Designing and Implementing Public Policy in Contemporary Society: New Perspectives - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3847115189 ISBN 13: 9783847115182

Publisher: V&R unipress GmbH, 2022

Synopsis

Public policies are an arena of collective actions that respond to the main problems of society. They are understood as a cycle of decisions and actions of public administration aimed at achieving the desired benefits in the future. They are mostly used when market mechanisms fail and are not able to deal with the problem on their own, or when they do not work effectively enough. The multiplicity of problems and the inadequacies in their solutions create opportunities for the emergence of new sectoral policies and interventions that address both entirely new and traditional phenomena of social life, but require a new approach that recognizes the special importance of political factors. The main objective of sectoral policies is to support the development of the identified key areas of development. This monograph presents the ways of creating and implementing public policies related to educational, demographic and social problems.

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About the Authors

Dorota Szaban, PhD, Associate Professor, is Director of the Institute of Sociology, University of Zielona Góra, Poland. Her research interests focus on the broad social determinants and consequences of socioeconomic changes, dimensions of education, conflicts, and youth.

Magdalena Zapotoczna, PhD, Assistant Professor, works in the Department of School Pedagogy, University of Zielona Góra, Poland.

Piotr Pochyły, PhD, Assistant Professor, is deputy director of the Institute of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Zielona Góra, Poland.

Edition details

• Publisher: V&R unipress GmbH
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3847115189
• ISBN 13: 9783847115182
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 187
• Editor: Szaban Prof. Dr. Dorota, Zapotoczna Ass.-Prof. Dr. Magdalena, Pochyły Prof. Dr. Piotr