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?...
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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?...
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...
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199325818.001.0001
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,...
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21187-6
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...
https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.p20151108
This chapter contains section titled: Politics, Public Policy, and Political Systems Studying Tourism Public Policy: A Context Where Are We Now?...
https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470752272.ch42
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...
https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511495335
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...
https://doi.org/10.1081/e-epap2
What do public administrators and policy analysts have in common? Their work is undertaken within networks formed when different organizations align to accomplish some kind of policy function. To be effective, they must find ways to navigat...
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315093451
This book was first published in 2006. Technological standards are a cornerstone of the modern information economy, affecting firm strategy, market performance and, by extension, economic growth. While there is general agreement that swift ...
https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511493249
As the rational choice model of “policy” proliferates in “policy studies, ” the social sciences, modern governments, organizations, and everyday life, a number of anthropologists are beginning to develop a body of work in the anthropology o...
https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716205276734
The large enterprise that I will be examining is the study of economics, and the performance that I will be appraising is not that of corporations but of my colleagues in the economics profession. The particular aspect of their work that I ...
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14913-1_3
Wherever a government or state is concerned with the welfare of its citizens, there will probably also exist policies which compel the individual citizen to undertake or abstain from activities which affect that citizen alone. The set of th...
https://doi.org/10.1017/s026626710000359x
Advocates of complexity theory describe it as a new scientific paradigm. Complexity theory identifies instability and disorder in politics and policy making, and links them to the behaviour of complex systems. It suggests that we shift our ...
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1478-9302.2012.00270.x
The second edition of Public Finance and Public Policy retains the first edition's themes of investigation of responsibilities and limitations of government. The present edition has been rewritten and restructured. Public choice and politic...
Evaluation is a controversial and little-understood strategy of public governance, control, and decision making. As early as classical antiquity, scholars were summoned to court to counsel kings. Public policy and program evaluation is a re...
https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.35-2785
In recent years, remarkable progress has been made in behavioral research on a wide variety of topics, from behavioral finance, labor contracts, philanthropy, and the analysis of savings and poverty, to eyewitness identification and sentenc...
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400845347
What do public administrators and policy analysts have in common? Their work is undertaken within networks formed when different organizations align to accomplish a policy function. This second edition of Governance Networks in Public Admin...
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315268620
Background Although it is difficult to quantify, previous estimates suggested that China’s global health aid has increased sharply since the early 2000s. Unlike many donors, China has no official aid reporting obligations, nor does it volun...
10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010408
The Azores Archipelago is known for its important natural heritage, yet its ecosystems face a “green tsunami” in the form of numerous exotic and invasive species. This influx has wrought serious biodiversity loss and degradation of ecosyste...
10.3897/BDJ.14.e167704
Objective This study aims to identify the organizational responsibilities of managers in providing employees with “commands” and its related derivatives by examining the verses of the Holy Quran. Methods The methodology used in this study t...
10.22059/jipa.2023.356107.3305