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Guns Down - How to Defeat the NRA and Build a Safer Future with Fewer Guns (Hardcover): Igor Volsky Guns Down - How to Defeat the NRA and Build a Safer Future with Fewer Guns (Hardcover)
Igor Volsky
R673 R556 Discovery Miles 5 560 Save R117 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

One of Mashable's 17 books every activist should read in 2019 Join the conversation about creating a future with fewer guns and finally make a difference--this smart, thoughtful, commonsense plan (Donna Brazile) shows you how Ninety-six people die from guns in America every single day. Twelve thousand Americans are murdered each year. The United States has more mass shootings, gun suicides, and nonfatal gun injuries than any other industrialized country in the world. Gun-safety advocates have tried to solve these problems with incremental changes such as background checks and banning assault style military weapons. They have fallen short. In order to significantly and permanently reduce gun deaths the United States needs a bold new approach: a drastic reduction of the 390 million guns already in circulation and a new movement dedicated to a future with fewer guns. In Guns Down, Igor Volsky tells the story of how he took on the NRA just by using his Twitter account, describes how he found common ground with gun enthusiasts after spending two days shooting guns in the desert, and lays out a blueprint for how citizens can push their governments to reduce the number of guns in circulation and make firearms significantly harder to get. An aggressive licensing and registration initiative, federal and state buybacks of millions of guns, and tighter regulation of the gun industry, the gun lobby, and gun sellers will build safer communities for all. Volsky outlines a New Second Amendment Compact developed with policy experts from across the political spectrum, including bold reforms that have succeeded in reducing gun violence worldwide, and offers a road map for achieving transformative change to increase safety in our communities.

Innovation and Modernisation in Contemporary Russia - Science Towns, Technology Parks and Very Limited Success (Hardcover):... Innovation and Modernisation in Contemporary Russia - Science Towns, Technology Parks and Very Limited Success (Hardcover)
Imogen Sophie Kristin Wade
R3,924 Discovery Miles 39 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines how technological modernisation and innovation policies have been implemented in Russia from the Soviet era to the present day. It discusses how since about 2000 the Russian state has attempted to address the country's excessive dependence on natural resources by implementing an ambitious programme of economic modernisation, including giving innovation more policy prominence, boosting state funding for research and development and innovation, and emphasising science towns and technology parks as key instruments for stimulating innovation. Based on extensive original research, taking a multidisciplinary approach, and including detailed case studies, the book explains why, despite these efforts, Russia is performing comparatively poorly in innovation outcomes. It argues that a key factor is the country's political economy model in which science, technology, and innovation policies are mainly controlled and funded by the federal centre of power and led by domestic political and economic elites.

Boundary Spanners in Public Management and Governance - An Interdisciplinary Assessment (Hardcover): Ingmar Van Meerkerk,... Boundary Spanners in Public Management and Governance - An Interdisciplinary Assessment (Hardcover)
Ingmar Van Meerkerk, Jurian Edelenbos
R2,817 Discovery Miles 28 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Cross-boundary workers are significant for public, non-profit and private organizations, particularly to stay relevant and enhance collaboration, innovation and performance. This book presents an interdisciplinary and systematic review on the state of the art on boundary spanners, a feature of public management and governance that needs more comprehensive and integrative understanding. The authors analyse different theoretical perspectives on cross-boundary roles in the public sector. Chapters discuss key drivers and influential conditions, various types of boundary spanning activities and boundary spanners? profiles, as well as their impact on job outcomes, collaboration, trust and organizational innovation. Using empirical illustrations and building on a broad range of literature, this book is a vital step in understanding inter-organizational performance and collaborative public management. It synthesizes knowledge from different disciplines and evaluates individual, organizational and environmental factors, the challenges facing collaborative projects and how to successfully facilitate cross-boundary work in the public sector. Scholars and researchers in the field of public management will benefit from the integrated research framework provided in this innovative book. Management and public policy students who want to understand boundary spanners and inter-organizational collaboration will find this an excellent and much-needed overview of the topic.

