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Record Nr.

UNINA9910586584003321

Autore

Capano Giliberto <1960->

Titolo

Trajectories of Governance : How States Shaped Policy Sectors in the Neoliberal Age / / by Giliberto Capano, Anthony R. Zito, Federico Toth, Jeremy Rayner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022

ISBN

3-031-07457-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 pages)

Collana

International Series on Public Policy, , 2524-731X

Disciplina

306

320.6

Soggetti

Political planning

Political science

Comparative government

Public Policy

Governance and Government

Comparative Public Policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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. 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. .