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

ISBN-13: 9781138307476 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 246 str.

Rob A. Deleo

Opis

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 anticipation.

Spis treści

CONTENTS  Chapter 1: Anticipation and Public Policy  Chapter 2: Toward an Anticipatory Policy Type  Chapter 3: No Small Matter: Balancing the Risks and Benefits of Nanotechnology  Chapter 4: An Ounce of Prevention: Bird Flu, Swine Flu, and the Politics of Pandemic  Chapter 5: Too Hot to Handle: Mitigation, Adaptation, and the Quest for Climate Change Policy  Chapter 6: Anticipation: A Distinctive Policy Type

O autorze

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