Disaggregating Diasporas as a Force in Role Contestation - Mobilising the Marginalised in Foreign Affairs (Hardcover): Matthew... Disaggregating Diasporas as a Force in Role Contestation - Mobilising the Marginalised in Foreign Affairs (Hardcover)
Matthew K. Godwin
R4,064 Discovery Miles 40 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Using a Role Theory lens, this book investigates Tamil diaspora mass movements and interest groups as marginalised forces of domestic foreign policy influence. Until now Role Theory has not considered diaspora mass movements as collective action actors, nor looked at how marginalised diasporas influence elite foreign policy decision-making. Matthew K. Godwin employs a comparative, micro-level decision-making narrative that looks incisively at decisions faced by the British and Canadian governments in 2009 and 2013 towards the Sri Lankan civil war and its aftermath. Through qualitative, elite-level interviews and content analysis of other primary source data, Godwin convincingly argues that when diaspora interest group elites are leveraging the power of mass movements in concert with credible partisan advocates, they can influence role contestation. However, international institutional constraints on role behaviour may stymie their preferred role performance, especially if states are indispensable to the institutions their behaviour may unravel. Ultimately, Godwin concludes that some states can't behave "badly," even when they want to. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of lnternational Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis, Comparative Politics, Migration Studies and to non-government organisations who seek to influence governments.

Elderhood - Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life (Paperback): Louise Aronson Elderhood - Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life (Paperback)
Louise Aronson
R554 R468 Discovery Miles 4 680 Save R86 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Public Expenditure and Income Distribution in Malaysia (Hardcover): Mukaramah Harun, Sze Ying Loo Public Expenditure and Income Distribution in Malaysia (Hardcover)
Mukaramah Harun, Sze Ying Loo
R1,530 Discovery Miles 15 300 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A unique study on the impact of public expenditure allocations in achieving income equality goals in Malaysia.

Problem Solving with the Private Sector - A Public Solutions Handbook (Paperback): Daniel E. Bromberg Problem Solving with the Private Sector - A Public Solutions Handbook (Paperback)
Daniel E. Bromberg
R1,244 Discovery Miles 12 440 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Problem Solving with the Private Sector presents advice and solutions for fruitful government-business alliances from the perspective of everyday public management. With a focus on job training, economic development, regulation, and finance and innovation, each chapter discusses a traditional tool of government presented in a practical and applied manner, as well as the implementation of the tool with clear examples. Content-rich case studies on a wide range of policy issues, including regulatory policy, natural resources, manufacturing, financial services, and health care highlight opportunities for government and business to collaborate to pursue the public good. This book offers current and future public managers possible solutions to complex problems for effective government-business alliances in a range of settings. It is essential reading for all those studying public management, public administration, and public policy.

The Age of AI - And Our Human Future (Hardcover): Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Daniel Huttenlocher The Age of AI - And Our Human Future (Hardcover)
Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Daniel Huttenlocher
R794 R642 Discovery Miles 6 420 Save R152 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Public Governance Paradigms - Competing and Co-Existing (Hardcover): Jacob Torfing, Lotte Bogh Andersen, Carsten Greve, Kurt K.... Public Governance Paradigms - Competing and Co-Existing (Hardcover)
Jacob Torfing, Lotte Bogh Andersen, Carsten Greve, Kurt K. Klausen
R2,847 Discovery Miles 28 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This enlightening book scrutinizes the shifting and overlapping governance paradigms that inform public administration reforms. Exploring the models that shape and reshape the daily operation of public organizations, it explains the core features of public bureaucracy and professional rule in the modern day. From the rise to supremacy of New Public Management to the growing preference for alternatives, such as Digital Era Governance, Public Value Management and New Public Governance, four world-renowned authors launch a powerful and systematic comparison of the competing and co-existing paradigms. Advancing the 'public governance diamond' as a critical tool for comparing the core features of governance paradigms, this insightful book discusses the underlying behavioural assumptions of these models and the challenges faced by leaders when managing in a public sector. Informed by both key theory and empirical analysis, this book will be crucial reading for students and researchers seeking an authoritative voice on competing and co-existing modes of governance. Public leaders and managers, as well as public employees, will also benefit from its insights into the varying and multifaceted dynamics of public governance.

Transport Policy (Hardcover): Kenneth Button, Roger R. Stough Transport Policy (Hardcover)
Kenneth Button, Roger R. Stough
R9,357 Discovery Miles 93 570 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Transport is a fundamental component of all modern economies. Transport Policy presents a wide ranging collection of previously published articles which aim to provide the reader with an understanding of the main elements of transport policy. Topics covered include: the objectives of transport policy, policy options, policy analysis and, through a series of case studies, policy implementation. This volume will be of particular interest to those academics and policymakers seeking an overview of the most important issues in the modern transport policy arena.

