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"The Kalahandi district in the state of Odisha in Eastern India is regarded as an iconic region of underdevelopment and is often perceived to be the 'Somalia' of the country. It is also the site of a large number of governmental interventions. This book focuses on governance in the state of Odisha and provides an ethnographic account of the changing forms of governmental actions in the development sector. It analyses the implementation of WORLP (Western Orissa Rural Livelihoods Project), a new generation watershed-based development project in Kalahandi district in Odish. It shows the morphings of the forms of the state on the ground and the ways in which it is perceived by the agents and objects of statist actions. Arguing that the changes in the institutions and practices of the state in India over the last three decades are better understood through the conceptualisation of state-fabrication, rather than of state-formation, the author describes five governmental tactics related to emergent modes of governmental action in the context of watershed development in Kalahandi . The book identifies an increasing convergence in the everyday practices of governmental and non-governmental organisations, and the growth of 'the social' as a terrain and object of governmental action as two important effects of the process of deployment of these tactics. Providing an alternative analysis of state and politics in India, this book adds to the literature surrounding the everyday state by illuminating recent changes in state-society relations. It will be of interest to academics in the field of Political Science, Public Policy, Development Studies, Social Anthropology/Sociology and South Asian studies

The modern public prosecutor is a figure both powerful and enigmatic. Legal scholars and criminologists often identify "three essential components" of criminal justice systems: police, courts and corrections. Yet increasingly, the public prosecutor occupies a distinct role independent from any of these branches. Acting outside of the court, and therefore largely out of the public eye, the prosecutor's control over whether and what charges proceed to court can limit judicial discretion on sentencing, open pathways to alternative measures and even deny entry into the criminal justice system entirely. In this sense the prosecutor serves as a true "gatekeeper" to the criminal process.This book addresses key aspects of the evolving role of domestic and international prosecutors in common law and civil law systems in the twenty-first century, and the challenges posed by this evolution. This collection of chapters from respected scholars takes an international, comparative approach and explores how these different legal systems have borrowed theorisations and articulations of the prosecutorial role from each other in adapting the office to changing conditions and expectations. The volume is structured around four main themes relating to the role of the modern prosecutor: the nature of the prosecutor's office, the role of the prosecutor in investigations, prosecutorial discretion and how it is exercised, and politicisation and accountability of prosecutors.This book is essential for scholars and students in criminal justice, pre-law/legal studies, criminology, justice studies and political science, and is useful as a resource for those interested in legal change around the world.

"The increased militarization of the police in the United States has been a topic of controversy for decades, brought to the public eye in notable events such as the Los Angeles Police Department's use of battering rams in the 1980s and the siege of the Weaver family at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, in the 1990s, among others. The issue of police militarism has been back at the forefront of criminal justice policy discussions in the wake of the militaristic police response to the protests that took place after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014. This book examines the issue of militarization in a post-Ferguson environment from the perspective of those inside policing. Drawing from a variety of data--including historical analysis of newspaper articles to examine the use of firearms in policing; original data from police respondents attending the FBI's National Academy in Quantico, Virginia; interviews with police chiefs and tactical officers regarding their direct experiences; and a sample of National Academy attendees reporting on the deployment of patrol rifles in policing--this work provides a nuanced look at police militarization that will inform future conceptual discussions and empirical research into the phenomenon. Considerations identified for police policy-makers include politics, media, leadership, and marketing. These themes are explored in detail, suggesting multiple dimensions, both theoretical and empirical, to better understand policing and policy, making this book an excellent resource for students, scholars, and professionals in law enforcement, political science, and public administration"--

The study of public policy and the methods of policy analysis are among the most rapidly developing areas in the social sciences. Policy analysis has emerged to provide a better understanding of the policymaking process and to supply decision makers with reliable policy-relevant knowledge about pressing economic and social problems. Presenting a broad, comprehensive perspective, the Handbook of Public Policy Analysis: Theory, Politics, and Methods covers the historical development of policy analysis, its role in the policy process, and empirical methods. The handbook considers the theory generated by these methods and the normative and ethical issues surrounding their practice.Written by leading experts in the field, this book-Deals with the basic origins and evolution of public policy Examines the stages of the policy-making processIdentifies political advocacy and expertise in the policy processFocuses on rationality in policy decision-making and the role of policy networks and learningDetails argumentation, rhetoric, and narratives Explores the comparative, cultural, and ethical aspects of public policy Explains primary quantitative-oriented analytical methods employed in policy researchAddresses the qualitative sides of policy analysis Discusses tools used to refine policy choicesTraces the development of policy analysis in selected national contextsThe Handbook of Public Policy Analysis: Theory, Politics, and Methods describes the theoretical debates that have recently defined the field, including the work of postpositivist, interpretivist, and social constructionist scholars. This book also explores the interplay between empirical and normative analysis, a crucial issue running through contemporary debates.

"Acclaimed fantasy author China Mieville plunges us into the year the world was turned upside down The renowned fantasy and science fiction writer China Mieville has long been inspired by the ideals of the Russian Revolution and here, on the centenary of the revolution, he provides his own distinctive take on its history. In February 1917, in the midst of bloody war, Russia was still an autocratic monarchy: nine months later, it became the first socialist state in world history. How did this unimaginable transformation take place? How was a ravaged and backward country, swept up in a desperately unpopular war, rocked by not one but two revolutions? This is the story of the extraordinary months between those upheavals, in February and October, of the forces and individuals who made 1917 so epochal a year, of their intrigues, negotiations, conflicts and catastrophes. From familiar names like Lenin and Trotsky to their opponents Kornilov and Kerensky; from the byzantine squabbles of urban activists to the remotest villages of a sprawling empire; from the revolutionary railroad Sublime to the ciphers and static of coup by telegram; from grand sweep to forgotten detail. Historians have debated the revolution for a hundred years, its portents and possibilities: the mass of literature can be daunting. But here is a book for those new to the events, told not only in their historical import but in all their passion and drama and strangeness. Because as well as a political event of profound and ongoing consequence, Mieville reveals the Russian Revolution as a breathtaking story"--

Intro -- Preface -- Why This Book -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1: The Double Debt: Economic and Environmental -- The Economic Crisis -- The Environmental Debt -- The Baumol Disease and the Funding of the State -- Co-benefits of Climate Change Mitigation -- Final Remarks -- 2: An Overview of What Global Health Is -- Economy and Health -- Converging Trends: The Quest for a Minimal State, Misconceptions on Science, Fragmented Research -- Political Crisis, Health Crisis -- Health in a Global World -- Three Exemplary Cases: Nauru, Greece and Bangladesh -- Obesity in Nauru: A Story of Early Globalisation -- Greece: The Health Effects of Economic Crisis -- The Case of Bangladesh -- 3: Food -- The Two Faces of Nutritional Problems -- The Global Food Industry -- 4: Climate Change -- The Fifth Report by the IPCC: The Effects on Health -- Climate Change and Communicable Diseases -- Causality and Climate Change -- Climate Change and Vulnerability -- Denialism -- 5: The Environment -- Aflatoxin -- Arsenic in Water and Other Environmental Exposures in Poor Countries -- Urban Sprawl, the Built Environment and Health -- The Microbiological Environment -- 6: The Economic Crisis -- The WHO, Smallpox and Polio -- Globalisation and Health: The Prospects -- 7: Cancer: A Time Bomb in Poor Countries -- Cancer as a Global and Preventable Problem -- The Agents that Cause Cancer and the Importance of Prevention -- The Global Epidemic of Diseases Linked to Tobacco -- Occupational Carcinogens -- Diet and Tumours -- Infectious Carcinogenic Agents -- Environmental Carcinogens -- Other Risk Factors: Socio-economic Status -- ``Why Me?´´ Nature and Culture: The Role of Genetic Predisposition -- Primary Prevention of Tumours -- The Threats of Globalisation for the Primary Prevention of Cancer -- Final Remarks -- 8: The Epigenetic Landscape.

