Anticipatory policymaking : when government acts to prevent problems and why it is so difficult /: when government acts to prevent problems and why it is so difficult. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rob A. DeLeo.
• Authors: DeLeo, Rob A
• Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1 Anticipation and Public Policy; 2 Toward an Anticipatory Policy Type; 3 No Small Matter: Balancing the Risks and Benefits of Nanotechnology; 4 An Ounce of Prevention: Bird Flu, Swine Flu, and the Politics of Pandemic; 5 Too Hot to Handle: Mitigation, Adaptation, and the Quest for Climate Change Policy; 6 Anticipation: A Distinctive Policy Type; References; Index
• Publisher Details: New York : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 361.6/10973; Public administration -- United States; Policy sciences -- United States; Policy sciences -- Decision making; Emergency management -- United States; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services; Emergency management; Policy sciences; Policy sciences -- Decision making; Politics and government; Public administration; United States -- Politics and government; United States; Electronic books; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317604969; 1317604962; 9781317604952; 1317604954; 9781315748160; 1315748169; 1138813427; 9781138813427
• Related ISBNs: 9781138813427
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 23, 2015)
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.