received remarkably little serious academic attention up to now, in spite of decades of general commentary on managerialism.'- Christopher Hood, All Souls College, UK'Leandro Carrera and Patrick Dunleavy have performed an amazing feat in this book through their rigorous examination of a thorny topic that has dogged pundits and academics alike. Just how efficient is government and how well does it do its job? As a result of an impressive - but accessible - set of data analyses, the authors make an authoritative attack on the proponents of the New Public Management, and offer some clear recommendations for reform based on better use of new technology.'- Peter John, University College London, UKProductivity is essentially the ratio of an organization's outputs divided by its inputs. For many years it was treated as always being static in government agencies. In fact productivity in government services should be rising rapidly as a result of digital changes and new management approaches, and it has done so in some agencies. However, Dunleavy and Carrera show for the first time how complex are the factors affecting productivity growth in government organizations - especially management practices, use of IT, organizational culture, strategic mis-decisions and political and policy churn.With government budgets under stress in many countries, this pioneering book shows academics, analysts and officials how to measure outputs and productivity in detail; how to cope with problems of quality variations; and how to achieve year-on-year, sustainable improvements in the efficiency of government services.Trade ReviewDunleavy and Carrera have performed a difficult, burdensome, original, practical and innovative service to the public sector practitioners and academic observers of public administration and public sector management. This is a book that simply had to be written, but it took a colossal amount of time, effort and experience to do so, and to do it so well. --LSE Review of BooksThis is an innovative book that aims to address lacunae in both the public administration and management literature. It is an informed disquisition on how to measure and thence to increase productivity in the delivery of public services. . . . The book is both an original research-based treatise and a practical guide to action. In this reader's eyes it is required reading for both academics and practitioners. . . . Dunleavy and Carrera have performed a difficult, burdensome, original, practical and innovative service to the public sector practitioners and academic observers of public administration and public sector management. This is a book that simply had to be written, but it took a colossal amount of time, effort and experience to do so, and to do it so well. --LSE review of booksThis is an important book, one that should be read by academics and practitioners alike. . . The authors address what is a central issue both for academic public administration and for the ''real thing''. How can the productivity of governments be improved? Given the large sizes of public sectors throughout the OECD [this question] has become an absolutely vital one. The field of public administration and public policy needs more work like this - academically thorough, yet hard-hitting, policy-relevant and willing to come forward with broad proposals for improving how governments run their (our) affairs. --Christopher Pollitt, International Review of Administrative SciencesTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Why has Government Productivity been so Neglected in Economics and Public Management? Part I: Nationally Provided Government Services 2. Studying National Agencies’ Productivity 3. Rapid Productivity Growth – Customs Regulation 4. Growing Productivity Gradually – Tax Services 5. How Productivity can Remain Unchanged Despite Major Investments – Social Security 6. Broadening the Picture – Two National Regulatory Agencies Part II: Analysing Decentralized Government Services 7. Methods and Quality Issues in Analysing Complex and Localized Services 8. Hospital Productivity in England’s National Health Service Part III: Sustainable Increases in Productivity 9. Embracing Digital Change and Enhancing Organizational Learning 10. Pushing through to Productivity Advances References Index
£31.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Innovation in Public Services
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
£46.50
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook on Complexity and Public Policy
Book SynopsisOver recent years Complexity Science has revealed to us new limits to our possible knowledge and control in social, cultural and economic systems. Instead of supposing that past statistics and patterns will give us predictable outcomes for possible actions, we now know the world is, and will always be, creative and surprising. Continuous structural evolution within such systems may change the mechanisms, descriptors, problems and opportunities, often negating policy aims. We therefore need to redevelop our thinking about interventions, policies and policy making, moving perhaps to a humbler, more learning approach. In this Handbook, leading thinkers in multiple domains set out these new ideas and allow us to understand how these new ideas are changing policymaking and policies in this new era.'- Peter M Allen, Cranfield University, UK'Complexity Theory has come to the fore because the world we live in is complex and many of the issues which confront us cannot be handled by the conventional tools of science, including social science. In public policy and professional practice, we are well aware of wicked issues where simple interventions often make things worse instead of better. The chapters in this excellent Handbook put complexity to work where it matters in informing our thinking and action across governance and public policy.'- David Byrne, Durham University, UKThough its roots in the natural sciences go back to the early 20th century, complexity theory as a scientific framework has developed rapidly from the 1970s onwards. Since the 1990s, it has been increasingly integrated into the social sciences and public policy. The ground-breaking and wide-ranging Handbook on Complexity and Public Policy brings together the latest work from top academics, researchers and policy actors working with complexity and policy from Europe, North America, Brazil and China and organizes it into three clear and cohesive parts:- Theory and Tools- Methods and Modelling for Policy Research and Action- Applying Complexity to Local, National and International Policy.With its distinctive combination of theory, methods and policy applications, comprehensive coverage of the field and state of the art overview, this Handbook is an essential read for students, academics and policy practitioners.Contributors include: S. Astill, U.Bilge, T. Bovaird, P. Cairney, A. Caloffi, T. Carmichael, M. Darking, G. de Roo, B. Edmonds, C. Gershenson, R. Geyer, M. Givel, B. Gray, M. Hadzikadic, P. Haynes, C. Hobbs, M. Howlett, L. Johnson, R. Kenny, K.E. Lehmann, A. Little, Q. Liu, E. Mitleton-Kelly, G. Morçöl, D. Nohrstedt, S. Occelli, J. Price, J. Rayner, C. Ricaurte, G. Room, F. Rossi, M. Russo, F. Semboloni, K. Treadwell Shine, J. Stroud, T. Tenbensel, C. Warren-Adamson, T.E. Webb, A. Wellstead, J. WhitmeyerTrade Review‘Over recent years Complexity Science has revealed to us new limits to our possible knowledge and control in social, cultural and economic systems. Instead of supposing that past statistics and patterns will give us predictable outcomes for possible actions, we now know the world is, and will always be, creative and surprising. Continuous structural evolution within such systems may change the mechanisms, descriptors, problems and opportunities, often negating policy aims. We therefore need to redevelop our thinking about interventions, policies and policy making, moving perhaps to a humbler, more ‘learning’ approach. In this Handbook, leading thinkers in multiple domains set out these new ideas and allow us to understand how these new ideas are changing policymaking and policies in this new era.’Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Paul Cairney and Robert Geyer PART I: THEORY AND TOOLS 2. Complexity, Power and Policy Graham Room 3. Complexity and Real Politics Adrian Little 4. Critical Legal Studies and a Complexity Approach: Some Initial Observations for Law and Policy Thomas E. Webb 5. 