Fully updated to take account of substantial changes in policy, both internationally and at national and EU level, this textbook provides an accessible introduction to the subject, combining the philosophical scope of environmental politics with …
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Fully updated to take account of substantial changes in policy, both internationally and at national and EU level, this textbook provides an accessible introduction to the subject, combining the philosophical scope of environmental politics with …
Can We Say No?: The Challenge of Rationing Health Care
Over the past four decades, the share of income devoted to health care nearly tripled. If policy is unchanged, this trend is likely to continue. This book argues that sensible health care rationing can not only save money but improve general …
The Changing Role of Government: The Reform of Public Services in Developing Countries
Batley and Larbi examine how governments of developing countries are organized to deliver public services. The book is based on comparative international studies of four service sectors: healthcare, urban water, business promotion and …
Spinning Wheels: The Politics of Urban School Reform
Almost everyone agrees that America's urban schools are a mess. But while this agreement has fostered widespread support for aggressive reform, Frederick Hess argues that much of what ails urban education is actually the result of continuous or …
Servants of the People: the Inside Story of New Labour
Every new government promises to represent a new dawn, but for New Labour it was the Covenant that Tony Blair made with Britain. The party that won a landslide victory on May Day 1997 made the special claim that it represented a decisive break …
Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy Since 1938, Eighth Revised Edition
Incorporating the most recent scholarship, this eighth revised edition of "Rise to Globalism" now in paperback offers a concise and informative overview of the evolution of American foreign policy from 1938 to the present. Ambrose also wrote …
Foreign Policy Decision Making (Revisited)
This classic work has helped shape the field of international relations and especially influenced scholars interested in how foreign policy is made. At a time when conventional wisdom and traditional approaches are being questioned, and when …
Britain and much of Europe is hynptized by the struggle between integrationists and nation-starters, and is set to drift towards unification with little idea of its consitutional options. In ths text, Siedentop sets out the key issues for those …
Nature and Development of the Modern State
Despite the increasing globalization of many aspects of social, economic, and political life, the state remains the fundamental element of contemporary governance. This lively and accessible new book provides a broad-ranging introduction to the …
"The Fluoride Deception" unearths one of the great secret narratives of our age, how a grim workplace poison and the most damaging environmental pollutant of the Cold War was added to drinking water and toothpaste.
The India Policy Forum (IPF) is a new annual publication dedicated to research on the contemporary Indian economy. It provides a forum for addressing the scope, speed, and desirability of economic reforms within India and their fundamental …
Developments in British Social Policy
The second edition of this undergraduate text offers both a critical commentary on the core areas of social policy in Britain, particularly as they have developed under the auspices of the New Labour government, and an appraisal of the key ideas …