Public Policy 82

The aim of this series is to make available texts and collections of essays on major moral issues. The present volume is a collection that focuses exclusively on diverse moral issues connected with ……続きを見る

An interdisciplinary text on the world's savannas, covering the geography, ecology, economics and politics of savanna regions. Savannas are a distinct vegetation type, covering a third of the world'……続きを見る

Quand on va sa route, seul, on prend à toute occasion le plaisir de dire le mot que les gens du quartier n’osent pas. Fini le souci d’édifier des voisins et la concierge. Plus de morale ! Plus de tr……続きを見る

ー Du courage, Monsieur. Voilà une cigarette, un verre de rhum. Désirez-vous autre chose  ?     ー Du feu, s’il vous plaît.     ー Oui, c’est c……続きを見る

Sixty percent of infectious human diseases are shared with other vertebrates. Alan Olmstead and Paul Rhode tell how innovations to combat livestock infectionsーborder control, food inspection, drug ……続きを見る

Energy can be neither created nor destroyedーbut it can be wasted. The United States wastes two-thirds of its energy, including 80 percent of the energy used in transportation. So the nation has a t……続きを見る

The original intent of science was so that man might be able to think some of God's thoughts after Him. However, in "Attack of the Killer Beavers & Other Dangers of Misconstrued Science & Ecology", ……続きを見る

In a career that included Presidential Science Advisor to George W. Bush, John Marburger stood on the front line of battles that pulled science deep into the political arena. Science controversies, ……続きを見る

The trends and practices of public administration are ever changing and it is essential that they be appraised from time to time. Designed as a capstone survey of the field, The State of Public Admi……続きを見る

Drawing on an unusually rich empirical base, this timely and compelling book examines how environmental values are constructed and legitimized within the policy process. It trains the spotlight on f……続きを見る

Citizen involvement is considered the cornerstone of democratic theory and practice. Citizens today have the knowledge and ability to participate more fully in the political, technical, and administ……続きを見る

By 2050 the world will be faced with the enormous challenge of feeding 9 billion people despite being affected by climate change, rising energy costs and pressure on food growing land and other majo……続きを見る

The Japanese have a gardening term "nemawashi" it means to prepare the ground to control the root. Controlling the root allows the stem, branch, leaves and fruit to be influenced as desired. This bo……続きを見る

The Veiled Sun: From Auschwitz to New Beginnings by Paul Schaffer and Translated from the French by Vivian Felsen with a Foreword by Serge Klarsfeld and an Introduction by Simone Veil. The Veiled Su……続きを見る

Rund vier Millionen Muslime leben in Deutschland – zum Teil seit einigen Jahrzehnten. Bisher ist in der deutschen Bevölkerung allerdings noch sehr wenig über die Glaubensvielfalt in dieser Religions……続きを見る

Der Islam ist heute die zweitgrößte Religion in Deutschland und durch Moscheen wie auch andere religiöse Symbole in der Öffentlichkeit präsent. Zugleich ist sein Bild in weiten Teilen der Bevölkerun……続きを見る

The ability of a nation to finance its basic infrastructure is essential to its economic well-being in the 21st century. This book covers the municipal securities market in the United States from th……続きを見る

Der Mauerfall und die deutsche Vereinigung waren überwiegend von Euphorie und Aufbruchstimmung begleitet. Wenig Raum blieb für die Sorgen all jener Menschen, auf die die Ereignisse bedrohlich wirkte……続きを見る

Through Canadian and international perspectives, Bending the Cost Curve in Health Care explores the management of growing health costs in an extraordinarily complex arena. The book moves beyond prev……続きを見る

Many tools are on offer to politicians and other policy-makers when they seek to change policy outcomes. Often they choose to concentrate on one set of tools, but fail to see the costs as well as th……続きを見る

Imagine walking into a restaurant and finding chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides, or neonicotinoid insecticides listed in the description of your entree. They may not be printed in the menu, but man……続きを見る

Published every September in celebration of Constitution Day, the Cato Supreme Court Review brings together leading legal scholars to analyze the most important cases of the Court's most recent term……続きを見る

Many scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers in the cultural sector argue that Canadian cultural policy is at a crossroads: that the environment for cultural policy-making has evolved substantial……続きを見る

One of the most challenging environmental threats to the ten countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been the haze, the sickening and deadly cloud of smoky pollution caus……続きを見る

This concise and accessible new text offers original and insightful analysis of the policy paradigm informing international statebuilding interventions. The book covers the theoretical frameworks an……続きを見る

When scientists working in the agricultural biotechnology industry first altered the genetic material of one organism by introducing genes from an entirely different organism, the reaction was gener……続きを見る

"O presente livro é resultado de minha tese de doutorado, apresentada em 2008 ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência Política da Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Trata-se de um tema importante e at……続きを見る

The first World Climate Conference, which was sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization in Genève in 1979, triggered an international dialogue on global warming. From the 1997 United Nation……続きを見る

How can a capitalist system reconcile its need to combine workers on uncertain incomes and conditions with consumers confident that they can spend? The approaches of different national economies to ……続きを見る

Russia and the Politics of International Environmental Regimes examines the political relationship between Russia and other states in environmental matters. Based on detailed empirical analysis and ……続きを見る