'What's the Big Deal?': Complexity Versus Traditional US Policy Approaches Michael Givel 6. Can We Discover the Higgs Boson of Public Policy or Public Administration Theory? A Complexity Theory Answer Göktuǧ Morçöl 7. The Policymaker's Complexity Toolkit Jim Price, Philip Haynes and Mary Darking, Julia Stroud, Chris Warren- Adamson, Carla Ricaurte-Ouijano 8. Effective Policy Making: Addressing Apparently Intractable Problems Eve Mitleton-Kelly PART II: METHODS AND MODELLING FOR POLICY RESEARCH AND ACTION 9. Complexity Theory and Political Science: Do New Theories Require New Methods? Stuart Astill and Paul Cairney 10. Complexity Modelling and Application to Policy Research Liz Johnson 11. Policymaking as Complex Cartography? Mapping and Achieving Probable Futures Using Complex Concepts and Tools Kasey Treadwell Shine 12. The Role of Models in Bridging Expert and Lay Knowledge in Policy-Making Activities Sylvie Occelli and Ferdinando Semboloni 13. Modelling Complexity for Policy: Opportunities and Challenges Bruce Edmonds and Carlos Gershenson 14. Using Agent-Base Modelling to Inform Policy for Complex Domains Mirsad Hadzikadic, Joseph Whitmeyer and Ted Carmichael PART III: APPLYING COMPLEXITY TO LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY 15. Local Government Service Design Skills Through the Appreciation of Complexity Catherine Hobbs 16. Managing Complex Adaptive Systems to Improve Public Outcomes in Birmingham, UK Tony Bovaird and Richard Kenny 17. Brazil and Violent Crime: Complexity as a Way of Approaching 'Intractable' Problems Kai Enno Lehmann 18. Educating for Equality: The Complex Policy of Domestic Migrants' Children in China Qian Liu 19.The Emergence of Iintermediary Organizations: A Network-based Approach to the Design of Innovation Policies Annalisa Caloffi, Federica Rossi and Margherita Russo 20. Complexity Theory and Collaborative Crisis Governance in Sweden Daniel Nohrstedt 21. Going for Plan B- Conditioning Adaptive Planning. About Urban Planning and Institutional Design in a Non-linear, Complex World Gert de Roo 22. Complexity and Health Policy Tim Tenbensel 23. A Case Study of Complexity and Health Policy: Planning for a Pandemic Ben Gray 24. How useful is Complexity Theory to Policy Studies? Lessons from the Climate Change Adaptation Literature Adam Wellstead, Michael Howlett, Jeremy Rayner 25. Agent Based Modelling and the Global Trade Network Ugur Bilge 26. The International Financial Crisis: The Failure of a Complex System Philip Haynes CONCLUSION 27. Where does Complexity and Policy Go from Here? Paul Cairney and Robert Geyer Index
£187.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Globalization and Governance
Book SynopsisGlobalization raises important questions about the governing capacity of domestic institutions. In Globalization and Governance, Jon Pierre studies the impact of international norms and prescriptions on domestic governance in Japan, Sweden and the United States.The empirical analysis is focused on economic governance, administrative reform and intergovernmental relationships. Drawing on survey data, documents and interviews, the analysis finds that domestic institutions still intrinsically shape domestic governance. International norms towards deregulation and market-based administrative reform confront domestic institutions with prescriptions for reform but the three countries provide only very few examples of unmitigated domestic implementation. What Jon Pierre calls 'the microfoundations of globalization'-the assessment, adoption or rejection of international norms and ideas in vogue-is a complex process where domestic institutions and path dependencies remain at the helm. The most important exception to this pattern is governance during financial crises where countries are dependent on conditioned support from transnational institutions.This insightful and informative book will appeal to researchers, academics, post-graduate, as well as undergraduate, students in governance, political economy and international relations.Contents: 1. Globalization and the State 2. Globalization and Domestic Governance 3. Still Governing the Economy? Economic Governance 4. Cities and Regions in a Globalized World: Inter-Governmental Relationships 5. Modernizing the State: Administrative Reform 6. Conclusions: Domestic Governance in a Globalizing World References IndexTrade Review‘To pun, Pierre brings globalization down to earth. After all the hype, he serves as an experienced and trustworthy guide to the key question of how far nation states are “forced” to follow global trends. His answers are nuanced, well-evidenced, and thought-provoking. This should find a place on many reading lists.’ -- Christopher Pollitt, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium'Jon Pierre's Globalization and Governance takes on perhaps the most significant question in international political economy: to what extent have nations governance structures been determined and shaped by the recent great forces of globalization? In an ingenious analytical tour de force, he looks at how three very different democracies, Japan, Sweden, and the U.S., have dealt with the economy, intergovernmental relationships, and administrative reform when confronted by globalization trends. His conclusion is a masterful, elegant and convincing argument that boils down to ''somewhat, but not as much as you (or many other theorists) might think''. This is an important, sophisticated and ground-breaking book about the interstices of international and domestic policymaking and political economy that challenges the conventional wisdom. Is there any better kind in the study of governance?' -- Ellis Krauss, University of California, San Diego'Globalization and Governance makes a compelling case that domestic political economies can cope creatively, distinctly, and effectively with exogenous pressures for change. However compelling and homogenizing global forces may appear to be, the book shows that Sweden, Japan and the United States continue to demonstrate an overwhelming resilience by entrenched domestic patterns plus powerful learning and adaptive capabilities. This book is a welcome addition to the ongoing debates about globalization; it is full of insights for specialists in both comparative politics and international relations.' -- T.J. Pempel, University of California, BerkeleyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Globalization and the State 2. Globalization and Domestic Governance 3. Still Governing the Economy? Economic Governance 4. Cities and Regions in a Globalized World: Inter-Governmental Relationships 5. Modernizing the State: Administrative Reform 6. Conclusions: Domestic Governance in a Globalizing World References Index
£23.95
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Healthcare Management
Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Healthcare Management is a comprehensive examination of key management practices for global healthcare organizations, arguing that insight into and implementation of these practices is essential for success and sustainability.Expert contributors analyze both existing methods and new developments in healthcare management, through topics including healthcare marketing and customer service, managing human resources and organizational stakeholders, strategic and business planning, high-reliability organizations, and health informatics. The result is a well-rounded collection of strategies to enhance healthcare quality, with emphasis on factors that promote organizational excellence.This Handbook will be invaluable to students in both master and doctoral healthcare management programs, as well as faculty and health services researchers, practitioners in both private and public sectors, policy-makers, and public administrators.Contributors: A. Beardsley, J.W. Begun, N. Borkowski, B.K. Breland, K. Darr, C. Deschamp, E.W. Ford, M.D. Fottler, L.H. Friedman, J. Gill, P.K. Howse, T.R.Huerta, J.C. Hyde, R. Kemp, D. Malvey, A.S. McAlearney, N. Menachemi, C. Molinari, H. Nguyen, S.J. O'Connor, P.A. Paustian, A. Raffenaud, S. Rahurkar, S. Ruff, C.J. Sampson, D.J. Slovensky, D.G. Smith, P.L. Spath, W.L. Tarver, M. Thygeson, J.M. Trimm, J.G. Van Matre, C.F. Wainwright, J.H. Willig, T. Yeung, T. ZhangTrade Review'The editors have created an important resource for healthcare management practitioners and students, effectively presenting the most up-to-date knowledge on issues critical to the management of healthcare organizations by experts in their fields. This book offers keen insights into the many challenges that the healthcare industry faces, and more importantly, actions that leaders can take to meet them.' --(Barbara Bigelow, Clark University)Table of ContentsContents: 1. Managing Complex Healthcare Organizations James W. Begun and Marcus Thygeson 2. Leadership Resilience Pamela E. Paustian 3. High Reliability Organizations Patrice L. Spath 4. Organizational Planning J.M.”Mickey” Trimm and John Gill 5. Customer Service Myron D. Fottler and Tina Yeung 6. Human Resources Management Myron D. Fottler, Donna Malvey, John C. Hyde and Clyde Deschamp 7. Disaster Preparedness and Response Bryan K. Breland 8. Organizational Excellence Leonard H. Friedman 9. Communication Charles F. Wainright and Amanda Raffenaud 10. Healthcare Marketing and Social Media Donna Malvey, Alicia Beardsley, Peggy K. Howse and Sandra Ruff 11. Employee Motivation Steve J. O’Connor, Nancy Borkowski and Ross Kemp 12. Organization Change and Transformation Nancy Borkowski 13. Innovations in Healthcare Delivery Donna Malvey, Alicia Beardsley, Hannah Nguyen, and Myron D. Fottler 14. Reducing Medical Errors Joseph G. Van Matre and Donna J. Slovensky 15. HIT to Enhance Patient Care and Organizational Performance Nir Menachemi, Saurabh Rahurkar and Willi L. Tarver 16. The Many Lives of Data James H. Willig 17. Managing Clinical Professionals Timothy R. Hureta, Ann Scheck McAlearney and Eric W. Ford 18. Healthcare Insurance and Finance Dean G. Smith 19. Long-Term Care Carol Molinari and Tina Zhang 20. Ethical Challenges in Healthcare Kurt Darr and Carla J. Sampson 21. The Future of Healthcare: The Editors Weigh In Myron D. Fottler, Donna Malvey and Donna J. Slovensky Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Shaping EU Policy from Below: EU Democracy and
