Policy Making In The Dark
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Lobbying In The Dark
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Author : Emily Olivia Matthews Luxon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Lobbying In The Dark written by Emily Olivia Matthews Luxon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with France categories.
Policy makers need information about the potential consequences of their policies; this provides an opening for interest groups, who have on-the-ground information about likely outcomes if those policies are implemented. However, we cannot simply assume that interest groups also have information about what is going on in the policy process and what policy makers actually need at any given moment, especially since such information is not necessarily automatically available, nor easy to gather, even for actors with formal roles in the policy process. Thus, I argue that the transparency of the policy process is a critical variable for understanding interest group lobbying behavior. Specifically, I define transparency as the release of actionable information during the policy process; for transparency to be useful to interest groups, information about that process must be released before it is needed to make strategic decisions. In a high-transparency policy process, information is released early and systematically; groups, then, can be reasonably certain they know what is going on and can pursue ad hoc lobbying strategies on a case-by-case basis. A low-transparency process, on the other hand, releases its information at the discretion of policy-makers; while some groups may get some information, they have no guarantee that they have all the information they need at any given moment. Thus, these groups will need to pursue mitigating strategies to avoid the costs of making lobbying decisions under uncertainty. Using interviews, content analysis, and a case study, I compare the lobbying strategies of interest groups active in forestry policy in low-transparency France and high-transparency Sweden. These comparisons show that groups adapt their strategies to the level of transparency in their countries. Swedish groups pursue ad-hoc strategies, selecting lobbying actions on a case-by-case basis, with little concern for costly lobbying errors or last-minute policy surprises. French groups, on the other hand, pursue strategies to increase their chances of getting information about the policy process; to decrease their chances of making costly lobbying errors; and to increase their chances of responding effectively to last-minute policy surprises.
Politics For The New Dark Age
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Author : Anthony Skews
language : en
Publisher: Hybrid Publishers
Release Date : 2018-09-01
Politics For The New Dark Age written by Anthony Skews and has been published by Hybrid Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-01 with Political Science categories.
Our societies are growing more unequal, more hierarchical, meaner and less human every year. Voters appalled by the direction of current politics respond to leaders that articulate a cohesive and genuine progressivism. This book provides the framework for politicians and activists to deliver that vision, organised around the themes of cooperative solutions to social problem-solving and a social contract centred on rights and the equal dignity of all people. Drawing on contemporary Australian examples, 'Politics for the New Dark Age: Staying Positive Amidst Disorder' shows how the partisan divide recurs in policy debates from civil rights, to inequality, to economic growth, to the environment and foreign policy. It argues that we should recommit to fighting for our democracy in order to manage these social differences and channel them into opportunities for social progress. As a former Australian diplomat with ten years' experience writing political analysis for government, Anthony Skews is well placed to provide a comprehensive introduction to left-wing thought for the contemporary 'post-fact', politically polarised era. Above all, this book argues for an alternative future.
Policy Making In The Dark
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Author : Catherine Elizabeth Cunningham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Policy Making In The Dark written by Catherine Elizabeth Cunningham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Internet categories.
Computer Aided Policy Making
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Author : Ray Wyatt
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-08-12
Computer Aided Policy Making written by Ray Wyatt and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-12 with Architecture categories.
This book will prove a unique source of information and instruction for anyone seeking to make better human-oriented policy, whether urban planner, business strategist, or manager in the field of education, health or welfare, Ingeniously Wyatt has created two books in one: the main text covers the types of software package available: mainstream software, peripheral software, innovative software, frontier software; the lessons generated from the software are outlined in lesson boxes. Readers can use the text alone to familiarize themselves with the computer packages or read the boxes only, or they can do both.
Policies Institutions And The Dark Side Of Economics
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Author : Vito Tanzi
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2000
Policies Institutions And The Dark Side Of Economics written by Vito Tanzi and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Business & Economics categories.
From his two-decade position as Director of Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund, Tanzi casts light on the gap that exists between the economics found in textbooks and the one discussed at policy makers' meetings. The collection of 15 essays--some new, some previously published, and some significantly revised from earlier publication-- he shows how the outcome of tidy formulae becomes variable due to the role of the institutions responsible for implementing policy and the behavior of people working for the institutions. He explores the different ways of looking at the role of government and at the instruments it uses; phenomena such as corruption, tax evasion, money laundering, and the underground economy; and the role institutions play in economic policy. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Democracy In The Dark
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Author : Frederick A. O. Schwarz
language : en
Publisher: New Press, The
Release Date : 2012-05-29
Democracy In The Dark written by Frederick A. O. Schwarz and has been published by New Press, The this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-29 with Political Science categories.
