Trajectories of Governance

How States Shaped Policy Sectors in the Neoliberal Age
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-031-07456-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 321 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 553 g

Reihe: International Series on Public Policy

This book assesses how governance has evolved in six nations – England, Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands – between 1970 and 2018. More specifically, it examines how the governance approaches and the sets of policy tools used to govern have altered with respect to four public policy sectors that represent core responsibilities of the modern OECD state: education, energy, environment and health. To structure this analytical approach, the book harnesses sociological institutionalism in the area of ‘policy sequencing’ to trace both the motivations and the consequences of policy-makers’ altering governance approaches and the resulting policy tools. Combining a comparative and international focus, this book will appeal to scholars and students of public policy and governance.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Capano, Giliberto

Rayner, Jeremy

Zito, Anthony R.

Toth, Federico

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction: the State and Public Policy after the Neoliberal Wave: Instruments and Governance Dynamics.- Chapter 2: Comparing the Country Contexts.- Chapter 3: The Education Policy Sector.- Chapter 4: The Healthcare Sector.- Chapter 5: The Governance of Energy.- Chapter 6: The Environmental Sector.- Chapter 7: Comparative Analysis.- Chapter 8: The Conclusions: the Changing and Unchanging State.

Über Autor(innen)

Giliberto Capano is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of Bologna, Italy.
Anthony R. Zito is Professor of European Public Policy at Newcastle University, UK.Federico Toth is Professor of Political Science at the University of Bologna, Italy. Jeremy Rayner is Professor at the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.