Reform in Europe : breaking the barriers in government / / edited by Liesbet Heyse ... [et al.].

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Heyse, Liesbet, 1973-; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xiv, 205 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

The myths of reform / Duco Bannink & Sandra Resodihardjo -- The 1984 reform of the European dairy policy : financial crisis, French leadership, and the reappraisal of the EC's core values / Gerard Breeman -- The rewards of policy legacy : why Dutch social housing did not follow the British path / Taco Brandsen & Jan-Kees Helderman -- The introduction of national quality policies : a comparison of Denmark and the Netherlands / Mirjan Oude Vrielink ... [et al.] -- Reforming Germany's constitutional right to asylum : a shifting paradigm / Fleur Alink -- The Republic of Ireland's ban on smoking in the workplace : reframing the smoking issue / Melvyn Read -- The reform of Dutch disability insurance : a crisis-induced shift of preferences and possibilities / Duco Bannink, Sanneke Kuipers & Tineke Lantink -- Modernizing English local government : voice, loyalty, and exit in the demise of the committee system / Francesca Gains -- District development planning in Heidelberg : realizing change through political leadership and community involvement / Michael Haus -- Safety policy reform in Rotterdam : changing priorities in big city governance / Julien van Ostaaijen & Frank Hendriks -- Explaining reform in Europe : comparison, patterns and reflections / Liesbet Heyse, Berber Lettinga & Martijn Groenleer -- Epilogue : friction, resistance, and breakthroughs / Frank Baumgartner.