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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Policy Making in the Public Interest is the first text and workbook to provide a short and firmly focused introduction to local government policy making techniques. Each chapter introduces core policy concepts and competencies and concludes with exercises that encourage the reader to apply the theme of the chapter to a practical policy issue in local government, such as city-planning, community-economic development, public safety programming, utility planning, developing regional partnerships, and sustainable growth and development. The exercises explore issues students are likely to analyze as interns or observe in a service learning assignment with local government. For practitioners and elected officials, the exercises focus on issues commonly confronted on the job. This unique approach is designed specifically to lead the reader to a complete and multi-dimensional understanding of the public interest and to provide tools for identifying and adopting local government policies that will support it. An accompanying eResource page contains grading forms to evaluate verbal presentations and analytical work, PowerPoint slides, downloadable forms for students and practitioners, as well as links and resources. Policy Making in the Public Interest is an essential text and workbook for classes in public policy or local government operations, a vital self-guided handbook for managers and elected officials, and a useful resource and instructional guide for workshops. This text and workbook provides an introduction to local government policy making techniques. Chapters introduce core policy concepts and conclude with exercises encouraging readers to apply chapter themes to practical policy issues. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: New. Policy Making in the Public Interest is the first text and workbook to provide a short and firmly focused introduction to local government policy making techniques. Each chapter introduces core policy concepts and competencies and concludes with exercises that encourage the reader to apply the theme of the chapter to a practical policy issue in local government, such as city-planning, community-economic development, public safety programming, utility planning, developing regional partnerships, and sustainable growth and development. The exercises explore issues students are likely to analyze as interns or observe in a service learning assignment with local government. For practitioners and elected officials, the exercises focus on issues commonly confronted on the job. This unique approach is designed specifically to lead the reader to a complete and multi-dimensional understanding of 'the public interest' and to provide tools for identifying and adopting local government policies that will support it. An accompanying eResource page contains grading forms to evaluate verbal presentations and analytical work, PowerPoint slides, downloadable forms for students and practitioners, as well as links and resources. Policy Making in the Public Interest is an essential text and workbook for classes in public policy or local government operations, a vital self-guided handbook for managers and elected officials, and a useful resource and instructional guide for workshops.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Policy Making in the Public Interest is the first text and workbook to provide a short and firmly focused introduction to local government policy making techniques. Each chapter introduces core policy concepts and competencies and concludes with exercises that encourage the reader to apply the theme of the chapter to a practical policy issue in local government, such as city-planning, community-economic development, public safety programming, utility planning, developing regional partnerships, and sustainable growth and development. The exercises explore issues students are likely to analyze as interns or observe in a service learning assignment with local government. For practitioners and elected officials, the exercises focus on issues commonly confronted on the job. This unique approach is designed specifically to lead the reader to a complete and multi-dimensional understanding of 'the public interest' and to provide tools for identifying and adopting local government policies that will support it. An accompanying eResource page contains grading forms to evaluate verbal presentations and analytical work, PowerPoint slides, downloadable forms for students and practitioners, as well as links and resources. Policy Making in the Public Interest is an essential text and workbook for classes in public policy or local government operations, a vital self-guided handbook for managers and elected officials, and a useful resource and instructional guide for workshops.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2025 OUP hardcover edition. Light reading wear else very good condition. From the dustjacket: The volume provides the first comprehensive account of the European Commission under its first female president, Ursula von der Leyen (2019-2024). Contents: Introduction: The European Commission under President Ursula von der Leyen-A Critical Actornness Approach by Gabriele Abels, Johanna Kantola, Emanuela Lombardo, and Henriette Muller PART I. CONCEPTUAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL APPROACHES TO 'A UNION OF EQUALITY' 1. A 'Union of Equality': A New Doctrine for the European Union? by Agnes Hubert and Sophie Jacquot 2. Words and Deeds?: The von der Leyen Commission's Defense of Equality in Times of Anti-Gender Opposition by Emanuela Lombardo and Lucrecia Rubio Grundell 3. 'Through the Side Door': Ursula von der Leyen's Unconventional Path to Power by Joyce Marie Mushaben PART II. THE VON DER LEYEN COMMISSION: GENDER, STRUCTURE, AND LEADERSHIP 4. Political Leadership, (Gender) Equality, and Crises: Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Agenda-Setting by Henriette Muller 5. The Long (and Still Incomplete) March to Gender Parity: von der Leyen I in Historical Perspective by Sara Connolly, Hussein Kassim, Josefine Lynggaard, Andrew Thompson, and Pierre Alayrac 6. Von der Leyen's Gender-Balanced Team: A New Way of Operating in the College of Commissioners? by John A. Scherpereel, Michel Mitri, and Alida Schreuders 7. Gendering the Interinstitutional Landscape: Relations of the von der Leyen Commission to the European Parliament and the Council by Gabriele Abels and Johanna Kantola PART III. POLICIES AND POLITICS UNDER THE EQUALITY LENS: THE SIX PRIORITIES OF THE VON DER LEYEN COMMISSION 8. The European Green Deal Through an Equalities Lens: A Missed Opportunity? by Gill Allwood and Annica Kronsell 9. An Economy that Works for