Book SynopsisThis is the first in-depth study of the Committee of the Regions and its role in the European policy process. It is rooted in the theory of European integration, including the 'normative turn', and will be essential reading for students of multilevel European politics.'- Michael Keating, University of Aberdeen, UK'Piattoni and Schonlau s innovative, careful, and multi-disciplinary analysis of the CoR helps us reconsider not only that institution but also EU democracy and governance. It deserves to be widely read by all who seek ways to improve EU governance or to understand the role of sub-state actors in EU politics.'- Alex Warleigh-Lack, Visiting Fellow, UNU-CRIS'Piattoni and Schonlau's work is that rare combination of careful analysis and passionate argument. As the former, it is easily the most thorough and sophisticated study of how the Committee of Regions fits in the EU's institutional structure and the role it plays in its policy making process. As the latter, it is a theoretically astute, and normatively inspired defence of the way in which the CoR contributes to the articulation of democratic voice within the EU's multilevel structure of governance. As such, it is a reflection on how democratic representation works in complex societies, and it should be read by those interested in the legitimacy of the European Union and the question of democratic legitimacy at large.'- Dario Castiglione, University of Exeter, UKThis ground breaking book looks at the way in which the Committee of Regions (CoR) can influence EU policy making from below, despite its relatively weak position in the decision-making process. In essence, the authors argue that the CoR plays a significant role in the EU's political process, going well beyond its formally limited advisory function.By applying theoretical considerations about the expression of judgment and the formation of will in democratic systems, the authors develop a normative argument about why it is opportune that local and regional concerns be involved in shaping European Union decisions. Moreover, by looking at the institutional development of the Committee, and by analyzing its contribution in key policy areas, the book shows why the CoR is already a very important element of the multi-level democratic system of the European Union.Academics, researchers and students will benefit from the up-to-date analysis of the CoR. Functionaries in the EU institutions, European regions and localities, state bureaucracies and political party members will find the new insights provided in this book to be of interest.Trade Review‘This is the first in-depth study of the Committee of the Regions and its role in the European policy process. It is rooted in the theory of European integration, including the “normative turn”, and will be essential reading for students of multilevel European politics.’ -- Michael Keating, University of Aberdeen, UK‘Piattoni and Schönlau’s innovative, careful, and multi-disciplinary analysis of the CoR helps us reconsider not only that institution but also EU democracy and governance. It deserves to be widely read by all who seek ways to improve EU governance or to understand the role of sub-state actors in EU politics.’ -- Alex Warleigh-Lack, Visiting Fellow, UNU-CRIS‘Piattoni and Schönlau’s work is that rare combination of careful analysis and passionate argument. As the former, it is easily the most thorough and sophisticated study of how the Committee of Regions fits in the EU’s institutional structure and the role it plays in its policy making process. As the latter, it is a theoretically astute, and normatively inspired defence of the way in which the CoR contributes to the articulation of democratic voice within the EU’s multilevel structure of governance. As such, it is a reflection on how democratic representation works in complex societies, and it should be read by those interested in the legitimacy of the European Union and the question of democratic legitimacy at large.’ -- Dario Castiglione, University of Exeter, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: EU Democracy and the Committee of the Regions 1. Towards a Multilevel European Democracy 2. The Committee of the Regions: Competing Interpretations 3. Exercising Voice: Inter-institutional Cooperation and Internal Organization 4. Exerting Control: Impact Assessment and Subsidiarity Monitoring 5. The Committee of the Regions and the Debate on EU Cohesion Policy (2014-2020): Exercising Voice to Promote Territorial Cohesion 6. The Committee of the Regions and the Euro Crisis : Exerting Control on Behalf of Substate Interests Conclusion: Shaping Policy from Below and the Future of the Committee of the Regions Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Well-Being and Beyond: Broadening the Public and
Book SynopsisThis book will broaden the public and policy discourse on the importance of well-being by examining psychological, social, environmental, economic, organizational, institutional and political determinants of individual well-being.The public policy discourse on well-being and its indicators has become more active in recent years. However, the vast majority of mainstream policy-making remains unchanged; still couched in the post-war material deprivation framework. The scope needs to be widened beyond an overarching focus on economic success. Turning the discussion to well-being opens the door to the understanding gained by a much broader tranche of those researching human lives across the social and health sciences.This book will be of interest to individuals following the current public and policy debates about well-being, as well as to policy-makers in fields of social and health care, environmental planning, urban development, and innovation, industrial and economic policy.Contributors: S. Bartolini, A. Basu, C.L. Cooper, M. Csikszentmihalyi, M. Eriksson, J. Flint-Taylor, T.J. Hämäläinen, J.F. Helliwell, A. Hubert, R. Kaplan, S. Kaplan, B. Lindström, A. Lyon, J. Michaelson, G. Mulgan, M. O'Hara, P. Puska, C. SeafordTrade Review'Seldom is a work of non-fiction so essential to such a wide audience. The concept of well-being has been an elusive dream of humanity for centuries. It is spoken of in national vision statements and the dreams of poets. This book is the most concrete exploration to date of not only what well-being can mean to the individual but also what policy cast in a context of well-being can mean for the private sector as well as the state. As this compilation of the wisdom of global experts in the field details how well-being can be attained in a host of settings, it is compulsory reading for not only corporate and political leaders but also for the individual who seeks well-being as a personal quest.' --Professor Charles Hopkins, UNESCO Chair in Reorienting Teacher Education, York University, Canada'I strongly advise you to read this book. In 1934', Professor Simon Kuznets said of the modern world, 'the welfare of a nation [can] scarcely be inferred from a measure of national income' and yet since that time the governments of the industrialized world have paid no attention to such good sense. They have instead become obsessed by the totems of economic growth and GDP. Kuznets would have greatly approved of this volume and I can think of no higher praise. It has taken us exactly 80 years, but we have finally got there. Human well-being is what matters.' --Professor Andrew J Oswald, University of Warwick, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. New Theories and Policies for Well-being: Introduction Juliet Michaelson and Timo J. Hämäläinen PART I: THE NEED FOR COHERENCE 2. In Search of Coherence: Sketching a Theory of Sustainable Well-being Timo J. Hämäläinen 3. The Salutogenic Framework for Well-being: Implications for Public Policy Monica Eriksson and Bengt Lindström 4. Well-being and Well-becoming: Reauthorizing the Subject in Incoherent Times Maureen O’Hara and Andrew Lyon PART II: RESTORING THE CENTRALITY OF THE SOCIAL 5. Understanding and Improving the Social Context of Well-being John F. Helliwell 6. Buying Alone: How the Decreasing American Happiness Turned into the Current Economic Crisis Stefano Bartolini 7. Creating Supportive Environments to Foster Reasonableness and Achieve Sustainable Well-being Avik Basu, Rachel Kaplan and Stephen Kaplan PART III: REVISING ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES 8. What Implications Does Well-being Science Have for Economic Policy? Charles Seaford 9. Well-being in Organizations Jill Flint-Taylor and Cary L. Cooper PART IV: POLICY RESPONSES 10. The Politics of Consciousness Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 11. Well-being, Capitalism and Public Policy: From Generalization to Granularity Geoff Mulgan 12. Well-being for Growth and Democracy in the EU Agnès Hubert 13. Policies for Well-being and Health Pekka Puska 14. Practical Models for Well-being Oriented Policy Juliet Michaelson Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd International Handbook on Ageing and Public
