Public Policy Disasters in Europe (Hardcover)

This book considers some recent and spectacular failures in policy-making and asks what is meant by policy 'disaster', the different forms that they can take and why they have occured. These issues are explored in nine contrasting cases drawn from both the European Union and its member states. These include: the devastating crisis in the Belgium political system following the exposure of a paedophile ring; the crisis in the Dutch fight against drugs; 'Mad Cows', the 'Arms to Iraq' affair in the UK; monetary union between West and East Germany; the Swedish monetary crisis of 1992; and the EU's common fisheries policy and policies towards civil war in Yugoslavia. This book is an excellent study of how and why policies can go wrong and highlights the limits of what governments can achieve in Western Europe.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Research in European Public Policy
Release date:	June 1998
First published:	1998
Editors:	Paul 't. Hart • Pat Gray
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-17070-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies
LSN:	0-415-17070-2
Barcode:	9780415170703

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