This study examines patterns and sources of growth in the transport sector’s labor productivity across 13 industrialized countries over the period 2000–2015. Through decomposition analysis – specifically, the growth accounting method and industry origin analysis…
Because a city is inseparable from its economic context, its analysis must be positioned in relation to the current and future forms of capitalism that define it. Examining the commonly deployed “sustainable” and “smart” narratives…
This chapter discusses the impact of social change on how society views governance quality in the era of complex and interconnected policy problems. This era presents a valuable opportunity to revisit tensions between the deepening…
This study examines the state and development of public policy education in Thailand, including its dynamics over time, its institutional setting, and emerging forces acting upon it. It focuses on policy educational institutions, policy courses…
This Element explores the uncertain future of public policy practice and scholarship in an age of radical disruption. Building on foundational ideas in policy sciences, we argue that an anachronistic instrumental rationalism underlies contemporary policy…
This article considers how the global political economy of the SDGs – that is, the power and resource dynamics shaping sustainability narratives – imprints itself on relationships among cities and across levels of government in…
This study examines growth patterns and sources of labour productivity growth and catch-up in the electricity sector. The study uses decomposition analysis to examine 13 industrialized economies from 2000 to 2015, a period of high…
Using data from 27 interviews with manufacturers and retailers, the study finds that high costs for production and marketing, along with lack of consumer interest, are among the most substantial barriers. To provide a system-wide…
Through the proverbial emperor’s clothes of the ‘smart’ label, technocratic rationalism is poised to reproduce itself within the liminal state of epistemic transition – it will promise novelty while delivering only repackaged dross. Feminist theory…
City diplomacy has a long history and has witnessed a clear sprawl over the last century. Successive “generations” of city diplomacy approaches have emerged over this period, with a heyday of networked urban governance in…