This book investigates the emergence and working of governance networks in contemporary Russia. Drawing on a case study design, it provides a novel comparison of seven policy issues each investigated across various Russian regions or over time. Its authors reveal that governance networks are a ubiquitous phenomenon emerging in different regime types. It sheds light on how and why state authorities interact with non-state actors and unravels various types, functions and flavours of governance networks in Russia. By precisely tracing how state authorities govern networks under the terms of a hybrid regime, special emphasis is placed on the analysis of 'meta-governance' tools. Moreover, the book allows for theorising on governance in an increasingly authoritarian regime and thus can also be read as a unique contribution to research on governance theory in general. Creating a clear analytical framework it reflects the richness of governance theory and offers fresh perspectives on the nature of hybrid and 'new' authoritarian regimes. This original work will appeal to students and scholars of Russian Studies, public policy, political science, sociology, and public administration. Sabine Kropp is Professor at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.Aadne Aasland is Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR), Norway.Mikkel Berg-Nordlie is Researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR), Norway.Jørn Holm-Hansen is Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR), Norway.Johannes Schuhmann is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf, Germany.

Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- I. Policy Analysis Is an Art or a Craft As Much As It Is a Science -- II. Policy Analysis Is Political -- III. Policy Analysis Is Normative -- IV. Policymaking Is Institutional -- V. Problems Are Not Solved, only Ameliorated (At Best) -- VI. The Policy Analyst Must Be a Skeptic -- VI. Budgeting Is Crucial for Policy, and Politics -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Notes -- Introduction: Analysis as Art -- Notes -- Part I: Resources Versus Objectives -- Chapter 1: Policy Analysis Is What Information Systems Are Not -- Modern Management Information Systems -- The Longest Path -- Management by Objectives -- Social Indicators -- Program Budgeting -- Comparison -- Theory -- Organization -- History -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Strategic Retreat on Objectives: Learning from Failure in American Public Policy -- Retreat on Objectives -- Crime -- Health -- Education -- Unobtainable Objectives -- The Search for Attainable Objectives -- Equalizing Organizational Outputs -- Metamorphosing Clientele: The Five De's -- Retreat or Rout? -- Why Retreat? -- Redefining the Problem -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Policy as Its Own Cause -- The Law of Large Solutions in Public Policy -- Large Solutions and Policy Interdependence -- Internalizing External Effects -- Unanticipated Consequences -- The Corporate State? -- Government as a Federation of Sectors -- Multisectoral Treaties -- Why Sectoral Segmentation? -- The World Outside -- Change for Its Own Sake -- Sectors of Policy as Prohibiters and Proponents of Change -- Problems and Solutions -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Coordination Without a Coordinator -- The Revolution We Are Waiting for Is Already Here -- Rules Containing the Consensus -- Rules for Resolving Uncertainty About Values -- Values and Analysis -- Values for Designing Means -- Broad End-State Goals

Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Urban Utopias-Excess and Expulsion in Neoliberal India and Sri Lanka -- Futuristic Visions of Urbanity and Socio-Economic Expulsions -- Urban Megalomaniac Visions and Heritage Utopias -- Urban Queer Utopias and Bodily Expulsions -- References -- Part I: Futuristic Visions of Urbanity and Socio-Economic Expulsions -- Chapter 2: The Impossibility of World-Class Slum-Free Indian Cities and the Fantasy of 'Two Indias' -- Introduction: World-Class Slum-Free Cities -- Žižekian Ideological Critique -- The Fantasies of Two Indias -- 'Other India as Political Society and the Survival Economy' -- 'Other India as "Leash"' -- Discussion -- Conclusion: Escaping Neoliberal Urban Fantasies -- References -- Chapter 3: Guarded Luxotopias and Expulsions in New Delhi: Aesthetics and Ideology of Outer and Inner Spaces of an Urban Utopia -- Luxotopias as a Form of Aesthetic Governance -- Luxotopia as a Developmental Paradigm: The Loss of Urbanity and Security -- Fashionable Luxotopias and the Sources of Pride of the Neo-Aristocracy -- Conclusion: Haunted Luxotopias -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Golden or Green? Growth Infrastructures and Resistance in Goa -- Growth Infrastructures and 'New India' -- Promoting Airport Development -- Mopa: Redefining 'Golden Goa' -- 'Green Goa' -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: Vikasanam: The Expansionist Choreography of Space-Making in Kerala -- Orders in Search for Cities: A Take from Edachira -- Yahiya of Edachira -- Vikasanam: The Contemporary Expansive Logic -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6: Cities of Neoliberal Future: Urban Utopia in Indian Science Fiction Cinema -- Cityscape in Bollywood Cinema -- City Spaces in a Temporal Continuum -- Neoliberalism and Urban Utopias

