Cecilia Fresnedo de Aguirre
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- May 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781474447850
- eISBN:
- 9781474476492
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9781474447850.003.0021
- Subject:
- Law, Private International Law
This chapter focuses on the restricted character of international public policy and on the fact that though it belongs to each State, many of its fundamental principles are enshrined in human rights ...
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This chapter focuses on the restricted character of international public policy and on the fact that though it belongs to each State, many of its fundamental principles are enshrined in human rights conventions and private international law conventions and therefore are shared by all the States Parties to that convention, which enables the integration and articulation of diversity, at either a regional or a universal level. Consequently, the identification of those shared fundamental principles should increase the predictability of results in private international law cases and soften the barrier that the public policy exception imposes regarding foreign laws and judgments. Notwithstanding this, the aforementioned statements do not mean that the role of the public policy exception will disappear. In order to develop this argument, this chapter explains some key concepts such as those of international and domestic public policy, a posteriori and a priori public policy, their differences and similarities. It examines how public policy evolves over time alongside society and how that evolution is reflected in statutory and conventional rules.Less
This chapter focuses on the restricted character of international public policy and on the fact that though it belongs to each State, many of its fundamental principles are enshrined in human rights conventions and private international law conventions and therefore are shared by all the States Parties to that convention, which enables the integration and articulation of diversity, at either a regional or a universal level. Consequently, the identification of those shared fundamental principles should increase the predictability of results in private international law cases and soften the barrier that the public policy exception imposes regarding foreign laws and judgments. Notwithstanding this, the aforementioned statements do not mean that the role of the public policy exception will disappear. In order to develop this argument, this chapter explains some key concepts such as those of international and domestic public policy, a posteriori and a priori public policy, their differences and similarities. It examines how public policy evolves over time alongside society and how that evolution is reflected in statutory and conventional rules.
Rob Merkin and Jenny Steele
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199645749
- eISBN:
- 9780191747823
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199645749.003.0011
- Subject:
- Law, Law of Obligations
Explores the operation of principles of personal responsibility and fault in relation to insurance, through the law’s response to illegal or immoral conduct captured in the expression ‘ex turpi ...
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Explores the operation of principles of personal responsibility and fault in relation to insurance, through the law’s response to illegal or immoral conduct captured in the expression ‘ex turpi causa’. Explains that illegality, and intention, are contested notions. Explores the operation of ‘ex turpi causa’ in tort and contract and compares applicable principles of insurance law. Examines the impact of illegality in claims against policyholders; and in claims against insurers, comparing road traffic claims with other categories of case. Explains that reparative and compensatory goals cannot be neatly separated, and that responsibility judgments which affect the insurance position may in turn deeply affect the reparative potential of private law.Less
Explores the operation of principles of personal responsibility and fault in relation to insurance, through the law’s response to illegal or immoral conduct captured in the expression ‘ex turpi causa’. Explains that illegality, and intention, are contested notions. Explores the operation of ‘ex turpi causa’ in tort and contract and compares applicable principles of insurance law. Examines the impact of illegality in claims against policyholders; and in claims against insurers, comparing road traffic claims with other categories of case. Explains that reparative and compensatory goals cannot be neatly separated, and that responsibility judgments which affect the insurance position may in turn deeply affect the reparative potential of private law.
Iain Docherty and Jon Shaw (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- May 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781447329558
- eISBN:
- 9781447329602
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447329558.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Population and Demography
This is a book about the importance of transport, travel and mobility in modern society. The authors undertake a detailed review not just of key issues that are significant within the transport ...
