Georgetown University Press imprint: 313 books
Federal Service and the Constitution
The Development of the Public Employment Relationship, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2014
Conceived during the turbulent period of the late 1960s when ‘rights talk’ was ubiquitous, Federal Service and the Constitution, a landmark study first published in 1971, strove to understand how the rights of federal civil servants had become so differentiated from those of ordinary citizens. Now...
The War against al-Qaeda
Religion, Policy, and Counter-narratives
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2017
In this original and provocative book, Nahed Artoul Zehr explores the theological underpinnings of al-Qaeda and related Islamic movements such as ISIS. She demonstrates how this marginal narrative transformed al-Qaeda from a relatively hierarchical and regional organization to a globalized, decentralized,...
Collaborative Public Management
New Strategies for Local Governments
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2004
Local governments do not stand alone—they find themselves in new relationships not only with state and federal government, but often with a widening spectrum of other public and private organizations as well. The result of this re-forming of local governments calls for new collaborations and managerial...
Beyond Machiavelli
Policy Analysis Reaches Midlife, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
In this new edition of Beyond Machiavelli, Beryl Radin updates her popular overview of the field of policy analysis. Radin, winner of the John Gaus Award from the American Political Science Association, considers the critical issues that confront the policy analysis practitioner, changes in the field,...
The Dynamics of Performance Management
Constructing Information and Reform
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2008
Efficiency. Innovation. Results. Accountability. These, advocates claim, are the fruits of performance management. In recent decades government organizations have eagerly embraced the performance model—but the rush to reform has not delivered as promised. Drawing on research from state and federal...
Driven from Home
Protecting the Rights of Forced Migrants
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2010
Throughout human history people have been driven from their homes by wars, unjust treatment, earthquakes, and hurricanes. The reality of forced migration is not new, nor is awareness of the suffering of the displaced a recent discovery. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that...
Christianity in Evolution
An Exploration
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Evolution has provided a new understanding of reality, with revolutionary consequences for Christianity. In an evolutionary perspective the incarnation involved God entering the evolving human species to help it imitate the trinitarian altruism in whose image it was created and counter its tendency to...
In Search of the Whole
Twelve Essays on Faith and Academic Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2011
The contributors to this inspiring anthology meet the challenge that everyone faces: that of becoming a whole person in both their personal and professional lives. John C. Haughey, SJ, has gathered twelve professionals in higher education from a variety of disciplines—philosophy, theology, health care,...
Prayer
Christian and Muslim Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
Prayer: Christian and Muslim Perspectives is a rich collection of essays, scriptural texts, and personal reflections featuring leading scholars analyzing the meaning and function of prayer within their traditions. Drawn from the 2011 Building Bridges seminar in Doha, Qatar, the essays in this volume...
Aquinas on Virtue
A Causal Reading
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
Aquinas on Virtue: A Causal Reading is an original interpretation of one of the most compelling accounts of virtue in the Western tradition, that of the great theologian and philosopher Thomas Aquinas (1224–1274). Taking as its starting point Aquinas's neglected definition of virtue in terms of its...
Bridging Troubled Waters
China, Japan, and Maritime Order in the East China Sea
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Sino-Japanese relations have been repeatedly strained by the territorial dispute over a group of small islands, known as the Senkaku islands in Japan and the Diaoyu islands in China. The rich fishing grounds, key shipping lanes, and perhaps especially, potentially rich oil deposits around the islands...
by Michael Mintrom
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2003
Policymaking is of its very nature a people-centered business-a good reason why highly effective policy analysts display not only superb technical expertise but excellent people skills as well. Those "people skills" include the ability to manage professional relationships, to learn from others about...
Managing within Networks
Adding Value to Public Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2007
The real work of many governments is done not in stately domed capitols but by a network of federal and state officials working with local governments and nongovernmental organizations to address issues that cross governmental boundaries. Managing within Networks analyzes the structure, operations, and...
High-Table Diplomacy
The Reshaping of International Security Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
The proliferation of “minilateral” summits is reshaping how international security problems are addressed, yet these summits remain a poorly understood phenomenon. In this groundbreaking work, Kjell Engelbrekt contrasts the most important minilateral summits—the G7 (formerly G8) and G20—with...