Public Policy


Interactive Governance

Advancing the Paradigm
$85.00
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Hardback Feb 2012 ISBN13: 9780199596751ISBN10: 0199596751 Helps to clarify this conceptual muddle by concentrating on one variety of governance-interactive governance
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The Oxford Handbook of State and Local Government Finance

$175.00
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Hardback Feb 2012 ISBN13: 9780199765362ISBN10: 0199765367 This Handbook evaluates the persistent problems in the fiscal systems of state and local governments and what can be done to solve them

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Paradoxes of Modernization

Unintended Consequences of Public Policy Reform
$45.00
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Paperback Mar 2012 ISBN13: 9780199639618ISBN10: 0199639612 Why do policy-makers persist in "modernization" projects in the face of evidence that they tend to fail? This book explores the evidence and the effects associated with such enterprises.
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A Twenty-First Century US Water Policy

$27.95
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Hardback Apr 2012 ISBN13: 9780199859443ISBN10: 0199859442 A visionary proposal for a coherent and critically needed federal water policy
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Foundations and Frontiers of Deliberative Governance

$29.95
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Paperback Apr 2012 ISBN13: 9780199644858ISBN10: 0199644853 A fresh look at the foundations of the field
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Energy

What Everyone Needs to Know
$16.95
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Paperback Jun 2012 ISBN13: 9780199812929ISBN10: 0199812926 A leading thinker on the environment illuminates the entire spectrum of energy concerns, offering a wealth of information on the most pressing issues we face

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Energy

What Everyone Needs to Know
$74.00
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Hardback Jun 2012 ISBN13: 9780199812905ISBN10: 019981290X A leading thinker on the environment illuminates the entire spectrum of energy concerns, offering a wealth of information on the most pressing issues we face

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Marijuana Legalization

What Everyone Needs to Know
$74.00
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Hardback Jun 2012 ISBN13: 9780199913718ISBN10: 0199913714 A non-partisan primer about the topic, covering everything from the medical definition and benefits and negative consequences of using marijuana, to current laws around the drug, the likely consequences of legalization at the state and national levels, and ideas about the way that marijuana could be produced and regulated.

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Marijuana Legalization

What Everyone Needs to Know
$16.95
Not Yet Published, 
Paperback Jun 2012 ISBN13: 9780199913732ISBN10: 0199913730 A non-partisan primer about the topic, covering everything from the medical definition and benefits and negative consequences of using marijuana, to current laws around the drug, the likely consequences of legalization at the state and national levels, and ideas about the way that marijuana could be produced and regulated.

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