Adrià Albareda

Governance of addictions: European public policies.

978-0-19-870330-3 272 pages | Paperback May 2014 (esitmated) £29.99 | £20.99 Presenting the methodological design for the study research, this book comprehensively analysing international trends, with a special focus on the role of the EU and its governance of addictions modes, this volume sheds light on the current situation of the governance of addictive substances and behaviours and facilitate new approaches to dealing with addiction.

Executive Programs for the Public Sector: Taking Stock and Future Perspectives

Societies and are constantly evolving and a continuous source of new demands for public sector organizations and executives working at the top of these organizations. Broader changes in the external environment such as demographic change, climate change, technological developments, and decreasing levels of trust in government institutions as well as shifts in the political environment have been described as “megatrends” with a major impact on the future of public administrations (Pollitt 2014). This goes along with an increasing interest in state capacity and the functioning of executive branches and their bureaucracies (Fukuyama 2013) and discussions both in academia and practice evolve around ideas of government effectiveness, government productivity, the quality of public administration and meritocracy. At the same time public administrations in many countries are still struggling with the effects of the 2007/8 financial and economic crisis and the subsequent austerity policies (Hood et al. 2014). Such developments naturally have far reaching implications for the work of public sector executives. They are facing the pressure to drive digitalization, increase productivity and effectiveness and at the same time make governments more transparent and open and care about the engagement and motivation of their staff and improve the attractiveness of public administration as an employer. They increasingly have to balance rather different roles and identities such as ensuring impartial implementation of laws and rules,