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Decision-Making Reform in Japan
The DPJ’s Failed Attempt at a Politician-Led Government
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2015
In the election to the House of Representatives in 2009, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) almost tripled the number of its lower house members by winning 308 seats. It subsequently formed a coalition government with the Social Democratic Party and the People’s New Party. The new ruling party...
The Complexity of Self Government
Politics from the Bottom Up
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2016
The Complexity of Self Government represents a revolutionary approach to political science. Bottom-up theory turns political and social analysis upside down by focusing analytic attention not on vacuous abstractions but on the individual men and women who either consciously or inadvertently create...
Dedicated Public-Private Partnership Units
A Survey of Institutional and Governance Structures
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2010
Dedicated public-private partnership (PPP) units are organisations set up with full or partial aid of the government to ensure that the skills needed to handle third-party provision of goods and services are made available and clustered together within government. Such units enhance the capacity of...
Focus on Citizens
Public Engagement for Better Policy and Services
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2009
Complex policy issues cannot be solved by government alone. Delivering high-quality public services at the least cost and achieving shared public policy goals requires innovative approaches and greater involvement of citizens. This book is a valuable source of information on government performance...
by Collective
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2009
Bribery is bad for business, so why do businesses continue to bribe? What roles do business, government, and civil society have in the fight against corruption - and notably in the fight against bribery in business? The 6th Regional Anti-Corruption Conference for Asia and the Pacific gathered experts...
Monstrous Fictions
Reflections on John Calvin in a Time of Culture War
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2016
The Reformer John Calvin has influenced America in a formative way. Calvin remains respected as a theologian to whose work intellectuals on both the right and left appeal. In the nineteen-nineties, Evangelicals and Catholics Together (ECT) formed a politically influential ecumenical coalition to oppose...
by David Reeves
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011
I have written this book as a way to vent my frustrations and anger caused by the way our federal government looks upon and treats the average citizens of this country. We are nothing but pawns that are intended to serve the wealthy. They spy on us using cameras on just about every corner as well...
by Matthew Alan Hill
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2014
The simplest way to get to grips with the American political system
American Politics For Dummies is an engaging and accessible guide to the inner workings of the U.S. government, cutting through the political jargon, to give you the facts. The book begins with the basics, including government...
Sovereigns Peacefully Take Charge
An Agenda for Liberty and Justice
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2006
Reviewing how we the people became sovereigns, this book encourages citizens to become peaceful activists to supplement representative government. The author declares seventy-five grievances against the United States government. He proposes or endorses remedies in the forms of constitutional amendments...
California Politics
A Primer
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
The thoroughly revised Fifth Edition of California Politics: A Primer concisely explains how California’s history, political culture, rules, and institutions come together to shape politics today and how they will determine the state of affairs tomorrow. Author Renee B. Van Vechten begins with...
Bill Ratliff
A Profile of Courage and Leadership in American Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Lt. Governor Bill Ratliff is an engineer, a widely respected senator, and according to Caroline Kennedy he is “an inspiration to all who serve in government, and to all Americans.” Senator Ratliff, nicknamed “Obi Wan Kenobi” by his colleagues, was a revered and much loved leader in Texas for...
Building Legitimacy
Exploring State–Society Relations in Northeast India
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2008
This book compares two states in the Northeast with different socio-political trajectories—a relatively orderly Mizoram and a troubled Manipur—in order to understand the sources of political turmoil in the region. Taking the region as a case study, it examines the larger debates on success and...
Vote for Change
My Decision at This Point in History
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
In most mature democracies, the government changes hands from time to time. A change of government doesn’t usher in the apocalypse. In fact, knowing how power tends to corrupt, perhaps political parties should take turns at being the opposition for seasons of humbling and heart searching.
by Ron Celano
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
“CHOICES is about the choices Americans are making in politics that affect our lives. The choices we have as a free people enable us to make better lives for ourselves and our families. But those choices are gradually being taken away by our government. Ron Celano takes the reader through every...