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Westminster, Governance and the Politics of Policy Inaction
Stephen Barber
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Description for Westminster, Governance and the Politics of Policy Inaction
Hardback. Num Pages: 97 pages, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPA; JPP; JPQB; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 273.
This 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 ... Read more
This 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
97
Condition
New
Number of Pages
97
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137487056
SKU
V9781137487056
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99-15
About Stephen Barber
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. ... Read more
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