Tag: Policy

Politics, Values, And Public Policy The Problem Of Methodology


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English | 2019 | ISBN: 0367299267, 0367283808 | EPUB | pages: 246 | 0.8 mb
Addressed to the growing concerns about norms and values in policy assessment, this study develops a methodology for the political evaluation of public policy. It is designed to move policy evaluation beyond its current emphasis on efficient achievement of goals, focusing instead on the assessment of the acceptability of the goals themselves, emplo

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Transport Policy


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English | ISBN: 1612095151 | 2011 | 196 pages | PDF | 14 MB
Transportation infrastructure has a significant meaning for the economic growth, the mobility of labour, the opportunities for tendering transport services and the competitiveness of the economy as a whole. This book presents topical research in the study of transport policy, including the European Union (EU) policy on the sustainability of transport and policy goals; public transit service quality evaluation for a sustainable transportation system; urban structure and transport; policy and market-based mechanisms towards a green and sustainable transport and policies of railway interoperability.

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Politics, policy & the chance of change The Conversation Yearbook 2015


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English | 2015 | ISBN: 0522869815 | EPUB | pages: 288 | 0.5 mb
Continued political and economic turbulence, pervasive threats of terrorism and climate change: 2015 was a testing year. Even Australia’s charmed run as ‘the lucky country’ threatened to come to an end. The pressures of government resulted in Malcolm Turnbull ousting Tony Abbott to become the country’s fifth prime minister in five years. Will this prove to be a case of history repeating itself, or a turning point?

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Politics, Policy, And Culture


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English | 2019 | ISBN: 0367283751, 0367299216 | EPUB | pages: 270 | 1.1 mb
This new set of original case studies is designed to offer an empirical counterpart to Cultural Theory (Westview, 1990 ), the landmark statement of political culture theory authored by Michael Thompson, Richard Ellis, and Aaron Wildavsky, and to extend and challenge the analysis developed there.

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Policy Analysis A Practical Introduction (Springer Texts in Political Science and International Relations)


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English | April 9, 2024 | ISBN: 3031553632 | 255 pages | MOBI | 2.31 Mb
This text for students of politics and public policy, and for learning on the job by new policy analysts, provides a practical introduction grounded in the author’s experience of working in public policy.

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Constraints and Adjustments in British Foreign Policy


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English | 2013 | ISBN: 0415709652, 0415710626 | EPUB | pages: 208 | 0.5 mb
This book, first published in 1972, offers a detailed analysis of the post-war formulation of foreign policy, as Britain sought to detach itself from its imperialist past and moved towards a European future. The contributors – all experts in their fields – together provide a comprehensive commentary on the complexities of the external pressures that moulded British foreign policy during these years. The subjects covered highlight the dichotomy of, and interaction between, residual obligations and new goals and national aspirations. These include the examination of past policies regarding the Commonwealth, South-East Asia, NATO, and the ‘special relationship’ with the U.S.A., as well as multi-national companies and Britain’s place in the changing global society. This reissue will of particular interest to students and academics researching the history of British foreign policy, international diplomacy and development, and post colonialism.

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The Conservative Party and social policy


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English | 2011 | ISBN: 1847424325 | EPUB | pages: 336 | 0.6 mb
With the Conservative Party breaking new ground in forming a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats, this book examines the development and content of the Conservatives’ approaches to social policy and how they inform the Coalition’s policies. Chapters cover the development of Conservative Party social policy and specific policy areas. The book will be of interest to academics, undergraduate and postgraduate students, and everyone with an interest in the Conservative Party and the Coalition government’s social policies.

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