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Javne su politike, kao višedimenzionalan i izrazito kompleksan fenomen, nužno multidisciplinaran predmet istraživanja. Cilj je rada istražiti što je specifično politološko znanje o javnim politikama, odnosno koji je jedinstveni doprinos politologa izučavanju i upravljanju javnim politikama u svrhe profiliranja te mlade politološke discipline u Jugoistočnoj Europi. Rad je nastao kao rezultat pregleda temeljnih udžbenika javnih politika u svijetu i regiji, te literature o metodologiji i pristupima istraživanju u društvenim znanostima i politologiji. Kreće se od određivanja što su javne politike i što je politički aspekt javnih politika. Propituju se pristupi istraživanju javnih politika (policy studije). Zatim se identificiraju vrste profesionalne uporabe tih istraživanja (policy analize). Ključna je pretpostavka kako je politologija prvenstveno kompetentna za analizu aktera stvaranja politika. Osnovni je nalaz da temelj profesionalnog profiliranja politologa u javnim politikama, s obzirom da jedini rabe istraživačku perspektivu usmjerenu na aktere, reprezentativnost i legitimnost stvaranja politika, može biti jedan oblik participatorne policy analize. ; Public policies, as a multi-dimensional and highly complex phenomenon, necessarily make a multidisciplinary research subject. The aim of this paper is to examine what is specific political science knowledge about public policy, and what is the unique contribution of political scientists to policy research and governance to enhance consolidating this young discipline in Southeastern Europe. This paper is a result of a review of policy textbooks in Southeastern Europe and worldwide, and literature on approaches and methodologies in social sciences and political science. It starts with determining public polices and their political aspect. Then it explores approaches of policy studies. Finally, it identifies types of professional policy research or policy analysis. The key assumption is that political science is primarily competent to analyze policy actors. The main finding of the paper is that the basis of political scientist professionalization in policy research, given that they are best in actor-centered research, and issues of representativeness and legitimacy of policy-making, can be a form of participatory policy analysis.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Sources of Data -- Introduction: Maps of the Continent -- Chapter 1. Environmental Management Approaches and Capacities -- Chapter 2. Transboundary Environmental Governance in North America: Bridging Differences? -- Chapter 3. Case Study: Biodiversity and Protected Areas -- Chapter 4. Case Study: The "Smog" Problem -- Chapter 5. Case Study: Greenhouse Gas Reduction -- Chapter 6. Case Study: Genetically Modified Crops -- Chapter 7. Conclusions: The Future of Transboundary Environmental Management in North America -- References -- Index

AbstractInterventions are to the social sciences what inventions are to the physical sciences – an application of science as technology. Behavioural science has emerged as a powerful toolkit for developing public policy interventions for changing behaviour. However, the translation from principles to practice is often moderated by contextual factors – such as culture – that thwart attempts to generalize past successes. Here, we discuss cultural evolution as a framework for addressing this contextual gap. We describe the history of behavioural science and the role that cultural evolution plays as a natural next step. We review research that may be considered cultural evolutionary behavioural science in public policy, and the promise and challenges to designing cultural evolution informed interventions. Finally, we discuss the value of applied research as a crucial test of basic science: if theories, laboratory and field experiments do not work in the real world, they do not work at all.

Frontmatter --Contents --Preface to the Third Edition --Acknowledgments --1. Introduction: Environment and Governance --2. Who Owns the Environment? Historical Context and Colonial Precedents --3. The Constitutional Framework --4. Land and Transport: Commercial Development as Environmental Policy --5. Industrialization, Resource Differentiation, and Public Resource Management --6. Public Health and Urban Sanitation --7. The Progressive Era --8. Conservative "Normalcy" and New Deal Conservation --9. Superpower and Supermarket --10. The Rise of Modern Environmentalism --11. Toward a National Environmental Policy --12. The EPA: Nationalizing Pollution Control --13. Public Lands and Wildlife Conservation --14. Agricultural and Urban Environmental Management --15. Energy Policy and Climate Change --16. Environmental Policy in a Global Economy --17. The Trump Agenda --18. Man aging the Environment, Managing Ourselves --Chronology --Notes --Index