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
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 15, 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 04, 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 ...
Democratic Governance and Social Entrepreneurship: Civic Participation and the Future of Democracy
1st Edition
By Denise M. Horn
August 17, 2015
This book explores the connection between strong democracy and neoliberal development schemes based on the concept of ‘social entrepreneurship’ in Thailand and Southern India. With an original approach, this book addresses the intersection between emerging approaches to development; namely ...
Public Sector Ethics: Finding and Implementing Values
1st Edition
Edited
By Noel Preston, Charles Sampford
June 09, 2015
This study, with contributions from both scholars and practitioners, examines the theory and practice of public sector ethics across a broad range of environments....
Accountability in Crises and Public Trust in Governing Institutions
1st Edition
By Lina Svedin
September 12, 2014
This book examines how efforts to exert accountability in crises affect public trust in governing institutions. Using Sweden as the case study, this book provides a framework to analyse accountability in crises and looks at how this affects trust in government. Crises test the fabric of governing ...
Changing Images of Civil Society: From Protest to Governance
1st Edition
Edited
By Bruno Jobert, BEATE KOHLER-KOCH
June 10, 2010
Civil society has become one of the key parts of the reference framework for governance, seeking to replace traditional public action in which representative democracy is combined with bureaucratic implementation. The success of the civil society myth contrasts with and consequently manifests ...
Legitimacy and Urban Governance: A Cross-National Comparative Study
1st Edition
Edited
By Hubert Heinelt, David Sweeting, Panagiotis Getimis
February 27, 2009
A fresh examination of the relationship between two key issues in the on-going debate on urban governance - leadership and community involvement. It explores the nature of the interaction between community involvement and political leadership in modern local governance by drawing on ...
Urban Governance and Democracy: Leadership and Community Involvement
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael Haus, Hubert Heinelt, Murray Stewart
October 22, 2007
The issue of local governance is high on the institutional agenda of many local and regional authorities throughout the OECD countries. This book explores the relationship between two key issues of urban governance - leadership and community involvement - and how making these two elements more ...