Public Policy

Governing Home Care

Viola Burau, Hildegard Theobald, Robert H. Blank

Care of the elderly in their own homes has increasingly come into the focus of contemporary welfare policies and raises important questions about the governance of welfare in general. By taking a comparative and thematic approach, this i...

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Fiscal Reform in Spain

Edited by Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, José F. Sanz-Sanz

This book provides an insightful and in-depth analysis of the fiscal reform process experienced in Spain over the last 30 years.

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Governing Transformative Technological Innovation

Peter W.B. Phillips

New technologies often appear to be beyond the control of any existing governing systems. This is especially true for transformative technologies such as information technologies, biotechnologies and nanotechnologies. Peter Phillips exam...

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Reform and Leadership in the Public Sector

Joe L. Wallis, Brian E. Dollery, Linda McLoughlin

The authors provide a fresh and accessible multi-disciplinary perspective on public management reform in this study. The work includes a broad survey of the paradigms and patterns that have shaped and differentiated the reform process in...

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Impact Assessment and Sustainable Development

Edited by Clive George, Colin Kirkpatrick

Translation of the principle of sustainable development into policy and practice, and the evaluation of the outcomes of these strategic interventions, are some of the most pressing challenges facing policymakers in Europe and beyond. The...

Hardback (May 2007)

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Global Governance of Food Production and Consumption

Peter Oosterveer

The provision of food is undergoing radical transformations throughout the global community. Peter Oosterveer argues that, as a consequence, conventional national governmental regulations can no longer adequately respond to existing and ...

Hardback (May 2007)

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The Political Economy of Regulation

Edited by Thomas P. Lyon

This volume collects a set of important articles that provides a wealth of broad insights into the causes and consequences of regulation. They show beyond doubt that this field of study is remarkably lively and filled with controversy.

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Sustainable Development in Europe

Edited by Uwe Schubert, Eckhard Störmer

Evaluating sustainable development is becoming increasingly important in policy making, evaluation practice and the scientific world in general. However, at present, there is neither a generally accepted set of measures and evaluation me...

Hardback (April 2007)

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The Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies

Edited by Jaap de Koning

This book argues that active labour market policies are necessary to improve the position of the unemployed but have so far performed relatively poorly. The contributing authors seek ways to improve active labour market policy and consid...

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Europe and Global Climate Change

Edited by Paul G. Harris

The core objective of this book is to better understand the role of foreign policy – the crossovers and interactions between domestic and international politics and policies – in efforts to preserve the environment and natural resources....

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Competitive Electricity Markets and Sustainability

Edited by François Lévêque

This book responds to the opening up of electricity markets to competition, which has completely changed the nature of power generation. The building of new generation and transmission capacity and the setting of the energy mix between n...

Hardback (February 2007)

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