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This is a book about the importance of transport, travel and mobility in modern society. The authors undertake a detailed review not just of key issues that are significant within the transport sector, but also of how and why transport is significant in addressing other policy goals. There are three main areas of focus: a) How we ‘do’ transport, as a result of available technologies and how we use them, b) How the ways in which we ‘do’ transport have certain consequences, across a wide range of policy areas, and c) How we could do things differently, to bring about different consequences. The book contains 16 chapters, each of which focuses on a specific theme. They have been edited together to demonstrate why and how, as a key part of a wider and connected approach to public policy, a better transport system will result not just in better journey experiences, but will also improve economic, environmental and social wellbeing. The book draws largely but not exclusively on examples from Great Britain, but has international relevance because the fundamental issues hold true across the developed world, notwithstanding different local contexts.Less
This is a book about the importance of transport, travel and mobility in modern society. The authors undertake a detailed review not just of key issues that are significant within the transport sector, but also of how and why transport is significant in addressing other policy goals. There are three main areas of focus: a) How we ‘do’ transport, as a result of available technologies and how we use them, b) How the ways in which we ‘do’ transport have certain consequences, across a wide range of policy areas, and c) How we could do things differently, to bring about different consequences. The book contains 16 chapters, each of which focuses on a specific theme. They have been edited together to demonstrate why and how, as a key part of a wider and connected approach to public policy, a better transport system will result not just in better journey experiences, but will also improve economic, environmental and social wellbeing. The book draws largely but not exclusively on examples from Great Britain, but has international relevance because the fundamental issues hold true across the developed world, notwithstanding different local contexts.
Jessica Pykett
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- May 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781447337904
- eISBN:
- 9781447337959
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447337904.003.0007
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
Amidst the growing enthusiasm for the application of behavioural insights from behavioural economics, psychology and the neurosciences in social policy, there has been a shift in emphasis from ...
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Amidst the growing enthusiasm for the application of behavioural insights from behavioural economics, psychology and the neurosciences in social policy, there has been a shift in emphasis from structural, through individuated and towards neuromolecular scales of explanation for social problems. This chapter explores the role of these trends in carving out new spatialities of social policy. The chapter considers the scale at which government intervention is deemed necessary, effective and efficient; and who should be responsible for health, productivity and wellbeing in liberal societies. It traces continuities between behavioural and neuroscientifically-informed public policy through analysis of international and supra-national policy documentation within societies in which neoliberalism is increasingly recognised as a source of social harm and economic instability. The chapter develops an approach to ‘critical neuro- geography’ which sheds new light on the strategic importance of scalar claims and other spatialities to forms of governance targeted at the mind, body and soul.Less
Amidst the growing enthusiasm for the application of behavioural insights from behavioural economics, psychology and the neurosciences in social policy, there has been a shift in emphasis from structural, through individuated and towards neuromolecular scales of explanation for social problems. This chapter explores the role of these trends in carving out new spatialities of social policy. The chapter considers the scale at which government intervention is deemed necessary, effective and efficient; and who should be responsible for health, productivity and wellbeing in liberal societies. It traces continuities between behavioural and neuroscientifically-informed public policy through analysis of international and supra-national policy documentation within societies in which neoliberalism is increasingly recognised as a source of social harm and economic instability. The chapter develops an approach to ‘critical neuro- geography’ which sheds new light on the strategic importance of scalar claims and other spatialities to forms of governance targeted at the mind, body and soul.
Koichiro Agata
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- September 2015
- ISBN:
- 9781847429841
- eISBN:
- 9781447311515
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847429841.003.0016
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
This paper depicts actual situations of policy education at the graduate level in Japan by studying examples of Professional Graduate Public Policy Schools, which have been established in 2003. As of ...
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This paper depicts actual situations of policy education at the graduate level in Japan by studying examples of Professional Graduate Public Policy Schools, which have been established in 2003. As of 2014, there are eight such graduate schools in Japan. The points of discussion in this study are (1) concepts and procedures for starting public policy schools, (2) institutional and educational practices in public policy schools, (3) concrete case studies of Tokyo’s first Professional Graduate Public Policy School, and (4) the accreditation system for public policy schools. After the discussion, some characteristics and perspectives of the public policy school system are examined: permission and accreditation as controls to secure education quality, revision of accreditation standards, vocational perspectives of graduates, and cooperation between schools and vocational sectors for education and recruitment.Less
This paper depicts actual situations of policy education at the graduate level in Japan by studying examples of Professional Graduate Public Policy Schools, which have been established in 2003. As of 2014, there are eight such graduate schools in Japan. The points of discussion in this study are (1) concepts and procedures for starting public policy schools, (2) institutional and educational practices in public policy schools, (3) concrete case studies of Tokyo’s first Professional Graduate Public Policy School, and (4) the accreditation system for public policy schools. After the discussion, some characteristics and perspectives of the public policy school system are examined: permission and accreditation as controls to secure education quality, revision of accreditation standards, vocational perspectives of graduates, and cooperation between schools and vocational sectors for education and recruitment.
