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Book SynopsisIn many countries, government and society have undergone a major shift in recent years, now tending toward 'smaller government' and 'bigger society'. This development has lent increased meaning to the notion of interactive governance, a concept that this book takes not as a normative ideal but as an empirical phenomenon that needs constant critical scrutiny, reflection and embedding in modern societies.Critical Reflections on Interactive Governance assesses the fundamental changes we can see in civic engagement in interactive governance to new forms of civic self-organization. Eminent scholars across a host of varying disciplines critically discuss a wealth of surrounding issues such as; the role of politicians in interactive governance; whether government strategies - stressing increasing responsibilities for citizens - exclude and mainstream certain people; the type of leadership required for interactive governance to work and what new forms of co-production between governmental institutions, civic organisations and citizens arise. The book concludes with the prospect of potential hybrid institutional and organizational arrangements, like the co-operative model to democracy or the social enterprise, in developing and implementing public services and products. Astute and engaging, Critical Reflections on Interactive Governance will appeal to students in the areas of political science, sociology, public administration and organization management. Scholars and practitioners in the field of interactive governance, participation and civic self-organization will also be particularly interested in this book.Contributors include: H.P. Bang, K.P.R. Bartels, V. Bekkers, T. Bovaird, T. Brandsen, E. Czaika, B. Denters, M. Duijn, M. Duniam, J. Edelenbos, G.J. Ellen, R. Eversole, S. Groeneveld, E.H. Klijn, J. Kooiman, E. Loeffler, S. Moyson, B. Ottow, Y. Papadopoulos, K.L. Patterson, B.G. Peters, J. Pierre, M. Ranahan, A. Røiseland, D. Rumore, M. Russo, T. Schenk, R.M. Silverman, J.D. Sobels, T. Søndergård Madsen, E. Sørensen, J. Torfing, P. Triantafillou, S.I. Vabo, A. van Buuren, S. Van de Walle, I. van Meerkerk, W. Voorberg, H. Wagenaar, L. YinTrade ReviewThis volume presents a much wanted and comprehensive overview of the phenomenon of interactive governance between governments and citizens, which many see as a remedy for the problems of effectiveness and democratic legitimacy with which governments in our current network society wrestle. It compiles theoretical ideas, concepts and critical reflections from authoritative authors skillfully assembled by the editors. A must-read for scholars, students, and practitioners who try to make sense of this increasingly salient governance practice.' --Joop Koppenjan, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands'This excellent volume offers new insights into contemporary civic engagement by exploring the expansion of ''civic-induced'', as opposed to ''government-induced'', interactive governance. At the same time, the volume's critical (though not skeptical) stance towards interactive governance illuminates inherent limits and tensions and usefully organizes key debates about this expanding mode of governance.' --Christopher Ansell, University of California, BerkeleyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Three Reflecting Perspectives on Interactive Governance Jurian Edelenbos and Ingmar van Meerkerk 2. Interactive Governance and Governability Jan Kooiman 3. Forms of Governance and Policy Problems: Coping with Complexity B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre 4. Interactive Governance: A Challenge to Institutionalism Henrik P. Bang 5. Democratic Transfer: Everyday Neoliberalism, Hegemony and the Prospects for Democratic Renewal Hendrik Wagenaar 6. Interactive – or counteractive – governance? Lessons learned about citizen participation and political leadership Asbjørn Røiseland and Signy Irene Vabo 7. Interactive Governance: Authorisation, Representation, and Accountability Yannis Papadopoulos 8. Making Good Citizens: Power and Empowerment in Community Development Programmes in Nepal Tina Søndergård Madsen and Peter Triantafillou 9. What Do Public Officials Think About Citizens? The Role of Public Officials’ Trust and Their Perceptions of Citizens’ Trustworthiness in Interactive Governance Stéphane Moyson, Steven Van De Walle and Sandra Groeneveld 10. Governance In Flux: A Study of Irrigator Compliance in South Australia Jonathan Sobels 11. Community Self-Organization: Potentials and Pitfalls Bas Denters 12. What Has Co-Production Ever Done for Interactive Governance? Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler 13. Interactive Governance and the Social Construction of Citizens as Co-Creators William Voorberg and Victor Bekkers 14. Social Enterprises in Rural Community Governance: Evidence From Tasmania Mary Duniam and Robyn Eversole 15. Public Engagement, Governance, and the Pursuit of Equity in Contemporary Urban Revitalization: Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs) With Public Versus Nonprofit Developers Kelly L. Patterson, Molly Ranahan, Robert Mark Silverman and Li Yin 16. Governments and Self-Organization: A Hedgehog’s Dilemma Taco Brandsen 17. Doing What’s Necessary: How Encounters in Practice Shape and Improve Interactive Governance Koen P.R. Bartels 18. Joint Fact-Finding: An Approach for Advancing Interactive Governance When Scientific and Technical Information is in Question Todd Schenk, Ellen Czaika, Danya Rumore and Michal Russo 19. Interactive Governance and the Limits of Knowledge Coproduction Arwin Van Buuren, Mike Duijn, Gerald Jan Ellen and Bouke Ottow 20. The Managerial Aspect of Interactive Governance Erik Hans Klijn 21. Political Leadership in the Age of Interactive Governance: Reflections on the Political Aspects of Metagovernance Eva Sørensen and Jacob Torfing 22. Complementary Boundary Spanning Leadership: Making Civic-Induced Interactive Governance Work Ingmar Van Meerkerk and Jurian Edelenbos 23. Conclusions: Synthesizing Key Reflections and Exploring New Avenues for Research and Debate on Interactive Governance Jurian Edelenbos and Ingmar Van Meerkerk Index

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Book SynopsisGovernment interest in wellbeing as an explicit goal of public policy has increased significantly in recent years. This has led to new developments in measuring wellbeing and initiatives aimed specifically at enhancing wellbeing, that reflect new thinking on 'what matters' and challenge established notions of societal progress. The Politics and Policy of Wellbeing provides the first theoretically grounded and empirically informed account of the rise and significance of wellbeing in contemporary politics and policy.Drawing on theories of agenda-setting and policy change, Ian Bache and Louise Reardon consider whether wellbeing can be described as 'an idea whose time has come'. The book reflects on developments across the globe and provides a detailed comparative analysis of two political arenas: the UK and the EU. Offering the first reflection grounded in evidence of the potential for wellbeing to be paradigm changing, the authors identify the challenge of bringing wellbeing into policy as a 'wicked problem' that policymakers are only now beginning to grapple with.This pioneering account of wellbeing from a political science perspective is a unique and valuable contribution to the field. The authors' theoretical and empirical conclusions are of great interest to scholars of politics and wellbeing alike.Trade Review'The study of wellbeing is arguably the most vibrant and compelling multi-disciplinary research program in contemporary social science. Beyond the academy, wellbeing research is increasingly coming to inform the making of public policy across the world. This beautifully written and meticulously researched book provides a much needed assessment of the promise and problems of wellbeing as a scholarly and policy phenomenon. Thoughtful, authoritative and engaging, it is necessary reading for anyone wishing to understand the new politics of wellbeing.' --Benjamin Radcliff, University of Notre Dame'Politicians have re-discovered quality of life as the purpose of politics, policymakers look through the lens of wellbeing and national statistical offices are publishing new measures. In this timely, wide-ranging and insightful book, Bache and Reardon help us make sense of all of this using the discipline of political science. This is a must-read for all of the above-mentioned actors, as well as researchers, students, commentators, business leaders and everyone with an interest in wellbeing.' --Paul Allin, Imperial College London and Former Director of the ONS National Wellbeing Programme, UK'I have never seen a book like this. The authors seem to me to be ahead of their time: they are the first to try to explain the gradual rise and rise of ideas about 'wellbeing' in modern society. At the time of writing, nobody knows where this intellectual current will end, but it will probably be several oceans away. The book should be read by economists, psychologists, political scientists, historians and policy-makers. It is a prescient and wickedly interesting read.' --Andrew Oswald, University of Warwick, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Wellbeing in Politics and Policy 2. Theorising Agenda-setting and Policy Change 3. Two Waves of Wellbeing 4. A Comparative Analysis of the UK and EU 5. Wellbeing in Policy 6. The ‘Wicked Problem’ of Wellbeing 7. Conclusions Index

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Book SynopsisGovernment interest in wellbeing as an explicit goal of public policy has increased significantly in recent years. This has led to new developments in measuring wellbeing and initiatives aimed specifically at enhancing wellbeing, that reflect new thinking on 'what matters' and challenge established notions of societal progress. The Politics and Policy of Wellbeing provides the first theoretically grounded and empirically informed account of the rise and significance of wellbeing in contemporary politics and policy.Drawing on theories of agenda-setting and policy change, Ian Bache and Louise Reardon consider whether wellbeing can be described as 'an idea whose time has come'. The book reflects on developments across the globe and provides a detailed comparative analysis of two political arenas: the UK and the EU. Offering the first reflection grounded in evidence of the potential for wellbeing to be paradigm changing, the authors identify the challenge of bringing wellbeing into policy as a 'wicked problem' that policymakers are only now beginning to grapple with.This pioneering account of wellbeing from a political science perspective is a unique and valuable contribution to the field. The authors' theoretical and empirical conclusions are of great interest to scholars of politics and wellbeing alike.Trade Review'The study of wellbeing is arguably the most vibrant and compelling multi-disciplinary research program in contemporary social science. Beyond the academy, wellbeing research is increasingly coming to inform the making of public policy across the world. This beautifully written and meticulously researched book provides a much needed assessment of the promise and problems of wellbeing as a scholarly and policy phenomenon. Thoughtful, authoritative and engaging, it is necessary reading for anyone wishing to understand the new politics of wellbeing.' --Benjamin Radcliff, University of Notre Dame'Politicians have re-discovered quality of life as the purpose of politics, policymakers look through the lens of wellbeing and national statistical offices are publishing new measures. In this timely, wide-ranging and insightful book, Bache and Reardon help us make sense of all of this using the discipline of political science. This is a must-read for all of the above-mentioned actors, as well as researchers, students, commentators, business leaders and everyone with an interest in wellbeing.' --Paul Allin, Imperial College London and Former Director of the ONS National Wellbeing Programme, UK'I have never seen a book like this. The authors seem to me to be ahead of their time: they are the first to try to explain the gradual rise and rise of ideas about 'wellbeing' in modern society. At the time of writing, nobody knows where this intellectual current will end, but it will probably be several oceans away. The book should be read by economists, psychologists, political scientists, historians and policy-makers. It is a prescient and wickedly interesting read.' --Andrew Oswald, University of Warwick, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Wellbeing in Politics and Policy 2. Theorising Agenda-setting and Policy Change 3. Two Waves of Wellbeing 4. A Comparative Analysis of the UK and EU 5. Wellbeing in Policy 6. The ‘Wicked Problem’ of Wellbeing 7. Conclusions Index

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Book SynopsisThe term multi-level governance (MLG) has emerged from its origins in EU studies in the early 1990s to become a commonly used description of politics and policy-making in a range of settings. This collection discusses seminal papers covering three waves of MLG scholarship; the first wave focuses largely on debates around Europe and the regions; the second on the nature and impact of MLG in wider settings (local, national and global) and the implications for accountability; and the third discusses MLG of different types and in new terrains (geographical or policy).Table of ContentsContents: Volume I Acknowledgements Introduction Ian Bache and Matthew Flinders PART I MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE: CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT 1. Gary Marks (1993), ‘Structural Policy and Multilevel Governance in the EC’, in Alan W. Cafruny and Glenda G. Rosenthal (eds), The State of the European Community, Chapter 23, Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 391–410 2. Gary Marks (1996), ‘An Actor-Centred Approach to Multi‐Level Governance’, Regional and Federal Studies, 6 (2), 20–38 3. Gary Marks, Liesbet Hooghe and Kermit Blank (1996), ‘European Integration from the 1980s: State-Centric v Multi-level Governance’, Journal of Common Market Studies, 34 (3), September, 341¬–78 4. Christopher K. Ansell, Craig A. Parsons and Keith A. Darden (1997), ‘Dual Networks in European Regional Development Policy’, Journal of Common Market Studies, 35 (3), September, 347–75 5. Ian Bache (1999), ‘The Extended Gatekeeper: Central Government and the Implementation of EC Regional Policy in the UK’, Journal of European Public Policy, 6 (1), March, 28–45 6. Andrew Jordan (2001), ‘The European Union: An Evolving System of Multi-level Governance . . . or Government?’, Policy and Politics, 29 (2), April, 193–208 7. Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks (2003), ‘Unravelling the Central State, but How? Types of Multi-level Governance’, American Political Science Review, 97 (2), May, 233–43 8. Tarija E. Aalberts (2004), ‘The Future of Sovereignty in Multilevel Governance Europe – A Constructivist Reading’, Journal of Common Market Studies, 42 (1), February, 23–46 9. Stephen George (2004), ‘Multi-Level Governance and the European Union’, in Ian Bache and Matthew Flinders (eds), Multi-level Governance, Chapter 7, Oxford, UK and New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 107–26 10. Enrico Gualini (2006), ‘The Rescaling of Governance in Europe: New Spatial and Institutional Rationales’, European Planning Studies, 14 (7), August, 881–904 11. Paul Stubbs (2005), ‘Stretching Concepts Too Far? Multi-Level Governance, Policy Transfer and the Politics of Scale in South East Europe’, Southeast European Politics, VI (2), November, 66–87 12. Simona Piattoni (2009), ‘Multi-level Governance: A Historical and Conceptual Analysis’, Journal of European Integration, 31 (2), March, 163–80 13. Paul Stephenson (2013), ‘Twenty Years of Multi-Level Governance: “Where Does It Come From? What Is It? Where Is It Going?”’, Journal of European Public Policy, 20 (6), 817–37 PART II MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE: REGIONS 14. Jeffrey J. Anderson (1990), ‘Skeptical Reflections on a Europe of Regions: Britain, Germany, and the ERDF’, Journal of Public Policy, 10 (4), October-December, 417–47 15. Liesbet Hooghe (1995), ‘Subnational Mobilisation in The European Union’, West European Politics, 18 (3), 175–98 16. Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks (1996), ‘“Europe with the Regions?”: Channels of Regional Representation in the European Union’, Publius, 26 (1), Winter, 73–91 17. Peter John (1996), ‘Europeanization in a Centralizing State: Multi-Level Governance in the UK’, Regional and Federal Studies, 6 (2), 131–44 18. Charlie Jeffery (1996), ‘Regional Information Offices in Brussels and Multi-Level Governance in the EU: A UK-German Comparison’, Regional and Federal Studies, 6 (2), 183–203 19. Steve Martin and Graham Pearce (1999), ‘Differentiated Multi-level Governance? The Response of British Sub-national Governments to European Integration’, Regional and Federal Studies, 9 (2), Summer, 32–52 20. Ian Bache and Rachel Jones (2000), ‘Has EU Regional Policy Empowered the Regions? A Study of Spain and the United Kingdom’, Regional and Federal Studies, 10 (3), Autumn, 1–20 21. Charlie Jeffery (2000), ‘Sub-National Mobilization and European Integration: Does it Make Any Difference?’, Journal of Common Market Studies, 38 (1), March, 1–23 22. Gary Marks, Liesbet Hooghe and Arjan H. Schakel (2008), ‘Patterns of Regional Authority’, Regional and Federal Studies, 18 (2-3), April-June, 167¬–81 23. John Loughlin (2007), ‘Reconfiguring the State: Trends in Territorial Governance in European States’, Regional and Federal Studies, 17 (4), December, 385–403 24. Ana Maria Dobre (2010), ‘Europeanization and New Patterns of Multi-level Governance in Romania’, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 10 (1), March, 59–70 PART III MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE: DEMOCRACY 25. Jan Olsson (2003), ‘Democracy Paradoxes in Multi-level Governance: Theorizing on Structural Fund System Research’, Journal of European Public Policy, 10 (2), April, 283–300 26. B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre (2004), ‘Multi-level Governance and Democracy: A Faustian Bargain?’, in Ian Bache and Matthew Flinders (eds), Multi-Level Governance, Chapter 5, Oxford, UK and New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 75–89 27. Chris Skelcher (2005), ‘Jurisdictional Integrity, Polycentrism, and the Design of Democratic Governance’, Governance, 18 (1), January, 89–110 28. Yannis Papadopoulos (2007), ‘Problems of Democratic Accountability in Network and Multilevel Governance’, European Law Journal, 13 (4), July, 469–86 29. Arthur Benz (2007), ‘Accountable Multilevel Governance by the Open Method of Coordination?’, European Law Journal, 13 (4), July, 505–22 30. Carol Harlow and Richard Rawlings (2007), ‘Promoting Accountability in Multilevel Governance: A Network Approach’, European Law Journal, 13 (4), July, 542–62 31. Ian Bache and Rachael Chapman (2008), ‘Democracy through Multi-level Governance? The Implementation of the Structural Funds in South Yorkshire’, Governance, 21 (3), July, 397–418 32. Bob Jessop (2009), ‘From Governance to Governance Failure and from Multi-level Governance to Multi-scalar Meta-governance’, in Bas Arts, Arnoud Lagendijk and Henk van Houtum (eds), The Disoriented State: Shifts in Governmentality, Territoriality and Governance, Chapter 4, Berlin, Germany: Springer Science and Business Media B.V., 79¬–98 33. Yannis Papadopoulos (2010), ‘Accountability and Multi-level Governance: More Accountability, Less Democracy?’, West European Politics, 33 (5), September, 1030–49 Index Volume II Acknowledgements An introduction by the editors to both volumes appears in Volume I PART I MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE: EU COHESION POLICY 1. Mark A. Pollack (1995), ‘Regional Actors in an Intergovernmental Play: The Making and Implementation of EC Structural Policy’, in Carolyn Rhodes and Sonia Mazey (eds), The State of the European Union, Vol. 3: Building a European Polity?, Chapter 16, Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 361–90 2. Andy Smith (1997), ‘Studying Multi-Level Governance: Examples from the French Translations of the Structural Funds’, Public Administration, 75, Winter, 711–29 3. Thomas Conzelmann (1998), ‘“Europeanisation” of Regional Development Policies? Linking the Multi-Level Governance Approach with Theories of Policy Learning and Policy Change’, European Integration Online Papers, 2 (4), i, 1–23 4. John B. Sutcliffe (2000), ‘The 1999 Reform of the Structural Fund Regulations: Multi-Level Governance or Renationalization?’, Journal of European Public Policy, 7 (2), June, 290–309 5. Arthur Benz (2000), ‘Two Types of Multi-level Governance: Intergovernmental Relations in Germany and EU Regional Policy’, Regional and Federal Studies, 10 (3), Autumn, 21¬–44 6. David Bailey and Lisa De Propris (2002), ‘EU Structural Funds, Regional Capabilities and Enlargement: Towards Multi-Level Governance?’, Journal of European Integration, 24 (4), 303¬–24 7. Michael W. Bauer (2002), ‘The EU “Partnership Principle”: Still A Sustainable Governance Device Across Multiple Administrative Arenas?’, Public Administration, 80 (4), 769–89 8. Enrico Gualini (2003), ‘Challenges to Multi-Level Governance: Contradictions and Conflicts in the Europeanization of Italian Regional Policy’, Journal of European Public Policy, 10 (4), August, 616–36 9. Adam Marshall (2005), ‘Europeanization at the Urban Level: Local Actors, Institutions and the Dynamics of Multi-Level Interaction’, Journal of European Public Policy, 12 (4), August, 668–86 10. Jens Blom-Hansen (2005), ‘Principals, Agents, and the Implementation of EU Cohesion Policy’, Journal of European Public Policy, 12 (4), August, 624–48 11. John Bachtler and Carlos Mendez (2007), ‘Who Governs EU Cohesion Policy? Deconstructing the Reforms of the Structural Funds’, Journal of Common Market Studies, 45 (3), September, 535–64 12. László Bruszt (2008), ‘Multi-level Governance – the Eastern Versions: Emerging Patterns of Regional Developmental Governance in the New Member States’, Regional and Federal Studies, 18 (5), October, 607–27 13. George Andreou (2010), ‘The Domestic Effects of EU Cohesion Policy in Greece: Islands of Europeanization in a Sea of Traditional Practices’, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 10 (1), March, 13–27 14. Ian Bache, George Andreou, Gorica Atanasova and Danijel Tomsic (2011), ‘Europeanization and Multi-Level Governance in South-East Europe: The Domestic Impact of EU Cohesion Policy and Pre-Accession Aid’, Journal of European Public Policy, 18 (1), January, 122–41 PART II MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE: CLIMATE CHANGE 15. Harriet Bulkeley and Michele Betsill (2005), ‘Rethinking Sustainable Cities: Multilevel Governance and the “Urban” Politics of Climate Change’, Environmental Politics, 14 (1), February, 42–63 16. Michele M. Betsill and Harriet Bulkeley (2006), ‘Cities and the Multilevel Governance of Global Climate Change’, Global Governance, 12 (2), April, 141–59 17. Barry G. Rabe (2007), ‘Beyond Kyoto: Climate Change Policy in Multilevel Governance Systems’, Governance, 20 (3), July, 423–44 18. Eva Gustavsson, Ingemar Elander and Mats Lundmark (2009), ‘Multilevel Governance, Networking Cities, and the Geography of Climate-Change Mitigation: Two Swedish Examples’, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 27, 59–74 19. Kristie Kern and Harriet Bulkeley (2009), ‘Cities, Europeanization and Multi-Level Governance: Governing Climate Change through Transnational Municipal Networks’, Journal of Common Market Studies, 47 (2), March, 309–32 20. Helene Amundsen, Frode Berglund and Hege Westskog (2010), ‘Overcoming Barriers to Climate Change Adaptation – A Question of Multilevel Governance?’, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 28 (2), 276–89 21. Greg Marsden and Tom Rye (2010), ‘The Governance of Transport and Climate Change’, Journal of Transport Geography, 18 (6), November, 669–78 22. Andrew Jordan, Harro van Asselt, Frans Berkhout, Dave Huitema and Tim Rayner (2012), ‘Understanding the Paradoxes of Multilevel Governing: Climate Change Policy in the European Union’, Global Environmental Politics, 12 (2), May, 43–66 23. Ian Bache, Ian Bartle, Matthew Flinders and Greg Marsden (2014), ‘Blame Games and Climate Change Accountability: Multi-Level Governance and Carbon Management’, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 17 (1), February, 64–88 PART III MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE: OTHER APPLICATIONS 24. Gerhard Fuchs (1994), ‘Policy-Making in a System of Multi-Level Governance – the Commission of the European Community and the Restructuring of the Telecommunications Sector’, Journal of European Public Policy, 1 (2), Autumn, 177–94 25. Peter John (1996) ‘Europeanization in a Centralizing State: Multi-Level Governance in the UK’, Regional and Federal Studies, 6 (2), 131–44 26. Rainer Eising (2004), ‘Multilevel Governance and Business Interests in the European Union’, Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions, 17 (2), April, 211–45 27. Ian Bache and Matthew Flinders (2004), ‘Multi-Level Governance and the Study of the British State’, Public Policy and Administration, 19 (1), Spring, 31–52 28. Chun Yang (2005), ‘Multilevel Governance in the Cross-Boundary Region of Hong Kong - Pearl River Delta, China’, Environment and Planning A, 37 (12), 2147–68 29. Adam Harmes (2006), ‘Neoliberalism and Multilevel Governance’, Review of International Political Economy, 13 (5), December, 725–49 30. Cecile Crespy, Jean-Alain Heraud and Beth Perry (2007), ‘Multi-level Governance, Regions and Science in France: Between Competition and Equality’, Regional Studies, 41 (8), November, 1069–84 31. Beth Perry (2007), ‘The Multi-level Governance of Science Policy in England’, Regional Studies, 41 (8), November, 1051–67 32. Adrian Smith (2007), ‘Emerging in Between: The Multi-level Governance of Renewable Energy in the English Regions’, Energy Policy, 35 (12), December, 6266–80 33. David Coen and Mark Thatcher (2008), ‘Network Governance and Multi-Level Delegation: European Networks of Regulatory Agencies’, Journal of Public Policy, 28 (1), April, 49–71 34. Philipp Genschel and Markus Jachtenfuchs (2011), ‘How the European Union Constrains the State: Multilevel Governance of Taxation’, European Journal of Political Research, 50 (3), 293–314 35. E. Carina H. Keskitalo and Maria Pettersson (2012), ‘Implementing Multi-level Governance? The Legal Basis and Implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive for Forestry in Sweden’, Environmental Policy and Governance, 22 (2), March/April, 90–103 36. P.W.A. Scholten (2013), ‘Agenda Dynamics and the Multi-level Governance of Intractable Policy Controversies: The Case of Migrant and Integration Policies in the Netherlands’, Policy Sciences, 46 (3), September, 217–36 37. Jens Newig and Tomas M. Koontz (2014), ‘Multi-level Governance, Policy Implementation and Participation: The EU’s Mandated Participatory Planning Approach to Implementing Environmental Policy’, Journal of European Public Policy, 21 (2), 248–67 Index

