The Pandemic Within: Policy Making for a Better World (Wagenaar Hendrik)(Paperback)

The Pandemic Within: Policy Making for a Better World (Wagenaar Hendrik)(Paperback)

COVID-19 has exposed defects in our current political-economic order: extreme wealth inequality, an ideology-driven government, a greedy corporate sector, a precarious labour force and a looming climate catastrophe. This accessible book offers a unique blend of moral imagination and

Little Bites of Big Data for Public Policy (Kettl Donald F.)(Paperback)

Little Bites of Big Data for Public Policy brings to life the quest to make better policy with better evidence. This brief book frames the big puzzles and, through lively stories and clear examples, provides a valuable how-to guide for producing analysis that works--that speaks persuasively to

Guidelines on Evidence-Based Policies and Decision-Making for Sustainable Housing and Urban Development (United Nations Publications)(Paperback)

The Guidelines are a practical reference document on approaches to evidence-based policy-making for policy-makers involved in development and implementation of policies on housing and urban development at all levels of governance. The Guidelines can be used at all stages of the policy making - from

Policy-Making in the European Union (Wallace Helen)(Paperback)

From agriculture to security, the policies of the European Union have wide-reaching consequences for the EU's member states and citizens, and for the wider world. Policy-Making in the European Union begins with an overview of EU policy-making as a whole, defining the processes and institutions

Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making (Stone Deborah)(Paperback)

Policy making is a political struggle over values and ideas. By exposing the paradoxes that underlie even seemingly straightforward policy decisions, Policy Paradox shows students that politics cannot be cleansed from the process in favor of 'rationality.' Author Deborah Stone has fully revised and

Thinking in a Pandemic: The Crisis of Science and Policy in the Age of Covid-19 (Boston Review)(Paperback)

Leading scientists, epidemiologists, and philosophers explore the unfolding Covid-19 pandemic and argue for the necessity of scientific reasoning and collective responsibility. We are living in the midst of the greatest public health crisis of our time. Confronting the many challenges of this

The Pandemic Pivot (Feffer John)(Paperback)

Experts from the frontlines of global policy tackle the implications of Covid-19 Transformative change can come out of the COVID-19 crisis, which has exposed everything that's wrong with decades of the world's governments betting on militarism, competition and wealth creation. A return to sanity

Making Climate Policy Work (Cullenward Danny)(Paperback)

For decades, the world's governments have struggled to move from talk to action on climate. Many now hope that growing public concern will lead to greater policy ambition, but the most widely promoted strategy to address the climate crisis - the use of market-based programs - hasn't been working

Misbehaving - The Making of Behavioural Economics (Thaler Richard H.)(Paperback / softback)

When economics meets psychology, the implications for individuals, managers and policy makers are both profound and entertaining. Coupling recent discoveries in human psychology with a practical understanding of incentives and market behaviour, the author enlightens readers about how to make

Murcilago, Vol. 15 (Yoshimurakana)(Paperback)

With two seemingly unrelated cases to deal with, the police have their work cut out for them. People are finding themselves bound and dangling from advertising balloons, and in another incident, a knife was thrown into the eye of a circus troupe member. Yet it seems as though all involved in both

The Magic Money Tree and Other Economic Tales (Forni Lorenzo)(Paperback)

A lively analysis of how mistakes in economic policy-making are increasingly made for political reasons and typically in the run up to a crisis when the constraints on the economy are

An Introduction to the Policy Process: Theories, Concepts, and Models of Public Policy Making (Birkland Thomas A.)(Paperback)

Now in a thoroughly revised Fifth Edition, An Introduction to the Policy Process provides students at all levels with an accessible, readable, and affordable introduction to the field of public policy. In keeping with prior editions, author Tom Birkland conveys the best current thinking on the

Criminology for Dummies (Briggs Steven)(Paperback)

Explore the world of crime and punishment Police, forensics, and detective stories dominate our TV screens and bookshelves--from fictional portrayals such as Silence of the Lambs and Law and Order to lurid accounts of real-life super-criminals like Pablo Escobar and Al Capone. As well as being

Design for Policy (Bason Christian)(Paperback)

Design for Policy is the first publication to chart the emergence of collaborative design approaches to innovation in public policy. Drawing on contributions from a range of the world's leading academics, design practitioners and public managers, it provides a rich, detailed analysis of design as a

Wasting Police Time - The Crazy World of the War on Crime (Copperfield David)(Paperback / softback)

Making Social Welfare Policy in America: Three Case Studies Since 1950 (Berkowitz Edward D.)(Paperback)

American social welfare policy has produced a health system with skyrocketing costs, a disability insurance program that consigns many otherwise productive people to lives of inactivity, and a welfare program that attracts wide criticism. Making Social Welfare Policy in America explains how this

Putin's World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest (Stent Angela)(Paperback)

From renowned foreign policy expert Angela Stent comes a dissection of how Putin created a paranoid and polarized world -- and increased Russia's status on the global stage.How did Russia manage to emerge resurgent on the world stage and play a weak hand so effectively? Is it because Putin is a

Social Policy Review 33: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2021 (Pomati Marco)(Pevná vazba)

Considering the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Social Policy Review is even more critical than before. This comprehensive volume addresses critical debates throughout the international social policy field over the past year with a key focus on responses to COVID-19 and

Calculated Choices in Policy-Making: The Theory and Practice of Impact Assessment (De Vries Michiel S.)(Paperback)

This is a book about making choices based on the evaluation of alternatives. The outcomes of choices are often worse than people expect. This book discusses the major problems in evaluating courses of action and examines the political contexts in which decisions are made. The subject matter of this

European Union Governance and Policy Making: A Canadian Perspective (Brunet-Jailly Emmanuel)(Pevná vazba)

European Union Governance and Policy Making introduces Canadian students to the politics of the EU. Divided into three parts, the collection examines its political system (history, theories, institutions), specific policies, and some of the challenges that the EU currently faces. Geared toward

Updated Practical Guide to the Pupil Premium (Rowland Marc)(Paperback / softback)

Fully updated with the 2015 policy updates from the Department for Education and published in partnership with the National Education Trust, this book provides essential information and advice to help schools make best use of the Pupil Premium grant and improve outcomes for disadvantaged

An Outsider in the White House: Jimmy Carter, His Advisors, and the Making of American Foreign Policy (Glad Betty)(Pevná vazba)

Jimmy Carter entered the White House with a desire for a collegial staff that would aid his foreign-policy decision making. He wound up with a team of rivals who contended for influence and who fought over his every move regarding relations with the USSR, the Peoples' Republic of China, arms

Fast Policy: Experimental Statecraft at the Thresholds of Neoliberalism (Peck Jamie)(Paperback)

We inhabit a perpetually accelerating and increasingly interconnected world, with new ideas, fads, and fashions moving at social-media speed. New policy ideas, especially 'ideas that work,' are now able to find not only a worldwide audience but also transnational salience in remarkably short order

Data Governance: Governing Data for Sustainable Business (Holt Alison)(Paperback)

This book is a guide to developing strategy and policy for data governance, in line with the developing ISO 38505 governance of data standards. It will assist an organisation wanting to become more of a data driven business by explaining how to assess the value, risks and constraints associated