Social Discourse and Environmental Policy - An Application of Q Methodology (Hardcover): Helen Addams, John Proops Social Discourse and Environmental Policy - An Application of Q Methodology (Hardcover)
Helen Addams, John Proops
R3,233 Discovery Miles 32 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

As governments and the wider public become increasingly concerned about environmental problems, the necessity for competent environmental policies is growing. The contributors to this highly original book attempt to demonstrate how the use of Q methodology can result in the development of more effective, socially sensitive, environmental policy options.The book highlights the history of Q methodology, a technique for systematically studying the subjectivity of individuals, and provides a brief yet comprehensive account of its theory and a detailed guide to the various stages of a Q study. The methodology is then applied, to explore the discourses concerning the relationship between society and a diverse range of environmental issues including, environmental protest, civil aviation policy, forest policy and land use options. The authors demonstrate how the use of Q methodology offers a methodical insight into the public conceptualisation of environmental issues, thus providing improved frameworks for identifying environmental topics and facilitating policy dialogue. They emphasise the deconstructive advantages of Q methodology as a means of re-examining controversial issues and providing policymakers with a more authentic understanding of the beliefs of stakeholders, prior to developing policies. This analytical approach, the book argues, is more 'democratic', as it provides a greater recognition of socio-political attitudes than the findings of conventional polls and surveys. This definitive book will prove a much needed addition to the empirical literature on environmental attitudes and will be invaluable reading for ecological economists, environmental policymakers and organisations, and students, researchers and practitioners of Q methodology.

In Search of Legitimacy - Policy Making in Europe and the Challenge of Complexity (Paperback): Ingolfur Bluhdorn In Search of Legitimacy - Policy Making in Europe and the Challenge of Complexity (Paperback)
Ingolfur Bluhdorn
R666 Discovery Miles 6 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In European societies social differentiation, value pluralism and international integration have brought about a condition of previously unknown complexity. Citizens' expectations regarding political participation and the legitimization of government policy are rising, yet the capacities for social integration and political consensus formation may be in decline. This volume investigates how political actors and institutions in established European democracies are seeing to manage the condition of complexity and how this condition reconfigures the foundations of democratic politics. From the Contents: Legitimacy Crises, Efficiency Gaps, Democratic Deficits Efficiency versus Democracy: Conceptual Reconciliation of a Troubled Relationship? Citizens' Expectations: Is what matters only what works? Re-engaging Citizens: Institutional Responses to Political Disengagement Informal Government Delegated Authority: Legitimizing Independent Regulatory Agencies Delegation to the EU The Open Method of Co-ordination (OMC) and The European Employment Strategy Committee Governance in EU Agricultural Policy Efficiency versus Legitimacy: The Governance of Technology Does citizen involvement improve the quality, legitimacy and implementability of environmental policy? The Allocation of Health Care The Post-democratic Turn: Complexity and the Reconfiguration of Democratic Politics

European Destiny, Atlantic Transformations - Portuguese Foreign Policy Under the Second Republic, 1979-1992 (Paperback): Scott... European Destiny, Atlantic Transformations - Portuguese Foreign Policy Under the Second Republic, 1979-1992 (Paperback)
Scott B. MacDonald
R806 Discovery Miles 8 060 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

With the fall of its centuries-old empire in 1974-1975, Portugal embarked on a transitional period that reconciled a long tradition of acting out national interests overseas with the need to integrate itself into Western Europe. The result has been a deemphasis on various Atlantic and colonial linkages and the forging of a new and highly successful European identity within the framework of the European Community. In European Destiny, Atlantic Transformations Scott B. MacDonald offers a comprehensive analysis of Portugal's foreign policy and its highly successful venture in economic and political transformation.Although Portugal is firm in its committment to a European destiny, it has not turned its back on relations with the United States and its former colonies hi Africa and Asia. MacDonald traces the evolution of U.S.-Portuguese cooperation along economic, cultural, and military lines and shows how NATO has played a pivotal role in the process. This was most recently underscored when the U.S. made extensive use of the Azores during the Gulf War against Iraq. Likewise, in its ties with the Lusophone countries formerly under its control - Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, S - o Tom" and Princip" - Portugal has sought to improve political relations and act as a peacemaker in regional conflicts such as those in East Timor, Angola, and Mozambique.The scope of MacDonald's work takes in issues posed to Portugal by new foreign policy concerns that range from the breakup of the Soviet Union to the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in North Africa and the Middle East. He points out that in a world of rapidly shifting political and economic alignments, Portugal provides a representative model of a relatively small nation that has undergone succesful economic reform while deepening its committment to its new democratic system. As such, the Portuguese model is instructive for newly emerging democracies of Eastern Europe and Latin America. European Destiny, Atlantic Transformations is an important addition to the literature on post-Cold War politics. It will be read by historians, economists, and foreign policy specialists.

