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Political Science and International Studies (R0)

P. John

A. Bertelli

W. Jennings

S. Bevan

Policy Agendas in British Politics

Preface and Acknowledgements 1. The Policy Agenda and British Politics 2. Policy-Making and British Politics  3. Measuring the Policy Agenda: Policy, Public and Media in Britain  4. Change and Stability in Executive and Legislative Agendas 5. Policy Punctuations 6. Structural Shifts in British Political Attention 7. Public Opinion and the Policy Agenda 8. The Media 9. Budgets and Policy Implementation 10. Conclusion References List of Tables and Figures

An eye-opening account of how the data-center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking point Underlying our seamless access to AI, cryptocurrency, and unlimited cloud storage is a hulking, costly physical infrastructure. Massive data centers full of energy-hungry chips and processors power everything we do online. Scrambling to meet dubious market demand, the tech giants have made our planet a bargaining chip in the next great race for a market monopoly. In Hyperscale, journalist Paris Marx uncovers the excesses of hyperscale data processing. He exposes the deceptive, exploitative ways tech companies are syphoning energy and resources from vulnerable communities in their pursuit of digital power, abandoning the pretense of social responsibility. Amid energy shortages and tech-induced battles over drinking water, Marx makes a powerful case for technology that promotes the social good over the bottom lines of tech billionaires. He joins the incredible efforts of people and social movements pushing back against the profit-driven interests of Big Tech, illuminating a path toward the sustainable future we all deserve. The AI boom and its infrastructural demands have accelerated our many modern catastrophes. With razor-sharp reporting and incisive analysis, Marx shows us that the greatest threat is not the specter of AI overlords but a global environmental disaster already in the making.

The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech's Data Empires

Hyperscale

Governance and Public Management

This book is one of two volumes that examines democracy and politics in South Africa over the last three decades. Bringing together leading scholars and practitioners, this volume provides a comprehensive, evidence-based evaluation of South African governance, economic performance, service delivery and institutional accountability under six administrations since 1994. It provides critical insights into the successes and challenges of South Africa’s democracy, and offers actions to strengthen state capacity, local governance, and policy implementation. Multidisciplinary in approach and bridging theory and practice, the book is an essential resource for reimagining South Africa’s democratic future. It will appeal to students and scholars of public administration, governance and politics in Africa and beyond, as well as practitioners and policymakers.&nbsp;
Ayabulela Dlakavu is a Senior Lecturer at the Wits School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Sinelisiwe Thwala is Deputy Director for Research at the South African National School of Government.
Busani Ngcaweni is Director of the Centre for Public Policy &amp; African Studies, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Political Leadership and Local Government

Three Decades of South African Democracy, Volume I

Public Sector Organizations

This book explores how public appointments are shaped by political and administrative factors, and their impact on governance, state capacity, and democratic legitimacy across Latin America.
Through comparative analyses and case studies from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru, it investigates the complex interplay between political interests and meritocratic principles. The book examines how politicized appointments impact institutional performance, corruption, and societal inequality, shedding light on strategic calculations behind cabinet formation, bureaucratic recruitment, and professionalization efforts. By dissecting the tensions between politics and bureaucratic expertise, it also highlights the challenges of politicization and the possibilities of professionalization and merit-based reforms.
Rich with nuanced insights, the book serves as a valuable resource for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners aiming to understand and enhance public sector governance, institutional reform, and democratic stability in Latin America and beyond.
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Fernando Nieto-Morales&nbsp;is Professor of Public Administration at the Center for International Studies, El Colegio de México, Mexico.
David Gómez-Álvarez is Research Professor at the Institute for Research on Accountability and Corruption Control, University of Guadalajara, Mexico.
Calep Pimienta is Researcher at the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy, University of Erfurt, Germany.
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Who Holds the Keys?

The Politics of Public Appointments in Latin America

It's Not too Late to Build Toward a Better Future!Rick Caruso has earned a reputation for being a problem solver--somebody who's not afraid of facing big challenges. From his appointment to Water Commissioner and later Police Commissioner in Los Angeles to his bold real estate ventures, Caruso made the decisions he felt were right, even in the face of staunch adversity. In Its Not Too Late, Caruso shares the lessons he learned from his experiences while offering us all a path forward to a better future. At a time when more importance is placed on choosing sides than actually getting things done (let alone done right), Caruso offers refreshing perspective and will teach you how to let go of false divisions, and instead to embrace the search for actual answers and solutions.Togetherness, brotherhood, sisterhood, faith in each other, respect for each other, the ideals preached in almost every faith on Earth are the way forward, no matter how difficult the climb in front of us may seem. And ultimately, the only way we will get back on that path is for each of us to step up, with integrity, in whatever small way we can: for our kids, for our communities, for our country, and for each other.

It’s Not too Late to Build Toward a Better Future!

