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"The concept of policy space is critical to understanding the impact of globalization on public policy in the twenty-first century. For the purposes of this book, a policy space is an arena where national governments have the freedom and capacity to design and implement public policies of their...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"The concept of policy space is critical to understanding the impact of globalization on public policy in the twenty-first century. For the purposes of this book, a policy space is an arena where national governments have the freedom and capacity to design and implement public policies of their own choosing (Grindle & Thomas, 1991; Koivusalo et. al., 2010). In market economies, policy spaces reflect the insight that certain realms of public life should be governed by collective decision making designed to advance the public interest whereas in other realms markets reign (Drache, 2001). The s |
| Item Description: | "This book has its origins in a major international workshop held at York University in Toronto in October 2011"--Acknowledgements. |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 392 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781107047174 : 110704717X |
| Index Number: | K3943 |
| CLC: | F744-532 |
| Call Number: | F744-532/L756/2011 |
| Contents: | Introduction / Daniel Drache and Lesley Jacobs -- Humanising global economic governance / Sol Picciotto -- The promise of linking human rights and trade / Ernest-Ulrich Petersmann -- Free trade agreements and global policy space after the great recession / Jorge Heine and Joseph Turcott -- From Seattle to Occupy: the shifting focus of social protest / Tomer Broude -- What's next for global labour? : power dynamics and industrial relations systems in a hyperglobalized world / Daniel Drache -- Global tobacco control and trade liberalization : new policy spaces? / Lesley Jacobs -- Business, pol |