Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Palgrave Macmillan

King Trends and the Future of Public Policy

  • Book
  • © 2006

Overview

Authors:
  1. Hugh Compston

    1. Cardiff University, UK

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (21 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Introduction: Policy Networks and Advocacy Coalitions in Action

    1. Introduction: Policy Networks and Advocacy Coalitions in Action

      • Hugh Compston
      Pages 1-18

  3. The March of New Technology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-20
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Information and Communications Technology

      • Hugh Compston
      Pages 21-45

    3. Biotechnology

      • Hugh Compston
      Pages 46-59

    4. Healthcare Technology

      • Hugh Compston
      Pages 60-75

    5. Military Technology

      • Hugh Compston
      Pages 76-98

  4. Growing Affluence and Structural Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Growth and Diversification of Production and Consumption

      • Hugh Compston
      Pages 101-114

    3. Greater Energy Use

      • Hugh Compston
      Pages 115-129

    4. Increasing Mobility

      • Hugh Compston
      Pages 130-145

    5. The Shift to Services

      • Hugh Compston
      Pages 146-158

    6. The Growth of Women’s Employment

      • Hugh Compston
      Pages 159-167

    7. The Expansion of Trade

      • Hugh Compston
      Pages 168-181

    8. The Internationalization of Production

      • Hugh Compston
      Pages 182-203

    9. The Internationalization of Finance

      • Hugh Compston
      Pages 204-216

    10. The Expansion of Mass Media

      • Hugh Compston
      Pages 217-230

  5. Climate Change

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-232
      Download chapter PDF

    2. Climate Change

      • Hugh Compston
      Pages 233-244

  6. Ageing, Education and Social Liberalization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 245-245
      Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

This study presents, for the first time, a synoptic picture of the future directions in which public policy in EU countries is likely to move based on using contemporary theories of policy-making to deduce the implications for public policy of major long-term technological, economic, environmental and social trends.

Reviews

'This innovative and ambitious book seeks to identify the already evident trends which are affecting the lives of large numbers of people in West European societies and which are likely to persist for the next two decades.' - Richard Rose, Political Studies Review

Authors and Affiliations

  • Cardiff University, UK

    Hugh Compston

About the author

HUGH COMPSTON is Reader in Public Policy at Cardiff University, UK. His recent publications include Handbook of Public Policy in Europe: Britain, France and Germany (edited, 2004), 'Beyond Corporatism: A Configurational Theory of Policy Concertation' (European Journal of Political Research 42, 2003) and Social Partnership in the 1990s: The West European Experience in Historical Perspective (edited with Stefan Berger, 2002).

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation