Download or read book Complexit sociale et politiques publiques written by Yannis Papadopoulos and published by FeniXX. This book was released on 1994-12-31T23:00:00+01:00 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confrontés aux limites de la régulation verticale, les pouvoirs publics sont amenés à diversifier leurs moyens d'action et à en imaginer de nouveaux. « Copyright Electre »

Download or read book From Science to Action 100 Years Later Alcohol Policies Revisited written by Richard Müller and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-08 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alcohol has been central to social, religious and personal use throughout the history. Alcohol drinking goes back almost as far as the human race does. A hundred years, therefore, may be seen as only a flash. The past century, however, has witnessed a fundamental change in dealing with alcohol problems. Hence, to give an overview of a hundred years of alcohol polices is a rather ambitious task and the contributions to this book shed only some light on the way in which alcohol policy issues have changed in this period. This authoritative volume is relevant to both scientists and policy makers providing a state of the art in alcohol policy from different perspectives, covering both science/research/treatment and prevention practice and linking these areas.

Download or read book Governance and Democracy written by Arthur Benz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, this new collection brings together country specialists, researchers on the European Union, and leading international relations scholars to tackle a crucial question: how compatible are today’s new patterns of ‘policy networks’ and ‘multi-level’ governance with democratic standards? This important question is attracting attention both in political science and in political practices. In political science, the question is mainly dealt with in separated sub-disciplines, which focus on different levels of politics. So far, no serious exchange has actually taken place between authors working on these different levels. The editors of this book – both specialists of network and multi-level governance – show that although the issue is raised differently in the institutional settings of the national state, the European Union, or transnational governance, excellent insights can be gained by comparison across these settings. This major new contribution includes cutting edge work from junior scholars alongside chapters by leading specialists of governance such as Guy Peters, Jon Pierre, Philippe C. Schmitter and Thomas Risse. It also contains a collection of new case studies, theoretical conceptualisations and normative proposals for solutions dealing with the issue of democratic deficits, which all give the reader a better understanding of the most crucial problems and perspectives of democracy in different patterns of "governance" beyond conventional ‘government’ approaches. This is a valuable book for policy analysts, students of the European Union and international relations, and all students in social and political science.

Download or read book Democracy in Crisis written by Yannis Papadopoulos and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-30 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This major new text provides an original and comprehensive assessment of key contemporary trends in democratic politics and governance across major established democracies of the world.

Download or read book Deliberative Systems written by John Parkinson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major new statement of deliberative theory that shows how states, even transnational systems, can be deliberatively democratic.

Download or read book Canadian Public Administration in the 21st Century written by Charles Conteh and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The demands associated with good governance and good public management are at an all-time high. Yet the discipline of Canadian public administration is in flux, and the time is ripe for an open and frank analysis of its state and possibilities. Canadian Public Administration in the 21st Century brings together emerging voices in Canadian public adm

Download or read book From Contention to Democracy written by Marco Giugni and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1998 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Contention to Democracy addresses a crucial aspect of contemporary societies: the role of social movements for political and social change. The volume gathers together essays written by prominent social theorists who have been asked to reflect on the relationship between movements and processes of social, political and cultural change. Three broad types of movement-change nexus are distinguished and discussed: incorporation, transformation, and democratization. The chapters in this book all point to the place of social movements in relation to these three processes of change, while discussing the history and well-known events of social movements. Individual occurrences such as the protest of French students in 1968 or Chilean shantytown dwellers are examined. The final essay looks ahead, wondering: what is the future of social movements?

Download or read book Theoretical Approaches to European Integration written by Sabine Saurugger and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-30 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This major new text provides a uniquely broad ranging introduction to, and assessment of the contribution of, the whole range of theoretical approaches that have been applied to the analysis of European integration. It provides tools for understanding the underlying logic behind the political and economic debates that take place in the EU today.

Download or read book Obscurity and Clarity in the Law written by Sophie Cacciaguidi-Fahy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the intricate and multi-dimensional conception of clarity and obscurity in the law. It presents and examines the most recent research and theories, giving practical guidance on how to avoid obscurity in legal drafting and its impact on legal interpretation. The book is aimed at a multidisciplinary audience and seeks to promote an interdisciplinary debate on clarity, law and language, calling for the moving of clarity beyond the study of plain language. The aims of the book are thus two fold. The first is to critically reach a nexus between the disciplines of law and language with respect to the debates on clarity in legal discourse. The second is to achieve an international perspective on the issue, drawing from a wide range of legal and political contexts.

Download or read book Democracies and the Populist Challenge written by Y. Meny and published by Springer. This book was released on 2001-12-06 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Populism has become a favourite catchword for mass media and politicians faced with the challenge of protest parties or movements. It has often been equated with radical right leaders or parties. This volume offers a different perspective and underlines that populism is an ambiguous but constitutive component of democratic systems torn between their ideology (government of the people, by the people, for the people) and their actual functioning, characterised by the role of the elites and the limits put on the popular will by liberal constitutionalism.

