Public Policy

This book explores how the concept or urban experimentation is being used to reshape practices of knowledge production in urban debates about resilience, climate change governance, and socio-technical transitions. With contributions from leading...

The Way the Money Goes traces out what happened to the UK's fiscal constitution - the framework for planning and controlling public spending - under three different governments (Conservative, Labour, Conservative/Liberal Democrat) from the early 1990s to...

It's all but certain that the next fifty years will bring enormous, not to say cataclysmic, disruptions to our present way of life. World oil reserves will be exhausted within that time frame, as will the lithium that powers today's most sophisticated...

For many younger and lower-income people, housing affordability continues to worsen. Based on the academic research of two distinguished housing economists - and stimulated by working with governments across the world - this wide-ranging book sets out...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593215777Author Bill GatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Random House Large PrintPublisher Diversified PublishingWeight(grams) 420gDimensions(mm)...

Economics of the Environment, Seventh Edition is a compendium of the best, most timely articles by a dream team of environmental economists, together with an original introductory chapter by the editor.Now in its seventh edition, Economics of the...

This book examines the various issues and concerns faced by Indian agriculture under the obligations of WTO and the Free Trade Agreements. While the issues discussed pertain mainly to India, the lessons can also be derived for many other similarly placed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262542333Author Daniel GreeneFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

This book examines the implications of the net zero transition for food and farming in the UK and how these can be managed to avoid catastrophic climate change in the crucial decades ahead. For the UK to meet its international obligations for reducing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903699133Author Judith FoxonFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF)Publisher CoramBAAFWeight(grams)...

HATE dispels misunderstandings plaguing our perennial debates about hate speech vs. free speech, showing that the First Amendment approach promotes free speech and democracy, equality, and societal harmony. We hear too many incorrect assertions that hate...

In good times and bad, in the different situations of renewal, crisis, and chronic resource constraints, the strategic leadership of public services is crucial. Good leaders are essential in helping the public sector to adapt and solve 'wicked' problems,...

The quality of the peace arrived at via liberal peacebuilding approaches has been poor. The related statebuilding praxis has generally been unable to respond to its critics. What is at stake is a recognition of peacebuilding's everyday political, social,...

Challenging existing political analyses of the state of emergency in Turkey, this volume argues that such states are not merely predetermined by policy and legislation but are produced, regulated, distributed and contested through the built environment...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781900322485Author Keith FarnishFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Green BooksPublisher Green BooksWeight(grams) 485gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 19mm

How is the modern world shaping young people and youth crime? What impact is this having on the latest policies and practice? Are current youth justice services working? With contributions from leading researchers in the field, this book offers an...

Contains all the mandatory units and a number of optional units to provide the information learners need to succeed. The magazine-style page design is packed with glossy new photos and illustrations to help learners recap what they have covered for each...

Exploring why food aid exists and the deeper causes of food poverty, this book addresses neglected dimensions of traditional food aid and food poverty debates. It argues that the food aid industry is infused with neoliberal governmentality and shows how...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815734093Author Morton H. HalperinFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...

Immiserizing growth occurs when growth fails to benefit, or harms, those at the bottom. It is not a new concept, appearing in some of the towering figures of the classical tradition of political economy including Malthus, Ricardo, and Marx. It is also...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781760554149Author Damon GameauFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Macmillan AustraliaPublisher Pan Macmillan AustraliaWeight(grams) 1093gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781292391434Author Pearson EducationImprint Pearson Education LimitedPublisher Pearson Education LimitedWeight(grams) 420gDimensions(mm) 274mm * 216mm * 10mm

A critical analysis of the latest innovation in planning and localism, with a particular focus on neighbourhood planning. Bringing together empirical evidence from the UK and including international examples from the US, Australia and France, the book...

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A textbook that examines how societies reach decisions about the use and allocation of economic resourcesWhile economic research emphasizes the importance of governmental institutions for growth and progress, conventional public policy textbooks tend to...

As one of the fastest growing cities in Europe, London has become a mass generator of employment and a magnet for inward migration. Yet London is also a divided city, whose expansion has generated many planning challenges. This book explores the...

History is not a prerogative of the human species, Edward O. Wilson declares in Half-Earth. Demonstrating that we blindly ignore the histories of millions of other species, Wilson warns us that a point of no return is imminent. Refusing to believe that...

Governance is among the most used of new ideas in the social sciences, most notably in the fields of political science, public administration, sociology, social and political theory. As ever, debates within disciplines rarely transcend disciplinary...

"A landmark study in the struggle to contain climate change, the greatest challenge of our era. I urge everyone to read it."-Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States of America Since it first appeared, this book has achieved a classic status...

The electrifying behind-the-scenes account of a year that brought Ireland to the brink and back. In 2020 Ireland was launched into a state of turmoil, with the Government scrambling to handle the arrival of a virus...

England has a housing crisis. We need to build many more new homes to house our growing population, but house building is controversial, particularly when it involves the loss of countryside. Addressing both sides of this critical debate, Shaun...

What would it take to achieve a genuinely food-secure world-one without hunger or malnutrition, where everyone gets to consume the right quantity and quality of food to live a healthy, active, and productive life? Bringing about such a future requires...

'Entertaining and insightful' -- Evening Standard'One of the most important books of the year... Compelling' Jamie Bartlett, Literary Review'Timely' -- New StatesmanAs the world becomes better connected and we grow ever more dependent on technology, the...

The current industrial food system comes at a tremendous economic cost. Dealing with malnutrition, diseases, and environmental degradation costs trillions of dollars, but because that price tag does not show up at the grocery store, it is too often...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692793367Author Dean BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Center for Economic and Policy ResearchPublisher Center for Economic and Policy...

WINNER OF THE 2022 WRITERS' TRUST BALSILLIE PRIZE FOR PUBLIC POLICYSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 DONNER BOOK PRIZEWINNER OF THE PATTIS FAMILY FOUNDATION GLOBAL CITIES BOOK AWARDIs the 'smart city' the utopia we've been waiting for?The promise of the so-called...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789527065525Format HardbackPage Count 364Imprint Castalia HousePublisher Castalia House

An ambitious account of the corrosion of liberal democracy in rich and poor countries alike, arguing that antidemocratic sentiment reflects fear of material and cultural loss, not a critique of liberalism's failure to deliver equality, and suggesting...

Ingrid Betancourt's story - her exemplary courage, spirit and resilience - has captured the world's imagination. A politician and presidential candidate celebrated for her determination to combat the corruption and climate of fear endemic in Colombia, in...

The host of CNN Tonight with Don Lemon is more popular than ever. As America's only Black prime-time anchor, Lemon and his daily monologues on racism and antiracism, on the failures of the Trump administration and of so many of our leaders, and on...