Rob a DeLeo

Anticipatory Policymaking

When Government Acts to Prevent Problems and Why It Is So Difficult

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Produktbeschreibung

Provides an in depth examination of the complex process through which United States government institutions anticipate emerging threats. Using contemporary debates over the risks associated with nanotechnology, pandemic influenza, and global warming as case study material, Rob A. DeLeo highlights the distinctive features of proactive governance. By challenging the pervasive assumption of reactive policymaking, DeLeo provides a dynamic approach for conceptualizing the political dimensions of anticipation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 164mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 500g
• ISBN-13: 9781138813427
• ISBN-10: 1138813427
• Artikelnr.: 42740243

Autorenporträt

Rob A. DeLeo is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Bentley University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Anticipation and Public Policy 2. Toward an Anticipatory Policy Type 3. No Small Matter: Balancing the Risks and Benefits of Nanotechnology 4. An Ounce of Prevention: Bird Flu
Swine Flu
and the Politics of Pandemic 5. Too Hot to Handle: Mitigation
Adaptation
and the Quest for Climate Change Policy 6. Anticipation: A Distinctive Policy Type