Peter Kraftl, John Horton, and Faith Tucker
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847428462
- eISBN:
- 9781447307259
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847428462.003.0001
- Subject:
- Social Work, Children and Families
This chapter introduces some of the broader academic and policy/practitioner contexts for the chapters in the book. It reviews work in social studies of childhood, children's geographies and related ...
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This chapter introduces some of the broader academic and policy/practitioner contexts for the chapters in the book. It reviews work in social studies of childhood, children's geographies and related disciplines. It explores the ‘relevance’ debate in geography, especially around public- and policy-relevant geographies. It introduces readers to key approaches to critical discourse and policy analysis. The final section summarises the key themes in the book before introducing each chapter in turn.Less
This chapter introduces some of the broader academic and policy/practitioner contexts for the chapters in the book. It reviews work in social studies of childhood, children's geographies and related disciplines. It explores the ‘relevance’ debate in geography, especially around public- and policy-relevant geographies. It introduces readers to key approaches to critical discourse and policy analysis. The final section summarises the key themes in the book before introducing each chapter in turn.
Janice Morphet
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781447300465
- eISBN:
- 9781447310846
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447300465.003.0002
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
This chapter reviews various approaches available to making and analyzing public policy. It considers these as mechanisms of policy making within an overall strategic context and reviews them against ...
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This chapter reviews various approaches available to making and analyzing public policy. It considers these as mechanisms of policy making within an overall strategic context and reviews them against outcomes. The approaches here include those mechanisms of policy making that are more formal, such as treaties which are seldom considered as policy shaping mechanisms, and, this book argues, have been of considerable importance within the UK context and policy transfer. The more informal means considered include policy communities and policy networks. The chapter also includes a short discussion on the emerging debate on policy mobility within this context. It also covers the effects of not making policy and concludes with an additional category on policy as fashion.Less
This chapter reviews various approaches available to making and analyzing public policy. It considers these as mechanisms of policy making within an overall strategic context and reviews them against outcomes. The approaches here include those mechanisms of policy making that are more formal, such as treaties which are seldom considered as policy shaping mechanisms, and, this book argues, have been of considerable importance within the UK context and policy transfer. The more informal means considered include policy communities and policy networks. The chapter also includes a short discussion on the emerging debate on policy mobility within this context. It also covers the effects of not making policy and concludes with an additional category on policy as fashion.
Janice Morphet
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781447300465
- eISBN:
- 9781447310846
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447300465.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
Britain’s relationship with the European Union (EU) is frequently viewed as simple by the media and politicians. In ways - never really explained - the EU has managed to ‘take away’ Britain’s ...
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Britain’s relationship with the European Union (EU) is frequently viewed as simple by the media and politicians. In ways - never really explained - the EU has managed to ‘take away’ Britain’s sovereign powers and has the ability to determine much of its legislation. The history of how this has occurred is rarely discussed, unlike other countries in Europe. How Europe shapes British public policy examines the development of the EU as a sectarian issue in the UK. It discusses the effects of disengagement through the political practices of policy making and the implications that this has had for depoliticisation in government and the civil service. It considers the effects of EU membership in shaping key policy areas - trade and privatization, the single market and the environment, and subsidiarity in the development and implementation of devolved and decentralized governance. It gives new and essential insights for students and practitioners of politics, governance and international relations.Less
Britain’s relationship with the European Union (EU) is frequently viewed as simple by the media and politicians. In ways - never really explained - the EU has managed to ‘take away’ Britain’s sovereign powers and has the ability to determine much of its legislation. The history of how this has occurred is rarely discussed, unlike other countries in Europe. How Europe shapes British public policy examines the development of the EU as a sectarian issue in the UK. It discusses the effects of disengagement through the political practices of policy making and the implications that this has had for depoliticisation in government and the civil service. It considers the effects of EU membership in shaping key policy areas - trade and privatization, the single market and the environment, and subsidiarity in the development and implementation of devolved and decentralized governance. It gives new and essential insights for students and practitioners of politics, governance and international relations.
