Format:
1 online resource (252 pages)
ISBN:
9781802201734
Series Statement:
Advances in critical policy studies
Content:
Working to demystify the enigmatic process behind enacting public policies, The Politics of Meaning Struggles uses the case of the 2011 prohibition of hydraulic fracturing by the French government to address the wider phenomenon of governmental shifts in policy decisions.
Content:
Introduction to the politics of meaning struggles -- 1. The containment of the first policy statement about granting licenses -- 2. The lightning-fast publicization of a tragic problem -- 3. The impossibility of problem-solving: Manufacturing, circulating, and abandoning government proposals -- 4. The meteoric victory of the fracking ban -- 5. Locking in the ban, the failure of attempts to challenge the law -- Conclusion to the politics of meaning struggles.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781802201727
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781802201727
Language:
English
