Changing public policy : the role of the regions : education and environmental policy in Belgium

Regional government has become a fashionable topic of analysis, but the impact of regional authonomy on public policy has so far received little attention. In this book, Stefaan De Rynck examines how the creation of regional government has affected the substance of public policies in Belgium. He explains the observed pattern of policy change by referring to shifts in regional power structures. His publication offers a political analysis of policy change, and warns against concluding that public policy is responsive to socical problems