Anticipatory Policymaking

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

Rob A. DeLeo (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

258 Seiten

2015
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-81342-7 (ISBN)

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Public policy analysts and political pundits alike tend to describe the policymaking process as a reactive sequence in which government develops solutions for clearly evident and identifiable problems. While this depiction holds true in many cases, it fails to account for instances in which public policy is enacted in anticipation of a potential future problem. Whereas traditional policy concerns manifest themselves through ongoing harms, "anticipatory problems" are projected to occur sometime in the future, and it is the prospect of their potentially catastrophic impact that generates intense speculation and concern in the present.

Anticipatory Policymaking: When Government Acts to Prevent Problems and Why It Is So Difficult 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 anticipatory policy change.

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

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.10.2015
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Research in Public Administration and Public Policy
Zusatzinfo	1 Tables, black and white; 14 Line drawings, black and white; 14 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	498 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	1-138-81342-7 / 1138813427
ISBN-13	978-1-138-81342-7 / 9781138813427
Zustand	Neuware