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Book SynopsisThe opening of the National September 11th Memorial and Museum in 2014 marks a new era of reflection toward enhancing homeland security regulation in the United States. In the context of this new era, it is necessary to consider how policy intended to reinforce homeland security is evaluated.Benefit-Cost Analyses for Security Policies describes how to undertake the evaluation of security policies within the framework of benefit cost analysis and offers a unique contribution to analysis of homeland security regulations in the United States. The authors outline how established procedures for benefit-cost analysis must adapt to meet challenges posed by current security policy, through examining specific security related regulations. The logic of risk assessment, selection of a discount rate, valuation of travelers' time when delayed due to screening, valuation of changes in risks of injury or death, and impacts of terrorist events on the economy as a whole are among the issues discussed. An outline of the research and policy evaluation steps needed to build robust benefit-cost methods to evaluate security related regulations in the future is presented in the book. A series of examples is offered to illustrate how new security regulations should be reassessed to ensure resources are not wasted.Policy analysts will benefit from the insight drawn on how to evaluate homeland security regulation in the United States. Academic researchers interested in homeland security policy evaluation will find this book valuable and informative. Postgraduate students of public policy or applied economics will find examples of the challenges in using the methods of benefit-cost analysis in this new area for policy evaluation.Contributors include: K. Boyle, C. Dockins, S. Farrow, A. Hashemi, M. Jones-Lee, S. Kaul, M.E. Kahn, S. Kaul, X. Li, C. Mansfield, K.E. McConnell, A. Rose, V. K. Smith, W.K. Viscusi, W. WheelerTable of ContentsContents: PART I: INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES 1. Introducing the Issues: Meeting the Challenges in Evaluating Homeland Security Policy Carol Mansfield and V. Kerry Smith 2. The Design of Benefit Cost “Architecture” for Homeland Security Policy Analysis V. Kerry Smith and Carol Mansfield PART II: SECURITY POLICIES AND REDUCING RISKS 3. Lessons from Risk Assessment, Economics, and Risk Management at EPA Chris Dockins and William Wheeler 4. The Heterogeneity of the Value of Statistical Life: Evidence and Policy Implications W. Kip Viscusi 5. Dealing with Safety in UK Public-Sector Project Appraisal Michael Jones-Lee 6. A Comparison of Key Benefit Estimation Issues for Natural Hazards and Terrorism: Ex Ante / Ex Post Valuation and Endogenous Risk Scott Farrow PART III: ADAPTATION AND ECONOMY WIDE EFFECTS 7. Urban Adaptation to Low-Probability Shocks: Contrasting Terrorism and Natural Disaster Risk Matthew E. Kahn 8. Macroeconomic Consequences of Terrorist Attacks: Estimation for the Analysis of Policies and Rules Adam Rose PART IV: PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY EVALUATION 9. Valuing Time for Department of Homeland Security Projects and Policies Kenneth E. McConnell 10. Applicability of Benefit Transfers for Evaluation of Homeland Security Counterterrorism Measures Kevin Boyle, Sapna Kaul, Ali Hashemi and Xiaoshu Li 11. What We Know and What We Need to Learn Carol Mansfield and V. Kerry Smith Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.In this Advanced Introduction, Christopher Pollitt starts a penetrating account of the theories, methods and possible trajectories of the study of public management, also examining the academic community itself, and its relationship to the world of practice. There is no more authoritative - or lively - text of such scope and focus.This is a stimulating analysis by a leading international scholar. It includes:- a global overview- a critical and authoritative analysis of the current state of the field- the location of academic research firmly in the real world context of austerity, climate and demographic change, and technological transformation- an examination of the relationship between academic study and the practice of public management- a look inside the ivory tower , at the forces changing the way the subject is studied and practisedThis truly unique work will be of particular interest to graduate students, advanced scholars, lecturers and trainers in public administration, public management, government, public policy, political science and development administration. Middle level and senior practitioners in public administration and public management will also find this an invaluable and sophisticated introduction.Trade ReviewThis masterly introduction reflects Christopher Pollitt's decades of experience as a practitioner, adviser and top international scholar. It offers a balanced and judicious account of how this complex and fascinating subject has developed, how it can be approached and its possible futures. And above all, it shows us why public management and administration is so important in our world today. --Christopher Hood, All Souls College, Oxford, UKChristopher Pollitt's new book is a bright contribution to the literature on Public Management and Administration. The overall picture of the academic field is written from a pluralistic variety of interesting and relevant perspectives. His endeavour to picture relevant megatrends in the field, and to draw some sketches of the future, shows his wide-ranging and thorough-going mastering of the subject. Pollitt's humorous and eloquent writing style makes it a true pleasure to read the book. --Walter Kickert, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the NetherlandsThis truly is an advanced introduction, by one of the field's great masters. It's a book we've long needed and, in a style that's eminently accessible and enjoyable, plows important new ground. It's a must-read for students just starting out and for scholars charting the field's future. --Don Kettl, University of Maryland, College ParkTable of ContentsContents: 1. What Kind of a Subject is Public Management/Public Administration? 2. Theory 3. Methods and Approaches 4. The Public Management Community 5. The Relationship with Practice 6. Current and Future Issues (’Megatrends’) 7. Public Management in Interesting Times References Index

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Book SynopsisHow do we incorporate analytical thinking into public policy decisions? Stuart Shapiro confronts this issue in Analysis and Public Policy by looking at various types of analysis, and discussing how they are used in regulatory policy-making in the US. By looking at the successes and failures of incorporating cost-benefit analysis, risk assessment, and environmental impact assessment, he draws broader lessons on its use, focusing on the interactions between analysis and political factors, legal structures and bureaucratic organizations as possible areas for reform.Utilizing empirical and qualitative research, Shapiro analyzes four different forms of analysis: cost-benefit analysis, risk assessment, environmental impact assessment, and impact analysis. After interviewing nearly fifty individuals who have served in high levels of government, and who have made countless regulatory policy decisions in their careers, Shapiro argues that advocates must become less ambitious and should craft requirements for simpler and clearer analysis. Such analysis, particularly if informed by public participation, can do a great deal to improve government decisions.As this book details the relationship between analysis and institutional factors such as politics, bureaucracy, and law, it is appropriate for a variety of readers, such as scholars of policy, students, scholars of regulation, and congressional and state legislative staff looking to create new analytical requirements.Trade ReviewStuart Shapiro is a realist, an incrementalist, and centrist,comfortable with bureaucracy, politics, nuance, and imperfection in the serviceof slow and steady progress inenvironmental policy and economic efficiency. He has earned the right to this position,given his solid scholarship, research, and experience with the American administrative state in the 21stcentury.-- Tracy Mehan, Environmental ForumIn this outstanding book, Stuart Shapiro transcends the long-standing impasse in the academic literature about the value of various analysistools - cost-benefit analysis in particular - and moves the scholarlyconversation in a much more productive and useful direction. -- Wendy Wagner Journal of Comparative Policy AnalysisTable of ContentsContents: 1. Policy Analysis: Roots and Branches 2. Regulation in the United States and Comprehensive-Rational Analysis 3. Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Regulatory Process 4. Risk Assessment and the Regulatory Process 5. Environmental Impact Assessment 6. Impact Analysis and the Regulatory Process 7. The Use of Analysis 8. Using Analysis to Further Democracy, not Technocracy 9. Building Better Branches Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook covers the accounts, by practitioners and observers, of the ways in which policy is formed around problems, how these problems are recognized and understood, and how diverse participants come to be involved in addressing them. H.K. Colebatch and Robert Hoppe draw together a range of original contributions from experts in the field to illuminate the ways in which policies are formed and how they shape the process of governing. The Handbook on Policy, Process and Governing covers not only the activities of government, but also the contributions of other stakeholders, and the ways in which a wide range of participants contribute to the formation of public policy. It explores the tensions involved in the policy process between: innovative choice and stable practice, authoritative decision and negotiated order, and agreed activity and announced goals.The scholar's focus on the analysis of activity and the practitioner's interest in the achievement of outcomes are brought together in this timely book, making it a valuable read for public policy scholars and practitioners alike.Contributors include: K.P.R. Bartels, V. Bekkers, W. Blomquist, H.K. Colebatch, D. Dery, D.P. Dolowitz, K. Dowding, W.N. Dunn, A.R. Edwards, J.-E. Furubo, J. Grin, R. Hoppe, M. Howlett, P. Hupe, H. Ingram, M. Ingram, P. John, A. Kellow, J. Kohoutek, K. Lancaster, R. Lejano, I. Mukherjee, M. Nekola, E.C. Page, A. Ritter, M. Sedlacko, H. Strassheim, R. Tiffen, N. Turnbull, A. Veselý, J.J. WooTrade Review'Edited by leading scholars with contributions from over thirty renowned experts, this is the leading Handbook on policy, processes and real world governing.' --Klaus Schubert, University of Muenster, Germany'This is a highly valuable and timely book, which re-discovers and re-thinks the relationship between policy processes, policy analysis (expertise and ''policy work'') and governing in the context of a search for optimal governance in an ever more globalized world. This Handbook does not simply bring a set of theories ''in good standing'' in academia, but rather relates them to one another to form an overall framework needed in dealing with the increasing internationalization of governing at a regional (the EU) and a global level.' --Danica Fink-Hafner, University of Ljubljana, SloveniaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Policy, process and making sense of governing H.K. Colebatch and Robert Hoppe Part I: Tracing the signature of policy 2. ‘Whatever governments decide to do or not to do’ Ed Page 3. policy as ordering through documents Michal Sedlacko 4. policy as (mere) problem-solving Nick Turnbull 5. policy as practice Koen Bartels 6. policy as a body of expertise Holger Strassheim Part II: Policy as authoritative choice 7 ‘stage’’ theories of the policy process William Dunn 8. design as a window on the policy process Hal Colebatch 9. Thirty years of research on policy instruments Michael Howlett, Ishani Mukherjee and J.J. Woo 10. implementation Peter Hupe 11. evidence and evaluation Jan-Eric Furubo Part III: Policy as structured interaction 12. Linkage and the policy process Hal Colebatch 13. The Advocacy Coalition Framework Keith Dowding 14. Multiple streams Alison Ritter and Kari Lancaster 15. Policy work and its significance for public policy Jan Kohoutek, Martin Nekola and Arnost Vesele. Part IV: Policy as sense-making 16. Frames and framings in policy-making Perri 6 17. Agenda formation and change Peter John 18. Narrative in the policy process Raul Lejano, Mrill Ingram and Helen Ingram 19. Policy learning and diffusion David Dolowitz 20. The news media and the policy process Rod Tiffen 21. The role of Social Media in the policy process Victor Bekkers and Arthur Edwards 22. Problematisation David Dery Part V: The limits of policy 23. Choice v. incrementalism Robert Hoppe 24. Stasis and change John Grin 25. Policy and Socio-economic characteristics William Blomquist 26. From Policy typologies to policy feedback Aynsley Kellow What do we learn from this ? 27. Policy and the theorising of governing Robert Hoppe and H.K. Colebatch Index

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Book SynopsisGovernance is central to mass prosperity since it affects both the prospects for enhanced and sustained income growth as well as non-income indicators of human development. This volume, edited by Anil Deolalikar, Shikha Jha and Pilipinas Quising, puts together cogent and well-rounded analyses by leading scholars on this topic and hence provides an in-depth and prescient perspective on governance in the Asia-Pacific countries. As such, this is an invaluable contribution and will be welcomed by academics and students as well as policymakers.'- Raghbendra Jha, Australian National University'This is an outstanding set of essays on the state of, and changes in, public services in developing Asia, paying particular attention to evidence and lessons and examining the role that governance and citizen empowerment can play in improving public service delivery. The themes cover the complex relationship between governance and economic development; the delivery of public services as the face of governance; and the role of empowerment in improving the delivery of public services. Each chapter, written by an acknowledged expert, offers an insightful review of the debates and evidence, and a meticulous distillation of policy implications. A tour de force that will be indispensable for both policymakers and scholars in this field.'- Raghav Gaiha, University of Delhi, IndiaGovernance in Developing Asia is one of the first books of its kind to provide an overview of the role that better governance and citizen empowerment can play in improving public service delivery in developing Asia. The World Development Report 2004 set a framework for public service delivery in terms of the short and long roads to accountability of service providers to citizens. More than a decade on, this important book revisits the issue and departs from the WDR framework, highlighting its shortcomings and offering alternative solutions.The contributors present fresh evidence on the relationship between governance and development outcomes, including growth and indicators of living standards. They argue that the Asia-Pacific region must do better in delivering essential public services if it wishes to continue improving the quality of life for millions of its people. They show how the quantity and quality of public services in a country can be improved if the government actively solicits citizen involvement in service delivery.Researchers and students of public policy and Asian studies will find this to be a useful read. Public policymakers and practitioners in government and non-government agencies will draw important lessons from the issues raised and solutions proposed in this book.Contributors: Y. Aiyar, B. Babajanian, S. Bhatnagar, G. Brosio, J.J. Capuno, J. de Ree, A.B. Deolalikar, X. Han, S. Jha, H.A. Khan, M. Pradhan, M.G Quibria, P.F. Quising, K. Sen, M. Walton, Z. ZhuangTrade Review‘Governance is central to mass prosperity since it affects both the prospects for enhanced and sustained income growth as well as non-income indicators of human development. This volume, edited by Anil Deolalikar, Shikha Jha and Pilipinas Quising, puts together cogent and well-rounded analyses by leading scholars on this topic and hence provides an in-depth and prescient perspective on governance in the Asia-Pacific countries. As such, this is an invaluable contribution and will be welcomed by academics and students as well as policymakers.’ -- Raghbendra Jha, Australian National University‘This is an outstanding set of essays on the state of, and changes in, public services in developing Asia, paying particular attention to evidence and lessons and examining the role that governance and citizen empowerment can play in improving public service delivery. The themes cover the complex relationship between governance and economic development; the delivery of public services as the face of governance; and the role of empowerment in improving the delivery of public services. Each chapter, written by an acknowledged expert, offers an insightful review of the debates and evidence, and a meticulous distillation of policy implications. A tour de force that will be indispensable for both policymakers and scholars in this field.’ -- Raghav Gaiha, University of Delhi, IndiaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Overview Anil B. Deolalikar and Shikha Jha PART I GOOD GOVERNANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 2. Governance and Developing Asia: Concepts, Measurements, Determinants and a Paradox M.G. Quibria 3. Do Governance Indicators Explain Growth Performance: A Cross-Country Analysis Xuehui Han, Haider A. Khan and Juzhong Zhuang 4. Governance and Development Outcomes in Asia Kunal Sen 5. Corruption in Asia and the Pacific: A Manifestation of Weak Governance Shikha Jha and Pilipinas F. Quising PART II SERVICE DELIVERY AS THE FACE OF GOVERNANCE 6. The State of Public Services in Developing Asia Anil B. Deolalikar and Shikha Jha 7. Harnessing Public-private Service Delivery Arrangements in Developing Asia Joseph J. Capuno 8. Improving Service Provision through Decentralization Giorgio Brosio 9. Improving Education Services: District Governance and Student Learning in Indonesia Menno Pradhan and Joppe de Ree PART III ROLE OF EMPOWERMENT IN IMPROVING PUBLIC SERVICES 10. Citizen Empowerment in Service Delivery Babken Babajanian 11. Rights, Accountability and Citizenship: India’s Emerging Welfare State Yamini Aiyar and Michael Walton 12. Using ICT to Improve Governance and Service Delivery to the Poor Subhash Bhatnagar 13. Conclusion Anil B. Deolalikar and Shikha Jha Index

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Book SynopsisGovernance is central to mass prosperity since it affects both the prospects for enhanced and sustained income growth as well as non-income indicators of human development. This volume, edited by Anil Deolalikar, Shikha Jha and Pilipinas Quising, puts together cogent and well-rounded analyses by leading scholars on this topic and hence provides an in-depth and prescient perspective on governance in the Asia-Pacific countries. As such, this is an invaluable contribution and will be welcomed by academics and students as well as policymakers.'- Raghbendra Jha, Australian National University'This is an outstanding set of essays on the state of, and changes in, public services in developing Asia, paying particular attention to evidence and lessons and examining the role that governance and citizen empowerment can play in improving public service delivery. The themes cover the complex relationship between governance and economic development; the delivery of public services as the face of governance; and the role of empowerment in improving the delivery of public services. Each chapter, written by an acknowledged expert, offers an insightful review of the debates and evidence, and a meticulous distillation of policy implications. A tour de force that will be indispensable for both policymakers and scholars in this field.'- Raghav Gaiha, University of Delhi, IndiaGovernance in Developing Asia is one of the first books of its kind to provide an overview of the role that better governance and citizen empowerment can play in improving public service delivery in developing Asia. The World Development Report 2004 set a framework for public service delivery in terms of the short and long roads to accountability of service providers to citizens. More than a decade on, this important book revisits the issue and departs from the WDR framework, highlighting its shortcomings and offering alternative solutions.The contributors present fresh evidence on the relationship between governance and development outcomes, including growth and indicators of living standards. They argue that the Asia-Pacific region must do better in delivering essential public services if it wishes to continue improving the quality of life for millions of its people. They show how the quantity and quality of public services in a country can be improved if the government actively solicits citizen involvement in service delivery.Researchers and students of public policy and Asian studies will find this to be a useful read. Public policymakers and practitioners in government and non-government agencies will draw important lessons from the issues raised and solutions proposed in this book.Contributors: Y. Aiyar, B. Babajanian, S. Bhatnagar, G. Brosio, J.J. Capuno, J. de Ree, A.B. Deolalikar, X. Han, S. Jha, H.A. Khan, M. Pradhan, M.G Quibria, P.F. Quising, K. Sen, M. Walton, Z. ZhuangTrade Review‘Governance is central to mass prosperity since it affects both the prospects for enhanced and sustained income growth as well as non-income indicators of human development. This volume, edited by Anil Deolalikar, Shikha Jha and Pilipinas Quising, puts together cogent and well-rounded analyses by leading scholars on this topic and hence provides an in-depth and prescient perspective on governance in the Asia-Pacific countries. As such, this is an invaluable contribution and will be welcomed by academics and students as well as policymakers.’ -- Raghbendra Jha, Australian National University‘This is an outstanding set of essays on the state of, and changes in, public services in developing Asia, paying particular attention to evidence and lessons and examining the role that governance and citizen empowerment can play in improving public service delivery. The themes cover the complex relationship between governance and economic development; the delivery of public services as the face of governance; and the role of empowerment in improving the delivery of public services. Each chapter, written by an acknowledged expert, offers an insightful review of the debates and evidence, and a meticulous distillation of policy implications. A tour de force that will be indispensable for both policymakers and scholars in this field.’ -- Raghav Gaiha, University of Delhi, IndiaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Overview Anil B. Deolalikar and Shikha Jha PART I GOOD GOVERNANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 2. Governance and Developing Asia: Concepts, Measurements, Determinants and a Paradox M.G. Quibria 3. Do Governance Indicators Explain Growth Performance: A Cross-Country Analysis Xuehui Han, Haider A. Khan and Juzhong Zhuang 4. Governance and Development Outcomes in Asia Kunal Sen 5. Corruption in Asia and the Pacific: A Manifestation of Weak Governance Shikha Jha and Pilipinas F. Quising PART II SERVICE DELIVERY AS THE FACE OF GOVERNANCE 6. The State of Public Services in Developing Asia Anil B. Deolalikar and Shikha Jha 7. Harnessing Public-private Service Delivery Arrangements in Developing Asia Joseph J. Capuno 8. Improving Service Provision through Decentralization Giorgio Brosio 9. Improving Education Services: District Governance and Student Learning in Indonesia Menno Pradhan and Joppe de Ree PART III ROLE OF EMPOWERMENT IN IMPROVING PUBLIC SERVICES 10. Citizen Empowerment in Service Delivery Babken Babajanian 11. Rights, Accountability and Citizenship: India’s Emerging Welfare State Yamini Aiyar and Michael Walton 12. Using ICT to Improve Governance and Service Delivery to the Poor Subhash Bhatnagar 13. Conclusion Anil B. Deolalikar and Shikha Jha Index

