Administrative Law category: 861 books

This edited book approaches the threat and impact of environmental disasters on Asia’s urban populations from a governance perspective. It adopts a multi-sector and multi-disciplinary approach to disaster governance that emphasises the importance of multiple stakeholders in preparing for, responding...

This book questions the belief that patronage explains poor governance and weak organizations. Its focus is on high-level political appointees in the Philippines, but its implications for development processes and policy are far-reaching. Patronage stimulates the emergence of democracy and welfare,...

This book investigates the ways in which these systems can promote public value by encouraging the disclosure and reuse of privately-held data in ways that support collective values such as environmental sustainability. Supported by funding from the National Science Foundation, the authors' research...

This book is an attempt to understand the challenges of globalization and governance in the public sector. Written from the perspectives of both developed and developing countries, it uses governance and public administration interchangeably to argue that the tasks of implementation require the cooperation...

Using a comparative framework, this volume presents case studies of issues of public procurement and discusses how procurement professionals and policy makers in different regions are responding to these challenges. This book discusses current issues in public procurement. Over the past few decades,...

This volume provides fresh insights and management understanding of the changing role of policing against the backdrop of massive cuts in public expenditure experienced and the changing landscape of policing. The challenges of funding, training, online-crimes and cultural transformation are now felt...

El propósito de esta investigación consiste en comparar el procedimiento que efectúan los real estate lawyers y los notaries public norteamericanos —entre otros—, con lo que los notarios de sistema latino, hacen con tanto recaudo y formalidad. El análisis está sujeto a temas recurrentes en...

El desarrollo y la aplicación de los principios de la sostenibilidad territorial siguen siendo una referencia para la elaboración no sólo de buenas prácticas de gestión a nivel local, sino también para la definición de políticas a medio y largo plazo que favorezcan un crecimiento no depredador...

La presente Obra responde a la necesidad de proporcionar a los estudiantes de la asignatura "Derecho Administrativo Laboral" impartida en el Grado en Ciencias del Trabajo, una herramienta útil para la preparación de la misma en sus conceptos básicos, desde la perspectiva teórica, como...

Retomar los conceptos de "administración pública" y el de su consecuente régimen jurídico, esto es, el denominado en la evolución del derecho continental europeo como "derecho administrativo", no es tarea fácil, ni mucho menos una labor doctrinal pacífica dada la complejidad...

La Teoría y Práctica del Contencioso Administrativo Federal es el producto del responsable estudio de la doctrina nacional y extranjera que durante muchos años ha realizado su autor, confrontada y analizada frente a la realidad vivida como abogado en materia fiscal y administrativa, sumado al conocimiento...

La presente obra pretende responder a la nueva realidad a la que se enfrenta la enseñanza del Derecho Administrativo en la estructura de los nuevos Grados adaptada al Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior. Nos encontramos ante un libro que sistematiza los conceptos básicos y fundamentales que todo...

There has been much attention paid to the idea of Smart Cities as researchers have sought to define and characterize the main aspects of the concept, including the role of creative industries in urban growth, the importance of social capital in urban development, and the role of urban sustainability....

This unique text fills a major gap in the emergency services literature by surveying the research on fire and rescue service management in the UK. An extensive evidence base focuses on organizational culture, leadership skills, standards, and accountability, emphasizing the services’ dual roles...