Paul Cairney | Politics & Public Policy
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Paul Cairney | Politics & Public Policy
2d 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
3d 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
1w 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
1w 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
2w 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
Paul Cairney | Politics & Public Policy
2M ago
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
2M ago
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
2M ago
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
2M ago
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
2M ago
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