Public Affairs category: 1291 books
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...
Europe Managing the Crisis
The politics of fiscal consolidation
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
Studies of the recent financial crisis have been largely dominated by economists, but the similarities and differences between European countries' response reflect both economic and political perspectives which have resulted in considerable differences in their decisions.
Drawing on uniquely...
by Jelke Bethlehem
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Polls are conducted every day all around the world for almost everything (especially during elections). But not every poll is a good one. A lot depends on the type of questions asked, how they are asked and whether the sample used is truly representative. And these are not the only aspects of a poll...
by Fabio Monteduro, Alessandro Hinna, Luca Gnan
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
This volume accesses governance in public and non-profit organizations. Building on and challenging recent research in this area, this volume critically examines the contextual, behavioural and historical factors of governance.
Human Capital
Tools and Strategies for the Public Sector
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2008
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With the shift from “human resources” to “human capital management” (HCM), public agencies are striving...
Anticipatory Policymaking
When Government Acts to Prevent Problems and Why It Is So Difficult
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Public policy analysts and political pundits alike tend to describe the policymaking process as a reactive sequence in which government develops solutions for clearly evident and identifiable problems. While this depiction holds true in many cases, it fails to account for instances in which public...
Networks and National Security
Dynamics, Effectiveness and Organisation
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Networks as sets of autonomous organisations working together to achieve individual and shared goals are becoming increasingly important across many areas of public administration. The importance of networks is well known but most analysts would agree that we do not know enough about the dynamics...
Strengthening Policy Research
Role of Think Tank Initiative in South Asia
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
Strengthening Policy Research: Role of Think Tank Initiative in South Asia is a vivid presentation of the diverse journeys of think tanks under the aegis of the Think Tank Initiative (TTI) programme managed by the International Development Research Centre in South Asia. The book extensively discusses...
Participatory Budgeting and Civic Tech
The Revival of Citizen Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
In a time when citizens are deeply dissatisfied with the basic institutions and elected officials that govern them, the participatory budgeting movement empowers citizens to get results for pressing community needs. It creates a transparent process where citizens can propose projects through traditional...
Municipal Shared Services and Consolidation
A Public Solutions Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
Municipal Shared Services and Consolidation provides a comprehensive and clear review of the theories and practices of structuring and managing complex local government services. Intended for both students and practitioners, this volume in the Public Solutions Handbook Series addresses concepts and...
by Anthony Anamgba
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2017
Civil service is a part of the executive that actually implements the laws and public policies of the State.
Civil service is concerned with the practical administration of laws and public policies.
It is in this lucid manner that this book will teach you civil service in Nigeria.
It...
Anti-Corruption Evidence
The Role of Parliaments in Curbing Corruption
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2019
This book discusses parliamentary oversight and its role in curbing corruption in developing countries. Over the past decade, a growing body of research at the global and regional levels has demonstrated that parliamentary oversight is an important determinant of corruption and that effective oversight...
by Thomas E. Drabek
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Since the first edition of The Human Side of Disaster was published in 2009, new catastrophes have plagued the globe, including earthquakes in Haiti and New Zealand, tornadoes in Alabama and Missouri, floods in numerous locations, Hurricane Sandy, and the infamous BP oil spill. Enhanced with new cases...
by Bernie Dowling
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
IN 2017 a man named Paul Pisasale is facing criminal charges including corruption in public office, extortion, assault, and attempting to pervert justice. In 2016 Mr. Pisasale was re-elected Mayor of the Queensland City of Ipswich with 83.45 per cent of the popular vote.
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