the People: Social and Economic Policy by Paul Copeland and Anna Elomaki 10. A Europe Fit for the Digital Age: Combating Online Violence Against Women by Olga Jurasz 11. Toward a More Gender-equal EU Migration Policy?: Gender and Sexuality in the New Pact on Migration and Asylum by Amandine Le Bellec and Jane Freedman 12. A Stronger Europe in the World: Is von der Leyen's 'Geopolitical Turn' Fostering or Hindering Gender Justice? by Hanna L. Muhlenhoff, Toni Haastrup, and Roberta Guerrina 13. The Citizenwashing of von der Leyen's 'New Push for European Democracy': The Conference on the Future of Europe and the Commission's European Citizens' Panels by Alvaro Oleart PART IV. CRISES AND RESPONSES: THE COMMISSION IN TURBULENT TIMES 14. Gendering the EU's COVID-19 Pandemic Response: The Recovery and Resilience Facility by Muireann O'Dwyer and Stefanie Wohl 15. The Commission as a Critical Actor for Strengthening Supranational Rule of Law Enforcement?: The Mixed Record of the von der Leyen Commission by Lisa H. Anders and Sonja Priebus 16. EU Values in Gendered Violence Legislation: The Directive on Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence by Valentine Berthet and Lise Rolandsen Agustin 17. Facing Unprecedented Challenges: Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Russia's War in Ukraine by Ingeborg Tommel 18. 'Free to Be Yourself in the EU': The von der Leyen Commission and LGBTIQ Equality in the Eastern Partnership Countries by Maryna Shevtsova PART V. LOOKING AHEAD: TOWARD A 'UNION OF EQUALITY'? Conclusions: Political Leadership and the Differential von der Leyen Effect in European Policy-Making by Henriette Muller and Michael W. Bauer.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Policy Making in the Public Interest is the first text and workbook to provide a short and firmly focused introduction to local government policy making techniques. Each chapter introduces core policy concepts and competencies and concludes with exercises that encourage the reader to apply the theme of the chapter to a practical policy issue in local government, such as city-planning, community-economic development, public safety programming, utility planning, developing regional partnerships, and sustainable growth and development. The exercises explore issues students are likely to analyze as interns or observe in a service learning assignment with local government. For practitioners and elected officials, the exercises focus on issues commonly confronted on the job. This unique approach is designed specifically to lead the reader to a complete and multi-dimensional understanding of 'the public interest' and to provide tools for identifying and adopting local government policies that will support it. An accompanying eResource page contains grading forms to evaluate verbal presentations and analytical work, PowerPoint slides, downloadable forms for students and practitioners, as well as links and resources. Policy Making in the Public Interest is an essential text and workbook for classes in public policy or local government operations, a vital self-guided handbook for managers and elected officials, and a useful resource and instructional guide for workshops.…

Condition: New. Michael L. Abels served as Lecturer and Undergraduate Program Director in the School of Public Administration, University of Central Florida, USA from 2008 to 2016. Prior to 2008 he served for approximately 35 years in city management an.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Policy Making in the Public Interest is the first text and workbook to provide a short and firmly focused introduction to local government policy making techniques. Each chapter introduces core policy concepts and competencies and concludes with exercises that encourage the reader to apply the theme of the chapter to a practical policy issue in local government, such as city-planning, community-economic development, public safety programming, utility planning, developing regional partnerships, and sustainable growth and development. The exercises explore issues students are likely to analyze as interns or observe in a service learning assignment with local government. For practitioners and elected officials, the exercises focus on issues commonly confronted on the job. This unique approach is designed specifically to lead the reader to a complete and multi-dimensional understanding of the public interest and to provide tools for identifying and adopting local government policies that will support it. An accompanying eResource page contains grading forms to evaluate verbal presentations and analytical work, PowerPoint slides, downloadable forms for students and practitioners, as well as links and resources. Policy Making in the Public Interest is an essential text and workbook for classes in public policy or local government operations, a vital self-guided handbook for managers and elected officials, and a useful resource and instructional guide for workshops. This text and workbook provides an introduction to local government policy making techniques. Chapters introduce core policy concepts and conclude with exercises encouraging readers to apply chapter themes to practical policy issues. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Policy Making in the Public Interest is the first text and workbook to provide a short and firmly focused introduction to local government policy making techniques. Each chapter introduces core policy concepts and competencies and concludes with exercises that encourage the reader to apply the theme of the chapter to a practical policy issue in local government, such as city-planning, community-economic development, public safety programming, utility planning, developing regional partnerships, and sustainable growth and development. The exercises explore issues students are likely to analyze as interns or observe in a service learning assignment with local government. For practitioners and elected officials, the exercises focus on issues commonly confronted on the job. This unique approach is designed specifically to lead the reader to a complete and multi-dimensional understanding of 'the public interest' and to provide tools for identifying and adopting local government policies that will support it. An accompanying eResource page contains grading forms to evaluate verbal presentations and analytical work, PowerPoint slides, downloadable forms for students and practitioners, as well as links and resources. Policy Making in the Public Interest is an essential text and workbook for classes in public policy or local government operations, a vital self-guided handbook for managers and elected officials, and a useful resource and instructional guide for workshops.…

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