Public Policy

Full revised and updated for a seventh edition, The Public Policy Process is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the process by which public policy is made. Explaining clearly the importance of the relationship between theoretical and practical aspects of policy-making, the book gives ..

The contributions to this volume seek to unravel the effects of neoliberal reforms in the areas of municipal public service delivery, poverty alleviation, and labor market reforms on the reconfiguration of state power and local elites in various countries of the Mediterranean._x005F_x000D_ This book..

The contributions to this volume seek to unravel the effects of neoliberal reforms in the areas of municipal public service delivery, poverty alleviation, and labor market reforms on the reconfiguration of state power and local elites in various countries of the Mediterranean._x005F_x000D_ This book..

The Routledge Handbook of European Public Policy provides an in-depth and systematic understanding of EU policies. It covers theoretical approaches on the policy process and the various stages of public policy-formulation and decision making; and discusses key questions of contemporary European gove..

The Routledge Handbook to Accountability and Welfare State Reforms in Europe assesses multi-dimensional accountability relations in-depth, addressing the dynamic between accountability and reforms. Expert contributors explore the relationship between accountability and performance and the impact of ..

_x005F_x000D_ Based on the experience of the author, a former lobbyist, this book looks at the social norms of lobbying and how such norms work in a general framework of other norms and legal institutions in the political process. The investigation is conducted through an innovative theoretical fram..

_x005F_x000D_ Based on the experience of the author, a former lobbyist, this book looks at the social norms of lobbying and how such norms work in a general framework of other norms and legal institutions in the political process. The investigation is conducted through an innovative theoretical fram..

Innovatively adopting a discursive approach, this book - the first full-length treatment of symbolic representation - focuses on gender issues to tackle important questions such as: What are women and men symbols of, and how is gender constructed in policy discourse? It studies what functions symbol..

Innovatively adopting a discursive approach, this book - the first full-length treatment of symbolic representation - focuses on gender issues to tackle important questions such as: What are women and men symbols of, and how is gender constructed in policy discourse? It studies what functions symbol..

Following on from the success of "New Public Management: The Transformation of Ideas and Practice", this volume includes and contrasts with the post-new public management reform development in Denmark, Norway and Sweden and with Australia and New Zealand. It provides an integrating framework for ana..

The ideal follow-up to the editors' previous book, New Public Management: The Transformation of Ideas and Practice, this new volume draws on the previous knowledge both theoretically and empirically to examine and debate the post-new public management reform development in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, A..

Exploring many facets of growth and re-growth following periods of economic decline and offering practical, real life examples of strategies that have been successfully employed in local and regional economies across the US, this book is required reading for community planners and administrators, th..