Táto edícia skúma, ako sa verejné politiky líšia a vyvíjajú naprieč rôznymi krajinami a kultúrami. Zameriava sa na hlbšie pochopenie dynamiky a výziev, ktorým súčasné spoločnosti čelia. Cieľom je priniesť zovšeobecniteľné poznatky, ktoré pomôžu zlepšiť tvorbu politík a poučiť sa z medzinárodných skúseností. Séria podporuje komparatívne štúdie aj teoreticky podložené prípadové štúdie.
This book is addressed not only to researchers and students interested in political conflict and blame games in the fields of political science, public policy, public administration, political communication, and media studies, but to everyone concerned about the functioning of democracy in more conflictual times.
A comprehensive investigation of shale gas policies in Eastern Europe, a region highly dependent on Russian gas imports. Appealing to academics, researchers and postgraduate students of comparative public policy, regulatory politics, energy and environmental policy, and European studies, as well as policymakers working in the energy sector.
This book analyses how policies to prevent diseases are related to policies aiming to cure illnesses by conducting a comparative historical analysis of Australia, Germany, Switzerland, the UK, and the US. It also demonstrates how the politicization of the medical profession contributes to the success of preventive health policy.
Hyper-active Governance is a new way of thinking about governing that gets beyond simplistic debates about whether the state is more or less powerful. It focuses on tensions between the need for expertise and its inherent contestability. The book develops a new typology of governing approaches, using innovative social theory.
This book presents a cutting-edge analysis of state-society transformation in Asia under globalisation. It includes an important set of sector and country- based case study chapters that look at processes of marketisation in countries including China, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.