Anna Boucher
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780719099458
- eISBN:
- 9781526104212
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719099458.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, UK Politics
In the global race for skilled immigrants, governments compete for workers. In pursuing such individuals, governments may incidentally discriminate on gender grounds. Existing gendered differences in ...
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In the global race for skilled immigrants, governments compete for workers. In pursuing such individuals, governments may incidentally discriminate on gender grounds. Existing gendered differences in the global labour market related to life course trajectories, pay gaps and occupational specialisation are refracted in skilled immigration selection policies. This book analyses the gendered terrain of skilled immigration policies across 12 countries and 37 skilled immigration visas. It argues that while skilled immigration policies are often gendered, this outcome is not inevitable and that governments possess scope in policy design. Further, the book explains the reasons why governments adopt more or less gender aware skilled immigration policies, drawing attention to the engagement of feminist groups and ethnocultural organisations in the policy process. In doing so, it utilises evidence from 128 elite interviews undertaken with representatives of these organisations, as well as government officials, parliamentarians, trade unions and business associations in Australia and Canada over the period 1988 through to 2013. Presenting the first book-length account of the global race for talent from a gender perspective, Gender, migration and the global race for talent will be read by graduate students, researchers, policy-makers and practitioners in the fields of immigration studies, political science, public policy, sociology, gender studies and Australian and Canadian studies.Less
In the global race for skilled immigrants, governments compete for workers. In pursuing such individuals, governments may incidentally discriminate on gender grounds. Existing gendered differences in the global labour market related to life course trajectories, pay gaps and occupational specialisation are refracted in skilled immigration selection policies. This book analyses the gendered terrain of skilled immigration policies across 12 countries and 37 skilled immigration visas. It argues that while skilled immigration policies are often gendered, this outcome is not inevitable and that governments possess scope in policy design. Further, the book explains the reasons why governments adopt more or less gender aware skilled immigration policies, drawing attention to the engagement of feminist groups and ethnocultural organisations in the policy process. In doing so, it utilises evidence from 128 elite interviews undertaken with representatives of these organisations, as well as government officials, parliamentarians, trade unions and business associations in Australia and Canada over the period 1988 through to 2013. Presenting the first book-length account of the global race for talent from a gender perspective, Gender, migration and the global race for talent will be read by graduate students, researchers, policy-makers and practitioners in the fields of immigration studies, political science, public policy, sociology, gender studies and Australian and Canadian studies.
Jon Shaw and Iain Docherty
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- May 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781447329558
- eISBN:
- 9781447329602
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447329558.003.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Population and Demography
We begin by considering why, how and how much transport matters, both in itself and in relation to a whole host of public policy areas including economic development, social inclusion, health and ...
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We begin by considering why, how and how much transport matters, both in itself and in relation to a whole host of public policy areas including economic development, social inclusion, health and wellbeing, (im)migration, education, crime / law and order, housing and the environment. We set out and explain the aim of the book, and provide an overview of transport policy over the last 50 years by way of context for a summary of what follows in the remainder of the book. We conclude by considering key themes that emerged in authors’ discussions during the process of putting the book together.Less
We begin by considering why, how and how much transport matters, both in itself and in relation to a whole host of public policy areas including economic development, social inclusion, health and wellbeing, (im)migration, education, crime / law and order, housing and the environment. We set out and explain the aim of the book, and provide an overview of transport policy over the last 50 years by way of context for a summary of what follows in the remainder of the book. We conclude by considering key themes that emerged in authors’ discussions during the process of putting the book together.
Jason Stahl
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781469627861
- eISBN:
- 9781469627885
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469627861.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Political History
From the middle of the twentieth century, think tanks have played an indelible role in the rise of American conservatism. Positioning themselves against the alleged liberal bias of the media, ...
