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Cover Making Policies Work
Making Policies Work
First- and Second-order Mechanisms in Policy Design
Editors:
Giliberto Capano
,
Michael Howlett
,
M Ramesh
, and
Altaf Virani
Policy design efforts are hampered by inadequate understanding of how policy tools and actions promote effective policies. The objective of this book is to address this gap in understanding by proposing a causal theory of the linkages between policy actions and policy effects. Adopting a mechanistic perspective, the book identifies the causal processes that activate effects and help achieve goals. It thus offers a powerful analytical tool to both scholars and practitioners of public policy seeking to design effective policies.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
23 Mar 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788118194
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Social and Political Science 2019
Cover Collaboration in Public Service Delivery
Collaboration in Public Service Delivery
Promise and Pitfalls
Editors:
Anka Kekez
,
Michael Howlett
, and
M Ramesh
The growing intensity and complexity of public service has spurred policy reform efforts across the globe, many featuring attempts to promote more collaborative government. Collaboration in Public Service Delivery sheds light on these efforts, analysing and reconceptualising the major types of collaboration in public service delivery through a governance lens.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
27 Sep 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788978583
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Social and Political Science 2019
Cover Philosophy and Public Administration
Philosophy and Public Administration
An Introduction
Edoardo Ongaro
Philosophy and Public Administration provides a systematic and comprehensive introduction to the philosophical foundations of the study and practice of public administration. In this revised second edition, Edoardo Ongaro offers an accessible guide for improving public administration, exploring connections between basic ontological and epistemological stances and public governance, while offering insights for researching and teaching philosophy for public administration in university programmes.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
24 Jul 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839100345
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Social and Political Science 2020
Cover Sustainability Science for Strong Sustainability
Sustainability Science for Strong Sustainability
Tom Dedeurwaerdere
The dynamism of science has been catalytic for human prosperity in recent history. Conventional perspectives of the ivory tower model of modern science are, however, rivalled by the failure of humanity to tackle global crises of an economic, environmental and social nature. Operational solutions to these pressures have grown and exposed pitfalls of modern science to date. Sustainability Science for Strong Sustainability investigates core concepts, tools and institutional strategies of transdisciplinary sustainability science. Prominent research programs within heterodox economics, the environmental sciences and transition theory are explored through diverse case studies, revealing challenges and advancements for transdisciplinary research. In this book, the reform of modern science is facilitated by the consideration of action points to overcome the institutional barriers of putting sustainability science into practice. Researchers, students and policy practitioners will benefit from up to date knowledge on the practice of transdisciplinary research for sustainability.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
26 Sep 2014
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783474561
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Economics 2014
Cover Public Management as a Design-Oriented Professional Discipline
Public Management as a Design-Oriented Professional Discipline
Michael Barzelay
While public management has become widely spoken of, its identity and character is not well-defined. Such disparity is an underlying problem in developing public management within academia, and in the eyes of practitioners. In this book, Michael Barzelay tackles the challenge of making public management into a true professional discipline. Barzelay argues that public management needs to integrate contrasting conceptions of professional practice. By pressing forward an expansive idea of design in public management, Barzelay formulates a fresh vision of public management in practice and outlines its implications for research, curriculum development and disciplinary identity.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
27 Sep 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788119108
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Social and Political Science 2019
Cover The Generational Welfare Contract
The Generational Welfare Contract
Justice, Institutions and Outcomes
Simon Birnbaum
,
Tommy Ferrarini
,
Kenneth Nelson
, and
Joakim Palme
This groundbreaking book brings together perspectives from political philosophy and comparative social policy to discuss generational justice. Contributing new insights about the preconditions for designing sustainable, inclusive policies for all of society, the authors expose the possibilities of supporting egalitarian principles in an aging society through balanced generational welfare contracts.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
25 Aug 2017
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783471034
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Social and Political Science 2017
Cover Human Rights and Tobacco Control
Human Rights and Tobacco Control
Editors:
Marie E. Gispen
and
Brigit Toebes
Large-scale adverse health and developmental outcomes related to tobacco affect millions of people across the world, raising serious questions from a human rights perspective. In response to this crisis, this timely book provides a comprehensive analysis of the promotion and enforcement of human rights protection in tobacco control law and policy at international, regional, and domestic levels. This book was realised with funding from the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF).
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
14 Aug 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788974820
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Law 2020
Cover Philanthropy in Education
Philanthropy in Education
Diverse Perspectives and Global Trends
Editors:
Natasha Y. Ridge
and
Arushi Terway
Challenging commonly held perceptions of philanthropic organisations, this book brings together a range of interdisciplinary contributors from across the globe to explore the most pressing issues facing those working in and with philanthropy and education. It focuses on the increasing influence of new philanthropic actors on the global education sector, offering a thorough insight into the topic.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
04 Nov 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789904123
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Social and Political Science 2019
Cover The Tools of Policy Formulation
The Tools of Policy Formulation
Actors, Capacities, Venues and Effects
Editors:
Andrew J. Jordan
and
John R. Turnpenny
A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the Elgaronline platform - www.elgaronline.com/view/9781783477036.xml Policy analysts are accustomed to thinking in terms of tools and instruments. Yet an authoritative examination of the tools which have been developed to formulate new policies is missing. This book is the first of its kind to distinguish the defining characteristics of the main policy formulation tools, and offer a fresh way of understanding how, why and by whom they are selected, as well as the effects they produce in practice.
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Monograph Book
Publication Date:
24 Apr 2015
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781783477043
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Social And Political Science 2015
Cover A Commentary on the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
A Commentary on the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
Editors:
Julia Planitzer
and
Helmut Sax
This comprehensive Commentary provides the first fully up-to-date analysis and interpretation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. It offers a concise yet thorough article-by-article guide to the Convention’s anti-trafficking standards and corresponding human rights obligations.
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Commentaries
Publication Date:
15 Dec 2020
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788111560
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Law 2020