Public Policy Books

New and Published Books

1. Religious Actors in the Public Sphere

   Means, Objectives, and Effects

   Edited by Jeff Haynes, Anja Hennig

   Series: Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics

   This book seeks to argue that religious actors play a crucial role in the complex processes of entering or re-entering the public spheres of state, political, and civil society. Seeking to ameliorate the analytical lacuna and concentrating on both the meso and micro levels of religious public...

   Published June 12th 2013 by Routledge
2. Maternity Leave

   Policy and Practice

   By Victoria Gordon

   This book examines contemporary maternity leave. It covers the historical and current public policies and their legislative intent, the parameters of maternity leave as a public health issue, and types of leave offered as employee benefits. The book also offers an illuminating perspective on how...

   Published June 9th 2013 by CRC Press
3. The Maastricht Treaty: Second Thoughts after 20 Years

   Edited by Thomas Christiansen, Simon Duke

   Series: Journal of European Integration Special Issues

   The Maastricht Treaty, signed in 1992 and ratified in the following year, is widely seen as a landmark in the evolution of the European Union. It introduced into the treaty framework revolutionary new elements such as the co-decision procedure between the Council and the European Parliament,...

   Published June 5th 2013 by Routledge
4. Cohesion Policy and Multi-level Governance in South East Europe

   Edited by Ian Bache, George Andreou

   This book considers the extent to which EU cohesion policy and related pre-accession instruments are contributing to the development of more compound polities in south east Europe and, specifically, promoting multi-level governance. In this respect, there are two points of departure: the first is...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
5. New Orleans in the Atlantic World

   Between Land and Sea

   Edited by William Boelhower

   The thematic project ‘New Orleans in the Atlantic World’ was planned immediately after hurricane Katrina and focuses on what meteorologists have always known: the city’s identity and destiny belong to the broader Caribbean and Atlantic worlds as perhaps no other American city does. Balanced...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
6. Europe and the Management of Globalization

   Edited by Wade Jacoby, Sophie Meunier

   Series: Journal of European Public Policy Special Issues as Books

   European politicians often speak of their efforts to 'manage globalization.' At one level, this is merely a rhetorical device to make globalization more palatable to citizens and prove that policy-makers are still firmly in control of their country’s fate. This volume argues that the advocacy of...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
7. Securities Over Personality

   Published May 19th 2013 by Federation Press
8. HIV/AIDS, Health and the Media in China

   Imagined Immunity Through Racialized Disease

   By Johanna Hood

   Series: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia Series

   Approximately 90% of urban HIV/AIDS education in China occurs indirectly through non-specialist media reports. Many of these reports use images of extreme suffering and poverty to communicate an understanding of who gets HIV, why and how. This book explores an important aspect of how HIV/AIDS is...

   Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge
9. Public Administration in South Asia

   India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan

   Edited by Meghna Sabharwal, Evan M. Berman

   Series: Public Administration and Public Policy

   A state-of-the-art, one-stop resource, Public Administration in South Asia: India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan examines public administration issues and advances in the Indian subcontinent. The book fulfills a critical need. These nations have the largest public administration programs in South Asia,...

   Published May 6th 2013 by CRC Press
10. New Racial Missions of Policing

    International Perspectives on Evolving Law-Enforcement Politics

    Edited by Paul Amar

    Series: Ethnic and Racial Studies

    This book identifies new formations of race, racism and ethnicity at the intersection of neoliberalism, security, urban governance and the law through a comparative, international analysis of police organizations and practices. It pushes analytical and theoretical boundaries by examining...

    Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge