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Governance, Performance, and Capacity Stress
Simon Bastow
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Description for Governance, Performance, and Capacity Stress
Hardcover. Public policy systems often sustain chronic capacity stress (CCS) meaning they neither excel nor fail in what they do, but do both in ways that are somehow manageable and acceptable. This book is about one archetypal case of CCS - crowding in the British prison system - and how we need a more integrated theoretical understanding of its complexity. Series: Executive Politics and Governance. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKV; JPL; JPP; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 466.
Public policy systems often sustain chronic capacity stress (CCS) meaning they neither excel nor fail in what they do, but do both in ways that are somehow manageable and acceptable. This book is about one archetypal case of CCS – crowding in the British prison system – and how we need a more integrated theoretical understanding of its complexity.
Public policy systems often sustain chronic capacity stress (CCS) meaning they neither excel nor fail in what they do, but do both in ways that are somehow manageable and acceptable. This book is about one archetypal case of CCS – crowding in the British prison system – and how we need a more integrated theoretical understanding of its complexity.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Executive Politics and Governance
Number of Pages
278
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137289155
SKU
V9781137289155
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Simon Bastow
Simon Bastow has been a Senior Research Fellow at the London School of Economics, UK since 2005. He is part of the LSE Public Policy Group, and has worked for more than ten years in applied academic research and teaching, publishing widely across UK and comparative public policy and governance.
Reviews for Governance, Performance, and Capacity Stress
"A fascinating and well informed analysis of how Government deals with prison overcrowding, one of their most wicked and insoluble problems. A problem that combines real operational risk, substantial cost with complex politics as a result of unresolved conflicts between punishment and rehabilitation." Phil Wheatley, Former Head of HM Prison Service and the National Offender Management Service ... Read more