- Summary
- Contents
- Subject index
The public policies of governments affect the lives and livelihoods of citizens every day in every country around the world. This Handbook provides a comprehensive review and guide to the study, theory and practice of public policy today. Section One, Making Policy, introduces the policy making process - the means by which public policies are formulated, adopted and implemented - and serves to review the many competing conceptualizations within the field Section Two, Substantive Policy Areas, focuses on a number of substantive policy areas to consider both diversity and commonalties across different sectoral policy areas. Section Three, Evaluating Public Policy, addresses issues of policy analysis more directly and assesses successes and failures in public policy in an attempt to answer the question 'what is good ...
Chapter 15: Environmental Policy
Environmental Policy
Introduction
Compared to many other areas, environmental policy is a rather new policy field. Although important political activities to curb air pollution or to improve water quality in many countries date back to the 19th century it was not before the late 1960s that environmental policy emerged as a central ...
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