Maid - Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive (Paperback): Stephanie Land Maid - Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive (Paperback)
Stephanie Land; Foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich
R490 R393 Discovery Miles 3 930 Save R97 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Research Handbook on the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy (Hardcover): Steven Blockmans, Panos Koutrakos Research Handbook on the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy (Hardcover)
Steven Blockmans, Panos Koutrakos
R6,578 Discovery Miles 65 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

At a critical time for the identity and policy direction of the EU, this Handbook examines the dynamics behind the development of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). The Handbook includes chapters from renowned scholars that examine the efficacy and visibility of the EU as a diplomatic, military and civilian actor in a turbulent world. The authors? original contributions address the impact that existing frameworks, structures and procedures have on the effectiveness of the EU as an international actor and consider the legal challenges to the EU's integrated approach to external action. The Research Handbook on the EU?s Common Foreign and Security Policy brings together scholars from different areas of law (EU and international law) and from the political science field. The interdisciplinary approach makes it essential reading for scholars of law, political science and international relations. Policymakers and all those with an interest in the workings of the EU?s legal services will also find this an insightful resource. Contributors include: S. Blockmans, M. Broberg, M.E. Canamares, M. Cremona, A. de Ruijter, E. Denza, H. Dijkstra, S. Duke, C. Eckes, D. Fiott, J. Heliskoski, C. Hillion, A.E. Juncos, U. Khaliq, J. Klabbers, T. Konstadinides, P. Koutrakos, D. Mantzari, S. Marquardt, J. Odermatt, A. Ott, A. Skordas, G. Van Der Loo, P. Van Elsuwege, R.A. Wessel

Innovation in Environmental Policy - Economic and Legal Aspects of Recent Developments in Environmental Enforcement and... Innovation in Environmental Policy - Economic and Legal Aspects of Recent Developments in Environmental Enforcement and Liability (Hardcover)
Tom Tietenberg
R3,445 Discovery Miles 34 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This important new book is an indispensable guide to the development and implementation of environmental policy. It presents authoritative analyses and state-of-the-art summaries which will be essential both to scholars and practitioners trying to keep abreast of the most recent developments in this fast changing field.The book sheds new light on two areas of environmental policy - liability law and enforcement - which are experiencing dramatic change. It shows how economic analysis can provide useful and meaningful insights about subjects such as criminal penalties, private enforcement, liability for oil spills, tort remedies, and lender liability which have hitherto only been considered by lawyers. Drawing on the latest advances in both economics and law, it critically assesses how the most recent innovations in liability law and enforcement are actually working in practice.

The Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee - Volume I: From the Approach of the Second World War to the Suez... The Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee - Volume I: From the Approach of the Second World War to the Suez Crisis (Paperback)
Michael S. Goodman
R1,493 Discovery Miles 14 930 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Volume One of the Official History of the Joint Intelligence Committee draws upon a range of released and classified papers to produce the first, authoritative account of the way in which intelligence was used to inform policy. For almost 80 years the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) has been a central player in the secret machinery of the British Government, providing a co-ordinated intelligence service to policy makers, drawing upon the work of the intelligence agencies and Whitehall departments. Since its creation, reports from the JIC have contributed to almost every key foreign policy decision taken by the British Government. This volume covers the evolution of the JIC since 1936 and culminates with its role in the events of Suez in 1956. This book will be of much interest to students of intelligence studies, British politics, international diplomacy, security studies and International Relations in general. Dr Michael S. Goodman is Reader in Intelligence and International Affairs in the Department of War Studies, King's College London. He is author or editor of five previous books, including the Routledge Companion to Intelligence Studies (2013).

