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020			_a9780192898586 _q(hardback)
020			_z9780192653727 _q(ebook)
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040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC
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100	1		_aCairney, Paul, _d1973- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPublic policy to reduce inequalities across Europe : _bhope versus reality / _cPaul Cairney, Michael Keating, Sean Kippin, Emily St. Denny.
264		1	_aOxford, United Kingdom ; _aNew York, NY : _bOxford University Press, _c[2022]
264		4	_c©2022
300			_a217 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 183-211) and index.
520			_a"There is a broad consensus across European states and the EU that social and economic inequality is a problem that needs to be addressed. Yet inequality policy is notoriously complex and contested. This book approaches the issue from two linked perspectives. First, a focus on functional requirements highlights what policymakers think they need to deliver policy successfully, and the gap between their requirements and reality. We identify this gap in relation to the theory and practice of policy learning, and to multiple sectors, to show how it manifests in health, education, and gender equity policies. Second, a focus on territorial politics highlights how the problem is interpreted at different scales, subject to competing demands to take responsibility. This contestation and spread of responsibilities contributes to different policy approaches across spatial scales. We conclude that governments promote many separate equity initiatives, across territories and sectors, without knowing if they are complementary or contradictory. This outcome could reflect the fact that ambiguous policy problems and complex policymaking processes are beyond the full knowledge or control of governments. It could also be part of a strategy to make a rhetorically radical case while knowing that they will translate into safer policies. It allows them to replace debates on values, regarding whose definition of equity matters and which inequalities to tolerate, with more technical discussions of policy processes. Governments may be offering new perspectives on spatial justice or new ways to reduce political attention to inequalities"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aEquality _xGovernment policy _zEuropean Union countries.
651		0	_aEuropean Union countries _xSocial conditions.
700	1		_aKeating, Michael, _d1950- _eauthor.
700	1		_aKippin, Sean, _eauthor.
700	1		_aSt. Denny, Emily, _eauthor.
856			_uhttps://academic.oup.com/book/44117 _yClick here to Access
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