Download or read book Metropolitan Governance written by Hubert Heinelt and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a cross-national analysis of contemporary issues and challenges for the governing of urban regions. The case studies on Germany, Spain, France, Greece, The Netherlands, Finland, the UK, Switzerland, Australia, the US and Canada, place particular emphasis on the tensions building on metropolitan governing capacity and democratic legitimacy. The authors develop and use an analytical framework focused on the dynamics of place and make an original contribution to the debates on the nature of metropolitan governance.

Download or read book Regions in Europe written by Patrick Le Gales and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-02-27 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regions in Europe explores the state of regional politics in an increasingly integrated Europe. It argues that the predicted rise of increased political power at the regional level has failed to materialise and is fraught with paradox. In doing so this study locates regions in relation to European integration, globalisation, the nation state, local government, and comparative and national perspectives. Using case studies of the main players in Europe including: * Germany * France * UK * Italy * Spain * the Netherlands * Belgium. the contributors show how and why European regions remain remarkably weak in European governance.

Download or read book Economics and Other Branches In the Shade of the Oak Tree written by François Allisson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pascal Bridel held the Chair of Economics at the University of Lausanne and is founder of the Centre Walras-Pareto. This major essay collection reflects his wide range of interests and his seminal contributions to economic theory. It is the work of more than thirty of the most senior scholars of economics working today.

Download or read book Politics at the Turn of the Century written by Arthur M. Melzer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2001 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visit our website for sample chapters!

Download or read book La contractualisation dans les syst mes de sant written by Jean Perrot and published by KARTHALA Editions. This book was released on 2005 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La démarche contractuelle est nouvelle dans les systèmes de santé, notamment dans les pays en développement. La multiplication et la diversification mais aussi la spécialisation des acteurs travaillant dans le domaine de la santé impliquent des relations entre eux qu'il faut organiser: la contractualisation le permet. Dans un mouvement accru en faveur de la déconcentration, les acteurs publics ne peuvent plus fonctionner en effet sur un mode hiérarchique alors que la gouvernance est au cœur des préoccupations. La contractualisation leur apporte des possibilités multiples, soit pour mieux collaborer entre eux, soit pour mieux exécuter leurs missions. Ces données montrent l'importance du champ de la contractualisation que ce livre parcoure en offrant aux lecteurs une double entrée : par la démarche et par les acteurs. Les deux premières parties sont consacrées à la présentation des concepts mais aussi des outils et des processus permettant la conception et la mise en œuvre d'une politique de contractualisation. La troisième partie détaille, pour chaque type d'acteurs, les possibilités apportées par la démarche contractuelle. Une dernière partie apporte la contribution de différentes approches pour analyser la contractualisation. Le message principal de cet ouvrage est que la contractualisation, lorsqu'elle est correctement utilisée, peut être un outil efficace pour améliorer la performance des systèmes de santé. Si la démarche contractuelle est applicable dans tous les pays, les auteurs accordent une importance particulière à la situation des pays en développement où la faiblesse des ressources et de la gouvernance donne une teneur particulière aux recommandations qui peuvent être faites.

Download or read book Multi Level Regulation in the Telecommunications Sector written by D. Aubin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a comparison of the telecommunications sectors in four small EU-countries, an outstanding cast of contributors explore how regulatory authorities at international, EU-, national and regional level within and between sectors coordinate their regulatory decisions in order to provide coherent regulation of markets.

Download or read book How the EU Really Works written by Olivier Costa and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-27 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Union is facing a profound crisis and is confronted with multiple challenges. Over the last two decades, it has experienced a series of dramatic changes to its powers, its institutional design, its constitutional framework and its borders. The current political, economic and financial crisis puts the EU’s legitimacy further under pressure and creates the impression of a turning point. This book provides a concise analysis of the EU and its dynamics by paying particular attention to its day-to-day operation. It aims to help students and scholars understand its evolution, its institutions, its decision-making and the interactions between the EU and various actors. Avoiding abstract theorizing, the authors propose an easy to read analysis of how the Union works while recognizing the complexity of the situation. Throughout the book, the key issues of European integration are addressed: democratic deficit, politicization, the role of member states, institutional crisis and citizen involvement. This edition has been fully updated to include: Brexit, the migration crisis as well as the consequences of the 2014 EP elections for all the EU institutions; An in-depth analysis of the 2014 EU elections; More empirical data across the board; New developments in EU decision-making such as the trialogues, and differentiated integration; More in-depth discussion of the role of interest groups in EU policy-making. This text is of key interest to students, scholars and readers interested in European Union politics and studies.