The Power of Finding Steadfast Solutions

It's Not Too Late

This book investigates measures to increase diversity in the legal profession of England and Wales and the impact on these measures of equality law, specifically in the way it enables organisations lawfully to take positive or affirmative action. The book combines a qualitative interview study of lawyers, legal regulators, recruitment consultants and other civil society actors, with analysis of developments in the legal profession, in equality law and in understanding of the role of law in society. The evidence paints a puzzling picture of the law on positive action being experienced as limiting what employers may do to advance equality, and yet, of significant positive action being taken anyway, at least in this section of the legal profession. The glimpse into legal practice provided by qualitative interviews with a range of lawyers, regulators and civil society actors revealed complex attitudes, persistent barriers to fundamental change, and, in hindsight, that liberalizing positive action laws was never likely to make much difference. This case study therefore cautions against overestimating equality law's power to drive change while suggesting strategies for enhancing its effectiveness. At the broadest level, the book argues for frank acknowledgment of law's limitations, a stronger focus on understanding how legal mechanisms function in practice before deploying them, and much more attention to the potential for advancing equality and addressing broader societal challenges with more imaginative, innovative implementation of existing laws and the use of non-legislative initiatives.

Positive Action and the Limits of the Law

Diversity in the Legal Profession

This book considers whether Parliament recognises a constitutional right to property. Parliament is supreme: in theory, there is nothing to stop it from passing laws to confiscate property. Nevertheless, MPs often argue that a proposed law would be unconstitutional. What does this mean in a system without a written constitution? What counts as a sound argument about constitutional rights? And what influence do constitutional arguments have on the legislative process? The book takes a close look at these questions. It reviews legislation and debates from the Middle Ages through to more recent legislation, and covers a wide range of topics, such as land reform, nationalisation, taxation, regulatory laws and retrospection. It also looks at the most recent debates and considers the relevance of constitutional thinking to election manifestos of the main political parties.

Parliament, the Constitution, and Property in the United Kingdom

Global Political Sociology

Populism has fundamentally altered many aspects of world politics. As President Donald J. Trump’s recent threats to U.S. allies and his imposition of wide-ranging tariffs have made all too clear, "populist" leaders can have a major impact not just on domestic but also foreign policy.
The first edition of Populism and Word Politics was the first book-length treatment of populism from an International Relations (IR) perspective. The second edition reflects the continuation and evolution of populism in world politics, and includes a new introduction, updated chapters and an additional contribution on populist security narratives.
Written by leading experts in the field, the chapters in this volume explore the many ways populism and world politics intersect, including the importance of populist leadership and global media as well as populism’s impact on trade and the liberal international order.
Presented in an accessible and clear style, this book is an essential resource for students and IR scholars, as well as practitioners seeking a deeper understanding of the phenomenon.

Populism has fundamentally altered many aspects of world politics.&nbsp;As President Donald J. Trump’s&nbsp;recent threats to&nbsp;U.S. allies&nbsp;and his imposition of wide-ranging tariffs&nbsp;have made all too clear,&nbsp;“populist” leaders&nbsp;can have a&nbsp;major&nbsp;impact not just on domestic&nbsp;but also&nbsp;foreign&nbsp;policy.
 
 The first edition of 
 Populism
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 and Word Politics
 &nbsp;was the first book-length treatment of populism from an International Relations (IR) perspective.&nbsp;The second edition reflects the continuation and evolution of populism in world politics, and includes&nbsp;a new introduction,&nbsp;updated chapters and an additional&nbsp;contribution&nbsp;on populist security narratives.
 
 Written by leading experts in the field, the&nbsp;chapters in&nbsp;this volume&nbsp;explore&nbsp;the many&nbsp;ways populism and world politics intersect, including&nbsp;the importance of&nbsp;populist leadership&nbsp;and&nbsp;global media&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;populism’s impact on trade and the liberal international order.
 
 Presented in an accessible and clear style, this book is an essential resource for students and&nbsp;IR&nbsp;scholars,&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;practitioners seeking a deeper understanding&nbsp;of the phenomenon.

Exploring Inter- and Transnational Dimensions

Populism and World Politics

What causes a recession? Do recessions end on their own, or do they require external intervention? Does a recession in one country mean the rest of the world will follow? Are we in a recession now? Economic expert Tyler Goodspeed answers these questions and many more in Recession, a groundbreaking new analysis of economic contractions over the last four centuries. Combining the historian's extensive primary source material and the economist's arsenal of statistical analysis, this book rewrites what we know about recessions. Contrary to popular perception, recessions are not the inevitable bust that follows an unsustainable boom, and they do not operate like wildfires that clear out economic deadwood. Recessions are caused by adverse shocks like war and energy price spikes, and far from unleashing gales of creative destruction, after a recession, economic growth typically resumes the same trend as before-all pain, no gain. While recessions have become less frequent over time, decisions made by businesses and governments can prolong recessions, and Goodspeed offers guidance to avoid making recessions worse. Issuing an important corrective to economic thinking, Recession is essential reading for high-level policymakers and armchair economists alike.

