2017

The Australian Policy Handbook

Althaus, Catherine; Bridgman, Peter and Davis, Glyn. The Australian Policy Handbook: A practical guide to the policy making process. Allen & Unwin, 2017.

The sixth edition of this widely used introduction is fully updated, and includes new material on the professionalisation of politicians, the role of opposition members, loss of corporate memory in the public service, addressing systemic policy failure, nudge economics and the impact of social media and the sharing economy on policy making and government. More information…

Contemporary Controversies in Catholic Bioethics

Althaus, Catherine. "Contemporary Controversies in Catholic Bioethics," in Eberl, Jason T (ed.). Contemporary Controversies in Catholic Bioethics. Springer-Verlag, 2017.

This volume comprises various viewpoints representing a Catholic perspective on contemporary practices in medicine and biomedical research. The Roman Catholic Church has had a significant impact upon the formulation and application of moral values and principles to a wide range of controversial issues in bioethics. More information…

Trust in Regulatory Regimes

Baekkeskov, Erik. “Deliberate Trust-building by Autonomous Government Agencies: Evidence from Responses to the 2009 H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic,” in Six, Frédérique and Verhoest, Koen (eds.,). Trust in Regulatory Regimes. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017.

Within political and administrative sciences generally, trust as a concept is contested, especially in the field of regulatory governance. This groundbreaking book is the first to systematically explore the role and dynamics of trust within regulatory regimes. More information…

Policy Agendas in Australia

Dowding, Keith and Martin, Aaron. Policy Agendas in Australia. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.

This book contributes to and expands on the major international Comparative Policy Agendas Project. It sets the project in context, and provides a comprehensive assessment of the changing policy agenda in Australia over a forty-year period, using a unique systematic dataset of governor-general speeches, legislation and parliamentary questions, and then mapping these on to media coverage and what the public believes (according to poll evidence) government should be concentrating upon. More information…

Anti-Politics, Depoliticization, and Governance

Fawcett, Paul; Flinders, Matthew; Hay, Colin and Wood, Matthew (eds.,). Anti-Politics, Depoliticization, and Governance. Oxford University Press, 2017.

This book examines the relationship between these two trends as understood within the broader shift towards governance. It brings together a number of contributions from scholars who have a varied range of concerns but who nevertheless share a common interest in developing the concept of depoliticization through their engagement with a set of theoretical, conceptual, methodological, and empirical questions. More information…

Anti-Politics, Depoliticization, and Governance

Lewis, Jenny. “Governance change across policy sectors and nations,” in Klassen, Thomas R., Cepiku, Denita and Lah, T. J. The Routledge Handbook of Global Public Policy and Administration. Routledge, 2017.

This book is a comprehensive leading-edge guide for students, scholars and practitioners of public policy and administration. Public policy and administration are key aspects of modern societies that affect the daily lives of all citizens. This handbook examines current trends and reforms in public policy and administration, such as financial regulation, risk management, public health, e-government and many others at the local, national and international levels. More information...

Transnational Actors in War and Peace

MacDonald, Kate. “Containing conflict: Authoritative transnational actors and the management of company-community conflict,” in Malet, David and Anderson, Miriam J. (eds.,). Transnational Actors in War and Peace: Militants, Activists, and Corporations in World Politics. Georgetown University Press, 2017.

Transnational Actors in War and Peace provides a comparative examination of a range of transnational actors who have been key to the conduct of war and peace promotion, and of how they interact with states and each other. It explores the identities, organisation, strategies and influence of transnational actors involved in contentious politics, armed conflict, and peacemaking. More information…

Technology and World Politics

McCarthy, Daniel R. (ed.,). Technology and World Politics. Routledge, 2017.

This edited volume provides a convenient entry point to the cutting-edge field of the international politics of technology, in an interesting and informative manner. Technology and World Politics introduces its readers to different approaches to technology in global politics through a survey of emerging fusions of Science and Technology Studies and International Relations. More information…

Routledge Handbook of Civil Society in Asia

Taneja, Pradeep and Kassim-Lakha, Salim. "India," in Ogawa, Akihiro (ed.,). Routledge Handbook of Civil Society in Asia. Routledge, 2017.

The Routledge Handbook of Civil Society in Asia is an interdisciplinary resource, covering one of the most dynamically expanding sectors in contemporary Asia. Originally a product of Western thinking, civil society represents a particular set of relationships between the state and either society or the individual. Each culture, however, moulds its own version of civil society, reflecting its most important values and traditions. More information…

Transitions from Education to Work

Waring, Peter; Vas, Christopher and Bali, Azad Singh. “Work Readiness in Singapore,” in Cameron, Roslyn; Dhakal, Subas and Burgess, John (eds.,). Transitions from Education to Work: Workforce Ready Challenges in the Asia Pacific. Routledge, 2017.

This book brings together national and international perspectives on employability challenges faced by selected countries in the Asia Pacific region. While the region is forecast to enjoy high growth in the coming decade, a recurring challenge is addressing skill shortages and ensuring effective transition from training colleges and universities into employment. More information...

Making Human Rights News

Winston, Carla. “Nonprofit Product Placement: Human Rights Advocacy in Film and Television,” in Pollock, John C. and Winston, Morton (eds.,). Making Human Rights News. Routledge, 2017.

This book explores the impact of new digital technology and activism on the production of human rights messages. It is the first collection of studies to combine multidisciplinary approaches, “citizen witness” challenges to journalism ethics, and expert assessments of the “liberating role” of the Internet. More information…