Book SynopsisWith the collective knowledge of expert contributors in the field, The International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy explores the challenges arising from the ageing of populations across the globe.With an expansive look at the topic, this comprehensive Handbook examines various national state approaches to welfare provisions for older people and highlights alternatives based around the voluntary and third-party sector, families and private initiatives. Each of these issues are broken down further and split into six comprehensive sections:- Context- Pensions- Health- Welfare- Case Studies- Policy Innovation and Civil SocietyAcademics interested in policy challenges for mature societies will find this Handbook a highly relevant reference tool. It also offers an important message for policy makers and practitioners in the field of public policy.Contributors include: J. Atanackovic, D.E. Bloom, I. Bode, A. Börsch-Supan, I.L. Bourgeault, R. Canning, B.A. Carnes, L. Carter-Edwards, T. Chen, E. Collom, R. Edlin, A. Elissen, M. Eloundou-Enyegue, M. Erlinghagen, J. Field, V. Galasso, R. Gauld, K. Hank, S. Harper, J. Hoffman, R. Holzmann, K. Howse, J.H. Johnson Jr., M. Kaplan, M. Kautto, H.G. Koenig, D. Lain, R. Lee, G.W. Leeson, E. Le , Z. Li, P. Lloyd-Sherlock, B.L. Lowell, A. Lusardi, A. Mason, R. McKinnon, A.M. Parnell, P. Profeta, N. Redondo, M. Sánchez, C. Saraceno, K. Spencer-Suarez, M.Tenikue, V. Timonen, F.M. Torres-Gil, S. Vickerstaff, B. Vriehoef, J. Warburton, A. Webb, E. WesterhoutTrade Review‘International Handbook on Ageing and Public Policy gathers under one cover the collective knowledge of experts in the field who explore challenges arising from ageing populations around the world, and considers national state approaches to welfare for older people and how public and private initiatives work. College-level collections strong in public policies and aging with find this a powerful collection of in-depth articles suitable for framing inquiries and considering social structures.’ -- The Midwest Book Review‘This Handbook on ageing and public policy makes a substantial contribution in bringing together chapters spanning a -- breadth of issues in the areas of policy challenges and practitioner perspectives.’– EE Journal 1848 Social Policy & AdministrationTable of ContentsContents 1. Introduction: Conceptualising Social Policy for the Twenty-first-century Demography Sarah Harper 2. Introduction to Parts I-IV: Perspectives on the Challenges of Population Ageing PART I: POLICY CHALLENGES FOR MATURE SOCIETIES – CONTEXT 3. Drivers of Demographic Change in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries George W. Leeson 4. A Biodemographic Perspective on Longevity and Ageing Bruce A. Carnes 5. Migration and Ageing Societies Sarah Harper 6. On the Mechanical Contributions of Ageing to Global Income Inequality Parfait M. Eloundou-Enyegue and Michael Tenikue 7. Population Ageing and the Size of the Welfare State Vincenzo Galasso and Paola Profeta PART II: POLICY CHALLENGES FOR MATURE SOCIETIES – PENSIONS 8. Global Pension Systems Robert Holzmann 9. The Design and Implementation of Pension Systems in Developing Countries: Issues and Options David E. Bloom and Roddy McKinnon 10. Understanding Pension Wealth Zhenyu Li and Anthony Webb 11. Rational Pension Reform Axel Börsch-Supan 12. National Transfer Accounts and Intergenerational Transfers Ron Lee and Andy Mason PART III: POLICY CHALLENGES FOR MATURE SOCIETIES – HEALTH 13. Assessing the Cost Effectiveness of Therapies for Older People Richard Edlin 14. Population Ageing and Health Care Expenditure Growth Ed Westerhout 15. Developing Appropriate and Effective Care for People with Chronic Disease Bert Vrieheof and Arianne Elissen PART IV: POLICY CHALLENGES FOR MATURE SOCIETIES – WELFARE 16. Sustainability and Intergenerational Justice in Age-related Transfers Kenneth Howse 17. Health and Social Protection Policies for Older People in Latin America Peter Lloyd-Sherlock 18. Ageing Electorates and Gerontocracy: The Politics of Ageing in a Global World Fernando M. Torres-Gil and Kimberly Spencer-Suarez 19. Working Beyond Retirement Age: Lessons for Policy David Lain and Sarah Vickerstaff 20. Families, Older Persons and Care in Contexts of Poverty: the Case of South Africa Jaco Hoffman PART V and VI: PRACTIONER PERSPECTIVES 21. Policy and Practitioner Responses to the Challenges of Population Ageing: Introduction Jaco Hoffman 22. Sustaining the Nordic Welfare Model in the Face of Population Ageing Virpi Timonen and Mikko Kautto 23. Kinship Solidarity in Southern Europe Chiara Saraceno 24. Ageing and Social Policy in Australia Jeni Warburton 25. The Pension System in China: An Overview Taichang Chen 26. How Technology is Re-shaping the Processes of Providing Health Care for Ageing Populations Robin Gauld 27. Ageing and Care Giving in America: the Immigrant Workforce B. Lindsay Lowell 28. Canada’s Live-in Caregiver Programme Ivy Lynn Bourgeault and Jelena Atanackovic PART VI: PRACTIONER PERSPECTIVES – POLICY INNOVATION AND CIVIL SOCIETY 29. Intergenerational Programmes and Policies in Aging Societies Matthew Kaplan and Mariano Sánchez 30. Population Ageing and Private Sector Provision: the Case of Dependent Older Women in Latin America Nélida Redondo 31. Demographic Change and the Role of Older People in the Voluntary Sector Karsten Hank and Marcel Erlinghagen 32. The Third Sector as a Provider of Services for Older People Ewa Leś 33. State-third Sector Partnership Frameworks: from Administration to Participation? Ingo Bode 34. Microfinance, Cooperatives and Timebanks- Community Provided Welfare Ed Collom 35. Faith-Based Organizations and the Provision of Care for Older People Lori Carter-Edwards, James H. Johnson Jr., Allan M. Parnell and Harold G. Koenig 36. Lifelong Learning and Employers: Re-skilling Older Workers John Field and Roy Canning 37. Retirement Planning and Financial Literacy Annamaria Lusardi Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Public Administration Reforms in Europe: The View
Book SynopsisBased on a survey of more than 6,700 top civil servants in 17 European countries, this book explores the impacts of New Public Management (NPM)-style reforms in Europe from a uniquely comparative perspective. It examines and analyses empirical findings regarding the dynamics, major trends and tools of administrative reforms, with special focus on the diversity of top executives' perceptions about the effects of those reforms. Resulting from research funded by the European Commission, this book is an ambitious, comprehensive portrait of public administration in the central European bureaucracies after more than three decades of NPM reforms and in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. The chapters present extensive data on single countries but invaluably take a comparative approach, presenting a broad, explorational perspective.Public Administration Reforms in Europe is an indispensable resource for researchers, practitioners and students in a variety of social science areas, especially public administration, public policy and public management.Contributors include: J. M. Alonso, R. Andrews, P. Bezes, R. Boyle, M.E. Cardim, J. Clifton, D. Díaz-Fuentes, J. Downe, N. Ejersbo, F. Ferrè, D. Galli, C. Greve, V. Guarneros-Meza, G. Hajnal, G. Hammerschmid, K. Huxley, G. Jeannot, S. Jilke, P. Lægreid, S. Leixnering, F. Longo, R.E. Meyer, L. Mota, V. Nakrosis, S.A. Öberg, E. Ongaro, A. Oprisor, L. Pereira, T. Randma-Liiv, R. Rauleckas, L.H. Rykkja, K. Sarapuu, L. Sarkute , R. Savi, A. Schikowitz, R. Snapstiene, T. Steen, V. Stimac, S. Van de Walle, J. van der Voet, T. Virtanen, U. Weske, H. WockelbergTrade Review'The COCOPS Top Executive Survey in the European public sector shows how three major paradigms, based on hierarchies, networks, and markets, dominate debates and perceptions of reforms in 17 European countries. This major comparative research demonstrates what is really happening, or not, and the effects on performance. Top civil servants will use this book to know what to do, or not, based on what works, or not.' --Geert Bouckaert (KU Leuven), President of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences'This is one of the few recent public administration texts to address the really big issues. The authors pose key questions and, with the help of a valuable new comparative database, offer carefully modulated answers. Some edited collections are disappointing, but this one is important, coherent and stimulating.' --Christopher Pollitt, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BelgiumTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Public Administration Reforms in Europe Steven Van de Walle, Gerhard Hammerschmid, Rhys Andrews and Philippe Bezes 2. Comparative Research in Public Administration and the Contribution of the COCOPS Top Executive Survey Steven Van de Walle, Gerhard Hammerschmid, Anca Oprisor and Vid Štimac 3. Understanding Elites: Values, Attitudes, Motivations and Role Perceptions of Top Public Sector Executives in Europe Trui Steen and Ulrike Weske PART I PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORMS IN CONTINENTAL EUROPE 4. Austria: Nothing is Different, but Everything’s Changed Stephan Leixnering, Andrea Schikowitz and Renate E. Meyer 5. From Smooth NPMization to Structural Changes in France: Accelerated Reforms, Mixed Perceptions Philippe Bezes and Gilles Jeannot 6. German Public Administration: Incremental Reform and a Difficult Terrain for Management Ideas and Instruments Gerhard Hammerschmid and Anca Oprisor 7. Administrative Reforms in the Netherlands: Managerialism, Collaboration and Implications for Future Reform Capacity Sebastian Jilke, Joris Van Der Voet and Steven Van De Walle PART II PUBLIC ADMNISTRATION REFORMS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE 8. Public Administration Reform in Estonia: The Abundance of Piecemeal Initiatives Riin Savi and Tiina Randma-Liiv 9. New Wine in New Bottles? Assessing Hungary’s Post-2010 Public Administration Reforms György Hajnal 10. The Impact of Public Administration Reforms in Lithuania: Systemic Managerial