The Real Reasons Economies Shrink and What to Do About It

Recession

An eye-opening account of how the data-center boom is pushing our planet past its breaking point Underlying our seamless access to AI, cryptocurrency, and unlimited cloud storage is a hulking, costly physical infrastructure. Massive data centers full of energy-hungry chips and processors power everything we do online. Scrambling to meet dubious market demand, the tech giants have made our planet a bargaining chip in the next great race for a market monopoly.&nbsp; In Hyperscale,&nbsp;journalist Paris Marx uncovers the excesses of hyperscale data processing. He exposes the deceptive, exploitative ways tech companies are syphoning energy and resources from vulnerable communities in their pursuit of digital power, abandoning the pretense of social responsibility. Amid energy blackouts and tech-induced battles over drinking water, Marx makes a powerful case for technology that promotes the social good over the bottom lines of tech billionaires. He joins the incredible efforts of people and social movements pushing back against the profit-driven interests of big tech, illuminating a path toward the sustainable future we all deserve. The AI boom and its demands for digital infrastructure have accelerated our many modern catastrophes. With razor-sharp reporting and incisive analysis, Marx shows us the greatest threat is not the specter of AI overlords, but a global environmental disaster already in the making.

International Series on Public Policy

This book assesses a range of contemporary scholarly approaches to public policy. Bringing together leading scholars in policy studies, each chapter addresses a different theoretical approach to policy design and implementation, drawn from the fields of political science, economics and behavioral science. These include the advocacy coalition framework, discursive approaches, institutional analysis, punctuated equilibrium theory, and multiple streams approaches. The book examines how these approaches were born, their limitations, and the theoretical and research problems they pose.&nbsp;
This newly revised edition also considers how the field of policy studies has evolved over the last decade, and includes two new chapters examining the narrative policy framework and policy transaction approaches. It concludes with a discussion of fundamental issues of democracy in public policy. It is an essential resource for all those involved in teaching, researching and studying public policy.
B. Guy Peters&nbsp;is Professor Emeritus of American Government at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, and President Emeritus of the International Public Policy Association.
Philippe Zittoun&nbsp;is Research Professor of Political Science at LAET-ENTPE, University of Lyon, France and Secretary General of the International Public Policy Association.
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This book assesses a range of contemporary scholarly approaches to public policy. Bringing together leading scholars in policy studies, each chapter addresses a different theoretical approach to policy design and implementation, drawn from the fields of political science, economics and behavioral science. These include the advocacy-coalition framework, discursive approaches, institutional analysis, punctuated equilibrium theory, multiple streams approaches, behavioural models, and the use of instruments. The book examines how these approaches were born, their limitations, and the theoretical and research problems they pose.&nbsp;This newly revised edition also considers how the field of policy studies has evolved over the last decade, and includes two new chapters examining the narrative policy framework and policy transaction approaches. It concludes with a discussion of fundamental issues of democracy in public policy. It is an essential resource for all those involved in teaching, researching and studying in public policy.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Theories, Controversies and Perspectives

Contemporary Approaches to Public Policy

This book explores the thorny normative issues raised by the changing landscape of international tax policy. Proposals for taxation of the digital economy and the OECD/G20 BEPS framework promise fundamental changes in the international tax system. The book features perspectives from legal scholars, political theorists, and political philosophers on international corporate and individual taxation. Contributors advance new theories of international tax justice, develop theoretically informed reform proposals and critique influential approaches to international tax reform. Key themes include justice in bilateral and multilateral international tax agreements, the taxation of cross-border workers, fair division of tax revenue from multinational corporations, and the fairness of the international tax policy-making process. This book provides new perspectives on leading international tax policy debates, analyses the intersection between international distributive justice and contemporary tax policy, and proposes innovative ways to meet the demands of tax justice in a global context.

Fairness in International Taxation

A new history of the idea of Europe from Ancient Greece to the present 'A magisterial history, written with great panache, that is both enlightening and deeply readable. A true tour de force - Peter Frankopan What do we talk about when we talk about Europe? Is it defined by geography? Or is it politics, or shared culture? In Europe, award-winning historian Roderick Beaton tells the story of Europe as never before - as the history of an idea, and a collective identity. Since its dramatic birth in ancient Greece, 'Europe' has been defined, and redefined, by its people. Through this powerful lens, and with the narrative drive and scope of a novelist, Beaton deftly surveys Europe's major historical developments: the rise and fall of Rome; the explosion of Christianity; the intellectual ferment of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment; the arrival of Europeans in the Americas; the violent upheavals of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; and the uncertainties of the present. Throughout, original sources allow the voices of the past, from Tacitus to Thatcher, to speak for themselves. Grappling with the multilayered identities that have always come with being European, Europe places the Europe of today in a long arc of history stretching back more than 2,500 years.

A New History

Europe

Policy Agendas in British Politics

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