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From the middle of the twentieth century, think tanks have played an indelible role in the rise of American conservatism. Positioning themselves against the alleged liberal bias of the media, academia, and the federal bureaucracy, conservative think tanks gained the attention of politicians and the public alike and were instrumental in promulgating conservative ideas. Yet, in spite of their formative influence on media and public opinion, little has been written on the history of these institutions. Right Moves is the first sustained investigation of the rise and historical development of the conservative think tank as a source of political and cultural power in the United States. What we now know as conservative think tanks--research and public relations institutions populated by conservative intellectuals--emerged in the postwar period as places for theorizing and “selling” public policies and ideologies to both lawmakers and the public at large. Right Moves traces the progression of think tanks from their outsider status in a world of New Deal and Great Society liberalism to their current prominence as a counterweight to progressive political institutions and thought in a “marketplace of ideas.” By examining the rise of the conservative think tank, Right Moves makes invaluable contributions to our historical understanding of conservatism, public policy formation, and capitalism.Less
From the middle of the twentieth century, think tanks have played an indelible role in the rise of American conservatism. Positioning themselves against the alleged liberal bias of the media, academia, and the federal bureaucracy, conservative think tanks gained the attention of politicians and the public alike and were instrumental in promulgating conservative ideas. Yet, in spite of their formative influence on media and public opinion, little has been written on the history of these institutions. Right Moves is the first sustained investigation of the rise and historical development of the conservative think tank as a source of political and cultural power in the United States. What we now know as conservative think tanks--research and public relations institutions populated by conservative intellectuals--emerged in the postwar period as places for theorizing and “selling” public policies and ideologies to both lawmakers and the public at large. Right Moves traces the progression of think tanks from their outsider status in a world of New Deal and Great Society liberalism to their current prominence as a counterweight to progressive political institutions and thought in a “marketplace of ideas.” By examining the rise of the conservative think tank, Right Moves makes invaluable contributions to our historical understanding of conservatism, public policy formation, and capitalism.
Janice Morphet
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781447300465
- eISBN:
- 9781447310846
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447300465.003.0003
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
This chapter reviews the approach to making policy within the UK within central government. It also includes a discussion on the implications and influences on UK policy making since the ...
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This chapter reviews the approach to making policy within the UK within central government. It also includes a discussion on the implications and influences on UK policy making since the implementation of devolution in 1999. The chapter considers the influences on British public policy making primarily from those influences which are internal and those which are external. The internal influences include political party ideology, electoral cycles and role of internal policy units. There is a longer discussion on the role of the civil service in public policy making. The external influences are grouped into four categories - quasi-informal, opaque informal, formal and quasi-voluntaristic. The chapter concludes that the polices that have been devolved within the UK are those policies that the UK has pooled within the EU and are of less interest to the centre of government and the civil service.Less
This chapter reviews the approach to making policy within the UK within central government. It also includes a discussion on the implications and influences on UK policy making since the implementation of devolution in 1999. The chapter considers the influences on British public policy making primarily from those influences which are internal and those which are external. The internal influences include political party ideology, electoral cycles and role of internal policy units. There is a longer discussion on the role of the civil service in public policy making. The external influences are grouped into four categories - quasi-informal, opaque informal, formal and quasi-voluntaristic. The chapter concludes that the polices that have been devolved within the UK are those policies that the UK has pooled within the EU and are of less interest to the centre of government and the civil service.
Janice Morphet
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781447300465
- eISBN:
- 9781447310846
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447300465.003.0009
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
This concluding chapter of the book examines the way in which the EU shapes UK public policy in practice. It does this through a series of analytical lenses including agenda setting, the application ...
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This concluding chapter of the book examines the way in which the EU shapes UK public policy in practice. It does this through a series of analytical lenses including agenda setting, the application of a programmatic approach to government policy, policy persistence and operational style. It also consider the detachment of policy from delivery to create orphan polices and the amplification of EU policy through processes of ‘gold plating’. Finally there is a discussion of the use of ‘blame culture’. The chapter goes on to consider the implications of this shaping including quasi-marketisation of the public sector, constitutional reform, the development of policy institutions and the development of policy culture. In particular there is a discussion about the effects of depoliticisation on policy issues within the UK which are EU in origin. It also covers the UK’s policy dependency on the EU. The final part of this chapter considers the ways in which the provenance of EU policies within the UK can be detected including intertextuality, the role of meta narratives, orphan policies, continuity between political parties, persistence in delivery, absenting the ‘other’, shadow synchronicity, indirect comparison and comparative coincidence.Less
This concluding chapter of the book examines the way in which the EU shapes UK public policy in practice. It does this through a series of analytical lenses including agenda setting, the application of a programmatic approach to government policy, policy persistence and operational style. It also consider the detachment of policy from delivery to create orphan polices and the amplification of EU policy through processes of ‘gold plating’. Finally there is a discussion of the use of ‘blame culture’. The chapter goes on to consider the implications of this shaping including quasi-marketisation of the public sector, constitutional reform, the development of policy institutions and the development of policy culture. In particular there is a discussion about the effects of depoliticisation on policy issues within the UK which are EU in origin. It also covers the UK’s policy dependency on the EU. The final part of this chapter considers the ways in which the provenance of EU policies within the UK can be detected including intertextuality, the role of meta narratives, orphan policies, continuity between political parties, persistence in delivery, absenting the ‘other’, shadow synchronicity, indirect comparison and comparative coincidence.