"Over the past forty years, numerous theoretical advances have been made. From Ayres' and Braithwaite's ground breaking work on 'responsive regulation', we have seen models of 'smart regulation', 'regulatory governance'; and 'regulatory capitalism'; emerge to capture the growing prevalence and importance of regulation in modern liberal Western capitalist societies. Important advances also have been made in the practice of regulation, with regulators evolving from traditional enforcement focussed 'command and control; models to being 'modern regulators'; with a suite of diverse and innovative regulatory tools at their disposal. The book presents and critically examines these theoretical and practical developments from the perspective of governments who design regulations, and the regulators that deploy them. In doing so, the book examines the various forces and interests that influence and shape the regulatory endeavour, and the practical challenges facing governments and regulators when deciding whether and how to regulate. This volume is a study of regulation in context: in the context of the public policy it is designed to deliver; the law that enables, shapes and holds it to account; and the evolving societal and institutional frameworks within which it takes place. Aimed to provide innovative cross-disciplinary conceptual frameworks that regulators, regulatees, those whom regulation is intended to benefit, and academics, might employ to better understand and undertake the regulatory endeavour. This will be of great interest to researchers, educators, advanced students and practitioners working in the fields of political science, public management and administration, and public policy."--Provided by publisher.

"This edited volume reconsiders the importance of the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki from a post-Cold War perspective. It has been argued that during the Cold War era scholarship was limited by the anxiety that authors felt about the possibility of a global thermonuclear war, and the role their scholarship could play in obstructing such an event. The new scholarship of Nuclear Humanities approaches this history and its fallout with both more nuanced and integrative inquiries, paving the way towards a deeper integration of these seminal events beyond issues of policy and ethics. This volume, therefore, offers a distinctly post-Cold War perspective on the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The chapters collected here address the memorialization and commemoration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by officials and states, but also ordinary people's resentment, suffering, or forgiveness. The volume presents a variety of approaches with contributions from academics and contributions from authors who are strongly connected to the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and its people. In addition, the work branches out beyond the traditional subjects of social sciences and humanities to include contributions on art, photography, and design. This variety of approaches and perspectives provides moral and political insights on the full range of vulnerabilities--such as emotional, bodily, cognitive, and ecological--that pertains to nuclear harm. This book will be of much interest to students of critical war studies, nuclear weapons, World War II history, Asian History and International Relations in general."--Provided by publisher.

"Beginning with the new worlds of the Renaissance and the Reformation, this book traces the growth of liberal doctrine through the advent of the French Revolution. It shows the relationship of liberalism to the emerging economic system of capitalism, and the impact of this relationship upon science, philosophy, and literature. Laski explains how the same causes which produced the socially active aspect of liberalism also inspired the growth of socialism. The contributions of men like Machiavelli, Locke, and Voltaire, the influence of the voyages of discovery, and the effect of the Puritan Rebellion are among the special topics discussed. The Rise of European Liberalism is a historical survey of the development of liberal thought, from its earliest whispers in early Protestantism to its significance in the "Red Decade" of the 1930s. Laski argues that liberalism as a philosophy came into existence with the rise of capitalism and thus functions primarily as an ideological defense of private property in a business civilization. Hence, liberalism's progressive side is doomed to defeat because, throughout its history, the bourgeois nature of the ideology has always prevailed. In the new introduction, John Stanley traces the history and influences of Laski's thought and provides a detailed analysis of Laski's work. The essay provides a coherent study in itself of why Laski is better remembered than widely read. The Rise of European Liberalism is a classic text that deserves rediscovery for historians, philosophers, sociologists, and political scientists of the present day."--Provided by publisher.

