Why Isn't Government Policy More Preventive?

by Paul Cairney and Emily St Denny

If 'prevention is better than cure', why isn't policy more preventive? Policymakers only have the ability to pay attention to, and influence, a tiny proportion of their responsibilities, and they engage in a policymaking environment of which they have limited understanding and even less control. This simple insight helps explain the gap between stated policymaker expectations and actual policy outcomes. Why Isn't Government Policy more Preventive?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198793294
• ISBN13: 9780198793298
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"