Can the dominant theories in foreign policy analysis explain recent European events-particularly the twin "revolutions" of the ending of the Cold War and the proposed further integration of Europe under the Maastricht Treaty? In "European Foreign Policy" leading international scholars address the implications of this question. Analyzing foreign policy changes in the new Europe, the contributors assess the state and foreign policy, foreign economic policy, the long term future of European security and the role of multinational companies. The book also focuses on foreign policy actors in the light of major theories. The discussions range from the examination of weak power theory in the context of Nordic reactions to the Soviet coup to the agency-structure debate after the collapse of the Cold War European system. In addition, two substantial critiques by specialists from outside the field explore the issues raised in this book from a feminist perspective as well as from a post-modem view of the wider theoretical context within which foreign policy analysis is embedded. A unique contribution, "European Foreign Policy" interrogates the relationship between academic analysis and political reality by examining empirical issues in the light of contemporary theory. It will be of considerable interest to students taking courses on European foreign policy, and to scholars working in foreign policy analysis, international relations theory and the external politics of the European Community and its members.
Within a federal system, government agencies and regulatory policies can be fractured -- even at odds with each other. National actors share power with their counterparts in states and localities, as do presidents with Congressional leaders, and bureaucrats with judges. Understanding the broad economic and political contexts of environmental policymaking illuminates the motivations behind policy choices of various interested parties, from the National Park Service and the EPA to environmental activists and members of Congress. Rothenberg utilizes basic economic ideas to provide, not only a fresh look at how the U.S. deals with environmental ills, but a way of thinking about policy making in general.
The Narrative Foundations of Public Administration Research
Examines the linguistic, discursive, and narrative foundations of public administration research and develops a narrative theory of knowledge development and use for the field.
This Handbook deals with many aspects of public policy evaluation including methods, examples, studies, professionalism, perspectives, concepts, trends, substance, theory, applications, dispute resolution, interdisciplinary interaction and bibliographies. A rich variety of insights and alternative perspectives on systematic policy evaluation, as ......
This textbook outlines an approach to promoting social welfare which seeks to integrate economic and social policies in order to achieve welfare objectives. It traces the history, reviews theoretical debates in the field and analyzes different strategies for promoting social development. Taking an "institutional" perspective, it also offers a synthesis of competing ideological approaches in which governments co-ordinate market, community and state sponsored development efforts to promote welfare.
Modern farm policy emerged in the United States in 1862, leading to an industrialized agriculture that made the farm sector collectively more successful even as many individual farmers failed. This title blends history, politics, and economics to show that federal government emphasis on farm productivity has failed to meet broader rural needs.
Praise for the First Edition: `A clear and concise introduction to comparative social policy. It provides students with a framework in which to analyze the British welfare regime and to compare it with those developed and developing elsewhere' - Hilary Graham, Professor of Applied Social Studies, University of Warwick This extensively revised ......
Smoking presents important controversial research that is based on a survey of several thousand young persons and adults, probing: * attitudes * beliefs * feelings * perceptions of risk associated with smoking The expert board of contributors point out that young smokers give little or not thought to health risks or the problems of addiction. The ......
Smoking presents important controversial research that is based on a survey of several thousand young persons and adults, probing: * attitudes * beliefs * feelings * perceptions of risk associated with smoking The expert board of contributors point out that young smokers give little or not thought to health risks or the problems of addiction. The ......