Embracing the New Two-Child Policy Era - Challenge and Countermeasures of Early Care and Education in China (Hardcover): Qun... Embracing the New Two-Child Policy Era - Challenge and Countermeasures of Early Care and Education in China (Hardcover)
Qun Ma, Xiumin Hong; Contributions by Yan Yang; Wenting Zhu
R5,102 Discovery Miles 51 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Crafted from a research project that lasted for three years, this book examines the impacts of China's universal two-child policy under the lens of education and focuses specifically on early childhood. This book not only provides number projection, but also the prediction and judgment of the supply and demand of service resources in early childhood education. It attempts to reveal the attitudes and views of families and stakeholders on the universal two-child policy and present the public's policy requirements for the quality of early childhood education. In addition, it analyses possible problems and challenges in current kindergarten layouts and resources allocation. Lastly, it aims to provide references and bases for formulating the plan that adapts to changes of Chinese preschoolers, supply guarantee of future early childhood education and the construction of public service system. Offering rich insights into the current and future status of education in China, this text will be of interest to students, scholars, and researchers of sociology, early childhood education, contemporary China studies, East Asian educational practices and policy.

Population and Labour Market Policies in China's Reform Process (Hardcover): Sun Wenkai Population and Labour Market Policies in China's Reform Process (Hardcover)
Sun Wenkai; Contributions by Diana Gao
R3,919 Discovery Miles 39 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book investigates the population and labour management reforms implemented since the reform and opening up of China in the early 1980s, giving insights into the economic and social implications of these reforms and future prospects for population governance. The study examines three major components of China's population management strategy in terms of its history and implementation: the household registration (Hukou) system, family planning policy, and the labour market system. Grounded in both qualitative and quantitative analysis, key metrics are introduced to better understand the Hukou system on the one hand while exploring the socio-economic issues arising from the policy, including the economic behaviour or residents, fertility, care of older people, entrepreneurship, institutional premiums and gender wage differentials. Based on these investigations, the author advances constructive suggestions to inform policymaking, aiming to deepen market-oriented reform of the economic system and improve social welfare in China. The title will be a good reference for academics, students and policy makers interested in social policy, labour economics and especially China's population and labour policy and Chinese economy and society.

Critical Discourses of Old Age and Telecare Technologies (Paperback): Gizdem Akdur Critical Discourses of Old Age and Telecare Technologies (Paperback)
Gizdem Akdur
R631 Discovery Miles 6 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book makes an enquiry into policies surrounding old age and telecare. It contextualises telecare within the wider history of health and social care in England to build the case that there are grand narratives of old age embedded in policies. Divided into four sections, the book covers: * Connecting old age with telecare * A general review of old age and telecare * A critical enquiry into discourses and the identity of old age * Conclusions and future directions. The author highlights the manifestation of old age discourses in care policies, how they have been perpetuated yet also transformed in the context of telecare, and what this means about older people. The book will be of interest to students and academics in the fields of gerontology, sociology, old age studies, philosophy, social policy, health and social care policy, information systems, and critical theoreticians

City Integration and Tourism Development in the Greater Bay Area, China (Paperback): Jian Ming Luo, Chi Fung Lam City Integration and Tourism Development in the Greater Bay Area, China (Paperback)
Jian Ming Luo, Chi Fung Lam
R631 Discovery Miles 6 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

City Integration and Tourism Development in the Greater Bay Area, China explores the tourism development related issues of city integration in the Greater Bay Area (GBA). This book starts with a general introduction to the background of the Greater Bay Area in China. Chapter 2 is a historical review, focusing on tourism development in GBA. Chapter 3 introduces the concept of city integration and the profile of GBA. Chapter 4 discusses the effect of city integration on tourism development. Chapter 5 describes the trends of city integration and tourism. Lastly, Chapter 6 is a case study with recommendations for city destination management. This book is a valuable resource for social science researchers and those in related fields, such as city planners and tourism officers. This book is recommend reading for advanced undergraduate or postgraduate students of urban tourism, tourism economics, and tourism management.

Child Guidance Centres in Japan - Alternative Care, Social Work, and the Family (Paperback): Michael Rivera King Child Guidance Centres in Japan - Alternative Care, Social Work, and the Family (Paperback)
Michael Rivera King
R1,235 Discovery Miles 12 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In contemporary Japan, 85% of children in alternative care remain housed in large welfare institutions, as opposed to family-based foster care. This publication examines how Japan has been isolated from global discourse on alternative care, urging a shift in social work and alternative care policies. As the first ethnographic account from inside child guidance centres, it makes a key contribution towards understanding the closed world of Japan's social services; including the decision-making processes by which a child is removed from the family and placed into care. In addition, regional variation in policy implementation for alternative care is outlined, with reference to detailed case studies and a discussion around organisational cultures of the child guidance centres. Where foster care is constructed as anything other than professional, it is often seen as a threat to the child's family-bond with their natal parent and therefore not used. Child Guidance Centres in Japan destabilises this construction of the family-bond as singular and discrete, highlighting new practices in alternative care. Child Guidance Centres in Japan: Alternative Care and the Family will be a vital resource for students, scholars of social work and Japanese studies, as well as practitioners and lobbyists involved in alternative care.