Ann Southworth
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226768335
- eISBN:
- 9780226768366
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226768366.001.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Legal Profession and Ethics
A timely and multifaceted portrait of the lawyers who serve the diverse constituencies of the conservative movement, this book explains what unites and divides lawyers for the three major ...
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A timely and multifaceted portrait of the lawyers who serve the diverse constituencies of the conservative movement, this book explains what unites and divides lawyers for the three major groups—social conservatives, libertarians, and business advocates—that have coalesced in recent decades behind the Republican Party. Drawing on in-depth interviews with more than seventy lawyers who represent conservative and libertarian non-profit organizations, the book explores their values and identities, and traces the implications of their shared interest in promoting political strategies that give lawyers leading roles. The book goes on to illuminate the function of mediator organizations—such as the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy—that have succeeded in promoting cooperation among different factions of conservative lawyers. Such cooperation, it finds, has aided efforts to drive law and the legal profession politically rightward and to give lawyers greater prominence in the conservative movement. The book concludes, though, that tensions between the conservative law movement's elite and populist elements may ultimately lead to its undoing.Less
A timely and multifaceted portrait of the lawyers who serve the diverse constituencies of the conservative movement, this book explains what unites and divides lawyers for the three major groups—social conservatives, libertarians, and business advocates—that have coalesced in recent decades behind the Republican Party. Drawing on in-depth interviews with more than seventy lawyers who represent conservative and libertarian non-profit organizations, the book explores their values and identities, and traces the implications of their shared interest in promoting political strategies that give lawyers leading roles. The book goes on to illuminate the function of mediator organizations—such as the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy—that have succeeded in promoting cooperation among different factions of conservative lawyers. Such cooperation, it finds, has aided efforts to drive law and the legal profession politically rightward and to give lawyers greater prominence in the conservative movement. The book concludes, though, that tensions between the conservative law movement's elite and populist elements may ultimately lead to its undoing.
Keith Dowding
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- May 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781529206388
- eISBN:
- 9781529206432
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781529206388.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
Governments increasingly blame citizens for their own failed policies. Individuals can only be held responsible for the choices they reasonably make from the opportunities they have available to ...
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Governments increasingly blame citizens for their own failed policies. Individuals can only be held responsible for the choices they reasonably make from the opportunities they have available to them. Government is the major agent in society that creates those opportunities for citizens. We know a good deal about how regulations and institutions affect social outcomes in various policy areas. This book examines five policy areas across the USA, UK and Australia: gun ownership, food manufacture, housing, gambling and recreational drugs. It demonstrates how different regulations affect gun crime, and how modern food manufacturers design their products to tap into basic human biological desires, creating the obesity crisis. Government policy over the last fifty years has produced a severe housing crisis. Gambling is an area where government has relaxed regulation to the benefit of many, but the detriment of the few, and needs to grapple with problems it has created, while recreational drugs is an area where government has remained paternalistic, performing the nanny role it refuses in other areas, despite the obvious failures of its regulatory stance. The book shows how government blames its citizens for the problems which arise from the government’s own policies. It’s the government’s responsibility, stupid.Less
Governments increasingly blame citizens for their own failed policies. Individuals can only be held responsible for the choices they reasonably make from the opportunities they have available to them. Government is the major agent in society that creates those opportunities for citizens. We know a good deal about how regulations and institutions affect social outcomes in various policy areas. This book examines five policy areas across the USA, UK and Australia: gun ownership, food manufacture, housing, gambling and recreational drugs. It demonstrates how different regulations affect gun crime, and how modern food manufacturers design their products to tap into basic human biological desires, creating the obesity crisis. Government policy over the last fifty years has produced a severe housing crisis. Gambling is an area where government has relaxed regulation to the benefit of many, but the detriment of the few, and needs to grapple with problems it has created, while recreational drugs is an area where government has remained paternalistic, performing the nanny role it refuses in other areas, despite the obvious failures of its regulatory stance. The book shows how government blames its citizens for the problems which arise from the government’s own policies. It’s the government’s responsibility, stupid.
