Bibliograph

Fast policy, experimental statecraft at the thresholds of neoliberalism, Jamie Peck and Nik Theodore

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Fast policy, experimental statecraft at the thresholds of neoliberalism, Jamie Peck and Nik Theodore

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-287) and index

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fast policy

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

908839628

Responsibility statement

Jamie Peck and Nik Theodore

Series statement

JSTOR eBooks

Sub title

experimental statecraft at the thresholds of neoliberalism

Summary

We inhabit a perpetually accelerating and increasingly interconnected world, with new ideas, fads, and fashions moving at social-media speed. New policy ideas, especially "ideas that work," are now able to find not only a worldwide audience but also transnational salience in remarkably short order. Fast Policyis the first systematic treatment of this phenomenon, one that compares processes of policy development across two rapidly moving fields that emerged in the Global South and have quickly been adopted worldwide⎯conditional cash transfers (a social policy program that conditions payments on behavioral compliance) and participatory budgeting (a form of citizen-centric urban governance). Jamie Peck and Nik Theodore critically analyze the growing transnational connectivity between policymaking arenas and modes of policy development, assessing the implications of these developments for contemporary policymaking. Emphasizing that policy models do not simply travel intact from sites of invention to sites of emulation, they problematize fast policy as a phenomenon that is real and consequential yet prone to misrepresentation. Based on fieldwork conducted across six continents and in fifteen countries,Fast Policyis an essential resource in providing an extended theoretical discussion of policy mobility and in presenting a methodology for ethnographic research on global social policy.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction: Policies without borders -- In Pursuit of Fast Policy. Geographies of policy -- Reflections : pursuing projects, following policies -- Social Policy as Practical Science. New ideas for New York City -- Globalizing social-policy expertise -- Reflections : tailwinds, turning points -- Propagating Progressive Practice. Porto Alegre as participatory laboratory -- Democracy on the move -- Reflections : headwinds, hollowing out -- Conclusion: Exploring (fast) policy worlds

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