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Book SynopsisScience and public policy go hand in hand, yet their relationship is fraught with tension. Society demands innovation through new research and technology, as well as ensuring that scientific progress is socially acceptable and sustainable. This Handbook examines the fluctuating relationship between public policy and science, and in particular the impact, both nationally and internationally of these changes on research. Examining the interlinked models of science and social policy, this Handbook addresses a number of overarching questions: what are the consequences of changing science policies for science and science systems? How far do these consequences go? Do they tackle the fundamental principles of science, its norms, standards, and reputation systems? And what impact does this have on modern science and technology? With contributions from leading scholars in the field, the Handbook on Science and Public Policy provides answers from a broad scope of theoretical and conceptual perspectives. This is a much-needed reference for students of public policy and politics, as well as for scholars with an interest in science policy in particular. The wide range of insights will also be of interest to analysts of science policy.Trade Review'Without any doubt, the relation between scientific practices and public policies has changed considerably over the past quarter of a century. Internationalization has increased, in the form of both co-operation and competition. Innovation has become a policy keyword for assessing scientific outcome, while scholars themselves have observed changes in knowledge production. New indicators for assessing scientific quality and impact have proliferated, and they are increasingly used as policy tools. Rich in both substance and diversity, this volume makes a big step towards providing a much-needed comprehensive assessment of a wide range of interrelated changes in the relation between science and public policy.' --Peter Wagner, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain'This Handbook offers a comprehensive analysis of the complex and fluid relationships between science, society and science policy. A combination of theoretical, empirical, comparative and transnational contributions by a multidisciplinary group of acknowledged scholars offers novel perspectives on forms of collaborative knowledge production and ways of renegotiating the contract between science, society and public policy. At a time of rising anti-science rhetoric, this volume offers a valuable counterweight, which should be widely read by academics and policy practitioners alike.' --Sigrid Quack, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany'This Handbook offers an interesting look at the evolving state-of-the-art research on science, public policy and society. A number of internationally leading scholars provide valuable empirical observations together with inspiring theoretical considerations regarding changes in societal, normative and epistemic foundations, in the configuration of actors, framings and governance arrangements, as well as an outlook on research challenges and opportunities. This is a highly recommended read for academics as well as for reflective practitioners.' --Daniel Barben, University of Klagenfurt, AustriaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I Changing contract between science, society, and public policy 1. Next Generation Science Policy and Grand Challenges Stefan Kuhlmann and Arie Rip 2. Responsible Innovation and Responsible Research and Innovation Richard Owen and Mario Pansera 3. Normative answers – epistemic questions. Updating the science-society contract Sabine Maasen and Sascha Dickel 4. Re-making the modern constitution: The case for an observatory on public engagement practices Jan-Peter Voß Part II Changing national/global science and policy landscape 5. Global Science for Global Challenges Caroline S. Wagner 6. The current state of the art of science diplomacy Tim Flink and Nicolas Rüffin 7. Bringing the Rules Back In. Peer Review, Bureaucracy and the Reform of Science Governance in France (1960-2010) Jérôme Aust and Clémentine Gozlan 8. U.S. Scientific Collaboration on Research and Policy: The Necessity of Global Engagement Elizabeth A. Corley 9. Australian science policy: funding, focus and failings Karen Hussey, Christopher McEwan, Julia Playford Part III Changing actors and framings of science and public policy 10. Innovation and the Marginalisation of Research Benoît Godin 11. Changing Science Policies, Authority Relationships and Innovations in Public Science Systems Richard Whitley 12. Higher Education developments and the effects on Science Jeroen Huisman and Marco Seeber 13. New Forms of Policy Expertise Holger Strassheim and Weert Canzler 14. Innovation, excellence and reputation: The persistence of the German science system Andreas Knie and Dagmar Simon 15. Gender in European Research Policy Liudvika Leišytė Part IV Changing production of knowledge 16. Processing issues in science policy: emerging epistemic regimes Stefan Böschen 17. Changing Science Society Relations in the Digital Age: The Citizen Science Movement and its Broader Implications Martina Franzen 18. Triple Helix: A Universal Innovation Model? Henry Etzkowitz and Alice Zhou 19. Interdisciplinarity Put to Test: Science policy rhetoric vs. scientific practice – the case of integrating the social sciences and humanities in Horizon 2020 Julia Stamm Part V Changing governance of scientific research and related public policies 20. Changes in European Research and Innovation Governance: Coordination Effects & Membership Effects Susana Borrás 21. How Can Governance Change Research Content? Linking Science Policy Studies to the Sociology of Science Jochen Gläser 22. The changing governance of research systems. Agencification and organizational differentiation in research funding organizations Benedetto Lepori and Emanuela Reale 23. Globalization and the rise of rankings Paul Wouters 24. Assessing the Broader Impacts of Publicly Funded Research Claire Donovan Part VI Changing Studies of Science Policy, Science, and Innovation 25. Why science and innovation policy needs Science and Technology Studies? Robin Williams 26. The future of science policy and innovation studies: Some challenges and the factors underlying them Ben R. Martin Index

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Book SynopsisPublic-private partnerships (PPPs) have excited the political world over the past few decades. Few books, however, have viewed them as both a phenomenon of politics as well as a technical matter aiming to better deliver public infrastructure. Through fiercely independent scholarship, this book investigates the various logics of PPPs. In doing so, it challenges those involved in delivering public infrastructure to think more about power, language and politics in decision-making. The Logic of Public-Private Partnerships takes a cross-disciplinary perspective on PPPs. It notes their global popularity, and considers the varying definitions used and policy positions taken by different governments. It discusses the contemporary, international evidence supporting and opposing the formation of these partnerships, with reference to efficiency, value-for-money and governance. The simultaneous growth of PPPs in some countries is observed along with their demise in others. The book also articulates the solid reasons for which governments might adopt PPPs, before pointing to continuing research priorities. This book will be useful for academics interested in PPPs and infrastructure governance, as well as professionals in the infrastructure sector and practitioners seeking to understand the PPP phenomenon. It will also be an invaluable tool for undergraduate students with an interest in infrastructure projects, and postgraduate students studying PPPs and the issues surrounding them.Trade Review‘This book is a very welcome addition to the PPP bookshelf as the authors draw together many years of insight into the concepts and rationales underpinning our understanding of this institutional phenomenon of our time. Most importantly going forwards, Hodge and Greve challenge us to think conceptually about the future of infrastructure policy in a changing international arena.’ -- Anne Stafford, The University of Manchester, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface and Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. On Public-Private Partnership Performance: A Contemporary Review 3. Why Politics of Public‐Private Partnerships Reinforced Economic Rationalism during Twenty-Five Years 4. The Economic Art of Public-Private Partnerships 5. Market Development and Public-Private Partnerships 6. After the Ribbon Cutting: Governing Public-Private Partnerships in the Medium- to Long-Term 7. International Public-Private Partnership Policies: Convergence in Themes from International Organizations? 8. Contemporary Public-Private Partnership: Towards a Global Research Agenda 9. From Public-Private Partnership to Infrastructure Governance: Meaningful Change in Narrative – or Rhetorical Sidestep? 10. Conclusions: Public-Private Partnership Logics for Our Times Index

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Book SynopsisExploring the EU's Legitimacy Crisis provides a profound analysis of the causes and the consequences of the EU's growing legitimacy problem. Since the onset of the eurozone crisis the EU's governance has been narrowly driven by the semi-hegemonial leadership of Germany - manifesting itself in functionalist and technocratic policy reforms concentrated on strengthening economic governance coordination. Other crucial policy areas have been neglected as member states show decreasing solidarity and a growing emphasis on national interests in response to mounting external challenges. This book examines these developments in detail by scrutinising the EU's ability to maintain legitimacy through political leadership, democratic accountability and governance efficiency.This state-of-the-art exploration of the EU's internal and external challenges, including the eurozone and the migration crisis, provides critical analysis of the EU's leadership in the context of diverging national interests. The author outlines the essential background to understanding the rise in euroscepticism in the EU and provides an insightful analysis of the 2014 European Parliament election Spitzenkandidaten system.A comprehensive critical analysis of the latest developments in the EU's major policy areas in terms of their problem-solving capacity and democratic legitimacy is also included. This timely exploration of the reality of the EU's governance in light of persistent crises will appeal to students, academics and practitioners interested in the development of the EU, its member states and European politics more generally.Trade Review'This outstanding timely study critically assesses how the EU could move towards a perfect storm of multiple legitimacy crises. Through a combination of innovative theoretical thinking and empirical original research Christian Schweiger excels in analysing the gap between input (politics) and output legitimacy (policy). He convincingly argues that the method of technocratic legitimacy has reached its limits and the mechanisms enhancing input legitimacy are still inadequate. Schweiger argues that the nationally oriented strategies of member states, particularly the Franco-German partnership, which create multiple joint-decision making traps that are increasingly blocking further development of the EU are part of the problem. Schweiger provides an indispensable well-researched study that will guide scholars and practitioners to find a new way to re-invigorate one of the most extraordinary and original peace project of our times.' --Jose M. Magone, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany'The current multifaceted and mutating EU crisis cannot be traced to the euro area alone, however important that is. In this impressive and path-breaking study by Christian Schweiger the roots of the present crisis are revealed through a combination of political science and economics scholarship. The central weakness is weak legitimacy. There is a problem with input legitimacy (direct citizen participation) but more importantly the EU's reliance on output legitimacy is undermined, as in the case of national government by a delivery deficit which weakens the trust of citizens. In a masterpiece of clear analysis Schweiger fleshes out these ideas in a comprehensive account of the development of the EU and concludes with suggestions for addressing the difficulties to which they have given rise. This is a ''must-read'' for all EU scholars and their students.' --William E. Paterson OBE FAcSS, Aston University, UK'After the UK's shock Brexit vote of 23 June 2016 the issue of EU's legitimacy crisis is more obvious than ever. Having explained in detail the manifold problems of the European Union in seven very informative chapters, Christian Schweiger asks for ''rebuilding public trust in the European project'' in his final summary. Maybe the UK's decision - by a slim majority for such a far-reaching decision - to exit can be the decisive trigger to enable the EU to ''rebuild the foundations of the European project'' that the author asks for in his book which was finished prior to the referendum. Schweiger correctly argues that it ''will take resolve in combination with honesty and visionary leadership to turn things around''. He clarifies, however, that this is possible and definitely worthwhile. Among the wealth of literature on the legitimacy problem of the EU, this book deserves to be seen as a major contribution to the contemporary debate. Schweiger's monograph provides an excellent analysis and an engaging must-read for politics academics and students in the EU-28/27 and the Anglo-Saxon countries. It will undoubtedly stimulate further research and debate on the controversial issues of the EU's legitimacy.' --Lothar Funk, Dusseldorf University of Applied Sciences, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: The Process of Institutionalised European Integration and the Permissive Consensus of the First Four Decades 2. After Maastricht: How the EU Started Losing its Citizens 3. Who Calls the Shots? the EU's Unstable Leadership Constellation Between Bipolarity, Variable Geometry and Semi-Hegemony 4. Towards a Core-Periphery Divide: the Financial Crisis and the New Wave of Technocratic Spill-Over 5. Freedom Without a Purpose? – The Flaws of the Single European Market 6. The 2014 European Parliament Elections and the Limited Success of the Spitzenkandidaten System 7. Managing Instability and Insecurity in the Neighbourhood: the EU's Disjointed External Relations 8. Rebuilding Public Trust in the European Project: Concluding Recommendations Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook represents a pioneering effort to consolidate the state of knowledge on policy formulation. An invaluable resource for scholars and students of policy studies, this Handbook provides a set of analytical discussions that help scholars, students and practitioners better understand the multiple dimensions of what policy formulation has come to mean in contemporary public policy-making and governance. In attempting to resolve pressing public problems, governments devise, deploy and develop policy tools in many different ways in different sectors and jurisdictions. Knowledge of these processes has been fragmented, however, spanning a multitude of different approaches, perspectives and case studies. By critically and systematically analysing both the processes and agents of policy formulation, this Handbook provides the first comprehensive overview of the formulation activities that are undertaken by governments in order to match their policy goals with the means of achieving them. The Handbook unites a wide range of expert contributors who examine the roles played by policy actors, institutions and ideas in answering fundamental questions about policy formulation such as who undertakes it, how, when, where and why. Through seven thematic sections this Handbook discusses a wide range of topics related to formulation such as the nature of policy design, instrument choice, policy appraisal, policy advice and the politics of defining and resolving policy problems.Contributors include: C. Adelle, J. Bandola-Gill, R. Burroughs, C. Eichbaum, M. Galizzi, A. Gunn, H. Gunter, M.P. Howlett, H.M. Ingram, D.S.L. Jarvis, G.F. Johnson, P.D. Jorgensen, J. Kohoutek, C. Koski, M. Lehtonen, D. Linders, C. Lyall, L. Ma, M. Maor, C. Matheson, P.J. May, J.G. McGann, I. Mukherjee, S. Nair, M. Nekola, J. Rayner, A.L. Schneider, J. Scott, R. Shaw, A. Simons, N. Stramp, H. Strassheim, M. van der Steen, A. Veselý, J.-P. Voß, S. Weiland, M. Wilder, A.R. ZitoTrade Review'Policy formulation has traditionally been described as the policy stage that policy analysts know the least about. This very carefully assembled and edited Handbook directly addresses that lacunae in the literature and in so doing carves out a new sub-field of policy research. By systematically cataloguing and explaining the main actors, venues, tasks, tools and instruments of policy formulation, Howlett and Mukherjee demonstrate that what happens during the policy formulation process matters even more than we thought.' --Andrew Jordan, University of East Anglia, UK'Handbook of Policy Formulation is an exceptional achievement. It carefully explains exactly what was composed by policy formulation, why it is so important both as a focus of research in its own right as well as an integral part of the policy process, and offers a number of avenues for new research in the field. Taken as a whole, this represents a wonderful example of the best a handbook has to offer.' --Peter deLeon, University of Colorado, Denver, US'Formulation is the crucial aspect of the policy process in which social and political actors formulate, assess, and debate potential solutions to collective problems. In this Handbook of Policy Formulation, co-editors Michael Howlett and Ishani Mukherjee gather an outstanding team of contributors who tackle a wide array of policy implantation issues. This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the topic and must-read for students of policy formulation.' --Daniel Beland, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Part I – Introduction: Policy Formulation and the Policy Process 1. Policy formulation: Where knowledge meets power in the policy process Michael Howlett and Ishani Mukherjee 2. The central conundrums of policy formulation: Ill-structured problems and uncertainty Sreeja Nair and Michael Howlett 3. Policy formulation as policy work: Developing options for government Martin Nekola and Jan Kohoutek 4. Positive and negative feedback in policy formulation Richard Burroughs Part II – What is Formulated: Choosing Policy Instruments and Policy Goals 5. Problem delimitation in policy formulation Arnošt Veselý 6. Policy tools and their role in policy formulation: Dealing with procedural and substantive instruments Michael Howlett 7. Patching vs packaging in policy formulation: Assessing policy portfolio design Michael Howlett and Jeremy Rayner 8. The elements of effective program design: A two-level analysis Michael Howlett, Ishani Mukherjee and Jeremy Rayner Part III – Formal and Informal Analytical Techniques in Policy Formulation 9. Formal policy appraisal techniques and policy formulation Camilla Adelle and Sabine Weiland 10. Operationalizing information: Measures and indicators in policy formulation Markku Lehtonen 11. Anticipation tools in policy formulation: Forecasting, foresight and implications for policy planning Martijn van der Steen 12. The role of public participation and deliberation in policy formulation Genevieve Fuji Johnson Part IV – Policy Advice and the Policy Formulation Process 13. Policy advice and policy advisory systems in policy formulation Jonathan Craft and Michael Howlett 14. The organization of policy formulation Craig Matheson 15. Knowledge brokers and policy advice in policy formulation Justyna Bandola-Gill and Catherine Lyall 16. Policy entrepreneurs and policy formulation Andrew Gunn Part V – Formulating Policy Problems 17. Issue expertise in policymaking Peter J. May, Chris Koski and Nicholas Stramp 18. Expert networks and epistemic communities: Articulating knowledge and collective entrepreneurship Anthony R. Zito 19. Framing the target in policy formulation: The importance of social constructions Anne Schneider and Helen Ingram 20. Consultants and policy formulation Helen M. Gunter Part VI – Formulating Policy Solutions 21. Policy instrument constituencies Arno Simons and Jan-Peter Voß 22. Think tanks, politics and the policy-making process: Catalysts for ideas and action James G. McGann 23. Exogeneity and convergence in policy formulation: Contested theories, approaches and perspectives Darryl S.L. Jarvis 24. Behavioral aspects of policy formulation: Experiments, behavioral insights, nudges Matteo M. Galizzi Part VII – The Politics of Policy Formulation 25. Policy paradigms and the formulation process Matt Wilder 26. The politics of policy formulation: Overcoming subsystem dynamics Paul Jorgensen 27. The impact of political parties, executives and political staff on policy formulation Christopher Eichbaum and Richard Shaw 28. Mechanisms of influence: Interest groups, lobbyists and policy formulation John C. Scott Part VIII – Trends and Patterns of Policy Formulation 29. Trends towards the externalization and politicization of policy advice in policy formulation Jonathan Craft and Michael Howlett 30. Trends towards evidence-based policy formulation Holger Strassheim 31. The changing role of the public in policy formulation: From mass media to social media Dennis Linders and Liang Ma 32. Policy overreaction doctrine: From ideal-type to context-sensitive solution in times of crisis Moshe Maor Index

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Book SynopsisDespite the growth in literature on political corruption, contributions from field research are still exiguous. This book provides a timely and much needed addition to current research, bridging the gap and providing an innovative approach to the study of corruption and integrity in public administration. The volume contributors provide insights from nine different countries, all drawing on extensive fieldwork data and following ethnographic methodologies. The topics discussed in this book include: the role of anti-corruption legislation; organizational change and morality; party corruption; socio-cultural dimensions of corruption; clientelism and patronage. Analyzing these topics comparatively, the volume concludes that in countries where public perception of corruption is high, citizens are well aware of the generalized damage of these practices and the loss of trust they cause for public administrations. On the other hand, corruption in public administration takes place following patterns that mirror some of the fundamental social and cultural features that characterize interactions among citizens and institutions.Scholars and students of the fields including public policy, public administration, sociology and anthropology will find this book to be of use to their research and studies. It will also be of interest to policy-makers internationally and public sector practitioners.Contributors include: M. Acar, C. Baez Camargo, E. Denisova-Schmidt, Z.T. Lofranco, N. Luci, R.M. Rivera, R.F Sambaiga, D. TorselloTrade ReviewAmidst the seemingly never-ending stream of volumes being published on corruption, it is rare to come across one that has something genuinely new to contribute to the debate about how to understand and combat it. Yet, Davide Torsello has done precisely that in assembling this important collection of essays that explore administrative corruption from an ethnographic, rather than a technocratic, perspective. With chapters on countries as diverse as Bosnia, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Mexico, Russia, Tanzania and Turkey, this new collection offers fascinating insights into how the everyday reality of corruption is experienced and understood, helping to explain why abstract models based on assumptions about human motivation offer poor guides to effective anti-corruption action. With a particular focus on the meaning of public and private goods, and the nature of gift-exchange in different cultures, the volume offers practical guidelines for policy-makers in regard to improving practices in public administration.' --Paul M Heywood, University of Nottingham, UK'Torsello's book has two core strengths: (1) it represents a holistic take on the concept of corruption including socio-cultural dimensions, which helps broaden our understanding of its devastating effects; and 2) it compliments existing quantitative studies on corruption and makes an important contribution to the understanding of what civil servants view as corrupt practices as well as practices not deemed corrupt. The book provides a range of interesting practical policy solutions (especially in the area of gift-exchange) that are worth examining in more detail through further research and experimentation. It is a valuable addition to the literature of public corruption and presents an important resource for students, practitioners and scholars of public services globally.' --Thom Reilly, International Review of Public AdministrationTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: The Anthropology of Corruption Davide Torsello 1. The Role of the Anti-Corruption Legislation and of Ethical Values in (Re)Defining Corruption: The Case of Monza, Italy Maria Giulia Pezzi 2. Culture, Organizational Change and the Bounded Morality in the Hungarian Public Administration Davide Torsello 3. Party Corruption in the Bosnia and Herzegovina Public Employment System: Public Discourse, Legal and Moral Legitimation Zaira Tiziana Lofranco 4. Academic Dishonesty or Corrupt Values: The Case of Russia Elena Denisova-Schmidt 5. The Making of Citizenship Against Corruption in Kosovo: Protest, Lies, and the Public Good Nita Luci 6. Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Corruption in Turkish Public Administration Muhittin Acar 7. Old Regime Habits Die Hard: Clientelism, Patronage and the Challenges to Overcoming Corruption in Post-Authoritarian Mexico Claudia Baez Camargo and Rodrigo Megchún Rivera 8. Between Condemnation and Resignation: A Study on Attitudes Towards Corruption in the Public Health Sector in Tanzania Claudia Baez Camargo and Richard Faustine Sambaiga Conclusion Davide Torsello Index

