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CREATING ADAPTIVE POLICIES A Guide for Policy-making in an Uncertain World Edited by Darren Swanson and Suruchi Bhadwal Sage/IDRC 2009 ISBN 978-81-321-0147-5 e-ISBN 978-1-55250-467-3 186 pp.   
Comprehensive in scope and grounded in actual case studies, this new contribution to public policy management backed by three expert sustainability organizations is a ‘how-to’ guide wrapped in clear and thoughtful analytical insight. A critically important read for policy-makers confronted with a ‘perfect storm’ of global economic, social and environmental crises. This is an essential toolkit for those in the business of making, recommending, learning about or teaching sensible and sound policy. Today’s policy-maker has a tough job to do. Policies that cannot perform effectively under today’s complex, dynamic, and uncertain conditions run the risk of not achieving their intended purpose. Instead of helping, they may actually hinder the ability of individuals, communities, and businesses to cope with and adapt to change. Creating Adaptive Policies: A Guide for Policy-making in an Uncertain World is the very first book to distill the principles of complex adaptive systems and adaptive management into practical guidance for policy-makers. It describes the concept of adaptive policy-making and presents seven tools for developing such policies. Based on hundreds of interviews from over a dozen policy case studies, this book serves as a pragmatic guide for policy-makers by elaborating these seven tools. It will be an invaluable information resource for technical policy-makers, politicians, and their advisors, as well as for those studying politics and international relations. THE EDITORS Darren Swanson is a Senior Project Manager working with the Measurement and Assessment Program at the International Institute for Sustainable Development in Canada. Suruchi Bhadwal is an Area Convener of the Centre for Global Environment Research at The Energy and Resources Institute in India.
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Foreword David Runnalls and Rajendra K. Pachauri 2009 Chapter 1. The Need for Adaptive Policies Henry David Venema and John Drexhage 2009 Chapter 2. Seven Guidelines for Policy-making in an Uncertain World Darren Swanson, Stephan Barg, Stephen Tyler, Henry David Venema, Sanjay Tomar, Suruchi Bhadwal, Sreeja Nair, Dimple Roy and John Drexhage 2009 Chapter 3. Integrated and Forward-looking Analysis Darren Swanson and Sanjay Tomar 2009 Chapter 4. Multi-stakeholder Deliberation Stephen Tyler 2009 Chapter 5. Automatic Policy Adjustment Suruchi Bhadwal, Stephan Barg and Darren Swanson 2009 Chapter 6. Enabling Self-organization and Social Networking Dimple Roy, Sreeja Nair and Henry David Venema 2009 Chapter 7. Decentralization of Decision-making Stephan Barg and Stephen Tyler 2009 Chapter 8. Promoting Variation Sreeja Nair and Dimple Roy 2009 Chapter 9. Formal Policy Review and Continuous Learning Sanjay Tomar and Darren Swanson 2009 Chapter 10. Insights into Implementing Adaptive Policies Stephan Barg and Stephen Tyler 2009 Appendix: Policy Case Study Overviews 2009 Bibliography 2009 About the Editors and Contributors 2009 |
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