Changes and Persisting Organizational Differences Rimantas Rauleckas, Vitalis Nakrošis, Rasa Šnapštienė and Ligita Šarkutė PART III PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORMS IN NORTHERN EUROPE 11. Denmark: Towards the Neo-Weberian State in the Digital Era Carsten Greve and Niels Ejersbo 12. Finland: Active Reformer Looking for More Centralisation and Horizontal Coordination Turo Virtanen 13. Riding the Roller Coaster: Ireland’s Reform of the Public Service at a Time of Fiscal Crisis Richard Boyle 14. Norway: Managerialism, Incrementalism and Collaboration Per Lægreid and Lise H. Rykkja 15. Reinventing the Old Reform Agenda: Public Administrative Reform and Performance in Sweden Helena Wockelberg and Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg 16. A Top-Down, Customer-Oriented Approach to Reform: Perceptions from UK Civil Servants James Downe, Rhys Andrews and Valeria Guarneros-Meza PART IV PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORMS IN SOUTHERN EUROPE 17. Italy: Set Along a Neo-Weberian Trajectory of Administrative Reform? Edoardo Ongaro, Francesca Ferré, Davide Galli and Francesco Longo 18. Public Administration Reforms in Portugal: A Path Between Service Improvement and Cutback Measures Luís Mota, Maria Engrácia Cardim and Luísa Pereira 19. The Slow Pace of Public Administration Reform in Spain José M. Alonso, Judith Clifton and Daniel Díaz-Fuentes PART V CHALLENGES AND OUTCOMES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORMS ACROSS EUROPE 20. Mapping the Use of Public Management Tools in European Public Administration Gilles Jeannot and Philippe Bezes 21. Managing the Public Sector Under Fiscal Stress Tiina Randma-Liiv and Riin Savi 22. Coordination Challenges and Administrative Reforms Per Lægreid, Tiina Randma-Liiv, Lise H. Rykkja and Külli Sarapuu 23. Public Administration Reforms and Outcomes Across Countries and Policy Areas Katy Huxley, Rhys Andrews, Gerhard Hammerschmid and Steven Van De Walle 24. Conclusion: A Kaleidoscope of Administrative Reforms in Europe Rhys Andrews, Philippe Bezes, Gerhard Hammerschmid and Steven Van De Walle Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Restructuring Welfare Governance: Marketization,
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together cutting-edge scholarship on an under-researched and topical issue. Quasi-marketization and managerialization of welfare organizations are found to constitute common reform trends in many European countries and across social policy domains, following similar timings albeit with different intensities. The analysis, carried out at the meso and micro levels, reveals that ex-post control by states has been strengthened, managers are becoming relevant or even central actors, while professionals in public welfare institutions are seeing their role and autonomy challenged.'- Ana M. Guillén, University of Oviedo, Spain'In the contemporary welfare state public management has become a profession of its own. At the same time professionals in public welfare bureaucracies have incorporated market considerations and managerial objectives in their daily work. This current evolution of welfare governance, path dependent as it is, has been documented thoroughly in this book, both in depth and from a comparative perspective. It makes the book a must read for all who are interested in the welfare state and care about its future.'- Peter Hupe, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands'This edited collection on welfare governance across Europe will prove itself invaluable for research and teaching purposes. It usefully brings together the whole range of social sciences in a series of well organized, evidenced and argued chapters. The book is organized into two parts, the first focusing on the impact of marketization and managerialization across Europe and across sectors within the welfare state, while the second half focuses on the professions and the emerging human resource management issues. Both are crucial aspects of the new governance and together deliver a coherent and comprehensive set of papers addressing a highly pertinent set of questions for policymakers, analysts and managers for the next decade and will become recommended reading for the students, the welfare state, social and health policy as well as public sector management and administration.'- Mike Dent, Staffordshire University, UKQuasi-markets and managerial steering techniques have spread in the provision of welfare state services and are now a salient feature. This innovative book explores the introduction and impact of marketization and managerialism in social policy by adopting a dual perspective - one on regulation and governance, the other on human resources - covering five fields of social service delivery.Welfare governance (for example, welfare mix, regulation, employment conditions and customer involvement) has changed significantly in the past decade. In particular, the new governance models not only clash with traditional ideas of bureaucratic regulation but also with the norms and standards of professional service delivery. The fact that the labor force in welfare organizations is made up of 'professionals' implies that the introduction of new modes of welfare governance often results in organizational conflicts. The editors and contributors collectively assesses these processes not only by comparing different policy fields and countries, but also by taking a close look inside organizations, examining the coping strategies of professionals, and how they adapt to new models of governing welfare organizations.An ideal compliment to undergraduate and postgraduate study, Restructuring Welfare Governance is essential reading for scholars in the fields of social policy, public administration and comparative welfare state analysis.Contributors: K. Baadsgaard, V. Burau, F.A. Ceravolo, B. Jantz, H. Jørgensen, T. Klenk, E. Kuhlmann, R. Moscati, M. Noordegraaf, I. Nørup, E. Pavolini, T. Peetz, M. Rostan, U. Schimank, A. Stanchi, C. Teelken, H. Theobald, M. Thunnissen, M. TurriTrade Review‘This volume brings together cutting-edge scholarship on an under-researched and topical issue. Quasi-marketization and managerialization of welfare organizations are found to constitute common reform trends in many European countries and across social policy domains, following similar timings albeit with different intensities. The analysis, carried out at the meso and micro levels, reveals that ex-post control by states has been strengthened, managers are becoming relevant or even central actors, while professionals in public welfare institutions are seeing their role and autonomy challenged.’ -- Ana M. Guillén, University of Oviedo, Spain‘In the contemporary welfare state public management has become a profession of its own. At the same time professionals in public welfare bureaucracies have incorporated market considerations and managerial objectives in their daily work. This current evolution of welfare governance, path dependent as it is, has been documented thoroughly in this book, both in depth and from a comparative perspective. It makes the book a must read for all who are interested in the welfare state and care about its future.’ -- Peter Hupe, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the NetherlandsThis edited collection on welfare governance across Europe will prove itself invaluable for research and teaching purposes. It usefully brings together the whole range of social sciences in a series of well organized, evidenced and argued chapters. The book is organized into two parts, the first focusing on the impact of marketization and managerialization across Europe and across sectors within the welfare state, while the second half focuses on the professions and the emerging human resource management issues. Both are crucial aspects of the new governance and together deliver a coherent and comprehensive set of papers addressing a highly pertinent set of questions for policymakers, analysts and managers for the next decade and will become recommended reading for the students, the welfare state, social and health policy as well as public sector management and administration. -- Mike Dent, Staffordshire University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Emmanuele Pavolini and Tanja Klenk PART I: THE MARKETIZATION AND MANAGERIALIZATION OF WELFARE GOVERNANCE 1. Marketization and Managerialization of Health Care Policies in Europe in a Comparative Perspective Emmanuele Pavolini 2. Marketization and Managerialization of Long-term Care Policies in a Comparative Perspective Hildegard Theobald 3. Marketization and Managerialization of Higher Education Policies in a Comparative Perspective Roberto Moscati, Alberto Stanchi, Matteo Turri, Massimiliano Vaira, and Emmanuele Pavolini 4. Marketization and Managerialization of Education Policies in a Comparative Perspective Emmanuele Pavolini 5. Marketization and Managerialization of Active Labour Market Policies in a Comparative Perspective Bastian Jantz and Tanja Klenk PART II: NEW GOVERNANCE AND PROFESSIONALISM - REFORMING HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 6. New Governance and Professionalism Mirko Noordegraaf 7. ‘Soft Governance’ and the Knowledge-power Bonds in Professionalism: Case Studies from the Healthcare Sector in Germany Ellen Kuhlmann and Viola Burau 8. De-Professionalization through Managerialization in Labour Market Policy: Lessons from the Danish experience Henning Jørgensen, Kelvin Baadsgaard, and Iben Nørup 9. ‘New Public Management’ as De-Professionalization – Conceptual Reflections with Some Applications to School Teachers Uwe Schimank 10. Reforming School Leadership: From Primus Inter Pares to Managers? Thorsten Peetz 11. Higher Education Professionals Facing Managerialism: A Quantitative International Comparison Michele Rostan, Flavio A. Ceravolo, and Massimiliano Vaira 12. Interactions of Governance and Professionalism in Higher Education: A Qualitative Longitudinal Study in the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom Christine Teelken and Marian Thunnissen Conclusions Tanja Klenk and Emmanuele Pavolini Index