After the Gig - How the Sharing Economy Got Hijacked and How to Win It Back (Hardcover): Juliet Schor After the Gig - How the Sharing Economy Got Hijacked and How to Win It Back (Hardcover)
Juliet Schor
R568 Discovery Miles 5 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Management & Workplace Culture Book of the Year, 2020 Porchlight Business Book Awards A Publishers Weekly Fall 2020 Big Indie Book The dark side of the gig economy (Uber, Airbnb, etc.) and how to make it equitable for the users and workers most exploited. When the "sharing economy" launched a decade ago, proponents claimed that it would transform the experience of work-giving earners flexibility, autonomy, and a decent income. It was touted as a cure for social isolation and rampant ecological degradation. But this novel form of work soon sprouted a dark side: exploited Uber drivers, neighborhoods ruined by Airbnb, racial discrimination, and rising carbon emissions. Several of the most prominent platforms are now faced with existential crises as they prioritize growth over fairness and long-term viability. Nevertheless, the basic model-a peer-to-peer structure augmented by digital tech-holds the potential to meet its original promises. Based on nearly a decade of pioneering research, After the Gig dives into what went wrong with this contemporary reimagining of labor. The book examines multiple types of data from thirteen cases to identify the unique features and potential of sharing platforms that prior research has failed to pinpoint. Juliet B. Schor presents a compelling argument that we can engineer a reboot: through regulatory reforms and cooperative platforms owned and controlled by users, an equitable and truly shared economy is still possible.

The Political Economy of Universal Healthcare in Africa - Evidence from Ghana (Hardcover): Philip C. Aka, Hassan Wahab, Yvette... The Political Economy of Universal Healthcare in Africa - Evidence from Ghana (Hardcover)
Philip C. Aka, Hassan Wahab, Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh
R3,905 Discovery Miles 39 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The global rise in pandemics, most recently COVID-19, and other health challenges, some of which are due to climate change, have imposed significant challenges on the healthcare systems in economies around the world. Thus, this book deals with an issue that is very timely and relevant, not just in Africa but globally. It critically assesses healthcare reforms in Ghana under the Fourth Republic, since 1993. Although it focuses on Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme of 2003, the book instructively goes beyond this program. The book argues that, although Ghana is a bellwether of healthcare reforms in Africa, its healthcare initiatives are still far from the service haven of healthcare as a human right. Themes that animate the book's argument include the need to translate human rights law, such as the right to health, into practical policies that work for ordinary citizens. Key highlights of the book include an increased accent on health as a human right, emphasis on comparative analysis in healthcare studies, and the formulation of a four-hallmark framework, embedded in economics, law, politics, and human rights, to act as a guide for assessment of healthcare reforms in Africa in particular, and Ghana more specifically. Using Ghana as a case study and analytical window into the world, the book offers a valuable and timely resource for academics, students and policymakers across the disciplines of development and healthcare economics, law, public policy, political science, sociology, and African and Caribbean studies, as well as in various fields in health science.

The Economics of Social Innovation (Hardcover): Judith Terstriep, Dieter Rehfeld The Economics of Social Innovation (Hardcover)
Judith Terstriep, Dieter Rehfeld
R4,061 Discovery Miles 40 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book addresses 'the economics of social innovation', a widely neglected topic in regional development. The chapters in this edited volume cover distinct but complementary and related aspects concerning the existing gap between the hitherto unexploited potential of social innovation in relation to socio-economic challenges that regions across Europe and globally face. Research on social innovation has gained momentum over the last decade, spurred notably by the growing interest in social issues related to policy making, public management and entrepreneurship in response to the grand challenges societies in Europe and worldwide face. Accelerated by the normative turn in research and innovation policies towards 'missions', social innovation is nowadays a central element on policy agendas, from the urban and regional level to the national and subnational level of the European Commission and the OECD. However, for social innovations to unfold their full potential a better understanding of underlying mechanisms, processes and impacts is necessary. The first three chapters focus on framework conditions and characteristics of social innovation. The following two chapters emphasise the determinants of social innovation and translocal empowerment. In the last part, attention is devoted to social innovation in specific fields such as health care and greening society, and social innovations' transformative potential. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal, European Planning Studies.

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