Robert I. Field
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199746750
- eISBN:
- 9780199354528
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199746750.001.0001
- Subject:
- Public Health and Epidemiology, Public Health
Private enterprise drives health care more pervasivelyin the United Statesthananywhere else in the developed world. To many people,thisis evidence of a resounding “free-market” success. However, ...
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Private enterprise drives health care more pervasivelyin the United Statesthananywhere else in the developed world. To many people,thisis evidence of a resounding “free-market” success. However, beneath the private veneer,the system also relies on a more influential but less visible player forindispensible support– the government. Public programs are of such foundational importance to American health care that they can be credited with creating the systemas it exists today. Private health care entrepreneurship actually representsa massive partnership between the public and private spheres. This book traces the role of seminal public programs in building four keyhealth care sectors into the financial powerhouses they are today - pharmaceuticals, hospitals, the medical profession, and private insurance. It followsthe history of each, recounts statistical trends in their growth, and illustrates with case studies the extensive impact of government policies. Beyond its accomplishments, health care’s public-private collaborationalso has its share of failings. In particular, public largess has spawned private sector behemoths that perennially lobby for regulatory favors and ever greater levels of support. This has helped to make American health care the most expensive in the world. Nevertheless, for better or worse, the government is the only entity with the resources and national perspective needed to create an infrastructure on which the system can rest. Its relationship with the private sector definesthe possibilities for meaningful reform, including prospects for the Obama plan. Calls to limit the government’s role would lead not to a more expansive system but to one that would wither away.Less
Private enterprise drives health care more pervasivelyin the United Statesthananywhere else in the developed world. To many people,thisis evidence of a resounding “free-market” success. However, beneath the private veneer,the system also relies on a more influential but less visible player forindispensible support– the government. Public programs are of such foundational importance to American health care that they can be credited with creating the systemas it exists today. Private health care entrepreneurship actually representsa massive partnership between the public and private spheres. This book traces the role of seminal public programs in building four keyhealth care sectors into the financial powerhouses they are today - pharmaceuticals, hospitals, the medical profession, and private insurance. It followsthe history of each, recounts statistical trends in their growth, and illustrates with case studies the extensive impact of government policies. Beyond its accomplishments, health care’s public-private collaborationalso has its share of failings. In particular, public largess has spawned private sector behemoths that perennially lobby for regulatory favors and ever greater levels of support. This has helped to make American health care the most expensive in the world. Nevertheless, for better or worse, the government is the only entity with the resources and national perspective needed to create an infrastructure on which the system can rest. Its relationship with the private sector definesthe possibilities for meaningful reform, including prospects for the Obama plan. Calls to limit the government’s role would lead not to a more expansive system but to one that would wither away.
Carl Purcell
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- January 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781447348764
- eISBN:
- 9781447348818
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447348764.003.0001
- Subject:
- Social Work, Children and Families
This chapter outlines the rationale for the book and the contribution it seeks to make to research on children’s services reform and the public policy-making process. The emphasis placed on the ...
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This chapter outlines the rationale for the book and the contribution it seeks to make to research on children’s services reform and the public policy-making process. The emphasis placed on the influence of child abuse inquiries in previous research in this area is questioned. A brief overview of the chapters that follow is also provided.Less
This chapter outlines the rationale for the book and the contribution it seeks to make to research on children’s services reform and the public policy-making process. The emphasis placed on the influence of child abuse inquiries in previous research in this area is questioned. A brief overview of the chapters that follow is also provided.
