Paul Cairney | Politics & Public Policy
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Paul Cairney | Politics & Public Policy
1w ago
This post relates early impressions of the UK General Election to key themes in Politics and Policy Making in the UK . We will provide updates when there is more published academic material on which to draw. If you see analysis ..read more
Paul Cairney | Politics & Public Policy
3w ago
What is the difference between the study of policy implementation and ‘implementation science’? Here are some simple distinctions and their implications: 1. The starting point for discussion, or the problem to address. In policy studies, we tend to start with ..read more
Paul Cairney | Politics & Public Policy
1M ago
This post by Sean Kippin introduces chapter 11 of Politics and Policymaking in the UK by Paul Cairney and Sean Kippin. This chapter uses the case study of the Iraq War to explores UK foreign policymaking. In response to the ..read more
Paul Cairney | Politics & Public Policy
2M ago
There is much to be said for systems thinking or a systems-informed approach to key tasks such as evaluation. If the policy problem is complex, then we would not expect a single shot solution to work as intended in a ..read more
Paul Cairney | Politics & Public Policy
2M ago
This post first appeared on the Academy of Social Sciences website. In this piece, Professor Catherine Durose, Professor Sarah Ayres FAcSS, Professor John Boswell FAcSS, Professor Paul Cairney FAcSS, Dr Ian C Elliott, Professor Matthew Flinders, Professor Steve Martin and ..read more
Paul Cairney | Politics & Public Policy
3M ago
This post by Sean Kippin introduces chapter 10 of Politics and Policymaking in the UK by Paul Cairney and Sean Kippin. The term ‘social policy’ describes a wide range of concerns, including policy and processes regarding ageing, children, families, education ..read more
Paul Cairney | Politics & Public Policy
3M ago
That question was the title of an op-ed that I wrote for the Scotsman on 11 July 2000 about compensation for people with haemophilia infected by hepatitis-C through blood products in the NHS. The answer turned out to be decades ..read more
Paul Cairney | Politics & Public Policy
3M ago
Many policy concepts try to sum up the same story about modern governance: complex policy problems do not respect traditional government boundaries, and require collaborative responses across government and between governmental and non-governmental actors. We can break this narrative into ..read more
Paul Cairney | Politics & Public Policy
3M ago
This post summarises my article (in 2013) that reflected on the Scottish Parliament’s role and influence as a legislature after its first decade. After 25 years of devolution, how many of these points still ring true? The aim is to ..read more
Paul Cairney | Politics & Public Policy
3M ago
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