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This comprehensive Handbook provides an analysis of the key issues,
accomplishments, and challenges of research and practices related
to the interactions between business and public policy.
International expert contributors explore how the organizational
structures of government and business have changed as the world has
become more globalized, and as researchers have accumulated
insights into why and how public policy is influenced by, and in
turn influences, business. Examining how businesses themselves have
increasingly contributed to the making and implementation of
policy, chapters illuminate the most significant debates as well as
the theoretical and empirical developments in these areas. This
approach enables a comparison of the similarities and differences
across the field of business and public policy as a whole.
Identifying new directions and research questions in this rapidly
evolving field, this Handbook will be a useful resource for
academics and students of business and public policy, as well as
related areas including corporate governance, political economy and
international business. Practitioners and policy makers will also
benefit from its illumination of the complex relationship between
business and public policy.
This book provides a unique examination of how a middle power uses
international organisations to achieve greater global influence.
The authors focus on the OECD, 'the rich man's club' of most of the
world's wealthiest nations. It demonstrates how the decision by
Australia to apply for membership was a long drawn out process,
delayed by political factors. Eventually agreement was reached with
assurances that membership would provide access to valuable and
timely policy-related information, especially in relation to
international trade and finance. In addition, membership would
potentially increase influence by providing greater access to its
powerful member states at an earlier stage in their policy
discussions and agreements. On gaining membership, Australia found
that the OECD's comparative research and policy development
activities, across a wide range of areas and issues, were a
valuable source for policy learning which, in turn, helped the
ongoing maintenance and further building of policy capacity in the
country. This detailed study of how a nation state engages with an
international organisation will be a great source of insight and
information for scholars and advanced students of international
relations and public policy. It will also be a valuable resource
for policymakers and practitioners working in the field.
This book is an examination of a neglected form of scientific
corruption - corruption by political attachment to noble causes. We
are used to hearing that economic interests have corrupted
scientific findings, but the possibility that science might be
corrupted by noble causes is largely overlooked. This book shows
that this danger is real, that values can often lead to poor
science, and that we are more likely to accept lower quality
science when it lends support to our political preferences. Using
the examples of biodiversity and climate science and the attack on
Lomborg's The Skeptical Environmentalist on these two issues,
Aynsley Kellow reveals how the reliance of environmental science on
mathematical models and the infusion of values into its conduct
have produced a preference for virtual over observational data. It
argues that both sides of politics are capable of exerting such an
influence, but suggests some reasons why those on the political
Left seem to be more prone to do so at present, to the detriment of
public policy. Science and Public Policy is a unique and
challenging book. It does not argue that any one political
persuasion exerts a corrupting influence on science policy, instead
it makes extensive use of peer-reviewed literature to explore
scientific controversies and the role of politics in them. This
fascinating book will appeal to high-level general readers as well
as to scholars and researchers at all levels of academe working in
environmental politics and policy; and science policy.
The Kyoto Protocol has singularly failed to shape international
environmental policy-making in the way that the earlier Montreal
protocol did. Whereas Montreal placed reliance on the force of
science and moralistic injunctions to save the planet, and
successfully determined the international response to climate
change, Kyoto has proved significantly more problematic.
International Environmental Policy considers why this is the case.
The authors contend that such arguments on this occasion proved
inadequate to the task, not just because the core issues of the
Kyoto process were subject to more powerful and conflicting
interests than previously, and the science too uncertain, but
because the science and moral arguments themselves remained too
weak. They argue that 'global warming' is a failing policy
construct because it has served to benefit limited but undeclared
interests that were sustained by green beliefs rather than robust
scientific knowledge. This highly topical book takes a frank look
at the political motivations that underpin the global warming
debate, and will appeal to political scientists and energy policy
analysts as well as anyone with an interest in the future of the
environment and in the policies we create to protect it.
The book reveals, for the first time, the origins, growth and
complex role of the OECD as it celebrates its fiftieth anniversary,
showing how it has adapted - for the most part successfully - to
the changing needs of its members, both large and small. Peter
Carroll and Aynsley Kellow provide a comprehensive account and
analysis of the origins, development and, most intriguingly, the
recent reforms that characterise the OECD. They argue that this
increasingly complex organisation has fulfilled its design to be an
adaptive, learning organisation and explore how the OECD has spread
its wings beyond its European and North American roots to become an
increasingly influential body in global governance. Topical
chapters include the OECD's work on health and the environment,
relations with international, intergovernmental organisations, the
OECD's structure and also the key processes. This fascinating book
will be warmly welcomed by academics, researchers and postgraduate
students in a wide range of fields including international
relations, international business, political science, public policy
and public administration. Public servants in national departments
and agencies - particularly those with significant international
activities - will also find the book to be of great interest, as
will professionals within international organisations such as IMF,
World Bank, EU, UN and (of course) the OECD itself.
This volume provides a critical and stimulating overview of
research on Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs). While it notes
that the definition of NGOs is contested, and can include both
business and national groups, it focuses primarily on international
NGOs engaged with human rights, social and environmental concerns,
and aid and development issues. The Handbook of Research on NGOs
features contributions from Peter Willetts, Tom Davies, Bob
Reinalda, Jutta Joachim and other key international authors. It
provides readers with a series of thought provoking essays on both
the general aspects of NGOs and significant issues of particular
concern. This Handbook places NGOs in both historical and
contemporary contexts, making it a valuable read for academics and
research students seeking a detailed survey of the field. NGO
practitioners looking to understand their operating environment in
greater depth would also benefit from reading this important book.
