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Title Public policy, governance and polarization : making governance work / edited by David K. Jesuit and Russell Alan Williams
Published London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018

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Description 1 online resource
Series Routledge critical studies in public management
Routledge critical studies in public management.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction and overview: polarization explained and applied; Part I Polarized mass publics and electoral politics; 1 Concerted action in complex environments: a comparison of industrial restructuring in mid-sized city-regions in Canada and the United States; 2 Lines in the sand: how Americans' polarization results in unwillingness to accept compromise policy outcomes
3 Can unequal distributions of wealth influence vote choice? A comparative study of Germany, Sweden and the United States; Part II An example of polarization: the climate change debate; 4 Consensual environmental policy in the Anthropocene: governing what humanity hath wrought; 5 Polarized climate debate? Institutions and structure in subnational policymaking; 6 Polarized business interests: EU climate policy-making during the "Great Recession"; Part III Potential remedies to polarized policymaking
7 Comparative national energy policies and climate change actions in countries with divided and unified governments: reflections, projections and opportunities for improved pedagogy; 8 Exploring the mediating effects of institutions on polarization and political conflict: evidence from Michigan cities; 9 Political polarization, fiscal stress and financing public universities: a comparative analysis of the Ontario and Michigan public policy experience; 10 The silence is deafening: a look into financial services sector policymaking in Canada
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Subject Policy sciences.
Polarization (Social sciences)
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
Polarization (Social sciences)
Policy sciences
Form Electronic book
Author Jesuit, David K., editor
Williams, Russell Alan, 1970- editor.
LC no. 2017022852
ISBN 9781315560342
1315560348
9781317197980
1317197984
9781317197973
1317197976