“A timely and provocative book exploring the origins of the national security state and the urgent challenge of reining it in” (The Washington Post). From Dick Cheney’s man-sized safe to the National Security Agency’s massive intelligence gathering, secrecy has too often captured the American government’s modus operandi better than the ideals of the Constitution. In this important book, Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr., who was chief counsel to the US Church Committee on Intelligence—which uncovered the FBI’s effort to push Martin Luther King Jr. to commit suicide; the CIA’s enlistment of the Mafia to try to kill Fidel Castro; and the NSA’s thirty-year program to get copies of all telegrams leaving the United States—uses examples ranging from the dropping of the first atomic bomb and the Cuban Missile Crisis to Iran–Contra and 9/11 to illuminate this central question: How much secrecy does good governance require? Schwarz argues that while some control of information is necessary, governments tend to fall prey to a culture of secrecy that is ultimately not just hazardous to democracy but antithetical to it. This history provides the essential context to recent cases from Chelsea Manning to Edward Snowden. Democracy in the Dark is a natural companion to Schwarz’s Unchecked and Unbalanced, cowritten with Aziz Huq, which plumbed the power of the executive branch—a power that often depends on and derives from the use of secrecy. “[An] important new book . . . Carefully researched, engagingly written stories of government secrecy gone amiss.” —The American Prospect
Designing Public Policies
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Author : MIchael Howlett
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-12-22
Designing Public Policies written by MIchael Howlett and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-22 with Political Science categories.
The third edition of this highly regarded book provides a concise and accessible introduction to the principles and elements of policy design in contemporary governance. It examines in detail the range of substantive and procedural policy instruments that together comprise the toolbox from which governments choose tools to resolve policy problems and the principles and practices that lead to their use. Guiding readers through the study of the many different kinds of instruments used by governments in carrying out their tasks, adapting to, and altering, their environments, this book: • Considers the principles and practices behind the selection and use of specific types of Instruments in contemporary government and arrangements of policy tools esp. procedural tools and policy portfolios. • Evaluates in detail the merits, demerits, and rationales for the use of specific organization, regulatory, financial and information-based tools and the trends visible in their use. • Examines key issues such as policy success and failure and the role of design in it; policy volatility and risk management through policy design; how behavioural research can contribute to better policy designs; and the 'micro' calibrations of policies and their importance in designs and outcomes. • Addresses the issues not only surrounding individual tools but also concerning the evolution and development of instrument mixes, their relationship to policy styles and the challenges involved in their (re)design as well as the distinction between design and "non-design'. Providing a comprehensive overview of this essential component of modern governance and featuring helpful definitions of key concepts and further reading, this book is essential reading for all students of public policy, administration, and management.
Tools For Institutional Political And Social Analysis Of Policy Reform
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2007-01-01
Tools For Institutional Political And Social Analysis Of Policy Reform written by and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-01-01 with Political Science categories.
"Analysis of the distributional impact of policy reforms plays an important role in the elaboration and implementation of poverty reduction strategies in developing and transitional countries, promoting evidence-based policy choices and fostering debate on policy reform options. International agencies and national partners are increasingly encouraging a more systematic application of policy reform analysis. Requisite to a systematic application is capacity building within countries as well as within donor agencies." "Tools for Institutional, Political, and Social Analysis of Policy Reform: A Sourcebook for Development Practitioners contributes to this agenda by introducing a framework and a set of practical tools that analyze the institutional, political, and social dimensions of policy design and implementation. The authors fill a perceived gap in knowledge of the application of social tools and complement existing guidance on conventional economic analysis of distributional impacts of reform." "This book will be of interest to commissioners and practitioners working in policy analysis in a range of areas - including macroeconomic, sectoral, and public sector policy - that are subject to ongoing policy reform discussions."--BOOK JACKET.
The Dark Side Of Reform
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Author : Tyrell Connor
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2022-01-25
The Dark Side Of Reform written by Tyrell Connor and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-25 with Social Science categories.
The Dark Side of Reform: Exploring the Impact of Public Policy on Racial Equity contains nine chapters on the development of social policies with the potential to advance racial equity. In addition to studying these policies and their implications, the chapters in this volume demonstrate how lessons from the past can be used to inform the direction of current discussions. At the heart of these conversations are concerns about whether Black people, in particular, will receive the full benefit of transformative laws that may emerge in the coming years. The volume also offers recommendations on implementing policies that address the unique concerns of structurally disadvantaged communities with particular emphasis on Black and Latinx people.
Strengthening Evidence Based Policy Making On Security And Justice In Mexico
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Author : OECD
language : en
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Release Date : 2013-06-14
Strengthening Evidence Based Policy Making On Security And Justice In Mexico written by OECD and has been published by OECD Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-14 with categories.
This study provides indicators on security and justice at the sub-national level for Mexico and compares them to a sample of indicators from other OECD countries.