Sonja Blum and Klaus Schubert
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781447306252
- eISBN:
- 9781447310983
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447306252.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Politics, Social Movements and Social Change
This comprehensive study, part of the International Library of Policy Analysis, brings together for the first time a systemic overview of policy analysis activities in Germany. Written by leading ...
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This comprehensive study, part of the International Library of Policy Analysis, brings together for the first time a systemic overview of policy analysis activities in Germany. Written by leading experts in the field – including informed practitioners – it outlines the development of the discipline, identifies its role in academic education and research, and examines its styles and methods. The book also focuses on the role of public policy analysis for governments and parliaments, for parties, social partners, and interest groups. By offering a rich and timely analysis of policy analysis in Germany, this book is a valuable resource for academic exchange and for teaching, particularly in the fields of political science, social sciences, economics and geography. Moreover, by its broad, comprehensive understanding of ‘policy analysis’, the book will be of practical relevance and shape the debate for the future development of policy analysis in Germany and the different spheres where it is practiced.Less
This comprehensive study, part of the International Library of Policy Analysis, brings together for the first time a systemic overview of policy analysis activities in Germany. Written by leading experts in the field – including informed practitioners – it outlines the development of the discipline, identifies its role in academic education and research, and examines its styles and methods. The book also focuses on the role of public policy analysis for governments and parliaments, for parties, social partners, and interest groups. By offering a rich and timely analysis of policy analysis in Germany, this book is a valuable resource for academic exchange and for teaching, particularly in the fields of political science, social sciences, economics and geography. Moreover, by its broad, comprehensive understanding of ‘policy analysis’, the book will be of practical relevance and shape the debate for the future development of policy analysis in Germany and the different spheres where it is practiced.
James Zhan and Joachim Karl
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780231172981
- eISBN:
- 9780231541640
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231172981.003.0009
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Financial Economics
This chapter suggests that investment schemes should be redesigned according to a location’s sustainable development objectives and the potential contributions of FDI toward sustainable development. ...
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This chapter suggests that investment schemes should be redesigned according to a location’s sustainable development objectives and the potential contributions of FDI toward sustainable development. Not only will this help to avoid wasteful or inefficient incentives, the authors argue, but, by promoting sustainable development through incentive programs, governments could improve the viability of important investments (such as in electricity, water supply, health and education services), making those services more accessible and affordable for the poor, and the jurisdiction a more attractive investment destination.Less
This chapter suggests that investment schemes should be redesigned according to a location’s sustainable development objectives and the potential contributions of FDI toward sustainable development. Not only will this help to avoid wasteful or inefficient incentives, the authors argue, but, by promoting sustainable development through incentive programs, governments could improve the viability of important investments (such as in electricity, water supply, health and education services), making those services more accessible and affordable for the poor, and the jurisdiction a more attractive investment destination.
Eliane Hollanda and Sandra Aparecida Venâncio de Siqueira
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781447306849
- eISBN:
- 9781447310976
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447306849.003.0020
- Subject:
- Sociology, Politics, Social Movements and Social Change
As no specific training in policy analysis has developed in Brazil, the chapter discusses instruction in the public policy field and the contribution of postgraduate education to preparing policy ...
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As no specific training in policy analysis has developed in Brazil, the chapter discusses instruction in the public policy field and the contribution of postgraduate education to preparing policy analysts. Political and policy analyses first related to subjects dear to Brazil's intelligentsia in the 20th century, when intellectuals and academics from various fields applied themselves basically to studying the State and the patterns of its development. Drawing a distinction between ‘instruction’ and ‘training’, the authors show that instruction forms part of the policy analyst's training, although that training is not restricted to academic instruction, but also incorporates professional practice.Less
As no specific training in policy analysis has developed in Brazil, the chapter discusses instruction in the public policy field and the contribution of postgraduate education to preparing policy analysts. Political and policy analyses first related to subjects dear to Brazil's intelligentsia in the 20th century, when intellectuals and academics from various fields applied themselves basically to studying the State and the patterns of its development. Drawing a distinction between ‘instruction’ and ‘training’, the authors show that instruction forms part of the policy analyst's training, although that training is not restricted to academic instruction, but also incorporates professional practice.