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Book SynopsisCan participatory governance really improve the quality of democracy? Concentrating on democracy beyond governmental structures, this Handbook argues that it is a political task to engage individuals at all levels of governance. The Handbook on Participatory Governance reveals that transforming governance arrangements does in fact enhance democracy and that the democratic quality of participatory governance is crucial. The contributors reflect on the notion of democracy and participatory governance and how they relate to each other. Case studies are presented from regional, national and international levels, to identify how governance can be turned into a participatory form. With chapters reviewing participatory governance?s role alongside power, science and employment relations, innovative ideas for future progress in participatory governance are presented.Academics and postgraduate students with an interest in governance and public policy will find this Handbook a useful guide for further and future research. Practitioners interested in improving citizen participation will also benefit from the insight into increasing participation at every level of governance.Contributors include: R. Atkinson, B. Denters, F. Fischer, B. Geißel, M. Haus, H. Heinelt, P. Heß, P.-J. Klok, N. Kortendiek, K.-O. Lindgren, S. McKay, T. Persson, T. Pogrebinschi, T. Saretzki, R. Schmalz-Bruns, W. Schroeder, S.J. Silvia, J. Steffek, J. Steiner, P. Stolzenberg, B. Wampler, M.E. Warren, K. ZimmermannisTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Hubert Heinelt 2. The Normativity of Participatory Governance Rainer Schmalz-Bruns 3. The Foundation of Deliberative Democracy and Participatory Governance Jürg Steiner 4. Governance and Power Michael Haus 5. Democratizing Participatory Governance through Countervailing Power Spencer McKay and Mark E. Warren 6. Can Participatory Governance Improve the Quality of Democracy? A Response from Latin America Thamy Pogrebinschi 7. Structuring Participatory Governance through Particular ‘Rules in Use’: Lessons from the Empirical Application of Elinor Ostrom’s IAD Framework Pieter-Jan Klok and Bas Denters 8. Participatory Governance and Collaborative Expertise Frank Fischer 9. Participatory Governance of Science Thomas Saretzki 10. Participatory Governance in Employment Relations Stephen J. Silvia and Wolfgang Schroeder 11. Participatory Governance in International Organizations Jens Steffek and Nele Kortendiek 12. Participatory Governance in the European Union Karl-Oskar Lindgren and Thomas Persson 13. Determinants of Successful Participatory Governance: the Case of Local Agenda 21 Brigitte Geißel and Pamela Heß 14. Area-based Initiatives – a Facilitator for Participatory Governance? Rob Atkinson and Karsten Zimmermann 15. Participatory Budgeting Philipp Stolzenberg and Brian Wampler index

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Book SynopsisThis book aims to give readers an insight into two dynamics that influence the phenomenon of autonomous public bodies (APBs) in the European legal sphere today. Stephanie De Somer first studies both phenomena-EU impulse and national restraint-as standalone trends and then addresses the tensions between them. The first trend covers EU legislation that obliges Member States to entrust the implementation of substantive supranational rules to entities that enjoy a considerable degree of autonomy vis-a-vis central government institutions. The second trend refers to a counter-movement at the national level, where initiatives have been taken to rationalize and restrain the use of APBs. Central to the book is the somewhat controversial question of whether the EU, which is itself often criticized for lacking democratic legitimacy, is disregarding fundamental principles regarding the democratic legitimacy of national administrations when imposing these institutional obligations on its Member States. As far as domestic law is concerned, the book offers an integrated approach that truly compares national legal systems. De Somer also incorporates the results of in-depth interviews with representatives of APBs in different Member States. Focusing on these two contemporary trends, this book demonstrates the extent to which two fundamental systems of rules and principles increasingly influence and transform the phenomenon of APBs This book is relevant not only for legal academia, but also for scholars working in the fields of political science and public administration. National legislatures, governments, regulatory bodies, data protection authorities and other APBs may also find this book useful.Trade Review'The 'de-politicization' of governance in favour of agencies or 'APBs' is a familiar aspect of late twentieth century governance. In the European Union, however, the pace has only picked up since the late 1990s. The rapid escalation in agency power, more especially in the Eurozone, is sufficient to raise serious concerns about the impact on democracy, more especially since, as the author notes, the European Union is increasingly insisting on the transfer of powers at national level from government to APBs. This study of the impact of EU law on APBs in four Member States by Stephanie De Somer is therefore both welcome and timely. Drawing lessons from her comparative study, De Somer suggests ways in which agency power can be structured and APBs made more democratically countable, bringing the study into line with the tone of recent events on the political scene.' --Carol Harlow, London School of Economics, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. EU impulse 3. National Restraint 4. Conflict 5. Reconciliation 6. Final conclusions and recommendations Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA thoroughly updated introduction to the current issues and challenges facing managers and administrators in the investor and publicly owned utility industry, this engaging volume addresses management concerns in five sectors of the utility industry: electric power, natural gas, water, wastewater systems and public transit. Beginning with a brief overview of the historical development of the industry, the author examines policy issues including the consequences of dealing with deteriorating infrastructure, an aging workforce, climate warming, funding for repair and replacement of facilities, and the demands for meeting the needs of a growing population. In addition to reviewing issues related to various management tasks, he includes chapters on physical and cyber threats and management ethics, liberally laced with real-life examples of utilities' dealings with these challenges. Many tables, figures and boxes expand on key points from the text.Accessible and comprehensive, this thoughtful exploration of the various issues facing administrators and operators in public utilities in the new century will prove a useful overview for students of business and economics, utility staff, and directors of local utility governing boards.Trade Review'David McNabb's Public Utilities book is an excellent and extremely valuable source for understanding the fundamental issues and problems of the rapidly evolving public utilities sector. It's useful for academics, policymakers, and practitioners to gain insights into how to manage and cope with the numerous and unprecedented challenges facing the industry.' --Chung-Shing Lee, Pacific Lutheran UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Part I Public Utilities: Old Problems 1. Public Utilities: Essential Services, Critical Infrastructure 2. Public Utility Policy Issues 3. Public Utility Regulatory Environment Part II Sectors of the Public Utility Industry 4. Electric Energy Utilities 5. Natural Gas Utilities 6. Water and Wastewater Utilities 7. Waste Collection and Disposal Utilities 8. Public Transit Utilities Part III Public Utility Function Challenges 9. Public Utility Finance 10. Public Utility Pricing and Rate Setting 11. Public Utility Marketing 12. Public Utility Information Systems Part IV Public Utility Management and Operations Challenges 13. Public Utility Governance 14. Public Utility Management 15. Public Utility Operations, Maintenance and Planning 16. Managing the Public Utility Workforce 17. Public Utility Management Ethics Part V Public Utilities: New Challenges 18. Public Utility Environmental Challenges 19. Public Utility Physical and Cybersecurity Challenges 20. Sustainability: The Core Challenge Facing Public Utilities Index

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Book SynopsisWithin political and administrative sciences generally, trust as a concept is contested, especially in the field of regulatory governance. This groundbreaking book is the first to systematically explore the role and dynamics of trust within regulatory regimes. Conceptualizing, mapping and analyzing trust between regulators, regulatees and citizens, expert contributors systematically review the existing empirical research on the role of trust within these relations. Further chapters offer new empirical material, with in-depth case studies covering different regulatory relations, regulatory issues and geographical areas. After scoping the field of inquiry and significantly adding to it, the book concludes with a proposal for a challenging and encompassing agenda for future research on trust in regulatory governance. Comprehensive and forward thinking, this book will be of interest to academics working in the fields of regulation, sociology, law, political science, public administration and trust. It will also offer a compelling read for practitioners working in the field of regulation.Contributors include: E. Baekkesko, G. Bouckaert, B. Carter, R.W. Mills, L. Naslund, P. Oomsels, D. Reiss, F. Six, K. Tamm Hallström, H. van der Voort, H. van Ees, K. VerhoestTrade Review'How regulation simultaneously supports and depends on complex and dynamic trust relationships, often by effectively installing some form of institutionalized distrust, is an intriguing and timely topic that has never been investigated as thoroughly, both conceptually and empirically, as in this fascinating volume.' --Guido Mollering, Witten/Herdecke University, Germany'Trust is the cement of regulatory governance. This book clearly contributes to our understanding of how trust operates in this field of public policy. It brings from different angles a comprehensive view of its role in regulatory practices, expanding the available analytical capacities to interpret regulatory interactions and exchanges in contemporary policies. In this sense, the book also introduces a suggestive research agenda on trust and regulation with a very important potential for expanding the field in the coming years.' --Jacint Jordana, IBEI and Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain'A very rich volume that addresses the important but understudied relationship between trust and regulatory regimes. The book fills a gap in the literature and anyone interested in research on the relations between regulators, regulates and citizens will find this collection an invaluable and essential source of knowledge and ideas. Theoretically, conceptually and empirically it provides new insights.' --Per Laegreid, University of Bergen, NorwayTable of ContentsContents: 1. Trust in Regulatory Regimes: Scoping the Field Frédérique Six and Koen Verhoest 2. The Role of Trust in the Regulation of Complex and High-risk Industries: The Case of the US Federal Aviation Administration’s Voluntary Disclosure Programs Russell W. Mills and Dorit Rubinstein Reiss 3. When the Going Gets Tough: Exploring Processes of Trust Building and Repair in Regulatory Relations Frédérique Six and Hans van Ees 4. Interorganizational Trust in Flemish Public Administration: Comparing Trusted and Distrusted Interactions Between Public Regulatees and Public Regulators Peter Oomsels and Geert Bouckaert 5. In Vino Veritas? The Development of Producer Trust and its Market Effects in Regulated French and Italian Quality Wine Markets Betsy Carter 6. Being Everybody’s Accomplice: Trust and Control in Eco-labelling Lovisa Näslund and Kristina Tamm Hallström 7. Trust and Cooperation Over the Public-private Divide, an Empirical Study on Trust Evolving in Co-regulation Haiko Van der Voort 8. Deliberate Trust-building by Autonomous Government Agencies: Evidence from Responses to the 2009 H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic Erik Baekkeskov 9. An Agenda for Further Research into the Role of Trust in Regulatory Regimes Frédérique Six and Koen Verhoest Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook seeks to better understand the fundamental characteristics of hybrid organisations from different sectors, countries, activities and contexts. Presenting a series of groundbreaking approaches to hybridity, this comprehensive Handbook on Hybrid Organisations brings together internationally renowned scholars in an innovative empirical study. Offering guidance in the prolific and rapidly growing field of hybrid organisations, chapters review the various types of hybrid forms across the public, private and third sectors. Contributors not only explore the role and contribution of hybrid organisations globally, but also develop critical new theories about the place of hybrids in a new organisational reality. Pioneering and thorough, this Handbook is vital reading for scholars and students of public and social administration, organisational theory, business and management studies and the third sector. Policymakers and organisation leaders responding to the development of hybrid forms will also benefit from its unique insight into the new environment for hybrid organisations. Contributors include: E. Beaton, A. Blessing, A.E. Boardman, B. Boers, R. Bolden, C. Child, C. Cornforth, J. Crotty, J.-L. Denis, B. Doherty, E. Dowin Kennedy, A. Ellis Paine, A. Evers, E. Ferlie, L. Fuglsang, J. Gärde, M. Gulbrandsen, N. Haigh, K. Hall, H. Haugh, M. Hill, D. Holt, K. Hulse, B. Huybrechts, C. Jacobs, Karré, K. Kreutzer, H. Lipovsaka, D. Littlewood, S. Ljubinovsky, F. Lyon, P. Marcel, R. Millar, R. Miller, V. Milligan, J.K. Møller, M.A. Moore, D. Mullins, M. Nordqvist, V. Pestoff, J. Rijpens, A. Soetens, J. Soukopova, A. Thomasson, T. Thune, G. Vacecova, N. van Gestel, A.C. van Lint, P.A.M. Vermeulen, A.R. Vining, D.L. Weimer, R. WinterTrade Review'The blurring of sectoral boundaries and the explosion of new organisational forms and arrangements is an increasingly dominant feature of contemporary economic, political and social life. In this Handbook, editors David Billis and Colin Rochester have successfully embraced and advanced the field of hybridity in organisations. Contributing authors capture both the advantages of hybridity in solving complex problems and overcoming boundary constraints, and the challenges posed by competing logics and accountability structures. The Handbook contains numerous insightful case studies as well as the rudiments of an entirely new theory of hybrid organisations. This is a major advance in organisational and policy studies.' --Dennis R. Young, Georgia State University and Case Western Reserve University, US'This inspiring book brings together work by leading academics and practitioners to explore the complex world of hybrid organisations in an authoritative, comprehensive and highly original overview of this important new topic. In assembling these cutting edge contributions, the editors bring together public, private and third sector perspectives on hybridity for the first time. This Handbook is a must-read for anyone interested in the changing nature of organisational life where the third sector is going, and opens up important new pathways for research and action.' --David Lewis, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK'This important volume presents a culmination of years of careful theory development and empirical exploration by the editors - two highly accomplished organisational scholars. The hybridity approach builds on earlier sectoral conceptions of the organisational structure of contemporary societies. In this volume, a broad range of international scholars clearly demonstrate that the hybridity approach has become the prime way of understanding the interconnections between politics, economics, and voluntary action.' --Jon van Til, Rutgers University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Hybrid Organisations 1 David Billis and Colin Rochester PART I PUBLIC SECTOR HYBRIDS 2 Hybrid organisations: between state and market 31 Philip Marcel Karr. 3 Hybridity in public organisations 48 Nicolette van Gestel, Jean-Louis Denis and Ewan Ferlie 4 Local government mixed enterprises 66 Anthony E. Boardman and Mark A. Moore 5 Hybrid organisations in English health and social care 82 Ross Millar, Kelly Hall and Robin Miller 6 Public–private hybrids: a property rights perspective 96 Aidan R. Vining and David L. Weimer 7 Hybridity and research organisations 116 Magnus Gulbrandsen and Taran Thune 8 The Swedish corporate model 135 Anna Thomasson 9 Bridging public and private innovation patterns 151 Lars Fuglsang and J.rn Kj.lseth M.ller 10 Hybridity in higher education 169 Richard Winter and Richard Bolden PART II PRIVATE SECTOR HYBRIDS 11 The rise of the Dutch East India Company 186 Patrick A.M. Vermeulen and Arlette Cindy van Lint 12 Social enterprise and the dilemmas of hybrid organisations 206 Curtis Child 13 The governance of hybrid organisations 220 Chris Cornforth 14 Strategic management tensions in hybrid organisations 237 Bob Doherty, Helen Haugh and Fergus Lyon 15 Increasing social impact among social enterprises and traditional firms 251 Elena Dowin Kennedy, Erynn Beaton and Nardia Haigh 16 Organisational hybridity in affordable housing finance 273 Anita Blessing and David Mullins PART III THIRD SECTOR HYBRIDS 17 Third sector hybrid organisations: two different approaches 294 Adalbert Evers 18 Public administration regimes and co-production in hybrid organisations 311 Victor Pestoff 19 The hybridisation of Russian non-profit organisations 332 Sergej Ljubownikow and Jo Crotty 20 The development of civil society organisations in the transitional economy of the Czech Republic 348 Gabriela Vacekov., Hana Lipovsk. and Jana Soukopov. 21 Housing third sector organisations in Australia 370 Vivienne Milligan and Kath Hulse 22 Strategic mission management in hybrid organisations 391 Karin Kreutzer and Claus Jacobs 23 Building legitimacy for hybrid organisations 407 Benjamin Huybrechts, Julie Rijpens, Aur.lie Soetens and Helen Haugh PART IV THE THREE SECTORS AND THEIR BOUNDARIES 24 Hybrid organisations and human problems: towards a New Organisational Reality 424 David Billis 25 Hybrid organisations in sub-Saharan Africa 448 David Littlewood and Diane Holt 26 The church, faith-based organisations and the three sectors 468 Johan G.rde 27 Volunteers and hybrid organisations 486 Colin Rochester, Angela Ellis Paine and Matt Hill 28 Family businesses as hybrid organisations 507 B.rje Boers and Mattias Nordqvist 29 Hybrid organisations in the overlapping territory with the personal world 522 David Billis Index 547

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Book SynopsisPublic Policy Transfer highlights how local adaptations and innovations contribute to ongoing policy development, as domestic policy-making activity becomes increasingly engaged with global networks. This work draws together various disciplinary perspectives that dominate the study of policy transfer, which have otherwise remained separate and distinct. This is the first book to analyze comparatively the micro-dynamics of transfer across regions, contrasting policy fields and multiple levels of governance. With authors from a wide range of disciplines such as law, development and policy studies, and various cases from Europe, Africa, Australia and South America, this book breaks new ground both theoretically and empirically. Unique to this work are the case studies examining policy transfer across countries within the Global North and Global South. This yields in-depth exploration of challenges and characteristics of transfer across emerging economies. Rooted in original research by policy specialists, this book provides fresh and arresting insights into the micro-dynamics as well as the macro-effects of policy transfer. Offering the richest comparative analysis of policy transfer to date, this book has global appeal to academics and students of public policy. The diverse range of case studies will make this book invaluable to policy practitioners and public officials.Contributors include: R. Coman, L. Delcour, T. Delpeuch, I. Erdinç, M. Hadjiisky, C. Mavrot, C. Milhorance, L.A. Pal, O. Porto de Oliveira, M. Vassileva, C. Visier, C. Vigour, C. Walker, F. ZardoTrade Review'The study of policy transfer has become one of the most vibrant and compelling research programs in contemporary social science. In this wide-ranging book, the authors help us make sense of the movement of policy from one place with a much needed assessment of the promises and pitfalls of transfer processes. This volume is thoughtful, authoritative and engaging; it is a must-read for researchers, commentators, government officials and everyone with an interest in the practicalities of transporting a ''good policy practice''.' --Diane Stone, University of Canberra, Australia, University of Warwick, UK and International Public Policy Association, FranceTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Traversing the Terrain of Policy Transfer: Theory, Methods and Overview Magdaléna Hadjiisky, Leslie A. Pal and Christopher Walker PART I BRINGING LOCAL ACTORS BACK IN 1. Judicial Reforms as a Political Enterprise: American Transfer Entrepreneurs in Post-communist Bulgaria Thierry Delpeuch and Margarita Vassileva 2. Lean Management in the French State and Judicial System: Resistance and Reform Cécile Vigour 3. From State to Market: Regulation of Road Transport in Australia and South Africa Christopher Walker 4. Concerted Horizontal Policy Transfer: How Local Action can Drive National Compliance to International Norms Céline Mavrot 5. The Brazil-Mozambique Experience in Rural Development: Bringing Conflict Back Into Transfer Studies Carolina Milhorance PART II INTERNATIONAL AND TRANSNATIONAL ACTORS 6. Rule of Law Promotion: US and EU experiences in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Ukraine Ramona Coman 7. Competition in Policy and Institutional Transfer: The EU and Russia in the ‘Contested Neighbourhood’ Laure Delcour 8. Participatory Budgeting Transfers in Southern Africa: Global Players, Regional Organizations and Local Actors Osmany Porto de Oliveira 9. Whose Ownership? Explaining EU-Tunisia Policy Transfer from a Negotiation Perspective Federica Zardo 10. What is Transfer About? Framing the Content: EU Enlargement and Trade Union Rights in Turkey Isil Erdinç and Claire Visier Conclusion Magdaléna Hadjiisky, Leslie A. Pal and Christopher Walker Afterword: policy transfer 2.0 David P. Dolowitz Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBusiness, Organized Labour and Climate Policy examines the current lack of effective action in bridging the gap between climate change goals and governmental policies. With little published about the role of employers' organizations and trade unions in the climate change policy process, this book evaluates their involvement and argues that labour market considerations should be a central element of climate change policy. The study applies ecological modernization theory as a framework to guide policy development and negotiation. Application of the framework finds that employers' organizations and trade unions are effective civil society advocates, but responding to the labour market implications of climate change is neither institutionally embedded nor prioritized. Included are case studies of climate change policy in six developed and two developing economies, as well as within organizations such as the European Union and the UNFCCC. The emergence of labour issues in formal climate agreements demonstrates the impact that climate change is having on the broader economy and employment, and the need for business and labour to take concrete action. Providing an invaluable reference for policy development, this work will appeal to academics and students, as well as employers' organizations and trade unions. This book provides a unique perspective on key stakeholding organizations in climate change policy and presents a platform for engaging with government.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: business and labour in climate policy 1. Ecological modernization: theory and the policy process 2. The role of employers’ organizations and trade unions in the climate policy process 3. Climate policy in context I: countries within the EU 4. Climate policy in context II: countries outside the EU 5. Case study: the European Union 6. Case study: United Kingdom 7. Comparative analysis: country profiles and case studies 8. Perspectives on the governance quality of climate policymaking 9. Conclusions Index