Contributors include: E. Bloodgood, T. Davies, T. Doyle, A. Elbra,
H. Elsenhans, P. Fountain, F. Gale, J. Greenwood, C. Hsu, J.
Joachim, M. Juul Petersen, A. Kellow, K. Martens, A. Mihr, H.
Murphy-Gregory, D. Redeker, B. Reinalda, K. Ronit, J.
Simeant-Germanos, A.C. Vakil, H. Warnecke, P. Willetts
The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change marked a reset of global
climate policy, but was jeopardised by the partisan nature of the
debates. In this unique overview, Aynsley Kellow suggests that
global policy on climate change should have started with the Paris
Agreement, and that almost a quarter of a century has been wasted
following the wrong path. Looking critically at the interplay
between interests, science, and global norms, Negotiating Climate
Change shows how the initial selection of the wrong `metapolicy'
hindered the development of global climate policy. Examining key
debates, and the problems which arose from them, Kellow exposes the
failings of the Kyoto Process and the subsequent issues raised in
the negotiations culminating in the Paris Agreement. Providing
analysis of the failings of past decades as well as looking towards
the future of climate policy, this book will be invaluable to
advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of global
environmental politics, environmental governance and international
relations, as well as for policy workers in agencies involved in
climate policy.
This highly topical collection, edited by two accomplished
academics, explores how environmental science and energy policy
relate to international politics and policy. This complex and
essentially interdisciplinary subject has been the core about which
academics have fiercely debated and, as yet, unsuccessfully reached
satisfactory negotiations. The editors interpret the politics of
climate change as being driven less by scientific understanding
than by disguised interests and deeply believed norms. The
carefully selected papers in this volume both analyse and advocate
policies that claim to be directed towards ?combating man-made
global warming? and hence ?save the planet?.
The WTO has laid the foundations for a new era of trade relations,
and increased trade liberalization has improved global efficiency
in production and consumption. The strengthening of trade rules,
however, has increased the scope for disputes over interpretations
of more extensive and complicated agreements, and has spilt over
into environmental and scientific matters. One of the unforeseen
consequences of the WTO agreements has been controversy over risk.
This volume explores aspects of risk with special reference to the
WTO, where national instruments to reduce risk may conflict with
international trade rules. The book is divided into sections
dealing with: * accounting for risk in trade agreements * risk and
the WTO * managing risk in policy making * negotiating experience
with risk * national risks and quarantine standards * managing
biotechnology. The chapters offer many perspectives on risk
assessment and benefit from a rich diversity of approaches as
befits contributions from authors with backgrounds in law,
economics, political science and environmental and natural science
as well as policy making. Globalization and the Environment is a
fascinating book that will draw its readership from these fields.
In the last decade, the OECD has undergone a period of
transformation under the leadership of Secretary-General Angel
Gurria and his senior management - a transformation that has
revitalised the organisation's operations and outputs. Now
celebrating its 60th anniversary, the OECD provides an increasingly
valuable resource for its members and partners worldwide. This, the
only book to cover the last ten years of the OECD's work, focuses
on the policy-related advice, evidence-based global standards,
trusted statistics and analysis, and support for policy reform that
it has developed. The book commences with a brief history of the
OECD and its key decision processes and then examines the impact of
its leadership in driving a wide range of achievements and in
securing an expanding, increasingly global role. It focuses on the
organisation's green agenda and the move to measure living
conditions in a more detailed fashion, rather than relying largely
on GDP, and on the inclusive growth project that aims at making
markets work for all. It discusses the OECD's remarkably
influential work in education, including PISA and PIAAC, and
demonstrates the capacity of the OECD to embrace new areas of work
- the importance of innovation and the digital economy in driving
economic growth. Based on access to a wide range of documents and
extensive interviews with senior officials and members, this
comprehensive book also sheds light on the OECD's partnership with
the G20 in the push for stronger international co-operation and
transparency in tax matters as well their Inclusive Framework on
Base Erosion and Profit shifting (BEPS), aimed at tackling tax
avoidance. The OECD's strategic response to the COVID-19 pandemic
and the drive to develop 'Smart Data' are also covered.
Originally published in 1996, this book is an exploration and
analysis of the electricity industry in the context of uncertainty
following the energy crisis of the 1970s and concern over the
greenhouse effect. Few industries demand a similar level of
foresight and planning, or such vast amounts of capital. The book
examines five well-known Australian, Canadian and New Zealand cases
and closely analyses the ways in which various agencies have sought
ends to serve the means at their disposal. Electricity has long
been regarded as a natural monopoly, but questions of
privatisation, regulation and government control are increasingly
prevalent. The book explores these issues and also notes the
experiences of other countries in its analysis of institutional
reform. Aynsley Kellow argues for different approaches to
electricity planning, which offer much by way of economic savings
and minimisation of environmental problems.
This book is an exploration and analysis of the electricity industry in the context of uncertainty following the energy crisis of the 1970s and concern over the greenhouse effect. Electricity has long been regarded as a natural monopoly, but questions of privatization, regulation and government control are increasingly prevalent. The book explores these issues through case studies from Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Aynsley Kellow argues for new approaches to electricity planning, which offer both economic and environmental benefits.
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