£109.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd State and Local Financial Instruments: Policy
Book SynopsisThe ability of a nation to finance its basic infrastructure is essential to its economic well-being in the 21st century. This book covers the municipal securities market in the United States from the perspective of its primary capital financing role in a fiscal federalist system, where subnational governments are responsible for financing the nation s essential physical infrastructure.Using the latest financial research and theory, Johnson, Luby and Moldogaziev use data-driven analysis to inform current public policy debates regarding the future of subnational government debt finance, including the regulation of professional financial service providers. The theories, research and practical examples in the book illustrate the policies and practices that helped governments navigate through the recent financial crisis and great recession, and those policies and practices that contributed to government shipwrecks. The book is designed to help officials make good, sound fiscal choices in a fast changing, complex financial world, and within the constraints imposed by fiscal rules and institutions.State and Local Financial Instruments will be of interest to academics, students and researchers interested in economics, finance, international studies and public policy. It is also an excellent reference tool for government officials, public policymakers and professionals working in finance.Contents: 1. Introduction 2. The Tax-Exemption of Municipal Debt 3. States as Fiscal 'Sovereigns' - Implications for Ability and Willingness to Pay in Full and on Time 4. The Federalist Framework: Fiscal Sovereignty, Federal Regulation and Disclosure 5. Subnational Government Debt Financial Management I - Financing Principles and Policies v6. Subnational Government Debt Financial Management II - Bringing an Issue to Market: Networks and Practices 7. The Serial Debt Issue Structure 8. Secondary Market Disclosure 9. Financial Engineering 10. Reducing Debt Service by Refunding Debt 11. Lessons Learned From the Birth, Growth and Collapse of the Municipal Auction Rate Securities (MARS) Market 12. Enhancing Municipal Credit 13. 'Non-Traditional' Capital Financing Mechanisms 14. Conclusion IndexTrade Review'Three of the sharpest analysts of municipal financing have produced a cutting-edge book that helps to demystify the complexities of the financial markets and instruments employed to achieve public purposes. This book is for professionals engaged in the practice of municipal securities as well as students and researchers devoted to learning market practices.' --W. Bartley Hildreth, Georgia State University, US'Johnson, Luby, and Moldogaziev provide an important addition to the often-convoluted literature on state and local debt. Beyond examining the financial mechanisms of structuring and selling these offerings, they provide an analysis of how and why this debt market is different. Students, academics, and practitioners can all learn from this thoughtful volume and avoid financial market mistakes that have haunted these governments in recent years.' --John L. Mikesell, Indiana University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The Tax-Exemption of Municipal Debt 3. States as Fiscal "Sovereigns" - Implications for Ability and Willingness to Pay in Full and on Time 4. The Federalist Framework: Fiscal Sovereignty, Federal Regulation and Disclosure 5. Subnational Government Debt Financial Management I - Financing Principles and Policies 6. Subnational Government Debt Financial Management II - Bringing an Issue to Market: Networks and Practices 7. The Serial Debt Issue Structure 8. Secondary Market Disclosure 9. Financial Engineering 10. Reducing Debt Service by Refunding Debt 11. Lessons Learned From the Birth, Growth and Collapse of the Municipal Auction Rate Securities (MARS) Market 12. Enhancing Municipal Credit 13. "Non-Traditional" Capital Financing Mechanisms 14. Conclusion Index
£100.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Tools of Policy Formulation: Actors,
Book SynopsisThe development of the policy analysis field has had at least two quite different trajectories. One started in the US, emphasizing the policy formulation stage, while the other developed largely in Europe, highlighting the implementation process. This volume indicates how the two paths have intersected. The thirteen chapters offer new insights to both groups and draw on a broad span of literatures to explore this topic, with contributions from nearly forty individuals across the globe. Its discussion of tools of policy formulation, as well as the analysis of actors, capacities, venues and effects, sets the structure for a future agenda.'- Beryl Radin, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, US'In this important collection, Andrew Jordan and John Turnpenny have thrown new light on an important and neglected topic: the tools needed to make more effective policies. Policymakers themselves have become ever more engaged in using these new analytical techniques and the service that this book performs is to foster a better understanding of them, showing the role of the broader political environment. The editors and contributing authors to this well-written and engaging book really have done an excellent job.'- Peter John, University College London, UKPolicy analysts are accustomed to thinking in terms of tools and instruments. Yet an authoritative examination of the tools which have been developed to formulate new policies is missing. This book is the first of its kind to distinguish the defining characteristics of the main policy formulation tools, and offer a fresh way of understanding how, why and by whom they are selected, as well as the effects they produce in practice.The editors bring together thirteen specially commissioned chapters that, for the first time, explore the tools and their features in a comparable fashion, including: scenarios, indicators, computerized models, cost-benefit and multi-criteria analysis. They develop a novel analytical framework for understanding the form and function of the main tools, which encompasses definitions of key terms, a typology and relevant theoretical explanations.This book will appeal to postgraduate students, scholars and researchers of policy analysis, public policy, decision making and public management. It will also encourage developers and practitioners of policy formulation tools to reflect critically on their work.Contributors: C. Adelle, G. Atkinson, S. Bartke, D. Benson, C. Boswell, T. Bournaris, D. Christopherson, E. Cuppen, B. Evans, C. Fleming, C.D. Gamper, M. Hisschemoller, M. Howlett, A.J. Jordan, P. Kautto, H. Kuittinen, L.E. Larsen, M. Lehtonen, R. Maas, W. Mcdowall, A. Migone, C. Moulogianni, M. Pérez-Soba, T. Rayner, E. Rodrigues, S.-R. Saarela, G. Spinardi, B. Sterk, S.L. Tan, P.Taylor, C. Turcanu, J. Turnpenny, P. Upham, M. Van Ittersum, S. Warghade, S. Weiland, A. Wellstead, S. YearleyTrade ReviewThe development of the policy analysis field has had at least two quite different trajectories. One started in the US, emphasizing the policy formulation stage, while the other developed largely in Europe, highlighting the implementation process. This volume indicates how the two paths have intersected. The thirteen chapters offer new insights to both groups and draw on a broad span of literatures to explore this topic, with contributions from nearly forty individuals across the globe. Its discussion of tools of policy formulation, as well as the analysis of actors, capacities, venues and effects, sets the structure for a future agenda. -- Beryl Radin, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, US‘In this important collection, Andrew Jordan and John Turnpenny have thrown new light on an important and neglected topic: the tools needed to make more effective policies. Policymakers themselves have become ever more engaged in using these new analytical techniques and the service that this book performs is to foster a better understanding of them, showing the role of the broader political environment. The editors and contributing authors to this well-written and engaging book really have done an excellent job.’ -- Peter John, University College London, UKTable of ContentsContents Preface Acknowledgements PART I INTRODUCTION 1. The Tools of Policy Formulation: An Introduction John R. Turnpenny, Andy J. Jordan, David Benson and Tim Rayner PART II TOOLS OF POLICY FORMULATION 2. Participatory Assessment: Tools for Empowering, Learning and Legitimating? Matthijs Hisschemöller and Eefje Cuppen 3. Scenarios: Tools for Coping with Complexity and Future Uncertainty Marta Pérez-Soba and Rob Maas 4. Indicators: Tools for Informing, Monitoring or Controlling? Markku Lehtonen 5. Computerized Models: Tools for Assessing the Future of Complex Systems? Martin K. Van Ittersum and Barbara Sterk 6. Multi-Criteria Analysis: A Tool for Going Beyond Monetization? Catherine D. Gamper and Catrinel Turcanu 7. Cost-Benefit Analysis: A Tool That is Both Useful and Influential? Giles Atkinson PART III ACTORS, CAPACITIES, VENUES AND EFFECTS 8. Policy Formulation, Policy Advice and Policy Appraisal: The Distribution of Analytical Tools Michael Howlett, Seck L. Tan, Andrea Migone, Adam Wellstead and Bryan Evans 9. The Use of Policy Formulation Tools in the Venue of Policy Appraisal: Patterns and Underlying Motivations John R. Turnpenny, Andrew J. Jordan, Camilla Adelle, Stephan Bartke, Thomas Bournaris, Petrus Kautto, Hanna Kuittinen, Lars Ege Larsen, Christina Moulogianni, Sanna-Riikka Saarela and Sabine Weiland 10. Policy Formulation Tool Use in Emerging Policy Spheres: A Developing Country Perspective Sachin Warghade 11. The Effects of Targets and Indicators on Policy Formulation: Narrowing Down, Crowding Out and Locking In Christina Boswell, Steve Yearley, Colin Fleming, Eugénia Rodrigues and Graham Spinardi 12. The Use of Computerized Models in Different Policy Formulation Venues: The MARKAL Energy Model Paul Upham, Peter Taylor, David Christopherson and Will Mcdowall PART IV CONCLUSIONS AND NEW DIRECTIONS 13. The Tools of Policy Formulation: New Perspectives and New Challenges Andy J. Jordan, John R. Turnpenny and Tim Rayner Index
£111.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Tools of Policy Formulation: Actors,
Book SynopsisThe development of the policy analysis field has had at least two quite different trajectories. One started in the US, emphasizing the policy formulation stage, while the other developed largely in Europe, highlighting the implementation process. This volume indicates how the two paths have intersected. The thirteen chapters offer new insights to both groups and draw on a broad span of literatures to explore this topic, with contributions from nearly forty individuals across the globe. Its discussion of tools of policy formulation, as well as the analysis of actors, capacities, venues and effects, sets the structure for a future agenda.'- Beryl Radin, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, US'In this important collection, Andrew Jordan and John Turnpenny have thrown new light on an important and neglected topic: the tools needed to make more effective policies. Policymakers themselves have become ever more engaged in using these new analytical techniques and the service that this book performs is to foster a better understanding of them, showing the role of the broader political environment. The editors and contributing authors to this well-written and engaging book really have done an excellent job.'- Peter John, University College London, UKPolicy analysts are accustomed to thinking in terms of tools and instruments. Yet an authoritative examination of the tools which have been developed to formulate new policies is missing. This book is the first of its kind to distinguish the defining characteristics of the main policy formulation tools, and offer a fresh way of understanding how, why and by whom they are selected, as well as the effects they produce in practice.The editors bring together thirteen specially commissioned chapters that, for the first time, explore the tools and their features in a comparable fashion, including: scenarios, indicators, computerized models, cost-benefit and multi-criteria analysis. They develop a novel analytical framework for understanding the form and function of the main tools, which encompasses definitions of key terms, a typology and relevant theoretical explanations.This book will appeal to postgraduate students, scholars and researchers of policy analysis, public policy, decision making and public management. It will also encourage developers and practitioners of policy formulation tools to reflect critically on their work.Contributors: C. Adelle, G. Atkinson, S. Bartke, D. Benson, C. Boswell, T. Bournaris, D. Christopherson, E. Cuppen, B. Evans, C. Fleming, C.D. Gamper, M. Hisschemoller, M. Howlett, A.J. Jordan, P. Kautto, H. Kuittinen, L.E. Larsen, M. Lehtonen, R. Maas, W. Mcdowall, A. Migone, C. Moulogianni, M. Pérez-Soba, T. Rayner, E. Rodrigues, S.-R. Saarela, G. Spinardi, B. Sterk, S.L. Tan, P.Taylor, C. Turcanu, J. Turnpenny, P. Upham, M. Van Ittersum, S. Warghade, S. Weiland, A. Wellstead, S. YearleyTrade ReviewThe development of the policy analysis field has had at least two quite different trajectories. One started in the US, emphasizing the policy formulation stage, while the other developed largely in Europe, highlighting the implementation process. This volume indicates how the two paths have intersected. The thirteen chapters offer new insights to both groups and draw on a broad span of literatures to explore this topic, with contributions from nearly forty individuals across the globe. Its discussion of tools of policy formulation, as well as the analysis of actors, capacities, venues and effects, sets the structure for a future agenda. -- Beryl Radin, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University, US‘In this important collection, Andrew Jordan and John Turnpenny have thrown new light on an important and neglected topic: the tools needed to make more effective policies. Policymakers themselves have become ever more engaged in using these new analytical techniques and the service that this book performs is to foster a better understanding of them, showing the role of the broader political environment. The editors and contributing authors to this well-written and engaging book really have done an excellent job.’ -- Peter John, University College London, UKTable of ContentsContents Preface Acknowledgements PART I INTRODUCTION 1. The Tools of Policy Formulation: An Introduction John R. Turnpenny, Andy J. Jordan, David Benson and Tim Rayner PART II TOOLS OF POLICY FORMULATION 2. Participatory Assessment: Tools for Empowering, Learning and Legitimating? Matthijs Hisschemöller and Eefje Cuppen 3. Scenarios: Tools for Coping with Complexity and Future Uncertainty Marta Pérez-Soba and Rob Maas 4. Indicators: Tools for Informing, Monitoring or Controlling? Markku Lehtonen 5. Computerized Models: Tools for Assessing the Future of Complex Systems? Martin K. Van Ittersum and Barbara Sterk 6. Multi-Criteria Analysis: A Tool for Going Beyond Monetization? Catherine D. Gamper and Catrinel Turcanu 7. Cost-Benefit Analysis: A Tool That is Both Useful and Influential? Giles Atkinson PART III ACTORS, CAPACITIES, VENUES AND EFFECTS 8. Policy Formulation, Policy Advice and Policy Appraisal: The Distribution of Analytical Tools Michael Howlett, Seck L. Tan, Andrea Migone, Adam Wellstead and Bryan Evans 9. The Use of Policy Formulation Tools in the Venue of Policy Appraisal: Patterns and Underlying Motivations John R. Turnpenny, Andrew J. Jordan, Camilla Adelle, Stephan Bartke, Thomas Bournaris, Petrus Kautto, Hanna Kuittinen, Lars Ege Larsen, Christina Moulogianni, Sanna-Riikka Saarela and Sabine Weiland 10. Policy Formulation Tool Use in Emerging Policy Spheres: A Developing Country Perspective Sachin Warghade 11. The Effects of Targets and Indicators on Policy Formulation: Narrowing Down, Crowding Out and Locking In Christina Boswell, Steve Yearley, Colin Fleming, Eugénia Rodrigues and Graham Spinardi 12. The Use of Computerized Models in Different Policy Formulation Venues: The MARKAL Energy Model Paul Upham, Peter Taylor, David Christopherson and Will Mcdowall PART IV CONCLUSIONS AND NEW DIRECTIONS 13. The Tools of Policy Formulation: New Perspectives and New Challenges Andy J. Jordan, John R. Turnpenny and Tim Rayner Index
£35.10
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Public Administration in the Context of Global
Book SynopsisThe recent acceleration of global governance arrangements has created a new sphere of public administration beyond the nation-state, along with a new set of challenges for national and local governments. This innovative book explores the frontiers of knowledge at the intersection of public administration and international relations scholarship.Expert contributors from around the world provide an interdisciplinary perspective on a range of administrative issues related to international and transboundary organizations. The chapters combine conceptual approaches and empirical research to address questions of autonomy, legitimacy and influence, with a focus on significant global policy issues in health, the environment, science and technology, poverty and trade. This comprehensive approach illustrates the expansive contours of this burgeoning field and outlines vital implications for public administration theory, practice and teaching.This fascinating and timely book will be of great interest to scholars and students of public administration, global governance and international relations.Contributors: S. Ashley, O.G. Austvik, M.W. Bauer, P.-O. Busch, P. Carroll, J. Ege, P.D. Hirsch, J.E. Jreisat, A. Kay, S. Kim, S. Kim, J.G.S. Koppell, A. Y.