Academic Articles & Research Papers

Geography and public policy: constructions of neoliberalism

Public Opinion, Public Policy, and Democracy

Private Management and Public Policy

The book Private Management and Public Policy by Lee E. Preston and James E. Post has had a major impact on the business and society field. The authors introduced the concept of public policy into the field as an alternative way of thinking...

Public Policy and Political Ideas

Part 1 A theoretical overview: interests or ideas? an overview of ideational concepts in public policy research, Dietmar Braun from hooks to focal points - the changing role of ideas in rational choice theory, Andreas Busch the power of ide...

Group politics and public policy

This book analyses the pressure-group phenomenon, addressing such important questions as: What are pressure groups? Why do we have them? Why have they become so prominent in the last two decades?...

Rethinking Collaboration and Partnership: A Public Policy Perspective

Issues of coordination, collaboration and partnership are now at the forefront of much tourism research on finding new solutions to resource management and destination development problems. However, despite the value of such attention in po...

Colonias and Public Policy in Texas and Mexico

Today in Texas, over 1500 colonias in the counties along the Mexican border are home to some 400,000 people. Often lacking basic services, such as electricity, water and sewerage, fire protection, policing, schools, and health care, these "...

To Empower People: The Role of Mediating Structures in Public Policy

Two seemingly contradictory tendencies are evident in current thinking about public policy in America. First, there is a continuing desire for the services provided by the modern welfare state. Partisan rhetoric aside, few people seriously ...

The Oxford Handbook of Well-Being and Public Policy

Abstract What are the methodologies that we should employ for designing and evaluating governmental policy, in light of the profound effects that policies have on the level and distribution of individuals' well-being? The Oxford Handbook of...

Politics and Public Policy in Scotland

Politics and Public Policy in Scotland is a major new introductory textbook written by leading authorities on the subject in a clear, accessible style. It contains substantial coverage of government,...

Public policy-making

Choice and Public Policy

Public policies increasingly emphasize active consumerism, entrepreneurship on the part of service providers and professionals, privatisation and an expanded role for markets. Choice and Public Policy...

Beyond Agenda Setting: Information Subsidies and Public Policy

This volume describes the use of mass media and other communication channels by corporations, bureaucrats, politicians and consumer advocates to influence the development and implementation of public policy in areas of science, technology a...

Complexity, Institutions and Public Policy

Graham Room argues that conventional approaches to the conceptualisation and measurement of social and economic change are unsatisfactory. As a result, researchers are ill-equipped to offer policy advice. This book offers a new analytical a...

Behavioral Economics and Public Policy: A Pragmatic Perspective

The debate about behavioral economics–the incorporation of insights from psychology into economics–is often framed as a question about the foundational assumptions of economic models. This paper presents a more pragmatic perspective on beha...

Tourism and Public Policy

This chapter contains section titled: Politics, Public Policy, and Political Systems Studying Tourism Public Policy: A Context Where Are We Now?...

Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy

Whether the law should permit voluntary euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide is one of the most vital questions facing all modern societies. Internationally, the main obstacle to legalisation has proved to be the objection that, even if...

Introduction: Understanding Public Policy through Its Instruments—From the Nature of Instruments to the Sociology of Public Policy Instrumentation

Public policy instrumentation and its choice of tools and modes of operation are treated either as a kind of evidence (governing means making regulations, taxing, entering into contracts, communicating, etc.) or as if the questions it raise...

Behavioural Insights and Public Policy

Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy

360-Degree Performance Appraisal Systems. Accounting and Reporting for Private Nonprofit Organizations-Balancing Economic Efficiency with Social Mission. Acquiring Resources Through Price Negotiation: A Public Sector Approach. Administrativ...