Public Policy and Governance

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Weapons of the People

The Culture and Politics of Guns in Modern China

By Lei Duan
Subjects: Asian Studies, China, History, Chinese History, Political Science, Public Policy and Governance
Series: China Understandings Today

How gun control became a central tool of governance in China

Practicing Electoral Assistance

A Critical Ethnography

By Eva Johais
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Public Policy and Governance
Series: Configurations: Critical Studies of World Politics

Interrupting the routine of a common international practice by showing the social conditions that shape electoral assistance

Vaccination Politics

The Comparative Politics and Policy of COVID-19 Vaccination

Edited by Scott L. Greer, Elize Massard da Fonseca, Elizabeth J King, and Holly Jarman
Subjects: Political Science, Public Policy and Governance, Health & Medicine, Health Policy & Management

Comparing COVID-19 vaccination policies and politics around the world

A Critique of Political Science

A History of the Caucus for a New Political Science

By Clyde W. Barrow
Subjects: Political Science, Public Policy and Governance

How can political science advance progressive political development in the United States and abroad?

Global Urban Policy

A Framework for Analyzing State and Society

Edited by David Kaufmann & Mara Sidney
Subjects: Political Science, Public Policy and Governance, Spatial Politics, Urban Studies

How to see like a city

The Subtlety of the Street

The Discourse of Responsibility

By M Peregrine Balmat
Subjects: Political Science, Public Policy and Governance, Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Social Anthropology, Applied Linguistics & Linguistics

Mundane words matter

Realizing Equality in Policy

Edited by Alexander Kaufman
Subjects: Political Science, Political Theory, Economics, Economic Theory, Public Policy and Governance

Questioning the policy implications of contemporary theories of egalitarian justice

The Homeowner Ideology

Economic (F)Utility of Real Property Rights in Four African Cities

By Singumbe Muyeba
Subjects: African Studies, Political Science, Political Economy, Economics, Development, Public Policy and Governance
Series: African Perspectives

Confronts neoclassical economic conventions on homeownership in sub-Saharan African cities

Mass–Elite Representation Gap in Old and New Democracies

Critical Junctures and Elite Agency

Edited by Jaemin Shim
Subjects: Political Science, Public Policy and Governance, Political Theory
Series: New Comparative Politics

How can we explain policy preference mismatch between voters and their representatives?

Mobilizing the Metropolis

How the Port Authority Built New York

By Philip Mark Plotch & Jen Nelles
Subjects: Political Science, Public Policy and Governance, Urban Studies, Spatial Politics

Durable lessons from New York on collaboration, leadership, and overcoming complex political challenges

The State You See

How Government Visibility Creates Political Distrust and Racial Inequality

By Aaron J. Rosenthal
Subjects: Race and Ethnicity, Political Science, Public Policy and Governance

How race affects Americans' experiences of government

Floundering Stability

US Foreign Policy in Egypt

By Amir Magdy Kamel
Subjects: Political Science, Public Policy and Governance, International Relations, Middle and Near Eastern Studies

A cautionary tale

Following in Footsteps or Marching Alone?

How Institutional Differences Influence Renewable Energy Policy

By Srinivas Parinandi
Subjects: Political Science, Public Policy and Governance, American Politics

Renewable energy policies and the politics of resource management

Putting Federalism in Its Place

The Territorial Politics of Social Policy Revisited

By Scott L. Greer, Daniel Béland, André Lecours, and Kenneth A Dubin
Subjects: Political Science, Public Policy and Governance

This book proposes a method for understanding the relationship between federalism and public policy in a comparative and institutional perspective

Twisting in the Wind

The Politics of Tepid Transitions to Renewable Energy

By Oksan Bayulgen
Subjects: Political Science, Public Policy and Governance, Nature/Environment, Environmental Studies, Political Theory

Political barriers to clean energy transitions

Evading the Patronage Trap

Interest Representation in Mexico

By Brian Palmer-Rubin
Subjects: Latin American Studies, Political Science, Public Policy and Governance

Patronage negatively affects economic opportunity for small farms and businesses

Isolation and Engagement

Presidential Decision Making on China from Kennedy to Nixon

By William Waltman Newmann
Subjects: Political Science, Public Policy and Governance, International Relations, American Politics

Personal presidential style profoundly affects China policy, both in and outside the administration

Governing Abroad

Coalition Politics and Foreign Policy in Europe

By Sibel Oktay
Subjects: Political Science, Public Policy and Governance, International Relations

Brings political parties back to the study of foreign policy

Cops, Teachers, Counselors

Stories from the Front Lines of Public Service

Second Edition, New and expanded edition

By Steven Williams Maynard-Moody & Michael Craig Musheno
Subjects: Political Science, Public Policy and Governance, American Politics, Sociology

A penetrating look at how government workers make sense of their work, ascribe identity to the people they encounter, and account for their decisions and actions

That Could Be Us

News Media, Politics, and the Necessary Conditions for Disaster Risk Reduction

By Thomas Jamieson & Douglas A Van Belle
Subjects: Political Science, Public Policy and Governance, Media Studies

The media's role in using disaster relief reduction for political gain

The Language(s) of Politics

Multilingual Policy-Making in the European Union

By Nils Ringe
Subjects: Political Science, Political Communication, Public Policy and Governance

Multilingualism depoliticizes policymaking in the EU

Coronavirus Politics

The Comparative Politics and Policy of COVID-19

By Scott L. Greer, Elizabeth J King, Elize Massard da Fonseca, and Andre Peralta-Santos
Subjects: Political Science, Comparative Politics, Public Policy and Governance

Global experts develop explanations of how governments responded to COVID-19

The Three Ages of Government

From the Person, to the Group, to the World

By Jos C.N. Raadschelders
Subjects: Political Science, Public Policy and Governance

Subjects into citizens—understanding the role of government in democracies

The Enduring Legacy

Structured Inequality in America's Public Schools

By Mark Edward Ryan
Subjects: Education, Political Science, Race and Politics, Public Policy and Governance

The moral failure of American structured inequality in education

More or Less Afraid of Nearly Everything

Homeland Security, Borders, and Disasters in the Twenty-First Century

By Ben Rohrbaugh
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, American Politics, Public Policy and Governance

An Insider’s Guide to Homeland Security

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