-H. Lai, W.H. Lambright, M. Lodge, E.W. Malone, R. O'Leary, L. O'Toole, Jr., J. Perry, Y.R. Shawar, J. ShiffmanTrade Review'As a scholar, academic manager, and consultant in public administration, I am familiar with its international and transnational challenges, which permanently confront my organization, the Fundaç o Getulio Vargas (FGV). I have found in this book clues for my own work, both within my organization and in its mutual contributions with multilateral and international strategic partners. A crucial theoretical gap, with serious practical global, regional and national consequences, is finally on its way to be filled.' --Bianor Scelza Cavalcanti, International Director of FGV, Brazil'For decades, the only available analytical framework to understand public administration was the national one. By taking a perspective that goes beyond the national boundaries, the authors provide us with helpful tools to better comprehend the role of networks, collaboration and different forms of partnerships involving and impacting public administrations in the context of global governance. This informative and innovative book will not only give food for thought to public administration theorists and researchers, but also to all public administration practitioners.' --Nathalie Loiseau, Director, École Nationale d'Administration (ENA), France'Public Administration in the Context of Global Governance is an ambitious book that consciously seeks to accelerate the convergence of international relations and public administration perspectives with regard to public administration in global governance. For the most part it succeeds in raising the key and abiding questions regarding theory, process and comparative public administration in the context of global governance. It explores the institutions, structures and procedures and does so through a variety of theoretical and case study lenses. A thought provoking book that should be studied by students on MPAs and public sector MBAs.' --Andrew Massey, Exeter University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Public Administration and International Relations – Converging on a New Research Frontier Soonhee Kim, Shena Ashley and W. Henry Lambright PART 1: WHAT DOES THE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE CONTEXT MEAN FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION?: THEORY, PRACTICE AND RESEARCH 1. Globalization, Global Governance, and Public Administration Laurence J. O’Toole, Jr. 2. Toward an “Open Systems” Perspective of Global Public Administration Citizenzhip, Rosemary O’Leary 3. Building Public Administration Theory for Global Governance James L. Perry 4. Public Administration and a Changing Context Jamil E. Jreisat 5. Transboundary Leadership in Science and Technology: The International Space Station W. Henry Lambright 6. Global Rulemaking and Institutional Forms Jonathan G.S. Koppell PART 2: ADMINISTRATIVE DIMENSIONS IN GLOBAL GOVERNANCE: AUTONOMY, LEGITIMACY, AND INFLUENCE 7. The Independent Influence of International Public Administration: Contours and Future Directions of an Emerging Research Strand Per-Olaf Busch 8. The Autonomy of International Bureaucracies Michael W. Bauer and Jörn Ege 9. Collaborative Problem Solving in a Fractured World: A Perspective on the Role of Global-scale Institutions and Administrators in the Context of Climate Change Paul D. Hirsch 10. Regulation in Crisis: Reputation, Capacity and Limitations Martin Lodge 11. Negotiating and Adapting Optimal Integration: Transnational Economic Integration and the Public Management Challenge Ole Gunnar Austvik 12. Emerging Patterns of Regional Governance in East Asia Sunhyuk Kim PART 3: GLOBAL HEALTH: EXAMINING THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND INTERNATIONAL RELATION NEXUS 13. A Case Study of the Expanding Role of the OECD in Global Health Governance: Combining Public Administration and International Relations Perspectives to Identify Internal and External Drivers Adrian Kay and Peter Carroll 14. The Emergence of Governance Capacity in Global Policy Implementations: Evidence form Managing Transnational Public Health Crises Allen Yu-Hung Lai 15. Insights from Public Administration Scholarship for Addressing Global Health Governance Challenges Edward W. Malone, Yusra R. Shawar and Jeremy Shiffman Conclusion: Core Themes and Future Challenges for Public Administration in the Global Governance Context W. Henry Lambright, Shena Ashley, and Soonhee Kim Index
£100.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Financing Nonprofits and Other Social
Book SynopsisBenefits theory connects an organization's mission, the public and private benefits it produces, and the societal groups that it benefits, to an appropriate income mix. This book applies benefits theory to the financing of nonprofit and other social purpose organizations to guide managers and leaders towards finding the best mix of income sources for their organizations, to help educate future managers about resource development and to stimulate additional research on the financing of nonprofits and other forms of social enterprise. Individual chapters are devoted to organizations primarily reliant on earned income, gifts, government support and investment income, respectively, as well as to organizations that are well diversified in their sources of operating support. Each type of income, as well as mixed income portfolios are analyzed in depth. Detailed case studies of contemporary social purpose organizations are discussed throughout the book, and templates are provided to help leaders apply benefits theory to analyze the income opportunities and portfolios of their own organizations. Comprehensive and practitioner-friendly, this book is suitable not only for teaching graduate and undergraduate students in non-profit management, social enterprise, public administration and business management, but also for informing practicing managers, teachers and researchers, and funders of social purpose organizations.Trade Review'Dennis Young has written a brilliant analysis of the complex domain of Social Purpose Organizations (SPOs), the growing number of financial tools at their disposal, in a system that requires them to strike a balance between their social mission and their financial stability, within a context of volatile economic, political and technological environments. His choice of the Benefits Theory helps put all those components into a meaningful whole. The book is especially timely in light of the recent international interest in social enterprises and other for-profit frameworks' involvement in the social domain and will be highly valuable for both academics and practitioners.' --Benjamin Gidron, College of Management Academic Studies (COMAS), IsraelTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Bill Bolling 1. Preface 2. Introduction 3. Cross-Currents in SPO Finance 4. Benefits Theory 5. The Nature of Benefits and Their Financing 6. Fee-Reliant SPOs 7. Contributions-Reliant SPOs 8. Government-Reliant SPOs 9. Investment Income-Reliant SPOs 10. Mixed Income Strategies 11. Capital Financing 12. Income Portfolios Benefits Thinking: Ideas and Tools for Practice Index
£104.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Financing Nonprofits and Other Social
Book SynopsisBenefits theory connects an organization's mission, the public and private benefits it produces, and the societal groups that it benefits, to an appropriate income mix. This book applies benefits theory to the financing of nonprofit and other social purpose organizations to guide managers and leaders towards finding the best mix of income sources for their organizations, to help educate future managers about resource development and to stimulate additional research on the financing of nonprofits and other forms of social enterprise. Individual chapters are devoted to organizations primarily reliant on earned income, gifts, government support and investment income, respectively, as well as to organizations that are well diversified in their sources of operating support. Each type of income, as well as mixed income portfolios are analyzed in depth. Detailed case studies of contemporary social purpose organizations are discussed throughout the book, and templates are provided to help leaders apply benefits theory to analyze the income opportunities and portfolios of their own organizations. Comprehensive and practitioner-friendly, this book is suitable not only for teaching graduate and undergraduate students in non-profit management, social enterprise, public administration and business management, but also for informing practicing managers, teachers and researchers, and funders of social purpose organizations.Trade Review'Dennis Young has written a brilliant analysis of the complex domain of Social Purpose Organizations (SPOs), the growing number of financial tools at their disposal, in a system that requires them to strike a balance between their social mission and their financial stability, within a context of volatile economic, political and technological environments. His choice of the Benefits Theory helps put all those components into a meaningful whole. The book is especially timely in light of the recent international interest in social enterprises and other for-profit frameworks' involvement in the social domain and will be highly valuable for both academics and practitioners.' --Benjamin Gidron, College of Management Academic Studies (COMAS), IsraelTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Bill Bolling 1. Preface 2. Introduction 3. Cross-Currents in SPO Finance 4. Benefits Theory 5. The Nature of Benefits and Their Financing 6. Fee-Reliant SPOs 7. Contributions-Reliant SPOs 8. Government-Reliant SPOs 9. Investment Income-Reliant SPOs 10. Mixed Income Strategies 11. Capital Financing 12. Income Portfolios Benefits Thinking: Ideas and Tools for Practice Index
£29.40
