Paul Cairney: Politics & Public Policy
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Stirling. Quick links to main pages Public health, 'prevention', and early intervention policies Public health policy: blog posts, books, and articles 'Prevention' and 'early intervention' policy
Paul Cairney: Politics & Public Policy
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Below is a guest post by Catherine Harris, written to accompany her Master of Public Policy dissertation at the end of 2023 … It would be reasonable to assume that we can all see the value in human rights. We ..read more
Paul Cairney: Politics & Public Policy
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This post by Sean Kippin introduces chapter 9 of Politics and Policy Making in the UK by Paul Cairney and Sean Kippin. Key terms to remember include: From 1979 a ‘post-war consensus’ to pursue ‘Keynesian’ policies gave way to a ‘neoliberal’ approach ..read more
Paul Cairney: Politics & Public Policy
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This post introduces chapter 8 of Politics and Policy Making in the UK by Paul Cairney and Sean Kippin. This chapter describes climate change as the ultimate ‘wicked’ problem, so let’s make sure we know what that means.Think of references to ‘wicked ..read more
Paul Cairney: Politics & Public Policy
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This post introduces chapter 5 of Politics and Policy Making in the UK by Paul Cairney and Sean Kippin. This chapter relates UK state transformation (Chapter 4) to the Westminster and complex government stories explained in Chapter 3. We ask four key ..read more
Paul Cairney: Politics & Public Policy
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This post introduces chapter 4 of Politics and Policy Making in the UK by Paul Cairney and Sean Kippin. What do we mean by state transformation? State transformation describes a collection of major changes to policy and policymaking from the ‘post-war settlement ..read more
Paul Cairney: Politics & Public Policy
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This post introduces chapter 2 of Politics and Policy Making in the UK by Paul Cairney and Sean Kippin. Chapter 2 outlines the structure for UK policy case study analysis, comparing three perspectives: policy analysis, policy studies, and critical policy analysis. This ..read more
Paul Cairney: Politics & Public Policy
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This post introduces chapter 1 of Politics and Policy Making in the UK by Paul Cairney and Sean Kippin. It might seem like there is never a good time to read a book on contemporary policymaking in the UK. Politics ..read more
Paul Cairney: Politics & Public Policy
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This post summarises the Preface of Politics and Policy Making in the UK by Paul Cairney and Sean Kippin. UK politics always seems to be changing, with UK government ministers lurching from crisis to crisis. Still, we have ways to ..read more
Paul Cairney: Politics & Public Policy
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‘The Division of History, Heritage and Politics wishes to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced Grade 7/8 Lecturer in International Politics. International Politics is a core element of our interdisciplinary research in relation to politics and policy, including human rights ..read more
Paul Cairney: Politics & Public Policy
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This post by Sean Kippin introduces chapter 7 of Politics and Policy Making in the UK by Paul Cairney and Sean Kippin. It examines Brexit, which is a portmanteau combining Britain and exit from membership of the European Union. The ..read more