LEADER 03849nam 22006375 450 001 9910154822103321 005 20251030105505.0 010 $a9781137487063 010 $a1137487062 024 7 $a10.1057/978-1-137-48706-3 035 $a(CKB)4340000000018308 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-48706-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4747946 035 $a(PPN)259453943 035 $a(Perlego)3505466 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30159126 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000018308 100 $a20161124d2017 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWestminster, Governance and the Politics of Policy Inaction $e?Do Nothing? /$fby Stephen Barber 205 $a1st ed. 2017. 210 1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Pivot,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (IX, 97 p. 1 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aPalgrave Pivot 311 08$a9781137487056 311 08$a1137487054 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aIntroduction: A Systemic Problem for Westminster Government -- Chapter 1. Why Do Nothing and Who Does It? -- Chapter 2. Why Does ?Do Nothing? Politics Matter? -- Chapter 3. How is ?Do Nothing? Politics held to account?. . 330 $aThis book shows how political inaction has shaped the politics, economy and society we recognize today, despite the fact that policymakers are incentivised to act and to be seen to act decisively. Politicians make decisions which affect our lives every day but in our combative Westminster system, are usually only held to account for those which change something. But what about decisions to do nothing? What about policy which is discarded in favour of an alternative? What about opposition for naked political advantage? This book argues that not only is policy inaction an overlooked part of British politics but also that it is just as important as active policy and can have just as significant an impact on society. Addressing the topic for perhaps the first time, it offers a provocative analysis of ?do nothing? politics. It shows why politicians are rarely incentivized to do nothing, preferring hyperactivity. It explores the philosophical and structural drivers of inaction when it happens and highlights the contradictions in behavior. It explains why Attlee and Thatcher enjoyed lasting policy legacies to this day, and considers the nature of opposition and the challenge of holding ?do nothing? policy decisions to account. Stephen Barber is Associate Professor in Public Policy at London South Bank University, UK, where he teaches on its leading Masters in Public Administration programme and a Senior Research Fellow at the Global Policy Institute. A frequent media commentator, he has published five previous books and numerous scholarly articles. . 410 0$aPalgrave pivot. 606 $aCommunication in politics 606 $aPolitical planning 606 $aEurope$xPolitics and government 606 $aWorld politics 606 $aPolitical Communication 606 $aPublic Policy 606 $aEuropean Politics 606 $aPolitical History 615 0$aCommunication in politics. 615 0$aPolitical planning. 615 0$aEurope$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aWorld politics. 615 14$aPolitical Communication. 615 24$aPublic Policy. 615 24$aEuropean Politics. 615 24$aPolitical History. 676 $a320.014 700 $aBarber$b Stephen$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0567911 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154822103321 996 $aWestminster, Governance and the Politics of Policy Inaction$92188618 997 $aUNINA