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Book SynopsisBehavioural public policies, or nudges, have become increasingly popular in recent years, with governments keen to use light-touch interventions to improve the success of their public policies. In this unique book, Peter John explores nudges, their successes and limitations, and sets out a bold manifesto for the future of behavioural public policy.This book traces the beginnings of nudge in behavioural economics and tracks the adoption of its core ideas by policy-makers, providing examples of successful applications. By considering the question ?how far to nudge??, John reviews why it is crucial for governments to address citizen behaviours, and reviews the criticisms of nudge and its ethical limitations. Looking to its future, this book proposes the adoption of a radical version of nudge, nudge plus, involving increased feedback and more engagement with citizens.How Far to Nudge? will be a vital text for students of behavioural public policy and policy analysis, as well as for anyone looking for an introduction to nudge policy and an explanation for its growth in popularity.Trade Review‘In How Far to Nudge Peter John has written an outstanding introduction to the large and growing field of behavioural public policy.’ -- Peter Wells, People, Place and Policy‘How Far to Nudge? is an excellent book on the development of BE since infancy. John has great skill in conveying complex ideas with efficiency and simplicity. He makes interesting what a lesser writer would make tedious, and he provides us with innovative insights to the development of the area.’ -- Stephen Weir, Administration‘John’s book is not just a very useful discussion of the current state of play of behavioural insights in government. It challenges the nudge movement to develop more ambition and to be open to critical questions. The book does so by raising questions about practices, ethical concerns, policy implications and political prerequisites. How Far to Nudge? offers a valuable and reflective corrective to the often highly advocative nature of nudge-related publications.’ -- Martin Lodge, Wiley‘Overall this is a fascinating and thoughtful reflection on the important story of ‘nudge’ to date, and ways it could change to have wider and more lasting impacts. For practitioners, it offers an easy introduction to the theory behind nudge and the history to date. And a challenge on applying this thinking to a much wider range of public policy issues at local level.’ -- Jason Lowther, Local Government Studies‘Peter John’s How Far to Nudge? provides a thoughtful, insightful and original take on the behavioral science revolution in public policy and administration. The book serves as a helpful resource for those looking for an overview of the current status of nudge in government, and it would provide a useful text for graduate courses that include a focus on behavioral public policy and administration. And yet the book is thought-provoking for those already familiar with the topic as well because, having worked extensively at applying nudge tactics in government and having read widely in the behavioral sciences, John is able to provide a uniquely informed perspective on the practices, limitations, ethics, and political implications of the behavioral turn in public policy and public administration as this approach assumes an increasingly prominent role in governments around the world.’ -- Gregg G. Van Ryzin, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory'There are few people better placed to capture the complex interactions between behavioural science and public policy research than Peter John. This timely book will help both academics and policy-makers understand better the scientific, ethical, and practical issues arising from the continuing growth of behavioural public policy applications.' --Liam Delaney, University College Dublin, UK'Peter John is a relatively rare breed - a political scientist working in the burgeoning field of behavioural public policy. In this new book, he takes the reader on a journey, in discussing how the field has developed, its limitations and the ethical challenges that it faces. Ultimately, John reveals himself to be a strong proponent of a principal aspect of behavioural public policy - i.e. so-called nudges - and yet, interestingly, advocates for nudges to be supplemented by approaches that encourage deliberative consideration by those targeted for behaviour change. This, he defines, as nudge plus.' --Adam Oliver, The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK'This is an important book on how governments and others can affect the behavioural habits fundamental to addressing many contemporary policy challenges. Particularly valuable is the argument that nudge involves not just choice architecture and social messaging but a reform of political institutions and bureaucracies. The promotion of self-reinforcing and beneficial behaviours, including by an ''agent-centred'' version of nudge, is expertly illustrated through a range of cases from Professor John and others' research. Overall, the book makes a powerful case for ''nudge plus'' as a more open, reflective and decentralised form of nudging.' --Oliver James, University of Exeter, UKTable of ContentsContents 1. Introduction 2. Behavioural Public Problems 3. The Behavioural Revolution in the Social Sciences 4. Nudge: All Tools are Informational Now 5. Translating Nudge into Practice: Routes to Innovation 6. Is Nudge All It’s Cracked Up to Be? Limitations and Criticisms 7. The Ethics of Nudge 8. Nudge Plus and How To Get There 9. Assessing Behavioural Public Policy References Index

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Book SynopsisBehavioural public policies, or nudges, have become increasingly popular in recent years, with governments keen to use light-touch interventions to improve the success of their public policies. In this unique book, Peter John explores nudges, their successes and limitations, and sets out a bold manifesto for the future of behavioural public policy.This book traces the beginnings of nudge in behavioural economics and tracks the adoption of its core ideas by policy-makers, providing examples of successful applications. By considering the question ?how far to nudge??, John reviews why it is crucial for governments to address citizen behaviours, and reviews the criticisms of nudge and its ethical limitations. Looking to its future, this book proposes the adoption of a radical version of nudge, nudge plus, involving increased feedback and more engagement with citizens.How Far to Nudge? will be a vital text for students of behavioural public policy and policy analysis, as well as for anyone looking for an introduction to nudge policy and an explanation for its growth in popularity.Trade Review‘In How Far to Nudge Peter John has written an outstanding introduction to the large and growing field of behavioural public policy.’ -- Peter Wells, People, Place and Policy‘How Far to Nudge? is an excellent book on the development of BE since infancy. John has great skill in conveying complex ideas with efficiency and simplicity. He makes interesting what a lesser writer would make tedious, and he provides us with innovative insights to the development of the area.’ -- Stephen Weir, Administration‘John’s book is not just a very useful discussion of the current state of play of behavioural insights in government. It challenges the nudge movement to develop more ambition and to be open to critical questions. The book does so by raising questions about practices, ethical concerns, policy implications and political prerequisites. How Far to Nudge? offers a valuable and reflective corrective to the often highly advocative nature of nudge-related publications.’ -- Martin Lodge, Wiley‘Overall this is a fascinating and thoughtful reflection on the important story of ‘nudge’ to date, and ways it could change to have wider and more lasting impacts. For practitioners, it offers an easy introduction to the theory behind nudge and the history to date. And a challenge on applying this thinking to a much wider range of public policy issues at local level.’ -- Jason Lowther, Local Government Studies‘Peter John’s How Far to Nudge? provides a thoughtful, insightful and original take on the behavioral science revolution in public policy and administration. The book serves as a helpful resource for those looking for an overview of the current status of nudge in government, and it would provide a useful text for graduate courses that include a focus on behavioral public policy and administration. And yet the book is thought-provoking for those already familiar with the topic as well because, having worked extensively at applying nudge tactics in government and having read widely in the behavioral sciences, John is able to provide a uniquely informed perspective on the practices, limitations, ethics, and political implications of the behavioral turn in public policy and public administration as this approach assumes an increasingly prominent role in governments around the world.’ -- Gregg G. Van Ryzin, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory'There are few people better placed to capture the complex interactions between behavioural science and public policy research than Peter John. This timely book will help both academics and policy-makers understand better the scientific, ethical, and practical issues arising from the continuing growth of behavioural public policy applications.' --Liam Delaney, University College Dublin, UK'Peter John is a relatively rare breed - a political scientist working in the burgeoning field of behavioural public policy. In this new book, he takes the reader on a journey, in discussing how the field has developed, its limitations and the ethical challenges that it faces. Ultimately, John reveals himself to be a strong proponent of a principal aspect of behavioural public policy - i.e. so-called nudges - and yet, interestingly, advocates for nudges to be supplemented by approaches that encourage deliberative consideration by those targeted for behaviour change. This, he defines, as nudge plus.' --Adam Oliver, The London School of Economics and Political Science, UK'This is an important book on how governments and others can affect the behavioural habits fundamental to addressing many contemporary policy challenges. Particularly valuable is the argument that nudge involves not just choice architecture and social messaging but a reform of political institutions and bureaucracies. The promotion of self-reinforcing and beneficial behaviours, including by an ''agent-centred'' version of nudge, is expertly illustrated through a range of cases from Professor John and others' research. Overall, the book makes a powerful case for ''nudge plus'' as a more open, reflective and decentralised form of nudging.' --Oliver James, University of Exeter, UKTable of ContentsContents 1. Introduction 2. Behavioural Public Problems 3. The Behavioural Revolution in the Social Sciences 4. Nudge: All Tools are Informational Now 5. Translating Nudge into Practice: Routes to Innovation 6. Is Nudge All It’s Cracked Up to Be? Limitations and Criticisms 7. The Ethics of Nudge 8. Nudge Plus and How To Get There 9. Assessing Behavioural Public Policy References Index

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Book SynopsisMinisters, Minders and Mandarins brings together the leading academics in this specialty to rigorously assess the impact and consequences of political advisers in parliamentary democracies. The ten contemporary and original case studies focus on issues of tension, trust and tradition, and are written in an accessible and engaging style. Using new empirical findings and theory from a range of public policy canons, the authors analyze advisers' functions, their differing levels of accountability and issues of diversity between governments. Cases include research on the tensions in the UK, the possible unease in Swedish government offices and the role of trust in Greece. Established operations in Australia, Canada, Ireland and New Zealand are compared to relative latecomers to advisory roles, such as Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark. A key comparative work in the field, this book encourages further research into the varied roles of political advisers.Offering an excellent introduction to the complex role political advisers play, this book will be of great interest to upper undergraduate and postgraduate students studying political science and policy administration, as well as researchers and scholars in public policy.Contributors include: A. Blick, P.M. Christiansen, B. Connaughton J. Craft, C. Eichbaum, T. Gouglas, H. Houlberg Salomonsen, T. Hustedt, M. Maley, P. Munk Christiansen, B. Niklasson, P. Ohberg, R. Shaw, C. van den BergTrade Review'Ministerial advisers have grown rapidly in parliamentary democracies. Scholarship has struggled to keep up. This book breaks new ground by bringing together leading scholars from European and Westminster systems in a fascinating comparative study.' --Robert Hazell, UCL, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Ministers, minders and mandarins Richard Shaw and Chris Eichbaum 2. Australia: Applying an institutional lens to political staff Maria Maley 3. Canada: Flexing the political arm of government Jonathan Craft 4. Denmark: Loyalty and the political adviser bargain Peter Munk Christiansen and Heidi Houlberg Salomonsen 5. Germany: The smooth and silent emergence of advisory roles Thurid Hustedt 6. Greece: Political advisers and circles of trust in Greek ministerial cabinets: Cardinals of the conclave, managers and the children of favouritism Athanassios Gouglas 7. Ireland: Steps towards a political coordination role for ministerial advisers Bernadette Connaughton 8. The Netherlands: The emergence and encapsulation of ministerial advisers Caspar van den Berg 9. New Zealand: Bargains, compacts and covenants in the core executive Richard Shaw and Chris Eichbaum 10. Sweden: Civil servants and political advisers as adversaries Birgitta Niklasson and Patrik Öhberg 11. Special advisers in the United Kingdom: Tensions in Whitehall Andrew Blick 12. Conclusion: New directions in studying ministerial advisers Richard Shaw and Chris Eichbaum Index

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Book Synopsis'Currently, public administration as art and science ponders a challenging and uncertain future. Thus, no better time exists to take stock and ponder the practical and theoretical value of its topical coverage to date. Stazyk and Frederickson have assembled an eclectic and impressive group of senior and junior scholars to join them in this intellectual exercise. Collectively, the contributors offer a stiletto-like dissection of where and how the field's energy has been expended, what knowledge it has produced, what its limitations are, and where future energies might best be expended. Kudos to all.'- Robert F. Durant, American University, US This forward-thinking Handbook draws on the expertise of established and emerging scholars to provide a comprehensive review of the current state and future direction of theory and practice in US public administration. Chapters offer a cross-disciplinary, holistic review of the field, pulling together leaders from subfields such as public administration, public and nonprofit management, finance, human resource management, networks, nonprofits, policy, and politics. Chapter authors conclude that the field is intellectually rich and highly nuanced, but also identify numerous opportunities for growth and expansion in the coming years. The Handbook charts an agenda for future research in the field.The Handbook of American Public Administration is geared toward academics, researchers, and advanced graduate students. As an authoritative text on the history and state of US public administration, it proves equally suitable for national and international audiences. Practitioners who may be looking for background information or state-of-the-art knowledge about practice will also benefit from this Handbook.Contributors include: G. Arnold, G.A. Brewer, B.J. Cook, R.S. Davis, L. DeHart-Davis, M.D. Farnworth, P.S. Federman, S. Fernandez, H.G. Frederickson, H. Getha-Taylor, R.K. Ghere, D. Hatmaker, K. Hendren, C.J. Hill, N. Humphrey, K.R. Isett, S. Jo, J.E. Kellough, S.Y. Kim, Y. Kim, L. Langbein, M. Leighninger, L.E. Lynn, Jr., D.S.T. Matkin, B. Merriman, C.C. Merritt, A.V. Moldavanova, T. Nabatchi, S. Nicholson-Crotty, R. O'Leary, Z.W. Oberfield, A. Osorio, S.K. Pandey, Y.J. Park, S. Portillo, B.A. Radin, W.G. Resh, R.L. St. Clair, J.R. Sandfort, L.M. Shimek, A.E. Smith, S.R. Smith, E.C. Stazyk, S. Webeck, E.S. Zeemering, H.L. ZookTrade Review'The Handbook of American Public Administration offers a comprehensive and insightful overview of how governance is evolving in the United States. It brings together leading scholars who wrestle with some of the fundamental questions of how we govern. A highly recommended addition for anyone concerned about the past and future of the American administrative state.' --Don Moynihan, Georgetown University, US'This book provides authoritative discussions of long-standing fundamental topics in public administration as well as currently crucial topics. The editors and authors include intellectual leaders of the field as well as emerging scholars destined for leading roles. This volume offers an essential contribution to every professional's library and to discussions and seminars on leading thought and analysis in the field.' --Hal G. Rainey, University of Georgia, US'This Handbook offers a broad range of contemporary topics central to public administration theory and practice. It provides valuable insights into the directions in which the field is going, and the inclusion of chapters by junior and emerging scholars provides innovative and refreshing views on what the future of the field will look like in years to come.' --Norma M. Riccucci, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to the Handbook of American Public Administration Edmund C. Stazyk and H. George Frederickson PART I FOUNDATIONS 2. The value of historical perspectives in public administration Peter Stanley Federman 3. Reviving the study of public administration’s legal foundation: Juris et de jure Andrew Osorio 4. Public administration as a function of executive and legislative power William G. Resh and Haram Lee Zook 5. Modern state-federal conflict: The central role of administration and administrative law Ben Merriman 6. Bureaucracy and democracy: Perils and prospects Brian J. Cook PART II MANAGING ORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLE 7. A rose by any other name: New public management in America Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. 8. Dueling banjos in American public administration: The enduring themes of accountability and performance Gene A. Brewer 9. Bureaucratic discretion in public agencies: Principals, principles, and agents Laura Langbein 10. Managing for high performance Sergio Fernandez and Sun Young Kim 11. Motivation in public management: Seeing the forest through the trees Kathryn Hendren and Sanjay K. Pandey 12. Expanding the employee engagement model for public service: Prioritizing relatedness to achieve collaborative outcomes Heather Getha-Taylor 13. The “dark side” of the public workplace: Counterproductive workplace behavior and environmental negativity in public administration research Randall S. Davis PART III SOCIAL EQUITY, PUBLICNESS, AND DIVERSITY 14. Social equity and public administration in rhetorical perspective(s) Richard K. Ghere 15. Antecedents to managing publicness: A study of professional and cultural socialization Cullen C. Merritt and Morgan D. Farnworth 16. Social equity, equal opportunity, and affirmative action in the public sector: Lessons from eight decades of struggle J. Edward Kellough 17. Public sector diversity research: Taking stock Leisha DeHart-Davis, Deneen Hatmaker, Zachary W. Oberfield and Amy E. Smith 18. Institutionalism and assumptions: Institutionalizing race and gender in public administration scholarship Shannon Portillo and Nicole Humphrey 19. Sustainability research in US public administration: Pillar tensions and synergies Alisa V. Moldavanova PART IV NETWORKS, COLLABORATION, AND PARTICIPATION 20. Collaborative public management: The US perspective Rosemary O’Leary 21. Nodes and links as actors and actions in public administration networks Gwen Arnold and Luke M. Shimek 22. Nonprofit organizations and public administration: The state of the field and future directions Steven Rathgeb Smith 23. Collaborative local governance: Building metropolitan services, vision, and teamwork Eric S. Zeemering 24. Public participation in American public administration Tina Nabatchi, Suyeon Jo, and Matt Leighninger PART V FINANCE, PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT, PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION, AND THE PUBLIC POLICY INTERSECTION 25. The emergence of public financial management David S. T. Matkin, Youngsung Kim and Young Joo Park 26. What we know about the interaction between politics and administration in the policy-making process Sean Nicholson-Crotty and Sean Webeck 27. Public management and program effectiveness in US public administration Carolyn J. Hill 28. A conceptual map of performance measurement Beryl A. Radin 29. Theoretical foundations and design principles to improve policy and program implementation Jodi R. Sandfort 30. Using fs/QCA to understand the role of organizational structure in public health policy Rebekah L. St. Clair and Kimberly R. Isett PART VI CONCLUSION 31. Conclusion: Where does US public administration go from here? Edmund C. Stazyk and H. George Frederickson Index

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Book SynopsisDemocracies are currently undergoing a period of both challenge and renewal. Democratic innovations are proliferating in politics, governance, policy, and public administration. This Handbook of Democratic Innovation and Governance advances understanding of democratic innovations by critically reviewing their importance throughout the world. The overarching themes are a focus on citizens and their relationship to these innovations, and the resulting effects on political equality and policy impact. The Handbook covers different types of democratic innovations; their potential to combat current problems with democracy; the various actors involved; their use in different areas of policy and governance; their application in different parts of the world; and the methods used to research them. Contributors therefore offer a definitive overview of existing research on democratic innovations, while also setting the agenda for future research and practice. Featuring a critical combination of theoretical, empirical and methodological work on democratic innovations, this insightful Handbook balances depth, originality and accessibility to make it an ideal research companion for scholars and students of democratic governance alike. Public administrators and participation practitioners will also benefit from its guidance on citizen engagement processes. Contributors include: G. Allegretti, J. Alver, E. Andersson, G. Baiocchi, B. Bedsted, S. Beste, L. Bherer, W. Blijleven, A. Bua, S. Bussu, E. Challies, J. Corbett, S.R. Davies, R. Dean, S. Elstub, O. Escobar, M. Evans, I. Ferreira, M. Flinders, E. Ganuza, B. Geissel, K. Grönlund, C. Harris, C.M. Hendriks, F. Hendriks, K. Herne, N.W. Jager, M.C. Jaramillo, M. Jäske, L. Kallio, C.F. Karpowitz, C.W. Lee, R. Levy, R. Lightbody, N. Mikami, J. Newig, S. Niemeyer, I. O'Flynn, L.J. Parry, T. Peixoto, T. Pogrebinschi, G. Pomatto, C. Raphael, M. Rask, J. Roberts, M. Ross, H. Russon Gilman, M. Ryan, M. Setälä, G. Smith, P. Spada, J. Steiner, G. Stoker, J. Talpin, A. Thompson, N. Thompson, M. van Hulst, A. Weale, M. Wood, D. WyssTrade Review'Stephen Elstub and Oliver Escobar have assembled an impressive lineup of established and emerging scholars to tell you just about everything you need to know about the state of democratic innovation, its importance, and its future prospects. An essential guide to this crucial and growing field.' --John S. Dryzek, University of Canberra, Australia'Around the world democracies are undergoing something of a renewal resulting in a proliferation of democratic innovations across the globe, Elstub and Escobar's Handbook is a timely and important contribution to the field across theory and practice. It will be an invaluable resource for researchers, practitioners, civil society activists and governments.' --Jane Suiter, Dublin City University, Ireland'At a time when our legacy institutions of representative democracy badly need supplementing so that the democratic project will continue to move forward, this volume impressively advances and consolidates the rapidly developing field of democratic innovations.' --Mark E. Warren, University of British Columbia, CanadaTable of ContentsContents Introduction to the Handbook of Democratic Innovation and Governance : the field of democratic innovation 1 Oliver Escobar and Stephen Elstub SECTION I TYPES OF DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION 1. Defining and typologising democratic innovations 11 Stephen Elstub and Oliver Escobar 2. Democratic innovations and theories of democracy 32 Ian O’Flynn 3. Mini-publics: design choices and legitimacy 45 Clodagh Harris 4. Collaborative governance: between invited and invented spaces 60 Sonia Bussu 5. The long journey of participatory budgeting 77 Ernesto Ganuza and Gianpaolo Baiocchi 6. Referendums and citizens’ initiatives 90 Maija Jäske and Maija Setälä 7. Digital participation 105 Hollie Russon Gilman and Tiago Carneiro Peixoto SECTION II DEMOCRATIC INNOVATIONS AND THE DEMOCRATIC MALAISE 8. Does political trust matter? 120 Gerry Stoker and Mark Evans 9. Accountability and democratic innovations 135 Albert Weale 10. Anti-politics and democratic innovation 148 Matthew Flinders, Matthew Wood and Jack Corbett 11. The impact of democratic innovations on citizens’ efficacy 161 Paolo Spada SECTION III ACTORS IN DEMOCRATIC INNOVATION 12. Facilitators: the micropolitics of public participation and deliberation 178 Oliver Escobar 13. Consultants: the emerging participation industry 196 Laurence Bherer and Caroline W. Lee 14. Public servants in innovative democratic governance 209 Wieke Blijleven, Merlijn van Hulst and Frank Hendriks 15. Experts: the politics of evidence and expertise in democratic innovation 225 Ruth Lightbody and Jennifer J. Roberts 16. Advocates: interest groups, civil society organisations and democratic innovation 241 Carolyn M. Hendriks 17. The role of elected representatives in democratic innovations 255 Nivek Thompson 18. Journalists: the role of the media in democratic innovation 269 Gianfranco Pomatto SECTION IV DEMOCRATIC INNOVATIONS IN POLICY AND GOVERNANCE 19. Democratic innovations and the policy process 282 Adrian Bua 20. Democratic innovation in science and technology 297 Sarah R. Davies 21. Democratic innovation in social policy 310 Rikki Dean 22. Democratic innovation and environmental governance 324 Jens Newig, Edward Challies and Nicolas W. Jager 23. Democratic innovation in constitutional reform 339 Ron Levy 24. Democratic innovation in transnational and global governance 354 Mikko Rask, Bjørn Bedsted, Edward Andersson and Liisa Kallio SECTION V DEMOCRATIC INNOVATIONS AROUND THE WORLD 25. Democratic innovations in North America 371 Christopher F. Karpowitz and Chad Raphael 26. Democratic innovations in Latin America 389 Thamy Pogrebinschi and Melisa Ross 27. Democratic innovations in Europe 404 Brigitte Geissel 28. Trends in democratic innovation in Asia 421 Naoyuki Mikami 29. Democratic innovation in Australasia 435 Lucy Parry, Jane Alver and Nivek Thompson 30. Local democratic innovations in Africa 449 Isabel Ferreira and Giovanni Allegretti SECTION VI RESEARCH METHODS FOR THE STUDY OF DEMOCRATIC INNOVATIONS 31. Quantitative methods in democratic innovation research 472 Simon Beste and Dominik Wyss 32. Qualitative approaches to democratic innovations 486 Julien Talpin 33. Mixed methods research in democratic innovation 501 Oliver Escobar and Andrew Thompson 34. Using experiments to study democratic innovations 515 Kimmo Grönlund and Kaisa Herne 35. From discourse quality index to deliberative transformative moments 527 Maria Clara Jaramillo and Jürg Steiner 36. Analysing deliberative transformation : a multi-level approach incorporating Q methodology 540 Simon Niemeyer 37. Comparative approaches to the study of democratic innovation 558 Matt Ryan CONCLUDING CHAPTER 38. Reflections on the theory and practice of democratic innovations 572 Graham Smith Index 583

