Administrative Law category: 861 books

Americans hate bureaucracy—though they love the services it provides—and demand that government run like a business. Hence today’s privatization revolution. Jon Michaels shows how the fusion of politics and profits commercializes government and consolidates state power in ways the Constitution’s framers endeavored to disaggregate.

Justice and Administration is an ambitious effort to grapple with justice as a theoretical component of the practice of public administration, yet with sufficient theoretical power to be meaningful in philosophy, political studies, and sociology.   The time is ripe for such an effort,...

Extrait : "Plusieurs écrivains ont avancé que l'agriculture prospère bien moins en raison de la fertilité naturelle du sol sur lequel on l'exerce, qu'en raison de la sagesse des lois qui la protègent ; et certainement rien n'est plus vrai. Les manières dont les lois peuvent favoriser ce premier...

This book analyses policy making processes at the micro-level and offers a unique insight into the fascinating world of policy entrepreneurs, elucidating their strategic modus operandi. The author identifies change strategies and explores the role of individuals in policy change processes. Readers...

Collana diretta da Francesco Bartolini La nuova Collana Compendi Tribuna si rivolge ai candidati ai concorsi pubblici, agli studenti universitari e a tutti coloro i quali siano chiamati a sostenere prove d’esame per l’abilitazione professionale, con particolare riguardo per l’esame orale di...

I commenti dottrinali sono aggiornati alla data dell'ultima edizione cartacea del volume - giugno 2011. La forma esplicativa dei nostri codici è argomentativa-descrittiva, ciò richiede che il lettore debba tener sempre presente l’aspetto comunicativo grafico, cioè il rapporto spaziale tra ciò...

This book analyzes the verticalization of coalition cabinets from the national to the sub-national level. Presenting case studies for countries with federal systems of government, such as Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, and India, as well as those focusing on states with hybrid systems...

Grassroots Advocacy and Health Care Reform places a detailed account of how the Health Care for America Now campaign in Pennsylvania carried out contemporary issue advocacy in the context of an understanding of American politics.

This edited volume focuses on how multiculturalism, as statecraft, has had both intended and unintended consequences on Singapore’s various ethnic communities. The contributing authors address and update contemporary issues and developments in the practice of multiculturalism in Singapore by interfacing...

This book presents a comparative study of the vision, ability and dynamism on the part of governments in selected Asian Pacific countries as they engage in the distribution of e-governance. Consequently, it creates a platform for mutual learning and offers a dispassionate evaluation of mega e-projects....

Arguing that our laws are skewed to benefit entrenched homeowners, at the expense of newcomers and lower-income households, this book advocates both for libertarian ideals and for social justice - an unusual and revealing combination.

This book presents a new paradigm of innovative governments in Asia, at the municipal, regional and national levels, based on the knowledge creation theory in management, and leading to organizational transformation and policy reform in public administration. Focusing on Indonesia, the Philippines,...

The idea of diversity dominates cultural policy in the twenty-first century. Against the perceived elitism of the past, policy-makers seek to use culture to address social exclusion. Drawing on original research, this book exposes problems with this approach, making the case for universalism in cultural and political life.

This book examines the introduction of smart technologies into public administrations and the organizational issues caused by these implementations, and the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to rationalize and improve government, transform governance and organizational...