Policy Paradox

• Author : Deborah Stone
• Publisher : W. W. Norton
• Release : 16 October 2021

The most accessible policy text available. Policy making is a political struggle over values and ideas. By exposing the paradoxes that underlie even seemingly straightforward policy decisions, Policy Paradox shows students that politics cannot be cleansed from the process in favor of "rationality." Author Deborah Stone has fully revised and updated this popular text, which now includes many paradoxes that have arisen since September 11. Examples throughout the book have been updated, and the prose has been streamlined to make a

• Author : Zachary A. Smith
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 16 October 2021

Updated in its seventh edition, The Environmental Policy Paradox provides an introduction to the policy-making process in the United States with regard to air, water, land use, agriculture, energy, and waste disposal, while introducing readers to both global and international environmental issues and institutions. The text explains why some environmental ideas shape policy while others do not, and illustrates that even when the best short- and long-term solutions to environmental problems are identified, the task of implementing these solutions is

• Author : Deborah A. Stone
• Publisher : Scott Foresman & Company
• Release : 16 October 1988

Includes index.

• Author : Elias Ayuk,Mohamed Ali Marouani
• Publisher : IDRC
• Release : 16 October 2021

It is becoming increasingly clear that without sweeping changes to both domestic and international policies, Africa will not reach the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. While there seems to be a consensus on increasing aid to Africa, donors will undoubtedly favour democratic countries that adopt sound development policies. For development policies to be sound, however, they must not only meet short-term political expediencies, they must also tap the broad knowledge base that is furnished by policy research in Africa, particularly economic

• Author : Zachary A. Smith
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 25 September 2015

This book examines environmental policy in the United States in air, water, land use, agriculture, energy, waste disposal, and other areas. It discusses the legal processes that come into play when citizens pursue environmental policy goals in the courts.

• Author : Zachary A. Smith
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 19 September 2017

Updated in its seventh edition, The Environmental Policy Paradox provides an introduction to the policy-making process in the United States with regard to air, water, land use, agriculture, energy, and waste disposal, while introducing readers to both global and international environmental issues and institutions. The text explains why some environmental ideas shape policy while others do not, and illustrates that even when the best short- and long-term solutions to environmental problems are identified, the task of implementing these solutions is

• Author : Deborah Stone
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 16 October 2021

• Author : Deborah Stone
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 16 October 2021

• Author : Cram101 Textbook Reviews
• Publisher : Cram101
• Release : 01 November 2014

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• Author : Steven W. Hook
• Publisher : CQ Press
• Release : 11 July 2019

"Hook’s text delivers a comprehensive but up-to-date and easily accessible account of the internal and external forces that constrain U. S. foreign policy makers." —Niall Michelsen, Western Carolina University The same aspects of American government and society that propelled the United States to global primacy have also hampered its orderly and successful conduct of foreign policy. This paradox challenges U.S. leaders to overcome threats to America′s world power in the face of fast-moving global developments and political

• Author : Deborah A. Stone
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 16 October 1988

• Author : Karen E. Starr
• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
• Release : 24 November 2014

Education Game Changers describes policy paradoxes challenging the sustainability of educational provision as we know it and the imperatives they present for educational leadership, business, and governance.

• Author : Marco Milani,Antonio Fiori,Matteo Dian
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 24 May 2019

Bringing together an international line up of contributors, this book examines South Korea’s foreign policy strategies designed to cope with the challenges of the post-Cold War regional order and the emergence of a "Korean paradox". Focusing on non-material factors in shaping the decision-making processes of primary actors, such as traditions, beliefs, and identities, this book begins by analysing the emergence of the "Asian Paradox" and explores how different political traditions have influenced South Korea’s foreign and security policies.

• Author : Zachary Alden Smith
• Publisher : Pearson College Division
• Release : 16 October 2021

No other book combines ecology, law, politics, and environmental science in a way designed to inform the reader as to how it all fits together. This book, clearly and engagingly written, makes the complex and often confusing concepts of environmental policy making easy to understand. This book provides a basic understanding of environmental topics and our current policy-making process, discussing the ecosystem, public awareness, governmental regulations, as well as air and water pollution, energy, toxic wastes, land management issues, and

• Author : K. Russo,Z. Smith
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 22 October 2013

What Water is Worth addresses both conventional and non-conventional values of water, discussing the value of water as it relates to conventional microeconomics, water's true utility and government regulation, and new and current practices in water management.