Public Policy Disasters in Europe

by Paul 't Hart

• ISBN13: 9780203984789
• ISBN10: 0203984781
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2005-06-27
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

This book presents case studies of recent and often spectacular failures of policy including the BSE crisis, the 'Arms to Iraq' affair, the German currency union, and asks what is meant by policy 'disaster'.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Policy Disasters in Europe	p. 3
The Core Functions of the State	p. 21
The Disastrous Justice System in Belgium	p. 23
The Mass Media and Policy Disasters	p. 39
The 'Welfare' State	p. 59
The Bse Crisis	p. 61
Italian Public Policy and the Southern Question	p. 79
An Unavoidable Disaster?	p. 96
The State in Its International Context	p. 113
'Errors of an Administrative Nature'?	p. 115
In Defence of the Swedish Crown	p. 135
The European Union Level	p. 153
The Common Fisheries Policy	p. 155
The Change of a Lifetime?	p. 175
Conclusions	p. 193
Explaining Policy Disasters in Europe	p. 195
Index	p. 215
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