Key elements of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) deal with temporary labor mobility. Ideally, NAFTA status provisions should make the temporary movement of professionals easier across the border of all NAFTA countries. However, in the case of emerging sectors such as high technology and the creative industries, it is arguably not the case. Within the context of recent literature on cross-border trade, city regions, economic clusters, international labor mobility, and post-September 11 security measures, this book probes the dynamics of transitory immigration of 'knowledge-workers' between the North American west coast city regions of Vancouver, Seattle, and the greater San Francisco Bay and Silicon Valley area, namely, Cascadia. With particular attention given to the experiences and strategies of the high tech firms that must move highly skilled workers across the Canada-US border, this book draws from 80 in-depth interviews with Canadian and US immigration officials, immigration attorneys and executives and professional staff of new technology firms and Fortune 500 companies. It develops and presents new models towards the development of an innovation cross border region, and recommends new policy approaches. Ultimately, it explores whether or not the Canada-US border is an impediment to the development of cross-border high-tech clusters. This comprehensive book will serve as a critical resource for academics in geography; political science; international relations; global studies; economics; international business and law. It will also strongly appeal to practitioners such as professional immigration lawyers, corporate firms, and governmental policy makers alike

"Over the past forty years, numerous theoretical advances have been made. From Ayres' and Braithwaite's ground breaking work on 'responsive regulation', we have seen models of 'smart regulation', 'regulatory governance'; and 'regulatory capitalism'; emerge to capture the growing prevalence and importance of regulation in modern liberal Western capitalist societies. Important advances also have been made in the practice of regulation, with regulators evolving from traditional enforcement focussed 'command and control; models to being 'modern regulators'; with a suite of diverse and innovative regulatory tools at their disposal. The book presents and critically examines these theoretical and practical developments from the perspective of governments who design regulations, and the regulators that deploy them. In doing so, the book examines the various forces and interests that influence and shape the regulatory endeavour, and the practical challenges facing governments and regulators when deciding whether and how to regulate. This volume is a study of regulation in context: in the context of the public policy it is designed to deliver; the law that enables, shapes and holds it to account; and the evolving societal and institutional frameworks within which it takes place. Aimed to provide innovative cross-disciplinary conceptual frameworks that regulators, regulatees, those whom regulation is intended to benefit, and academics, might employ to better understand and undertake the regulatory endeavour. This will be of great interest to researchers, educators, advanced students and practitioners working in the fields of political science, public management and administration, and public policy."--Provided by publisher.

On 3 November 2016, BICC hosted its annual International Academic Conference, focussing this year on the pressing global issue of internal displacement and refugee movements. Almost 65 million people are currently displaced worldwide, most of whom have been displaced for more than five years. Entitled "Fleeing Conflict - Trajectories of Displaced Persons", the conference brought together academics from around the world to present and discuss conceptual and empirical research on the causes, consequences of and solutions for forced migration in current conflicts and displacement settings. In his welcome address, Thomas Grünewald, State Secretary at the Ministry for Innovation, Science and Research of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia stressed the importance of innovative research on displacement and integration. Unlike some of the discourse in this field, the conference focussed on the issue of displacement from the perspective of the displaced themselves, highlighting their agency in the sometimes cyclical and often interrupted processes of departure, transit and arrival. Three consecutive panels were convened, beginning with scholarly presentations on the "Causes and Conditions of Displacement", "(Interrupted) Transit and Forced Immobility" and finally, "Durable Solutions for Protracted Displacement". A concluding panel summarized some of the key points of the day, including the need for more political solutions that target the root causes, and not only the consequences, of protracted displacement. The conference was generously funded by the Foundation for International Dialogue of the Savings Bank in Bonn and the US Consulate General in Düsseldorf.