Policy Networks and Policy Change - Putting Policy Network Theory to the Test

Informationen zum Autor HUGH COMPSTON is a Reader in the Department of Politics, Cardiff School of European Studies, Cardiff University, UK, and has written extensively on public policy and policy-making. Recent publications include King Trends and the Future of Public Policy , Handbook of Public Policy in Europe: Britain, France and Germany (editor), and Turning Down the Heat: The Politics of Climate Policy in Affluent Democracies (co-editor with Ian Bailey).     Klappentext This study applies policy network theory to major technological, economic, environmental and social trends to generate propositions about the future of public policy. Among the findings are that we should expect more business-friendly policies, more intrusive law enforcement, more women-friendly policies, and stronger climate policies. Zusammenfassung This study applies policy network theory to major technological! economic! environmental and social trends to generate propositions about the future of public policy. Among the findings are that we should expect more business-friendly policies! more intrusive law enforcement! more women-friendly policies! and stronger climate policies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Policy Networks and Resource Dependency Actors and Resources Policy Network Theory as a Theory of Policy Change Policy Network Theory and the Future of Public Policy Testing Policy Network Theory Policy Implications of Technological Trends Growing Affluence, the Shift to Services, and the Growth of Women's Employment Energy Use, Mobility and Climate Change Trade Expansion and the Internationalization of Production and Finance Sex and Secularization Population Ageing and the Expansion of Education The Future of Public Policy...

Produktdetails

• Autoren: H Compston, H. Compston, Hugh Compston
• Verlag: Palgrave UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.09.2009
• EAN: 9780230223684
• ISBN: 978-0-230-22368-4
• Seiten: 292
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politik und Wirtschaft; B, Service, Women, Sozialwesen und soziale Dienste, Kommunal-, Regional- Landes und Lokalregierung, Political Science, Network, Policy, Social Policy, Social & ethical issues, Networks, Political science & theory, Production, Public Policy, Political Economy, Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Politikwissenschaft und politische Theorie