Since entering the global agenda in the mid-1990s, adaptation to climate change has
moved from being considered a largely technical and environmental issue to one rooted in …

This book explores the complex relationship between public health research and policy,
employing tobacco control and health inequalities in the UK as contrasting case studies. It …

The concept of good enough governance provides a platform for questioning the long menu
of institutional changes and capacity‐building initiatives currently deemed important (or …

The authors trace out the development of capitalism and US imperialism in Latin America in
the latest phase of this development, from the installation of the new world order of …

This manuscript was written over the course of 2012. It was Adrian Leftwich's last substantial
piece of work before undergoing gruelling treatment for lung cancer and a short, but typically …

This paper presents a method based on the combination of stakeholder analysis and spatial
multicriteria evaluation (SMCE) to first design possible sites for an inert landfill, and then …

What drives policy reform after long periods of policy inertia? What factors shape the
effectiveness of policy implementation following reform decisions? These questions …

The concept of good enough governance provides a platform for questioning the long menu
of institutional changes and capacity‐building initiatives currently deemed important (or …

The use of hydroelectric potential and the protection of the river ecosystem are two
contrasting aspects that arise in the management of the same resource, generating conflicts …

This book examines the theory and praxis of the legal concept of subsidiarity and the policy
paradigm of multilevel governance, providing an updated overview on how subnational and …