Options for Britain II Cross Cutting Policy Issues - Changes and Challenges

by Uberoi, Varun; Coutts, Adam; McLean, Iain; Halpern, David

• ISBN13: 9781444333954
• ISBN10: 144433395X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-08
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This book focuses on issues that cut across several policy areas, such as measuring public sector performance, the role of the state, regulation and Britainrs"s relationship with the EU. Provides evidence to show what shows what has and hasnrs"t worked in the Options II project Sets out key choices both for the electorate and the next incoming government, regardless of its political complexion Based on two conferences where leading policy-makers, politicians, academics and journalists examined key questions across a variety of policy areas Questions how policy has changed over the last ten years, what are the most important current challenges, and what options might an incoming government have to address them

Author Biography

Varun Uberoi is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University.

Adam Coutts is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University.

Iain McLean is a Fellow of the British Academy and Professor of Politics in the Department of Politics & International Relations, Oxford University.

David Halpern is Research Director at the Institute for Government and was Chief Analyst in the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit (2001-2007).

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Options for Britain: Measuring and Managing Public Services Performance

The Future of the State

Social Justice and Inequality in the UK: Eradicating Child Poverty?

Social Mobility: Concepts, Measures and Policies

The Tax System under Labour

Regulation, Equality and the Public Interest

Gender Analysis of Transfer Policies: Unpicking the Household

Options and the Lack of Options: Healthcare Politics and Policy

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy: Retrospect and Prospect

Information Exchange between Government and Citizens

Options for Britain: Europe

Global Poverty and Inequality: A Brief Retrospective and Prospective Analysis

Index

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