Unlocking the potential of preventive policy
Paul Cairney: Politics & Public Policy Blog
by Paul
1M ago
This post first appeared on the University of Stirling blog, is explored further in UK in a Changing Europe and the Heseltine Institute ‘Can policy be more preventive?‘, even further in this workshop summary, and even even further in this ..read more
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Can Labour overcome the problems with British policymaking? (UK in a Changing Europe)
Paul Cairney: Politics & Public Policy Blog
by Paul
2M ago
This post – based on this article – first appeared in UK in a Changing Europe. See also How can UK Government become more effective?  Catherine Durose, John Boswell, Paul Cairney, Sarah Ayres, Ian C Elliott, Matt Flinders, Steve Martin, and ..read more
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Collaborative Policymaking: a qualitative systematic review of advice for policymakers
Paul Cairney: Politics & Public Policy Blog
by Paul
2M ago
By Paul Cairney and Claire Toomey, University of Stirling. This post summarises our pre-print in Open Research Europe (available any day now), which we will describe at the UKAPA conference 2024. The review began as an unpublished report to the ..read more
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We are recruiting two Postdoctoral Research Fellows at the University of Stirling
Paul Cairney: Politics & Public Policy Blog
by Paul
3M ago
The full advert is here and I have pasted the main part below. The rest of the post contains my personal thoughts on the role and recruitment process, blending background information and some helpful advice. These notes address a potentially ..read more
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Chapter 12. Conclusion
Paul Cairney: Politics & Public Policy Blog
by Paul
3M ago
This post by Sean Kippin introduces chapter 12 of Politics and Policymaking in the UK by Paul Cairney and Sean Kippin. The book stopped at the end of the Conservative government, but the main UK page will have updates from 2024 (including ..read more
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How can UK Government become more effective?
Paul Cairney: Politics & Public Policy Blog
by Paul
4M ago
This post summarises a new article by PoPP on the prospects of more effective government in the UK. We present a cautiously optimistic approach, explaining a major gap between government rhetoric and progress, but signalling the potential for many initiatives ..read more
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Politics and Policymaking in the UK: the UK General Election 2024
Paul Cairney: Politics & Public Policy Blog
by Paul
5M 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
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Policy in 750 Words: Implementation science and policy implementation studies
Paul Cairney: Politics & Public Policy Blog
by Paul
5M 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
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Chapter 11: Foreign Policy and the War on Terror
Paul Cairney: Politics & Public Policy Blog
by Paul
6M 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
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Policy analysis in 750 words: Three systems evaluation
Paul Cairney: Politics & Public Policy Blog
by Paul
7M 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
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