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The Caterpillar Factory
Kick start your career in the PR business
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
The Caterpillar Factory offers a unique insider’s account of the approach, skills and processes needed to build a successful career in today’s booming PR business. It sets out the links in the PR business chain, from the basic consultancy model to winning new clients, and from exploiting the news...
The Disaster Experts
Mastering Risk in Modern America
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2012
In the wake of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, many are asking what, if anything, can be done to prevent large-scale disasters. How is it that we know more about the hazards of modern American life than ever before, yet the nation faces ever-increasing losses from such events? History shows that disasters...
A Legacy of Innovation
Governors and Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
From La Follette to Faubus, from Rockefeller to Reagan, U.S. governors have addressed some of the most contentious policy questions of the twentieth century. In doing so, they not only responded to dramatic changes in the political landscape, they shaped that landscape. The influence of governors...
by Collectif
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2016
This second edition of Government at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean provides the latest available data on public administrations in the LAC region and compares it to OECD countries. It contains new indicators on public finances, centres of government, regulatory governance, open government,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
with foreword by Michael X. Delli Carpini, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, USA
This book critiques U.S. public policy about communication and offers guidelines to improve public safety and create strong democratic communities. The lack of effective emergency...
by
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
This book presents a nuanced analysis of governance in South Asia. It examines a range of themes including civil service reforms, women and development, environmental governance and public sector programmes, together with the impact of globalization on local issues and its influence on governance...
by Sean Lusk, Nick Birks
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Drawing on a wide range of international experience, a state of the art introduction to the distinctive role and nature of public strategy which is designed to meet the needs of students and practitioners alike.
The Korean Government and Public Policies in a Development Nexus
Sustaining Development and Tackling Policy Changes – Volume 2
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
This volume chronicles the policy challenges and adaptations faced and made by the South Korean government during the post-industrialization and democratization period. Following the model set by the first volume in the series, which covered the economic and social development during the developmental...
Singapore Perspectives 2013
Governance
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
This volume is conceptualised around the notion by Raymond Williams, a cultural theorist, that any cultural system comprises fragments of the past and the emergent alongside the dominant. The book focuses on ‘governance’ or how a society governs itself across the state, business and civic sectors...
Plunder of the Commons
A Manifesto for Sharing Public Wealth
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2019
'One of the most important books I've read in years' Brian Eno
We are losing the commons. Austerity and neoliberal policies have depleted our shared wealth; our national utilities have been sold off to foreign conglomerates, social housing is almost non-existent, our parks are cordoned off...
by Katherine Adams
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999
At the beginning of the 20th century, Progressive reformers set up curricula in journalism, public relations, and creative writing to fulfill their own purposes: well-trained rhetors could convince the United States citizenry to accept Progressive thinking on monopolies and unions and to elect reform...
Democratic Illusion
Deliberative Democracy in Canadian Public Policy
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015
The theory of deliberative democracy promotes the creation of systems of governance in which citizens actively exchange ideas, engage in debate, and create laws that are responsive to their interests and aspirations. While deliberative processes are being adopted in an increasing number of cases,...
Policy Work in Canada
Professional Practices and Analytical Capacities
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2017
Policy Work in Canada is an in-depth study into the levels of analytical capacity found within the federal and provincial governments as well as the non-governmental sector. By focusing on the individuals who craft public policy in Canada, this collection of eighteen chapters broadens and deepens...
Marketing Leadership in Government
Communicating Responsiveness, Leadership and Credibility
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2016
This book explores how contemporary governing leaders can overcome the typical trend of losing a public support in power by following more effective communication strategies. It shows how new forms of communication that emphasise acknowledgement and respect for public criticisms and concerns can be...