Sandra L. Resodihardjo

Crisis and Change in the British and Dutch Prison Services (eBook, ePUB)

Understanding Crisis-Reform Processes

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Examining the conditions under which a crisis in a policy sector can lead to significant reform within the sector, this study draws on crises within the British and Dutch Prison Services.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351947503
• Artikelnr.: 49355354

Autorenporträt

Sandra L. Resodihardjo is a lecturer at the Department of Public Administration, Leiden University. In 2007, she spent two months conducting research at the University of Manchester as a Hallsworth Visiting Professor. Her current research focuses on crises, policy making and reform; with an emphasis on the effects of agenda-setting on policy making. She is a founding member of the Dutch Policy Agendas Project.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Crisis and reform in the public sector
The crisis-reform thesis: how crises can lead to reform
2 prison systems: pre-crisis descriptions
The Dutch prison service: Cell shortages and escapes (1992-1993)
Riots and reform in England (1990-1991)
The escapes from Whitemoor and Parkhurst (1994-1995)
Recognizing patterns of reform
Alternative paths to reform
Appendices
References
Index.