The principle of environmental policy integration (EPI) attracts great scholarly interest as well
as widespread political backing. Political support is particularly strong in the European …

To date, sustainable development has been the most important discourse informing
planning, a powerful rhetoric for solving environmental problems that shows confidence in …

A comprehensive introduction to public policy and the policy cycle, the fully revised second
edition of this popular textbook offers a practical guide to the topic while remaining …

The second edition of this highly regarded book provides a concise and accessible
introduction to the principles and elements of policy design in contemporary governance. It …

This article argues that the literatures on policy transfer and policy diffusion are
complimentary, but need to focus more clearly on five key issues drawing insights from both …

Many studies on evidence-based policy are still clinging to a linear model. Instead, we
propose to understand expertise and evidence as 'socially embedded'in authority relations …

... it is thanks to works like this one that we can make progress in the understanding of the
phenomenon of independent regulatory authorities in Europe and elsewhere. Competition …

Is Brazil's economic policy regime a mere tinkering of the Washington Consensus? The
evidence suggests that Brazilian governments institutionalized a hybrid policy regime that …

Directive 2014/95, in force since 2017, is the first European step that requires undertakings
to provide mandatory non-financial information. The regulation concerns sustainability …

Procedures for the ex ante assessment of public policies are currently in vogue across the
OECD. Their design is typically informed by a rational-instrumental model of problem …