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Book SynopsisCross-boundary workers are significant for public, non-profit and private organizations, particularly to stay relevant and enhance collaboration, innovation and performance. This book presents an interdisciplinary and systematic review on the state of the art on boundary spanners, a feature of public management and governance that needs more comprehensive and integrative understanding. The authors analyse different theoretical perspectives on cross-boundary roles in the public sector. Chapters discuss key drivers and influential conditions, various types of boundary spanning activities and boundary spanners? profiles, as well as their impact on job outcomes, collaboration, trust and organizational innovation. Using empirical illustrations and building on a broad range of literature, this book is a vital step in understanding inter-organizational performance and collaborative public management. It synthesizes knowledge from different disciplines and evaluates individual, organizational and environmental factors, the challenges facing collaborative projects and how to successfully facilitate cross-boundary work in the public sector. Scholars and researchers in the field of public management will benefit from the integrated research framework provided in this innovative book. Management and public policy students who want to understand boundary spanners and inter-organizational collaboration will find this an excellent and much-needed overview of the topic.Trade Review'This impressive, well-structured and readable book will appeal to both academic and policy/practitioner communities. It focuses on the role, behaviours and impact of a highly influential cadre of actors operating in theatres of collaboration - the boundary spanners. It situates them in the fields of public management and governance combining both inter-disciplinary theoretical rigour with empirical insights from policy and practice.' --Paul Williams, Australian National University'Individuals and organizations working in liminal spaces - ''boundary spanners'' - have often been speculated as occupying key, but often hidden, roles in public management and governance. While some work has been done on figures such as entrepreneurs and brokers, boundary-spanning and boundary spanners have heretofore not received detailed book length treatment. This volume undertakes this task, advancing our knowledge of these actors and their activities, both as they have operated historically and in their enhanced contemporary role in recent efforts to promote co-production and other kinds of collaborative governance arrangements.' --Michael Howlett, Simon Fraser University, Canada and National University of SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Towards a more comprehensive understanding of boundary spanners in the context of public management and governance 2. Boundaries and drivers for boundary spanning in public management and governance 3. Theoretical origins and perspectives on boundary spanning 4. Detecting boundary spanners and examining their activities 5. Profiling boundary spanners 6. Antecedents of boundary spanning behaviour 7. Impact of boundary spanning 8. Looking back and moving forward in the field of boundary spanning Index

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Book SynopsisStreet-level bureaucracy concerns a vital part of the ways in which public policy programmes are implemented, particularly through the relationship between public officials and individual citizens. Addressing the state of the art and providing a systematic exploration of the theoretical and methodological issues at stake, this Research Handbook is a crucial contribution to the analysis of public policy from the perspective of the ground floor of government. The Research Handbook covers theoretical themes in current research such as institutional theory, social inequality, national culture, discrimination and representation, digitalization, and accountability. Analysing the role of teachers, police officers and other street-level bureaucrats, chapters explore how these individuals implement policies through their daily contact with citizens. Further sections investigate the methodological tools for research, as well as the future challenges facing the area. Peter Hupe concludes with lessons for the study of street-level bureaucracy and a significant research agenda for the topic. Essential reading for researchers and students of politics, government, public administration, public management, public policy and social policy, the Research Handbook on Street-Level Bureaucracy is the defining reference for understanding public policy in action in everyday life.Trade Review'Street level bureaucracy is an established concept in the social sciences, and it might be thought difficult to find anything new and important to say about the concept. This Research Handbook demonstrates that this assumption is most definitely untrue. By emphasizing street-level bureaucracy as the ''ground floor'' of government, Peter Hupe and his collaborators have provided a number of new insights into the behaviour and importance of those public servants who are in day-to-day contact with citizens. Anyone who wants to understand the impact of government on those citizens must read the articles in this volume.' --B. Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh, US'This Research Handbook maps the now-sprawling and diverse scholarly world of research on frontline work and the encounters between governing authority and the publics served, surveilled and disenfranchised. The Research Handbook is a ''Who's Who'' of international scholars exploring this territory and covers the full range of current topics, from theory to methods and emerging questions. It begins and ends with insightful essays by Peter Hupe, the editor. Hupe frames the diverse contributions of the Handbook authors while providing guideposts for future research. For students and scholars, this Research Handbook is essential reading, a touchstone.' --Steven Maynard-Moody, University of Kansas, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I Street-level bureaucracy as a scholarly theme 1. Contextualizing government-in-action Peter Hupe 2. Positioning street-level bureaucracy research Peter Hupe and Michael Hill 3. Conceptualizing street-level bureaucracy in context Peter Hupe Part II Theoretical issues in street-level bureaucracy research 4. Specifying the dependent variable in street-level bureaucracy research Liesbeth Van Parys 5. Adopting an institutional view in street-level bureaucracy research Deborah Rice 6. Street-level bureaucracy research and social inequality Gabriela Lotta and Roberto Pires 7. Street-level bureaucracy research and the specification of national culture Marie Østergaard Møller 8. Discrimination and representation in street-level bureaucracies Nadine Raaphorst and Sandra Groeneveld 9. Using drama to understand street-level practice Tony Evans 10. Dealing with hybridization in street-level bureaucracy research Tanja Klenk and Nissim Cohen 11. Street-level bureaucracy research and the impact of digital office technologies Matilde Høybye-Mortensen 12. Street-level bureaucracy research and first-line supervision Peter Hupe and Lael R. Keiser 13. Street-level bureaucracy research and professionalism Gitte Sommer Harrits 14. Policy re-design from the street level Nissim Cohen and Tanja Klenk 15. Street-level bureaucracy research and accountability beyond hierarchy Eva Lieberherr and Eva Thomann 16. Dealing with cross-countries variation in the comparative study of public administration and street-level bureaucracy Sabine Kuhlmann 17. Explaining public task performance Peter Hupe Part III Methodological issues in street-level bureaucracy research 18. Comparing public task performance Michael Hill and Peter Hupe 19. Mixed-methods designs in street-level bureaucracy research Carina Schott and Daphne van Kleef 20. Quantitative street-level bureaucracy research Nadine van Engen 21. Qualitative data analysis in implementation and street-level bureaucracy research Anka Kekez 22. Levels of analysis in street-level bureaucracy research Anat Gofen, Shelly Sella and Drorit Gassner 23. Networks as unit of analysis in street-level bureaucracy research Kim Loyens 24. Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) as a tool for street-level bureaucracy research Eva Thomann 25. Using vignettes in street-level bureaucracy research Gitte Sommer Harrits Part IV New dimensions of studying street-level bureaucracy 26. Street-level bureaucracy research across the borders of scholarly communities Vivienne Byers 27. Street-level bureaucracy research and the assessment of ethical conduct Helena Olofsdotter Stensöta 28. Street-level bureaucracy and democratic theory Bernardo Zacka Part V Conclusion 29. Lessons for doing street-level bureaucracy research Peter Hupe 30. The ground floor of government in context: An agenda for street-level bureaucracy research. Peter Hupe Index

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Book Synopsis'Modern society is shaped in ways that were scarcely thought of a few years ago - and debates on regulation and governance have much work to do if they are to come to grips with new modes and sources of influence such as the new media and transnational engagements. This book makes an incisive contribution to the re-configuring of those debates and will appeal to all who look for an invigorated understanding of regulation, governance and social change.'- Robert Baldwin, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Society, Regulation and Governance critically appraises the issue of intentional social change through the lens of regulation and governance studies. A twofold understanding of regulation and governance underpins the conceptual and empirical engagement throughout the book. On the one hand, regulation and governance are understood to be innovatively minded. On the other hand the book argues that, at their respective cores, regulation and governance are continuously concerned with how intentional social change can be fostered and what results can be yielded in terms of shaping society. This book brings together sociologists, political scientists, legal scholars and historians to produce an interdisciplinary critical evaluation of alleged 'new modes' of social change, specifically: risk, publics and participation. It makes three key contributions by: offering a consolidation and re-appraisal of a debate that has become increasingly vague with its academic and political proliferation identifying a uniting conceptual-analytical core between regulation and governance which explains the adaptability and innovation-mindedness of processes of 'shaping society' re-focusing on the 'essence' of regulation and governance approaches - intentional modes of social change. Society, Regulation and Governance will give significant insight into the potential and limits of new methods of social change, suiting a wide range of social science and legal academics due to its collaborative nature.Contributors include: A.-L. Beaussier, A. Bora, E. Carmel, M. Huber, D. Kuchenbuch, M. Mölders, P. Münte, R. Paul, H. Rothstein, J.-F. Schrape, L. ViellechnerTrade Review'This collection represents an ambitious attempt to advance international conversations about regulation and governance further. It combines theoretically advanced discussions with careful empirical analysis. This volume is an important addition to the literatures and deserves attention.' --Martin Lodge, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK'This book contains excellent chapters on a number of questions concerning regulation and governance. It is especially welcome because of its comparative focus, its use of cutting-edge international theoretical perspectives and its detailed engagement with a series of different social domains. It is an important addition to the literature.' --Christopher Thornhill, The University of Manchester, UK'Society, Regulation and Governance not only sheds new light on but also develops a fundamentally new approach to one of the most essential questions of the social sciences, i.e. how and to what extent societal development can be changed through intentional and directional action. Including both conceptual developments and empirical-historical analyses, the editors and contributors manage to give a comprehensive and highly elaborated answer to an enduring question.' --Poul F. Kjaer, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: Introduction. Society, regulation and governance: new modes of shaping social change? Regine Paul and Marc Mölders Part I Society, Regulation and Governance: A Conceptual-Analytical Map 1. Semantics of ruling: reflective theories in regulation, governance and law Alfons Bora 2. ‘Bringing the social back in’: governance analysis as a mode of enquiry Emma Carmel Part II: New Modes of Social Change? ‘Risk’ and ‘Publics’ in Regulation and Governance 3. Risk: new issue or new tool in regulation and governance research? Regine Paul 4. Why states think about risk differently: the case of workplace safety regulation in France and the UK Henry Rothstein and Anne-Laure Beaussier 5. Regulating teaching quality: comparing quality regulation in English and German higher education Michael Huber 6. Governing through transnational arrangements: the case of internet domain allocation Lars Viellechner 7. Shaping pressure: on the regulatory effects of publicity Marc Mölders 8. Reciprocal irritations: social media, mass media and the public sphere Jan-Felix Schrape Part III: What’s New about New Modes of Social Change in Regulation and Governance? The Case of ‘Participation’ 9. The experimentalization of the social: activation, participation and social self-organization as scientific facts in the 1940s David Kuchenbuch 10. Improving modern society: governing science and technology by engineered participation Peter Münte References Index

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Book SynopsisIn this thought-provoking book, José M. Magone investigates the growing political, economic and social divisions between the core countries of the European Union and the southern European periphery. He examines the major hindrances that are preventing the four main southern European countries (Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece) from keeping up with the increasing pace of European integration, and the effects that this is having on democratic governance.Offering a comprehensive comparative overview of southern European politics over the past two decades, the book analyses the impact of the EU's political economy on democracy in the region, in particular the consequences of the Eurocrisis and the economic instability of the 2010s. It argues that these countries have failed to proactively initiate necessary strategic reforms in order to prevent economic and democratic stagnation, and have especially struggled to cope with the changing realities of Europeanization and the demands of Economic and Monetary Union.Students and scholars of European politics will find this book useful and insightful, in particular those interested in southern Europe’s political economy and Europeanization. It will also be beneficial for policy makers working in southern European governments and organizations.Trade Review'Especially after the Great Depression of 2008 and later on with the Pandemic, Southern Europe has become an area of high interest again, as in the years of the transitions to democracy during the 1970s. Today, Southern European countries' crucial issue concerns the European Union's relationships, especially from an economic perspective. Professor Magone, a highly renowned expert of the area, addresses it by dissecting those relationships' decisive aspects and revealing the critical features. This book will be compulsory reading not only for scholars and students of the area but also for all those other experts who are interested in internal–external intertwining in semi-peripheral democracies.' -- Leonardo Morlino, LUISS Guido Carli, Italy'Despite his criticisms of the EU for mismanaging the Eurozone crisis, the author underlines the responsibilities of South European governments too. South European elites have not invested in the people of Southern Europe and have ''governmentalized'' policy networks which ideally should have been multi-level rather than government-centered, as the author correctly puts it. Consequently, his claim that the question is ''what Southern Europe can do for the EU'', rather than vice versa, is a point well taken.' -- Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, GreeceTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The ‘superficial’ Europeanization of southern Europe: the persistence of peripheral governance 2. Southern European trajectories of European integration: from benevolent vincolo esterno to ‘coercive’ Europeanization 3. The semi-peripheral weak state and economy 4. The Europeanization of democratic institutions in southern Europe 5. The Euro crisis and changing party systems in southern Europe 6. The role of socio-economic interest groups in the crisis of southern European capitalism 7. Subnational governance and European cohesion policy: missed opportunities 8. The Euro and sovereign debt crisis and its impact on southern Europe 9. The consequences of the economic crisis: welfare state, civil society, and government 10. Conclusions: Constraining democracy in southern Europe References Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book develops a new theoretical account of governance as regimes of governing practices that shape the political ordering of social relations. This account develops insights from sociology, politics and political economy and is 'post'-poststructuralist in scope. Chapters explore and synthesise three key features of governing that are often treated as contradictory: the historical contingency of statehood, the structured and unequal distribution of power and authority in governing, and the transformative possibilities of political action. This book proposes an innovative approach to governance analysis as a critical mode of empirical enquiry that is systematic, contextualised and holistic. In doing so, it also provides a new analytical framework to facilitate empirical investigation. Featuring tools of situated critique and analytical contextualisation, and with case study chapters that apply this framework in a range of empirical settings, this book is vital reading for all researchers of public policy and governance. Furthermore, researchers applying state theories to empirical investigation, and postgraduate students scrutinising complex governance settings, will also benefit from this book s theoretical account, analytical framework and case examples.Trade Review''Trenchant and urgently needed analysis. Emma Carmel aims to ''rescue'' governance from the bin of irrelevancy and rescue she does. With a scholarly eye alert to real-world practices, the authors tackle how governing is actually done, featuring its oft-overlooked practices and politics. A huge contribution to the theoretical and methodological analysis of governance.' --Janine R. Wedel, George Mason University, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I: Ontology, theory, epistemology 1. Introduction to governance analysis: critical enquiry at the intersection of politics, policy and society Emma Carmel 2. Regimes of governing practices, socio-political order and contestation Emma Carmel 3. Governance analysis: epistemological orientations and analytical framework Emma Carmel PART II: Governing practices, statehoods and social inequalities 4. Governing skills, governing workplaces: explaining the New Labour Skills Strategy for England Hannah Durrant 5. The political ordering of migrant workers through labour admission policies Regine Paul 6. Understanding the complexity and implications of the English care policy system Fiona Morgan 7. Understanding the state-third sector relationship in public services delivery Jenny Harlock PART III: Governing practices, social politics and contestation 8. Participatory governing through co-production and co-design Michelle Farr 9. Participatory governing at the margins of the state Sarah Morgan-Trimmer 10. Governing, politics and policy contestation within European networks Hester Kan Index

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Book SynopsisThe editors and the contributors have produced what can only be described as the definitive guide to the growing field of critical policy studies. It is comprehensive and well written and will be welcomed by all students and practitioners of public policy and policy analysis. No personal or institutional library would be complete without it!'- Wayne Parsons, Cardiff University, UK'This comprehensive Handbook, with contributions from leading figures in the field, is a valuable source of information on practical and theoretical aspects of critical policy studies, its argumentative and deliberative turn and its methods of analysis which is likely to stimulate further debate on the big issues in the study and analysis of policy.'BR>- Norman Fairclough, Lancaster University, UK'The field of critical policy studies goes from strength to strength, and this Handbook provides a much-needed review that will be essential reading for scholars, students and practitioners. It is at the same time a critical introduction for those new to the field (including those coming from more conventional approaches to public policy), a comprehensive reference book for people in the field and a guide to emerging issues and challenges in the study of the communicative practice of public policy.'- John Dryzek, University of Canberra, AustraliaCritical policy studies, as this volume illustrates, challenges conventional approaches to public policy inquiry with its focus on discursive politics, policy argumentation and deliberation, and interpretive modes of analysis. Assembling the voices of established and emerging scholars, the Handbook of Critical Policy Studies fills a major gap in the policy literature.Moving beyond the false neutrality of empiricism and positivism, this Handbook highlights the responsibility of inquirers to take account of social and political context - including present conditions, past trends and prevailing power relationships - to advance inquiry that relies not only on experts but also on citizens in a manner supporting and encouraging democracy. Not only does this call for a reconsideration of the interplay of qualitative and quantitative methods but also for robust attention to the role of values.Accessible to scholars, practitioners and students alike, the book offers a compilation of new critical work that both assesses past developments and appraises emerging issues.Contributors: H. Åm, M.R. Banjade, M. Barbehön, K. Braun, V. Dubois, A. Durnovà, L. Elgert, S.A. Ercan, S.S. Fainstein, F. Fischer, S. Griggs, D. Howarth, H. Ingram, B. Jessop, S. Jin Park, W. Lamping, R.P. Lejano, E. Lövbrand, T.W. Luke, R.F. Mendonca, S. Münch, H.R. Ojha, M. Orsini, S.J. Park, S. Paterson, D. Plehwe, T. Saretzki, F. Scala, V.A. Schmidt, A.L. Schneider, K.K. Shrestha, H. Strassheim, J. Stripple, N.-L. Sum, D. Torgerson, H. Wagenaar, D. YanowTrade Review'This work offers a useful resource for graduate students and scholars striving to enhance their grasp of what policy analysts are doing. Summing Up: Recommended.' --R. Heineman, Choice'This uniquely focused Handbook teems with deeply insightful reflections about knowledge and politics in public policy studies. Using cultural, historical, poststructural, constructionist and interpretive approaches to public policy inquiry, the chapters' engaging authors are unfailingly attentive to both old presuppositions and new conceptualizations. Reading this collection brings to awareness the urgency of more democracy and more practicality in the generation of policy knowledge. Neutral expertise, objective research, the supposed fact-value dichotomy and unexamined power arrangements earn critical attention in several chapters. Context, narrative, emotion, and communication also appear as occasional themes in these 25 well-written and highly intelligent essays.' --Hugh T. Miller, Florida Atlantic University, US and author of Governing Narratives: Symbolic Politics and Policy Change'The Handbook of Critical Policy Studies is a significant work that pulls together state-of-the-art research and thinking about policymaking as it happens in the real world. It provides easy-to-read summaries of the theories underpinning the field, and illustrates these debates in relation to important and topical policy concerns from around the world. The book will be an invaluable help to students from disciplines such as politics, sociology, anthropology and geography who wish to undertake policy-relevant research and learning.' --Tom Forsyth, London School of Economics and Political Science, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to Critical Policy Studies Frank Fischer, Douglas Torgerson, Anna Durnovà and Michael Orsini PART I ORIGINS AND THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT: FROM LASSWELL TO HABERMAS AND FOUCAULT 2. Harold D. Lasswell and Critical Policy Studies: The Threats and Temptations of Power Douglas Torgerson 3. In Pursuit of Usable Knowledge: Critical Policy Analysis and the Argumentative Turn Frank Fischer 4. Habermas, Critical Theory and Public Policy Thomas Saretzki 5. Foucault and Critical Policy Studies Eva Lövbrand and Johannes Stripple PART II THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES: CRITICAL REFLEXIVITY, HEGEMONY AND POWER 6. Poststructuralist Discourse Theory and Critical Policy Studies: Interests, Identities and Policy Change David Howarth and Steven Griggs 7. Cultural Political Economy and Critical Policy Studies: Developing a Critique of Domination Ngai-Ling Sum and Bob Jessop 8. The Interpretation of Power Timothy W. Luke PART III DISCURSIVE POLITICS: DELIBERATION, JUSTICE, PROTEST AND EMOTION 9. Discursive Institutionalism: Understanding Policy in Context Vivien A. Schmidt 10. Social Justice and Urban Policy Deliberation: Balancing the Discourses of Democracy, Diversity and Equity Susan S. Fainstein 11. Deliberation and Protest: Revealing the Deliberative Potential of Protest Movements in Turkey and Brazil Ricardo Fabrino Mendonça and Selen A. Ercan 12. Lost in Translation: Expressing Emotion in Policy Deliberation Anna Durnová PART IV. POLICY PROCESSES: PROBLEM DEFINITIONS, EVIDENCE AND SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION 13. Problem Definition and Agenda-Setting in Critical Perspective Marlon Barbehön, Sybille Münch and Wolfram Lamping 14. Making Distinctions: The Social Construction of Target Populations Helen Ingram and Ann L. Schneider 15. The Autopoietic Text Raul P. Lejano and Sung Jin Park 16. Co-Production and Public Policy: Evidence, Uncertainty and Socio-materiality Heidrun Åm PART V. THE POLITICS OF POLICY EXPERTISE: KNOWLEDGE, THINK TANKS, AND ACTION RESEARCH 17. Politics and Policy Expertise: Towards a Political Epistemology Holger Strassheim 18. Global Governance and Sustainability Indicators: The Politics of Expert Knowledge Laureen Elgert 19. The Politics of Policy Think Tanks: Organizing Expertise, Legitimacy, and Counter-Expertise in Policy Networks Dieter Plehwe 20. Critical Action Research and Social Movements: Revitalizing Participation and Deliberation for Democratic Empowerment Hemant R. Ojha, Mani R. Banjade and Krishna K. Shrestha PART VI. METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES: INTERPRETATION, FRAMING, AND SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONS 21. Making Sense of Policy Practices: Interpretation and Meaning Dvora Yanow 22. Transforming Perspectives: The Critical Functions of Interpretive Policy Analysis Hendrik Wagenaar 23. Between Representation and Narration: Analyzing Policy Frames Kathrin Braun 24. Critical Policy Ethnography Vincent Dubois 25. Making Gender Visible: Feminist Perspectives Through the Case of Anti-Smoking Policy Stephanie Paterson and Francesca Scala Index

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Book SynopsisSince the early 2000s, digital data has transformed the way we live and work. This timely book looks to big data analytics to understand this revolutionary change, unpacking the impact of big data analytics on the mobilization and allocation of individuals, organizations and societies' resources. Contributions from leading experts on modern technological trends examine the promises, applications and pitfalls of big data. The contributors assess the ways in which contemporary trajectories of data processing have increased efficiency and had a transformative effect on all avenues of life, from energy, tourism and social media, to human resources, welfare systems and urban citizenship. At a time when our personal data is more valuable than ever, this book seeks to make sense of how big data analytics has transformed our lives and how it will continue to shape society in the future. Astute and comprehensive, this book is critical reading for business and management scholars with a focus on information systems and communications technologies. It will also prove to be vital information for students and researchers of big data and digital society, as well as politics and administration more widely. Contributors include: P. Aagaard, A.R. Alaei, S. Becken, P. Bonev, E. Breit, B.K. Daniel, C. Egeland, V. Estivill-Castro, P. Gillingham, S. Hiremath, T. Kelly, I.B. Løberg, K. Löfgren, A.O. Lyneborg, P. Mikalef, Q.V.H. Nguyen, J.S. Pedersen, P. Ross, A. Sandgaard, T.M. Scholz, M. Söderberg, B. Stantic, W. Webster, A. Wilkinson<>P>Trade Review'The book is a rich collection of the broader applications of big data to a wide variety of emerging contexts, not only including social media, energy, healthcare, human resources, tourism and smart cities, but also less-examined applications in social and digital welfare, child services, education, and politics. A truly comprehensive guide to ''big data''!' --Paul A. Pavlou, Temple University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 The promise, application and pitfalls of big data 1 John Storm Pedersen and Adrian Wilkinson 2 Man versus cyborg 22 Vladimir Estivill-Castro 3 Big data and application 49 Patrick Mikalef 4 Big data and human resource management 69 Tobias M. Scholz 5 Big data in the energy industry 90 Petyo Bonev and Magnus Söderberg 6 A brief introduction to ‘big data’ and its application in tourism 107 Ali Reza Alaei and Susanne Becken 7 Big data in government: The case of ‘smart cities’ 133 Karl Löfgren and William Webster 8 Cyborg bureaucracy: Frontline work in digitalized labor and welfare services 149 Eric Breit, Cathrine Egeland and Ida Bring L.berg 9 Data analytics and health services quality: Implementing eHealth initiatives wisely 170 Peter Ross, Therese Kelly, Sanjeev Hiremath and Adrian Wilkinson 10 Data-driven management in practice in the digital welfare state 200 John Storm Pedersen 11 Social work in the Danish digitalized welfare state – and the use of digital technologies for professional knowledge in child services 224 Anna Olejasz Lyneborg 12 Big data in social welfare 245 Philip Gillingham 13 Big data and data governance: From the ‘world of ideas’ to the ‘world of practice’ 264 Anders Sandgaard 14 Artificial reality: The practice of analytics and big data in educational research 287 Ben Kei Daniel 15 The digital welfare state: Dataism versus relationshipism 301 John Storm Pedersen 16 Big data in political communication 325 Peter Aagaard 17 Rumour detection in social media 348 Henry Nguyen and Bela Stantic 18 Big data and professionals: What we can learn from Michael Polanyi 366 Giorgio Baruchello Index 391

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Book SynopsisIntellectual traditions are commonly regarded as cultural variations, historical legacies, or path dependencies. By analyzing road junctions between different traditions of Public Administration this book contests the dominant perspective of path-dependent national silos, and highlights the ways in which they are hybrid and open to exogenous ideas. Analyzing the hybridity of administrative traditions from an historical perspective, this book provides a new approach to the history of Public Administration as a scientific discipline. Original and interdisciplinary chapters address the question of how scholars from the U.S., Germany and France mutually influenced each other, from the closing years of the 19th Century, up until the neo-liberal turn of the 1970s. Offering a thorough analysis of the transatlantic history of Public Administration, the conclusion argues that it is vital to learn from the past, in order to make Public Administration more realistic in theory, as well as more successful in practice. Advanced undergraduate and postgraduate political science scholars will find this to be a valuable tool in understanding the foundations of transatlantic Public Administration. This book will also greatly benefit researchers on comparative and transnational history with a keen interest in Public Administration.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: why study the transatlantic history of administrative ideas? 2. Setting the scene: the administrative traditions of Germany, France and the USA 3. Examining the scene: the transfer-of-ideas approach applied to the history of administrative traditions 4. The transfer of knowledge from Germany and France to the USA 5. The import of US ideas by German Public Administration 6. The transfer of knowledge from the USA to France 7. Public Administration in Germany, France and the USA: Traditional flavors or hybrid traditions? 8. Lessons learned: making administrative theory more realistic and administrative practice more successful References Index

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Book SynopsisThrough exploring the application of a complex systems lens on important global challenges, this timely book offers key insights into successful governance in our changing world. It illustrates a number of theoretical and methodological approaches to help understand the role of decision-making, policies, institutions and networks in navigating complexity. Bringing together leading international scholars, Global Challenges, Governance, and Complexity elaborates important features of complex adaptive systems and their connections to key governmental and political issues. These include: complexity leadership, environmental and sustainability challenges, the role of economics, policy-making, legal and social dimensions of systemic risks, and the effectiveness of polycentricity. Chapters look at novel research in the field, highlighting how a diverse range of disciplinary approaches to governance can improve our understanding of complex global challenges. Political science and sustainability science scholars, particularly those with a keen interest in environmental politics and sustainability, will greatly benefit from reading this book. The insights offered will also be of use to policy makers wishing to gain a more thorough understanding of the field. Contributors include: C. Chambers, M. Centeno, M. Cox, A.-S. Crépin, C. Folke, V. Galaz, D. Huitema, A. Jordan, D.M. Katz, R.E. Kim, S.A. Levin, M. Milkoreit, S. Nooteboom, J. Patterson, T. Patterson, B.G. Peters, J. Pierre, R. Preiser, L. Rade, J.B. Ruhl, H. Schmitz, M. Schoon, I. Scoones, G. Teisman, H. van Asselt, M. WoermannTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1 Victor Galaz PART I REFLECTIONS AND THEORETICAL APPROACHES 1 The architecture of robustness 16 Simon A. Levin 2 Governing for emergence in social–ecological systems 24 Carl Folke 3 Complexity, philosophy and ethics 38 Rika Preiser and Minka Woermann 4 Sustainability transformations in complex systems: a political economy perspective 63 Hubert Schmitz and Ian Scoones 5 Adaptive governance from an evolutionary perspective 78 Michael Cox and Michael Schoon PART II APPLICATIONS 6 Understanding institutional complexity through networks 95 Rakhyun E. Kim 7 Polycentric governance and climate change 124 Dave Huitema, Andrew Jordan, Harro van Asselt and James Patterson 8 Harnessing the complexity of legal systems for governing global challenges 147 J.B. Ruhl and Daniel M. Katz 9 Complexity, resilience and economics 166 Anne-Sophie Crépin 10 Simple solutions for complexity? 188 B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre and Victor Galaz 11 The system made me do it? Regulating systemic risk 211 Caitlin Chambers, Luca Rade, Thayer Patterson and Miguel A. Centeno 12 Leadership and complexity: can individuals make differences in complex systems? 239 Sibout Nooteboom and Geert Teisman 13 Cognitive capacities for global governance in the face of complexity: the case of climate tipping points 274 Manjana Milkoreit Index 303

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Book SynopsisThis innovative Handbook sets out a conceptual and analytical framework for the critical appraisal of migration governance. Global and interdisciplinary in scope, the chapters are organised across six key themes: conceptual debates; categorisations of migration; governance regimes; processes; spaces of migration governance; and mobilisations around it. Leading international contributors critically assess categorisations and conceptualisations of migration to address theoretical concerns including transnationalism and de-colonisation, climate change, development, humanitarianism, bordering, technologies and the role of time. They closely examine practices of migration governance and politics, and their effects, across diverse spaces, processes and forms of mobilisation. They draw on up-to-date examples from across the globe in order to examine how migrants, whether forced or voluntary, are governed. Reviewing the latest developments in migration governance research through empirically rich and conceptually concise appraisals, the Handbook problematises orthodox perspectives and discusses how a critical reading can add to our understanding of the governance and politics of migration.This Handbook is an invaluable resource for scholars and students of migration, human rights and public policy. Its interdisciplinary approach and wide range of empirical examples will also be useful for policy makers in these fields.Trade Review‘This Handbook is an interesting and well-structured read for those wanting to become acquainted with the field of migration theory. Both experienced researchers and students at the beginning of their journey in the field of migration studies and adjacent disciplines can benefit from this publication. The chapters of this book provide insightful reading material for introduction courses about migration governance or migration more general.’ -- Lara Wilhelmine Hoffmann, Nordicum-Mediterraneum‘Migration is one of the most contentious political issues globally today. This volume provides an excellent route-map of how to understand, analyse and politicise beyond the binaries through which these contentions are staged by exploring how it is governed. A must-read for those researching the politics of mobility.’ -- Parvati Raghuram, The Open University, UK‘An important and critical Handbook that unpacks what is behind the governance of migration. Countering the depoliticization of migration discourses and policies, this book provides a comprehensive account of the processes and institutions involved, the spaces where governance happens, and the tensions and contradictions within it. This Handbook is a valuable companion to students and researchers and to the interested citizen.’ -- Anna Triandafyllidou, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada'A great line up of contributors provide rich, informative, engaged and engaging analyses of how governance systems play a key role in shaping migration: through their operation and effects, their inclusion and omissions, and the ways in which we understand it as a social and political challenge. It is a testament to the editors and contributors that they have put together such an inspiring collection of essays that expertly synthesise existing debates while setting agendas for future research.' -- Andrew Geddes, European University Institute, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: 1 The governance and politics of migration: a conceptual-analytical map 1 Emma Carmel, Katharina Lenner and Regine Paul PART I CONCEPTUALISING THE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE OF MIGRATION 2 Postcolonial perspectives on migration governance 25 Lucy Mayblin 3 Nationhood and citizenship: from producing states to enacting rights 36 Flávia Rodrigues de Castro and Carolina Moulin 4 Transnationalism and diaspora as epistemology and practice 47 Carolin Fischer 5 The politics of conceptualizing border/security 60 Karolina Follis 6 Rethinking migration and development as a hegemonic project 73 Lama Kabbanji 7 Climate migration between conflictive discourses and empirical realities 86 Ingrid Boas and Hanne Wiegel 8 Humanitarianism in principle and practice 98 Jason Hart 9 Beyond the dichotomy of liberal and illiberal migration governance 110 Katharina Natter PART II THE POLITICS OF CATEGORISING MIGRATION 10 Unsettling the boundaries between forced and voluntary migration 124 Oliver Bakewell 11 The construction and contestation of illegality 137 Vicki Squire 12 Trafficking as the moral filter of migration control 148 Cameron Thibos and Neil Howard 13 Co-constructions of family and belonging in the politics of family migration 161 Saskia Bonjour and Laura Cleton 14 Deconstructing skills in the stratification of migration governance 173 Huw Vasey PART III INSTITUTIONS AND REGIMES OF MIGRATION GOVERNANCE 15 Towards a relational perspective on border regimes 185 Prem Kumar Rajaram 16 The limits of the ‘global refugee regime’ 195 Heaven Crawley and Mary Setrana 17 Pitfalls, ambivalences and contestations of ‘migration management’ 206 Antoine Pécoud 18 Global value chains, production regimes and the governance of migrant workers 218 Shamel Azmeh 19 National states in the governance of mobilities 229 Nora El Qadim PART IV SPACES OF MIGRATION GOVERNANCE 20 The migration route as governance 242 William Walters 21 Migration, governance, and the co-production of urban spaces 254 An Van Raemdonck and Fran Meissner 22 Reconsidering migration dynamics within diverse rural spaces 267 Lydia Medland 23 Governing, experiencing and contesting camps and encampment 279 Lewis Turner 24 Political economy, law and the regulation of migrantsʼ workplaces 291 Tesseltje de Lange, Lisa Berntsen and Pedro de Sena 25 Homes as workplaces at the intersection of migration, care and gender regimes 304 Sabrina Marchetti and Anna di Bartolomeo PART V PROCESSES AND PRACTICES OF MIGRATION GOVERNANCE 26 Interrogating time and temporality in migration governance 316 Melanie Griffiths 27 Technology, knowledge and the governing of migration 329 Julien Jeandesboz 28 Governing migration by other means: criminalization, crimmigration, or legal pluralism? 341 David Moffette 29 Situating deportation and expulsion in migration governance 354 Annika Lindberg and Shahram Khosravi PART VI CONTESTING MIGRATION GOVERNANCE 30 Reconceptualizing and de-nationalizing repertoires of migrant political activism 367 Ilker Ataç and Helen Schwenken 31 Contesting migration governance through legal mobilization 380 Leila Kawar 32 Solidarities and disjunctures in the (global) mobilization of migrant workers 391 Nicola Piper 33 Nativist politics and the mobilization of anti-immigrant discourses 404 Aitana Guia Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. In order to be successful, public administration (PA) research has to be methodologically promiscuous. Attempting either quantitative or qualitative purity is no way to reflect the complex realities of public administration in the real world. Looking to the future of the subject, this Research Handbook seeks to suggest the future of PA research, and the directions which it may - or should - take. With chapters from leading researchers, A Research Agenda for Public Administration offers observations, analysis, and concerns from researchers. With thematically linked chapters, this book focuses and clarifies the current research agenda for public administration while endorsing the need for relevant research in the field, and advocating for theory which fits the reality and practice of public administration, for example, in the areas of climate change, disease control, and migration and inequality. This Research Agenda will assist students of PA as well as of public sector management, especially postgraduates, but it is also a useful resource for more established researchers seeking to understand the major emerging issues.Contributors include: T. Brandsen, G. Brewer, W. Dreschsler, P. Dunleavy, C.A. Dunlop, M. Evans, M. Halupka, S. Kuhlman, T.R. Liiv, A. Massey, C. McGregor, K. Pan-Suk, C. Pollitt, C.M. Radaelli, T. Randma-Liiv, R. Rhodes, K. Sarapuu, T. Steen, B. Verschuere, D. Walker, L. ZhiyongTrade Review‘Graduate students would find inspiration in this book, as well as senior researchers interested in the topics and/or grappling with the relationship between academic public administration and the practice of governance and public management.’ -- Petra Svensson, International Review of Public Policy‘The book offers an appealing mix of subject and method; while some chapters stand out in their clarity and unique approach to problems, the book as a whole is a worthwhile journey through the current thinking about PA research and where it is headed. It will be of principle interest to those engaged in such research, and most immediately, those that are looking for ideas about how to make immediate and strong impact, not just in academic circles but on practice, and thus on the future of our field.’ -- Christopher Atkinson, International Journal of Public Administration'This surprising book does not just present a research agenda. Leading public administration scholars ask important questions about the relevance of the field: why are we doing this? And they're not afraid of slaughtering a herd of sacred cows on the road to relevance.' --Steven Van de Walle, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute, Belgium'Andrew Massey has assembled an all-star cast of mostly European public administration scholars to develop, as the title suggests, a research agenda for the field of public administration. Most assuredly the book does that, and does it exceedingly well, as current research approaches are examined from many perspectives, both critically and analytically. What is most intriguing however is whether Massey intentionally set out to do what this book so ably does and that is to demonstrate that the most substantively interesting scholarship in the field is now being done on the European side of the Atlantic Ocean. This book is a must read for scholars on both sides of the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans.' --Allan Rosenbaum, Florida International University, United Nations Committee of Experts on Public Administration and International Commission on the Accreditation of Public Administration Education and Training Programs - IASIA, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. A Research Agenda for Public Administration and Public Sector Management Andrew Massey 2. Public Administration: the interpretive turn, and storytelling R.A.W Rhodes 3. Shadowland: the poorly-mapped, under-discussed yet vital interface between public administration research and practice Christopher Pollitt 4. To what extent can we frame questions that deliver useful answers for policymakers and practitioners? David Walker 5. Public Administration into the wild: grappling with co-production and social innovation Trui Steen, Taco Brandsen and Bram Verschure 6. Bracing for impact: is public administration ready to be relevant? Claire A. Dunlop 7. Regulation and Corruption: claims, evidence and explanations Claire A. Dunlop and Claudio M. Radaelli 8.Developments of modern public administration in East Asia: similarities and dissimilarities among China, Japan and South Korea Kim Pan-Suk 9. A research agenda for public administration in China in the ‘Xi New Era’ Lan Zhiyong 10. Towards digital era governance: lessons from the Australian experience Mark Evans, Patrick Dunleavy, Carmel McGregor and Max Halupka 11. Public governance in small states: from paradoxes to research agenda Tiina Randma-Liiv and Külli Sarape 12. Comparative public administration and administrative reforms Sabine Kuhlman 13. Public service motivation: overcoming major obstacles to research progress Gene A. Brewer 14. After public administration scholarship Wolfgang Drechsler Index

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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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Book SynopsisPolicy design efforts are often hampered by an inadequate understanding of how policy tools and actions promote effective policies. This book addresses this gap by proposing a causal theory of the linkages between policy actions and policy effects. Adopting a mechanistic perspective, it identifies the causal processes that activate policy effects and help achieve policy goals. Bringing together established and emerging scholars in the field, Making Policies Work introduces new concepts of first- and second- order policy mechanisms developed from epistemological and theoretical perspectives, and considers how they can be activated through design. Theoretical concepts are explored through empirical cases from different policy arenas and contemporary policy issues such as partnerships in healthcare, food waste prevention, retirement savings, EU regulations and public sector reform. Graduate students in public policy, public administration and political science will find the powerful analytical tools offered in this book useful in exploring the theoretical elements of effective policy design. Policymakers and practitioners in governmental and non-governmental organisations interested in the practical applications will also benefit from reading this timely book. Contributors include: S. Busetti, G. Capano, M.E. Compton, B. Dente, C.A. Dunlop, M.T. Galanti, S. Giest, M. Guidi, M. Howlett, E. Lindquist, E. Ongaro, C.M. Radaelli, M. Ramesh, P. 't Hart, A. Virani, R.K. Weaver, A. WellsteadTable of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION: WHY STUDY POLICY MECHANISMS? 1. Disentangling the Mechanistic Chain for Better Policy Design Giliberto Capano, Michael Howlett and M. Ramesh 2. Policy Process Research and the Causal Mechanism Movement: Reinvigorating the Field? Evert Lindquist and Adam Wellstead PART II FIRST ORDER MECHANISMS AND CASES 3. Structural Mechanisms Affecting Policy Subsystems Activity: Beyond Individual and Group Behavioural Propensities in Policy Design and Policy Change Michael Howlett 4. The Mechanisms of Food Waste Prevention: Theory, Design, and Practice for Changing Behaviours \ Simone Busetti and Bruno Dente 5. How Neglecting Policy Mechanisms Can Lead to Policy Failure: Insights from Public-Private Partnerships in India’s Health Sector Altaf Virani and M. Ramesh 6. Design Activation in Multi-level Settings Maria Tullia Galanti and Sarah Giest PART III SECOND ORDER MECHANISMS AND CASES 7. Policy Instruments, Policy Learning and Politics: Impact Assessment in the European Union Claire A. Dunlop and Claudio M. Radaelli 8. Accountability Mechanisms: The Case of the European Banking Union Mattia Guidi 9. Advancing the Theory and Practice of Public Sector Reform through the Analysis of Social Mechanisms Edoardo Ongaro PART IV USING MECHANISTIC METHODS FOR POLICY DESIGN AND ANALYSIS 10. Reverse Engineering and Policy Design R. Kent Weaver 11. Looping to Success (and Failure): Second-order Mechanisms and Policy Outcomes Mallory Compton and Paul ‘t Hart Index

