Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy
About the Book Series
In recent years governance has become an increasingly significant source of debate within political theory. This series provides detailed analysis of the exercise of power in institutional contexts and within the public sector. Subjects covered include:
* legitimacy and ethics
* accountability
* decentralization
* political management and public affairs
* management of public resources
Inclusive Growth, Development and Welfare Policy: A Critical Assessment
1st Edition
Edited
By Reza Hasmath
September 10, 2018
The recent global financial crisis has increased the scope of poverty and inequality. The gap between the richest and poorest nations has become wider. National income inequality has also been on the rise. The prospect of a shift in designing and implementing development and welfare policies is ...
Local Governance in England and France
1st Edition
By Alistair Cole, Peter John
August 14, 2018
Local Governance in England and France addresses issues at the cutting edge of comparative politics and public policy. The book is based on extensive research and interviews, over 300 in total, with local decision makers in two pairs of cities in England and France: Lille and Leeds; Rennes and ...
Marriage and Values in Public Policy: Conflicts in the UK, the US and Australia
1st Edition
By Elizabeth van Acker
August 14, 2018
Marriage is a site of political conflict. It is a controversial issue in the UK, Australia and the US where there is a clash of values between neoliberal governments and diverse groups either strongly opposing or supporting marriage. In the meantime, fewer couples are marrying, while other family ...
Interpreting Governance, High Politics, and Public Policy: Essays commemorating Interpreting British Governance
1st Edition
Edited
By Nick Turnbull
March 07, 2018
Interpreting Governance, High Politics, and Public Policy offers the latest perspectives on the interpretive approach to governance and public policy research. This book commemorates more than a decade of governance research by Mark Bevir and R.A.W. Rhodes, the leading exponents of ...
Rethinking Governance: Ruling, rationalities and resistance
1st Edition
Edited
By Mark Bevir, R. A. W. Rhodes
February 05, 2018
This volume explores new directions of governance and public policy arising both from interpretive political science and those who engage with interpretive ideas. It conceives governance as the various policies and outcomes emerging from the increasing salience of neoclassical and institutional ...
Political Engagement of the Young in Europe: Youth in the crucible
1st Edition
Edited
By Peter Thijssen, Jessy Siongers, Jeroen Van Laer, Jacques Haers, Sara Mels
October 23, 2017
Although many scholars are convinced of the apparent civic disengagement of youth, others suggest that civic participation of young people is stable and increasingly expressed through non-institutionalized forms of practicing politics. This book makes a key contribution to this discussion by ...
The Politics of Evidence: From evidence-based policy to the good governance of evidence
1st Edition
By Justin Parkhurst
October 12, 2017
The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com/, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. There has been an enormous increase in interest in the use of evidence for public policymaking, but the vast ...
Childhood Citizenship, Governance and Policy: The politics of becoming adult
1st Edition
By Sana Nakata
June 30, 2017
Debates about children’s rights not only concern those things that children have a right to have and to do but also our broader social and political community, and the moral and political status of the child within it. This book examines children’s rights and citizenship in the USA, UK and ...
The Idea of Good Governance and the Politics of the Global South: An Analysis of its Effects
1st Edition
By Haroon A. Khan
April 13, 2017
One of the major objectives of good governance is human development. Many worry that without good governance, many developing countries may become failed states. Using one of the worst industrial disasters in Bangladesh to date, Haroon A. Khan helps further our understanding of the importance of ...
The New and Changing Transatlanticism: Politics and Policy Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Laurie Buonanno, Natalia Cuglesan, Keith Henderson
March 14, 2017
The European Union and the US are currently negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), with potentially enormous economic gains for both partners. Experts from the European Union and the US explore not only the groundwork laid for TTIP under the "New ...
The Ideal of Public Service: Reflections on the Higher Civil Service in Britain
1st Edition
By Barry O'Toole
November 18, 2016
A close examination of the ethics of higher civil servants in Britain and how they have been undermined by recent developments in public administration. Barry O'Toole tackles key questions such as: how should public servants behave? how should they be encouraged to think ethically? ...
Health Care Policy and Opinion in the United States and Canada
1st Edition
By Richard Nadeau, Éric Bélanger, François Pétry, Stuart N Soroka, Antonia Maioni
August 03, 2016
Heated debate surrounds the topic of health care in both the US and in Canada. In each country, these debates are based in some measure on perceptions about health care in their neighboring country. The perceptions held by Canadians about the US health care system, or those held by Americans about ...