Assembling Policy

Author : Sebastian Ureta
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262330962
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Assembling Policy written by Sebastian Ureta and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2015-11-20 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of how human beings are brought into the planning of complex infrastructure projects, through analysis of a controversial public transportation project. Policymakers are regularly confronted by complaints that ordinary people are left out of the planning and managing of complex infrastructure projects. In this book, Sebastián Ureta argues that humans, both individually and collectively, are always at the heart of infrastructure policy; the issue is how they are brought into it. Ureta develops his argument through the case of Transantiago, a massive public transportation project in the city of Santiago, proposed in 2000, launched in 2007, and in 2012 called “the worst public policy ever implemented in our country” by a Chilean government spokesman. Ureta examines Transantiago as a policy assemblage formed by an array of heterogeneous elements—including, crucially, “human devices,” or artifacts and practices through which humans were brought into infrastructure planning and implementation. Ureta traces the design and operation of Transantiago through four configurations: crisis, infrastructuration, disruption, and normalization. In the crisis phase, humans were enacted both as consumers and as participants in the transformation of Santiago into a “world-class” city, but during infrastructuration the “active citizen” went missing. The launch of Transantiago caused huge disruptions, in part because users challenged their role as mere consumers and instead enacted unexpected human devices. Resisting calls for radical reform, policymakers insisted on normalizing Transantiago, transforming it into a permanent failing system. Drawing on Chile's experience, Ureta argues that if we understand policy as a series of heterogeneous assemblages, infrastructure policymaking would be more inclusive, reflexive, and responsible.

Author : Birkland
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
ISBN 13 : 0765627310
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to the Policy Process written by Birkland and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 2015-05-18 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoroughly revised, reorganized, updated, and expanded, this widely-used text sets the balance and fills the gap between theory and practice in public policy studies. In a clear, conversational style, the author conveys the best current thinking on the policy process with an emphasis on accessibility and synthesis rather than novelty or abstraction. A newly added chapter surveys the social, economic, and demographic trends that are transforming the policy environment.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264260056
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform Regulatory Policy in Peru Assembling the Framework for Regulatory Quality written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-29 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The this report assesses the policies, institutions and tools employed by the Peruvian government to design, implement and enforce high-quality regulations.

Author : Margaret J. Foster
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442277025
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Assembling the Pieces of a Systematic Review written by Margaret J. Foster and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-03-03 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a complete guide for librarians seeking to launch or refine their systematic review services. Conducting searches for systematic reviews goes beyond expert searching and requires an understanding of the entire process of the systematic review. Just as expert searching is not fully mastered by the end of a library degree, mastering the systematic review process takes a great deal of time and practice. Attending workshops and webinars can introduce the topic, but application of the knowledge through practice is required. Running a systematic review service is complicated and requires constant updating and evaluation with new standards, more efficient methods, and improved reporting guidelines. After a brief introduction to systematic reviews, the book guides librarians in defining and marketing their services, covering topics such as when it is appropriate to ask for co-authorship and how to reach out to stakeholders. Next, it addresses developing documentation and conducting the reference interview. Standards specific to systematic reviews, including PRISMA, Institute of Medicine, and Cochrane Collaboration, are discussed. Search strategy techniques, including choosing databases, harvesting search terms, selecting filters, and searching for grey literature are detailed. Data management and critical appraisal are covered in detail. Finally, the best practices for reporting the findings of systematic reviews are highlighted. Experts with experience in both systematic reviews and librarianship, including the editors of the book, contributed to the chapters. Each step (or piece) of the review process (Planning the review, Identifying the studies, Evaluating studies, Collecting and combining data, Explaining the results, and Summarizing the review into a report), are covered with emphasis on information roles. The book is for any librarian interested in conducting reviews or assisting others with reviews. It has several applications: for training librarians new to systematic reviews, for those developing a new systematic review service, for those wanting to establish protocols for a current service, and as a reference for those conducting reviews or running a service. Participating in systematic reviews is a new frontier of librarianship, in which librarians can truly become research partners with our patrons, instead of merely providing access to resources and services.

Author : Rino Wiseman Adhikary
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 135016920X
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global-National Networks in Education Policy written by Rino Wiseman Adhikary and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-07 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against the backdrop of globalization and global philanthropy, this book offers new perspectives on the sociological dynamics and governance implications of 'social entrepreneurial' policy in education. It examines the spatialities, relationships and culture that powerfully mediated the making and localisation of 'Teach for Bangladesh'. This globalised and philanthropy-backed reform model is based on 'Teach for America/All' (TfA) which promotes social entrepreneurial solutions to educational problems across continents. The authors demonstrate how TfB's policy model travelled through networks of diaspora, finance, technology and media and became established in Bangladesh through complex policy work. The book documents empirical research from Bangladesh to draw out broader implications in relation to education policy-making and policy content in today's globalizing world. The book also contributes to ongoing debates in contemporary comparative education about North-South dialogue, policy mobility and transfer, philanthrocapitalism, and international teacher education.

Author : Iowa. General Assembly. Senate
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1192 pages
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Download or read book Journal of the Senate of the ... General Assembly of the State of Iowa written by Iowa. General Assembly. Senate and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 1192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Francisco E. Thoumi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economic Policy, Free Zones and Export Assembly Manufacturing in the Dominican Republic written by Francisco E. Thoumi and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Organizations
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
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Download or read book U.S. Policy and Major Issues in the 34th U.N. General Assembly written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Organizations and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Upal Chakrabarti
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812297717
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Assembling the Local written by Upal Chakrabarti and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2021-01-22 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1817, in a region of the eastern coast of British India then known as Cuttack, a group of Paiks, the area's landed militia, began agitating against the East India Company's government, burning down government buildings and looting the treasury. While the attacks were initially understood as an attempt to return the territory's native ruler to power, investigations following the rebellion's suppression traced the cause back to the introduction of a model of revenue governance unsuited to local conditions. Elsewhere in British India, throughout the first half of the nineteenth century, interregional debates over revenue settlement models and property disputes in villages revealed an array of practices of governance that negotiated with the problem of their applicability to local conditions. And at the same time in Britain, the dominant Ricardian conception of political economy was being challenged by thinkers like Richard Jones and William Whewell, who sought to make political economy an inductive science, capable of analyzing the real world. Through analyses of these three interrelated moments in British imperial history, Upal Chakrabarti's Assembling the Local engages with articulations of the "local" on multiple theoretical and empirical fronts, weaving them into a complex reflection on the problem of difference and a critical commentary on connections between political economy, agrarian property, and governance. Chakrabarti argues that the "local" should be reconceptualized as an abstract machine, central to the construction of the universal, namely, the establishment of political economy as a form of governance in nineteenth-century British India.

Author : Joel Cracraft
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199729603
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Assembling the Tree of Life written by Joel Cracraft and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-07-22 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume is provides an authoritative synthesis of knowledge about the history of life. All the major groups of organisms are treated, by the leading workers in their fields. With sections on: The Importance of Knowing the Tree of Life; The Origin and Radiation of Life on Earth; The Relationships of Green Plants; The Relationships of Fungi; and The Relationships of Animals. This book should prove indispensable for evolutionary biologists, taxonomists, ecologists interested in biodiversity, and as a baseline sourcebook for organismic biologists, botanists, and microbiologists. An essential reference in this fundamental area.