New Paradigms in Public Policy
Peter Taylor-Gooby
Abstract
This book reviews some of the most challenging developments in British society as they are understood by policy-makers and by academics. The key point is that academic debates identify a range of ways in which issues can be understood and tackled, but policy is typically based on a narrow subset of possible approaches. This is illustrated by discussion of climate change, demographic shifts, the response to greater ethnic and religious diversity, the debate about community and local area politics, democratisation, nudge, the international financial crisis, and the growth of popular disillusion ... More
This book reviews some of the most challenging developments in British society as they are understood by policy-makers and by academics. The key point is that academic debates identify a range of ways in which issues can be understood and tackled, but policy is typically based on a narrow subset of possible approaches. This is illustrated by discussion of climate change, demographic shifts, the response to greater ethnic and religious diversity, the debate about community and local area politics, democratisation, nudge, the international financial crisis, and the growth of popular disillusion with politics and politicians. These areas range across economic, social, and political issues. The book aims to contribute to our understanding of governance and particularly of how the ideas that lead the policy agenda emerge and are reinforced.
Keywords:
British society,
policy-makers,
academic debates,
climate change,
demographic shifts,
religious diversity,
community,
local area politics,
democratisation,
financial crisis
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2013 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780197264935 |
| Published to British Academy Scholarship Online: January 2014 |
DOI:10.5871/bacad/9780197264935.001.0001 |
