Designing and Implementing Public Policy in Contemporary Society

New Perspectives. Edited by Dorota Szaban, Magdalena Zapotoczna and Piotr Pochyły.

What conditions are responsible for the final shape of the public program and sectoral policy in today’s society? 13 contributions address this topic, structured into four chapters: Educational perspective; Demographic perspective; Cultural perspective; Social perspectives. - Public policies are an arena of collective actions that respond to the main problems of society. They are understood as a cycle of decisions and actions of public administration aimed at achieving the desired benefits in the future. They are mostly used when market mechanisms fail and are not able to deal with the problem on their own, or when they do not work effectively enough. The multiplicity of problems and the inadequacies in their solutions create opportunities for the emergence of new sectoral policies and interventions that address both entirely new and traditional phenomena of social life, but require a new approach that recognizes the special importance of political factors. The main objective of sectoral policies is to support the development of the identified key areas of development. This anthology presents the ways of creating and implementing public policies related to educational, demographic and social problems. 187 Seiten mit 10 Abb., gebunden (V&R unipress 2022) leichte Lagerspuren, Mängelexemplarstempel auf Schnitt/unused, minor shelfwear, remainder mark stamp on edge