Westminster, Governance and the Politics of Policy Inaction: 'Do Nothing'

by Stephen Barber

This book shows how political inaction has shaped the politics, economy and society we recognize today, despite the fact that policymakers are incentivised to act and to be seen to act decisively. Politicians make decisions which affect our lives every day but in our combative Westminster system, are usually only held to account for those which change something. But what about decisions to do nothing? What about policy which is discarded in favour...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137487054
• ISBN13: 9781137487056
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 97 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"