Governance and Public Policy in the UK

Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-19-924392-1
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 575 g

Forty years ago, central government was seen as the key actor in the making of public policy. Today, it is often portrayed as a parochial council, impotent in the face of uncontrollable global forces. This textbook examines the changes that have taken place in the way central government controls policy making.

Taking the shift from government to governance as its theme, the book explores a series of key issues: the New Right reforms of the state; the impact of Europeanization, internationalization and globalization; and most recently, the process of devolution under the Blair Labour government.

The book includes a series of policy making case studies throughout, drawing on the authors' own wide-ranging interviews with ministers, civil servants and interest groups, providing the reader with solid empirical material with which to illuminate the chapters.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Richards, David

Smith, Martin J.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Staats- und Regierungsformen, Staatslehre
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Introduction: Public Policy in a Changing World

- 2: Interpreting Governance

- 3: Interpreting the Modern State

- 4: From Modernity to Crisis

- 5: Internal challenges to the Modern State: The New Right

- 6: External challenges to the Modern State I: Globalization

- 7: External challenges to the Modern State II: Europeanization

- 8: Governance and Civil Society

- 9: Changing Relations between Ministers and Civil Servants

- 10: Governance and New Labour

- 11: Conclusion: Governance, Power and Public Policy