Like the air traffic system or the telephone system, the power grid remains one of those gigantic human constructions that lurk in the background of policy controversies but never make it into the light of day.
Look at Lieberman, and Giuliani, and Romney, and Lingle, and all of us who come from such a diverse background of policy and of partisanship, all coming together at this time, recognizing he is the man that we need to lead in these next four years, because these are tumultuous times.
Based on an extensive analysis of scope, foci, instruments and especially the distribution of institutional responsibilities in 32 EU countries, the paper aims to amplify the categorisation of policy mix characteristics developed by Rogge and Reichardt by considerations on the institutional background of policy mixes.
Given the background of policy support, this paper uses a data envelopment analysis (DEA) model to study the financial support efficiency for the Chinese wind energy industry from the aspects of capital raise and allocation.
After a brief presentation of the demographic and economic background of conciliation policies before 1989, we show that the post-transitional policies differ from the former comprehensive and paternalist orientation, and result in a sharp decrease in public childcare supply and one of the widest parenthood-related employment gaps in Europe.
Our analysis begins with a brief section on the historical and political background of Peronist policies (Sect. 2).
The background characteristics of policy elites are also important pre-existing factors that shape policy space; for example the values, level of expertise, experience, degree of influence and loyalties of elites influence both their receptiveness to policy change, and their success in championing particular policies.
This makes it all a highly complex issue and requires a better understanding of the background and products of policies and the interaction of a number of key determinant factors in policy-making and implementation.
He should give it, because against a background of tight fiscal policy, monetary policy is the best macroeconomic lever that Britain has.
His two-day visit to London – during which he will meet the prime minister, David Cameron – comes against the background of mounting foreign policy problems for Netanyahu.