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Book SynopsisThis peer-reviewed edited volume provides strategies and practices for teaching nonprofit management theories and concepts in the context of the undergraduate, graduate, and online classroom environments. Each chapter discusses and summarizes pertinent theories and concepts with concrete examples of nonprofit management education courses. Concept discussions then follow up with exercises or simulations and various resources for instructors to apply in either physical or virtual classrooms. The majority of the chapters are connected to one or more core nonprofit curriculum areas as identified by the Nonprofit Academic Centers Council (NACC) curriculum guidelines. Instructors, faculty, and program directors of nonprofit management and philanthropy courses at undergraduate and graduate levels can use Teaching Nonprofit Management as a guide for teaching and for creating course syllabi. The book can also serve as a supplemental textbook, as it covers the core curricular areas identified by the NACC. Contributors include: S. Arsneault, J. Beneson, K.C. Bezboruah, T.K. Bryan, H.L. Carpenter, E.A. Castillo, L.P. Corbett, E.J. Dale, D.J. Hamann, J.A. Jones, L.-Y. Liu, D.P. Mason, L. McDougle, S.C. Mendel, L. Miltenberger, H.A. O'Connor, A. Schatteman, G.G. Shaker, C.C. Strawser, C.E. Suarez, S.K. Vaughan, P.C. Weber, M. Wooddell, J.A. YoungTrade Review'I'm thrilled to see a book on teaching nonprofit management within the framework of the NACC curricular guidelines. As a participant in the development of the graduate-level guidelines several years ago, it is a great feeling to discover how the guidelines have influenced the field to the point of crafting a book on this framework. I especially appreciate the discussion questions, suggestions for assignments and recommendations for textbooks that complete the general discussion of the topics. I know, as time goes on, the book can be one that is updated often with information from a diverse group of faculty sharing their expertise.' --Wesley E. Lindahl, North Park University, US'A doctoral degree in and of itself does little to prepare one for the role of nonprofit educator. This book does. It grounds the course topics in nonprofit life, reviews key theoretical approaches, reviews important research, and discusses activities and projects for both face-to-face classes and online instruction that can be readily implemented. It helps foster quality courses and nonprofit academic programs. This is a book that every nonprofit educator will want on their shelf to validate their course content, trigger reflection on class projects and activities, and to guide them in developing critical thinking as an integral part of their course.' --Norman A. Dolch, University of North Texas, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xiii Introduction: nonprofit sector management and social entrepreneurship: a teacher’s toolbox xv Karabi C. Bezboruah and Heather L. Carpenter 1 Management of nonprofit organizations – an overview 1 Karabi C. Bezboruah and Heather L. Carpenter 2 Teaching the theory and history of the nonprofit sector 21 Peter C. Weber 3 Ethics and accountability in nonprofit management curriculum 39 Karabi C. Bezboruah 4 Nonprofit governance and leadership for social impact 56 Lyn P. Corbett and Colton C. Strawser 5 Teaching 21st-century leadership in nonprofit management programs 74 Elizabeth A. Castillo 6 Teaching the public policy context of nonprofit management 94 Shelly Arsneault and Shannon K. Vaughan 7 Nonprofit law: from tax advantages to employment law challenges 110 Darla J. Hamann 8 Teaching nonprofit finance in the nonprofit curriculum 128 Alicia Schatteman and Li-Yin Liu 9 Fundraising and resource development 146 Michelle Wooddell 10 Teaching philanthropy: developing critical and compassionate approaches to giving 165 Elizabeth J. Dale, Genevieve G. Shaker and Heather A. O’Connor 11 Social innovation, entrepreneurship and enterprise: what nonprofit students need to know 181 Stuart C. Mendel 12 Teaching nonprofit human resource management: HR is for nonprofit leaders 199 Lauren Miltenberger 13 Nonprofit marketing 216 Heather L. Carpenter 14 Social media and digital literacies for nonprofit educators and professionals 237 Jimmy A. Young 15 Teaching strategic planning and evaluation: tools and techniques 254 Tara Kolar Bryan and Jodi Benenson 16 The critical pedagogy of nonprofit management education: teaching for social justice 276 Dyana P. Mason, Jennifer A. Jones, Lindsey McDougle and Cecilia E. Suarez Index 294

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Book SynopsisPublic policy is an expression that has come to dominate the way people talk about doing government and public administration and is seen as a central component of the modern democratic order. Adopting an innovative public action languages approach, Beyond Public Policy shows how policy is only one of many powerful social languages (budgeting, planning, rights, directives and protests, amongst others) used to make things happen in the ever-changing arena of public affairs; where they may cooperate, compete, or just go their own way. Opening up discussions on the varied ways that people talk about and act in relation to the public good, this is a fascinating insight into the multiplicity of social languages used to negotiate possibilities in public affairs. Social languages are examined as being performative parts of everyday life, and examples from different places and times are used to illustrate the importance of these language forms. Political science, public administration, social psychology and sociology scholars will find this book a vital reference with its advanced approach to public affairs. Professionals in NGOs, public service and government, as well as activists will also greatly benefit from the practical advice and real-life case studies the book offers.Trade Review‘This is an interesting and elegantly written book which is rich in thick description. It proposes a novel approach to public policy which will undoubtedly yield useful fruit if it is adopted.’ -- Kate Precious, International Review of Public Policy'The language we use shapes and limits our understanding of the problems we face and the solutions we can imagine. In this elegant and insightful book, rich with historical byways and international perspectives, Peter Spink reflects on how the currently dominant discourse of ''public policy'' molds our perceptions of possible answers to social problems. This insight is particularly welcome as social movements, community organizations, migration flows and many other forces -all outside the realm of government -influence public actions and institutions.' --Michael Lipsky, author of Street Level Bureaucracy'Contentious debates on the role of government - who controls government and for what purpose do governments act - are heard around the globe. Peter Spink's book provides a lens, that of public action languages, for understanding the socially-constructed languages of government and applies it to a remarkable range of important historical moments in Europe, the US and Latin America. This highly original and unique approach recognizes the existence of multiple social actors with different levels of power, interests, and agendas and that the outcomes of these disputes become embedded in the language of government.' --Robert H. Wilson, University of Connecticut, US'Peter Spink brings a fresh approach to the study of governing. With a background in social and organisational psychology rather than political science, he asks not ''how does the government pursue its objectives through policy?'', but ''how are our shared concerns governed, and how does thinking of these in a language of 'policy' affect they way that they are addressed?'' He frees the discussion of policy from its base in contemporary Western practice, and takes the discussion from the rules of forest access that were recognised in (not created by) that foundational exercise in public policy, Magna Carta, through the TVA and Alinsky's Rules for Radicals to the complex governing of place in urban Brazil, and shows how policy , as an action language, becomes part of the governing. This is a book to stimulate the imagination of anyone interested in how we are governed. --Hal Colebatch, University of New South Wales, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Collective concerns - from policy studies to public action 2. From publics, parishes and philanthropy to resistance and self-help: the civic side of public action 3. Social languages and the performative turn 4. Some active Governments and their action languages 5. Public action languages seen from elsewhere: from the Treaty of Rome and public administration reform to the arrival of public policies in Brazil 6. From noisy rights to hybrid forums: languages of mobilization 7. Beyond public policy: public action languages and the negotiation of possibilities 8. References Index

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Book SynopsisWhat, fundamentally, is public management? This question is rarely answered clearly and confidently, whether by students of public management or academics in the field. This book answers this question, as its readers come to know why and how public management is a design-oriented professional discipline. The argument of the book is grounded in Herbert Simon's ideas about design-oriented professional disciplines. However, Michael Barzelay's argument runs counter to the idea that public management is a design science. It envisions the discipline as a professional practice that requires the thoughtful and skillful use of purposive theories of public organizations, along with reverse-engineered design-precedents, in problem-solving for public programs and organizations. How professional knowledge about public management is to be expanded through research and analytical synthesis is therefore a major thrust of the book's overall argument. Michael Barzelay develops these arguments in a unique way, including guiding the reader through a fictional ''Public Management Gallery'' featuring key contributions to purposive theorizing about public management as a professional practice. The book is an essential resource for those wishing to strengthen the professional practice of public management - and the discipline - through education and research immediately and for years to come.Trade Review'By treating problem-solving as designing processes that convert existing to preferred conditions, this book takes up an ambition to set an intellectual foundation for public management whose practices can be improved by design-oriented professional knowledge. The book extends the Simon-Bardach traditions but presents ideas in vivid ways, making itself a brand new contribution to research and pedagogy in public management.' --Yijia Jing, Fudan University, China'Michael Barzelay is the mentor needed by all of us interested in seeing - and designing - how public management as an enterprise can be part of creating a better future for everyone. The best mentors put their hand on your shoulder and point to what you ought to be doing, how, and why. Michael's book is that hand and it shows the way forward.' --John M. Bryson, University of Minnesota, US'Michael Barzelay offers a compelling account of the development of what he aptly and creatively describes as a ''design-oriented, professional discipline'' - the field of public management. In doing so, helps all those laboring in this particular vineyard to understand more precisely what they are about, and the standards they need to meet if they are to be both intellectually responsible and useful to those practicing within this important professional domain. I never expected to have my own work so thoughtfully and critically reviewed, but emerged from this experience heartened and invigorated by the continuing challenge of developing the field further with Michael as our guide.' --Mark Moore, Harvard University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Encountering Design-Oriented Public Management 2. Rediscovering Management: Analysis and Synthesis 3. Understanding Mechanism-Intent Thinking and Analysis in Public Management 4. Theories of Public Organizations, Design-Projects, and Professional Activities: A Public Management Gallery Tour 5. Core Knowledge in a Professional Discipline of Public Management 6. Design-Focused Case Studies in the Professional Discipline of Public Management 7. Managing International Cooperation Projects for Organizational Capacity-Building: A Design-Focused Case Study of the Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology 8. Designed, not Copied: The Making of Public Management as a Design-Oriented Professional Discipline References Index

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Book SynopsisWhat, fundamentally, is public management? This question is rarely answered clearly and confidently, whether by students of public management or academics in the field. This book answers this question, as its readers come to know why and how public management is a design-oriented professional discipline. The argument of the book is grounded in Herbert Simon's ideas about design-oriented professional disciplines. However, Michael Barzelay's argument runs counter to the idea that public management is a design science. It envisions the discipline as a professional practice that requires the thoughtful and skillful use of purposive theories of public organizations, along with reverse-engineered design-precedents, in problem-solving for public programs and organizations. How professional knowledge about public management is to be expanded through research and analytical synthesis is therefore a major thrust of the book's overall argument. Michael Barzelay develops these arguments in a unique way, including guiding the reader through a fictional ''Public Management Gallery'' featuring key contributions to purposive theorizing about public management as a professional practice. The book is an essential resource for those wishing to strengthen the professional practice of public management - and the discipline - through education and research immediately and for years to come.Trade Review'By treating problem-solving as designing processes that convert existing to preferred conditions, this book takes up an ambition to set an intellectual foundation for public management whose practices can be improved by design-oriented professional knowledge. The book extends the Simon-Bardach traditions but presents ideas in vivid ways, making itself a brand new contribution to research and pedagogy in public management.' --Yijia Jing, Fudan University, China'Michael Barzelay is the mentor needed by all of us interested in seeing - and designing - how public management as an enterprise can be part of creating a better future for everyone. The best mentors put their hand on your shoulder and point to what you ought to be doing, how, and why. Michael's book is that hand and it shows the way forward.' --John M. Bryson, University of Minnesota, US'Michael Barzelay offers a compelling account of the development of what he aptly and creatively describes as a ''design-oriented, professional discipline'' - the field of public management. In doing so, helps all those laboring in this particular vineyard to understand more precisely what they are about, and the standards they need to meet if they are to be both intellectually responsible and useful to those practicing within this important professional domain. I never expected to have my own work so thoughtfully and critically reviewed, but emerged from this experience heartened and invigorated by the continuing challenge of developing the field further with Michael as our guide.' --Mark Moore, Harvard University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Encountering Design-Oriented Public Management 2. Rediscovering Management: Analysis and Synthesis 3. Understanding Mechanism-Intent Thinking and Analysis in Public Management 4. Theories of Public Organizations, Design-Projects, and Professional Activities: A Public Management Gallery Tour 5. Core Knowledge in a Professional Discipline of Public Management 6. Design-Focused Case Studies in the Professional Discipline of Public Management 7. Managing International Cooperation Projects for Organizational Capacity-Building: A Design-Focused Case Study of the Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology 8. Designed, not Copied: The Making of Public Management as a Design-Oriented Professional Discipline References Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary. Transport significantly affects everyday life in our modern world. Highlighting key challenges and opportunities, this Research Agenda identifies current and future themes that are central to both research and practice in the transport sector. With chapters written by eminent scholars and practitioners, it provides readers with a state-of-the art analysis of the topic. This Research Agenda identifies areas of research required to inform transport policy development that will in turn support improved societal outcomes. Chapters examine transport policy from a range of different viewpoints, offering insights into socio-economic environments, the importance of technology, and the differing approaches to transport policy across five continents. Transport is on the cusp of major transformation, and such disruptive change demands the broad, integrated approach that this Research Agenda provides. Written in a non-technical style, this book will appeal to transport policy practitioners, looking to improve current infrastructure to better suit the needs of the future. Public policy and geography scholars focusing on the impact and importance of transport will also find this to be a valuable read.Trade Review'Collectively the chapters summarise the state of the art, identify areas of challenge and set out a wide-ranging research agenda to inform the major components of transport policy, at various geographic scales, drawing on the views and experiences of an impressive range of internationally leading academics and practitioners. A rich source of research topics and insights.' --Peter Jones, University College London, UK'By systematically analysing issues, modes and regions, a collection of world-leading academics suggest how transport policy researchers should respond to the disruptions posed to the global transport system by shared mobility, next generation vehicles, digital technologies and unprecedented economic, demographic and environmental change. The future of transport policy research is here, in all its intriguing complexity.' --John Preston, University of Southampton, UK'This book is essential reading for designing research relevant to the mobility challenges of the 21st century. It is remarkably comprehensive, probing contemporary issues across all modes and regions of the world. Its attention to disruptive technologies, safety, and new mobility platforms on land, air, and sea is a plus.' --Robert Cervero, University of California, Berkeley, USTable of ContentsContents: Part I Introduction 1. Setting the context John Stanley and David A. Hensher Part II Societal goals-based perspectives 2. Transport economics David A. Hensher 3. Social perspectives: Transport as if people mattered Janet Stanley 4. Transport and the environment Robin Hickman and David Banister 5. Transport governance Greg Marsden 6. Road transport infrastructure funding Georgina Santos Part III Modal perspectives 7. Public transport Chris Nash and Daniel Johnson 8. Active transport perspectives Stephen Greaves and Christopher Standen 9. The future of urban roads Richard de Cani, Ritu Garg and Harrison Peck 10. A maritime research agenda in transport policy Michael Bell 11. Long-distance transport service sustainability: Management and policy directions from the airline perspective Rico Merkert and James Bushell 12. Freight transport and logistics Alan McKinnon Part IV Regional Perspectives 13. North America Michael Roschlau and Josipa Petrunic 14. South America: The challenge of transition Alejandro Tirachini 15. European Union and United Kingdom: Research roadmap for transport policy Rosário Macário, Hilde Meersman and Eddy van de Voorde 16. Transport policies in Asia Junyi Zhang and Fuyo (Jenny) Yamamoto 17. Africa Jackie Walters 18. Australia John Stanley Part V Policy perspectives on future transport 19. The future of big projects: Lessons from Australia Martin Locke 20. Transport technology Brian Collins 21. Intelligent Mobility and Mobility as a Service Corinne Mulley, John Nelson and David A. Hensher 22. Big data and transport Marcela A. Munizaga Index

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Book SynopsisBusinesses, philanthropies and non-profit entities are increasingly successful in capturing public funds to support private provision of schooling in developed and developing countries. Coupled with market-based reforms that include weak regulation, control over workforces, standardization of processes and economies of scale, private provision of schooling is often seen to be convenient for both public authorities and businesses. This book examines how the public subsidization of these forms of private education affects quality, equality and the realization of human rights.With original research from leading experts, The State, Business and Education sheds light on the privatization of education in fragile circumstances. It illustrates the ways in which private actors have expanded their involvement in education as a business, and shows the influence of policy borrowing on the spread of for-profit education. Case studies from Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, India and Syrian refugee camps illustrate the ways in which private actors have expanded their involvement in education as a business.This book will be of interest not only to academics and students of international and comparative education, but also to education development professionals in both the private and public sectors, with its empirical assessment of case studies, and careful consideration of the lessons to be learned from each.Contributors include: M. Avelar, J. Barkan, M. de Koning, A. Draxler, C. Fontdevila, S. Kamat, F. Menashy, M.C. Moschetti, E. Richardson, B. Schulte, C.A. Spreen, G. Steiner-Khamsi, A. Verger, Z. Zakharia, A. ZancajoTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Gita Steiner-Khamsi and Alexandra Draxler 2. Experimenting with educational development: International actors and the promotion of private schooling in vulnerable contexts Antoni Verger, Adrián Zancajo and Clara Fontdevila 3. Advocacy as core business: new philanthropy strategies in Brazilian education policy-making Marina Avelar 4. Private participation in the education of Syrian refugees: Understanding the roles of businesses and foundations Zeena Zakharia and Francine Menashy 5. Allies and competitors: Private schools and the state in China Barbara Schulte 6. Unfair competition: Exploring state-funded low-fee private schools’ logics of action in Buenos Aires Mauro C. Moschetti 7. From billionaires to the bottom billion: who’s making education policy for the poor in emerging economies? Carole Anne Spreen and Sangeeta Kamat 8. From low-cost to low-fee: BRAC’s transition to a for-profit private school model in Bangladesh Emily Richardson 9. Death by a Thousand Cuts: Privatizing Public Education in the USA Joanne Barkan 10. Public-private partnerships in education assessed through the lens of human rights Mireille de Koning Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook addresses the concepts of stress and well-being among workers in various public sector roles and occupations across the globe. Emphasizing the importance of well-being and stress prevention initiatives in ever-changing workplace environments, this Handbook highlights successful organizational initiatives and provides insight into best practice for promoting healthy employees and workplaces. Chapters analyze the new and ongoing challenges public sector organizations face such as: cost cutting, pressures to improve performance, changes in societal and workplace demographics, and increasing levels of stress and strain amongst their employees. This wide-ranging Handbook utilizes empirical research, literature reviews and case studies to draw greater attention to these and other challenges. Containing contributions from leading international experts in their respective fields, the contributors hope that this multidisciplinary Handbook will help to enhance the health and well-being of public sector employees and the sector's performance and contribution to society. The Handbook of Research on Stress and Well-Being in the Public Sector will be of value to researchers and practitioners interested in the public sector and both individual and organizational health and performance. This will also be a key resource for public sector and government professionals responsible for human resource management and work and health.Trade Review'This Handbook should be commended for its international representation of public sector employees who tend to be undervalued and frequently occupy high stress jobs. The attention to negative health and well-being effects associated with high stress occupations, especially first responders such as fire, police, and healthcare is a major contribution to scholarly works in the organizational sciences. I expect that this edited volume will broaden understanding of the strategies for reducing workplace stress, leading to improved safety, health, and well-being outcomes for public sector workers.' --Leslie Hammer, Portland State University and Oregon Health and Science University, US'An outstanding piece of work. The book is well written, very readable and entertaining. Its topics are comprehensive and diverse, encompassing employees across a variety of public sector roles and occupations. Lessons learned are translated into practical guidelines for interventions and organizational change. This very interesting book will be an important resource for both researchers and students interested in the area of occupational stress and well-being - a great read!' --Jan de Jonge, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands'This book brings together an international group of top researchers to explore occupational stress in the context of the public sector. It explores what might be unique about a wide range of settings including education, first responders, health care, and social services. This book debunks the view of public employees having an easy time by underscoring how some of the most stressful jobs can be found in the public sector.' --Paul E. Spector, University of South Florida, USTable of ContentsContents: PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Introducing the collection 2 Silvia Pignata 2 Increasing well-being of workers in the public sector: research and practice 4 Ronald J. Burke 3 Trade unions and stress at work: the evolving responses and politics of health and safety strategies in the case of the United Kingdom 15 Miguel Martínez Lucio 4 Psychosocial factors and worker health: comparisons between private and public sectors in Australia 33 Tessa S. Bailey, Mikaela S. Owen and Maureen F. Dollard PART II STRESS AND WELL-BEING IN VARIOUS PUBLIC SECTOR OCCUPATIONS 5 Stress and well-being of first responders 58 Dessa Bergen-Cico, Pruthvi Kilaru, Rachael Rizzo and Patricia Buore 6 Managing boredom and motivation: the unusual case of stress in firefighting 74 Maude Villeneuve, Pierre-Sébastien Fournier and Caroline Biron 7 Nurses’ experiences of workplace mistreatment 88 Zhiqing E. Zhou, Xin Xuan Che and Wiston A. Rodriguez 8 Emotions in nursing 106 Gillian Lewis and Neal M. Ashkanasy 9 The impact of emotional intelligence on daily work life 122 Keri A. Pekaar, Arnold B. Bakker, Dimitri van der Linden and Marise Ph. Born 10 Stress and well-being in prison officers 137 Andrew J. Clements, Gail Kinman and Jacqui Hart 11 Well-being in academic employees – a benchmarking approach 152 Gail Kinman and Siobhan Wray 12 Stress, well-being and aging in the Italian banking sector: evidence and future perspectives 167 Gabriele Giorgi, Giulio Arcangeli, Jose M. Leon-Perez, Massimo Fioriti, Eleonora Tommasi and Nicola Mucci PART III CASE STUDIES OF EFFORTS TO BRING ABOUT ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE 13 Applications of psychological capital in the public sector 182 Carolyn M. Youssef-Morgan, Barbara L. Ahrens, Kristi Bockorny, Lanell Craig and Matthew Peters 14 The benefits of individual proactive and adaptive performance: an organizational learning perspective 200 Mindy Shoss, Clair Kueny and Dustin K. Jundt 15 Building a health and safety culture: actions, commitment, and perceptions 216 Sybil Geldart and Christine Alksnis 16 An organizational perspective on well-being in the health sector: a focus on leadership, systems, and culture 232 Peter Spurgeon PART IV ORGANIZATIONAL INITIATIVES AND CHANGING WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENTS 17 Developing nurse leaders for well-being and performance 248 Margaret M. Hopkins and Deborah A. O’Neil 18 Introducing a National Well-being Service for emergency responders in the United Kingdom 260 Ian Hesketh and Cary L. Cooper 19 Occupational health and safety: in crisis, or in charge? 275 Renae Hayward and John Durkin 20 Stress in Australian universities: initiatives to enhance well-being 294 Silvia Pignata Index 309

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