Public Policy category: 4660 books
This Sovereign Land
A New Vision For Governing The West
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
In This Sovereign Land, Daniel Kemmis offers a radical new proposal for giving the West control over its land. Unlike those who wish to privatize the public lands and let market forces decide their fate, Kemmis, a leading western Democrat and committed environmentalist, argues for keeping the public...
by Terry L Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
This book shows students entering the public service as well as professionals in the field how to become ethically competent to provide the leadership needed to advance the public interest. The book doesn't just talk about ethics. The contributors describe how ethical competence should guide organizational...
The Government-Industrial Complex
The True Size of the Federal Government, 1984-2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2018
In his 1961 Farewell Address, President Eisenhower famously referred to the emergence of a "military-industrial complex" so powerful that it threatened to warp America's political institutions and economy. However, the military was not the only part of a blended government workforce that was growing...
Merchants of Doubt
How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2010
The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. Our scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. But at the same time, a small...
Improbable Scholars
The Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for America's Schools
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2013
No school district can be all charismatic leaders and super-teachers. It can't start from scratch, and it can't fire all its teachers and principals when students do poorly. Great charter schools can only serve a tiny minority of students. Whether we like it or not, most of our youngsters will continue...
The Next Pandemic
On the Front Lines Against Humankind's Gravest Dangers
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
During the 2014 Ebola crisis, the public watched with rapt attention as a handful of Americans contracted the deadly fever and were transported to treatment facilities in the United States. We charted the movements of Dr. Craig Spencer, whose three-mile jog and subway ride to a bowling alley became...
Off and Running
The Prospects and Pitfalls of Government Transitions in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
One of the most pivotal events in the electoral cycle is the transition of a newly elected political party from opposition to government. The incoming prime minister or premier must assemble a team of ministers, advisors, and staff that is competent and ready to govern, without disrupting the day-to-day...
Gun Violence
The Real Costs
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2000
100 billion dollars. That is the annual cost of gun violence in America according to the authors of this landmark study, a book destined to change the way Americans view the problem of gun-related violence. Until now researchers have assessed the burden imposed by gunshot injuries and deaths in terms...
The Cult of Efficiency
Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2001
We live in an age dominated by the cult of efficiency. Efficiency in the raging debate about public goods is often used as a code word to advance political agendas. When it is used correctly, efficiency is important: it must always be part of the conversation when resources are scarce and citizens...
by Richard Mulgan
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
A systematic and engaging new text that analyses accountability and transparency in contemporary public services, and examines how open government can be both a challenge and an aid to more effective public management. This text is an ideal guide for both practical and conceptual understanding of the possibilities of open government.
Mechanisms, Roles and Consequences of Governance
Emerging Issues
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
This volume addresses emerging issues in public and non-profit governance research. Established concepts and theoretical issues are presented by established scholars in the governance, management and administration fields. These are set alongside highlighted emerging themes, and they're practicality...
Saving the CBC
Balancing Profit and Public Service
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2013
Asked to name the institutions that best define this country, most Canadians place our pubic broadcaster somewhere high on the list. But there is a very real danger that the CBC will not survive beyond the next two years in any recognizable form. Decades of budget cuts have left it dangerously weakened,...
by Andrew J. Hoffman
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2015
Though the scientific community largely agrees that climate change is underway, debates about this issue remain fiercely polarized. These conversations have become a rhetorical contest, one where opposing sides try to achieve victory through playing on fear, distrust, and intolerance. At its heart,...
Open Budgets
The Political Economy of Transparency, Participation, and Accountability
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
Decisions about "who gets what, when, and how" are perhaps the most important that any government must make. So it should not be remarkable that around the world, public officials responsible for public budgeting are facing demands-from their own citizenry, other government officials, economic...