Public Affairs category: 1291 books
The Last Refuge
Patriotism, Politics, and the Environmin an Age of Terror
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2012
"Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels" -SAMUEL JOHNSON, 1775 "a tightly reasoned, excellently written book that should be lethally effective in helping readers who aren't experts understand the contours of the crisis." -TOLEDO BLADE Updated and revised following the 2004 elections, The Last...
Singapore Perspectives 2017
What If?
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Singapore has experienced remarkable progression in the first 50 years of its independence. This volume comprises chapters written by thought leaders in Singapore where they re-examine Singapore's key governing institutions, systems, principles and values as they consider the country's next 50 years....
The Failure of Governance in Bell, California
Big-Time Corruption in a Small Town
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
“How could this have happened?” The question still lingers among officials and residents of the small southern California town of Bell. Corruption is hardly an isolated challenge to the governance of America’s cities. But following decades of benign obscurity, Bell witnessed the emergence of...
Local knowledge matters
Power, context and policy making in Indonesia
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2018
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book explores the critical role that local knowledge plays in public policy processes as well as its role in the co-production of policy relevant knowledge with the scientific and professional communities. The authors consider the mechanisms used...
by Tim Morgan
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Is America a nation under God or a nation getting over God? In the United States, the Christian cause is in full retreat: Courts enshrine the counterfeit right of same-sex marriage Prayer, long since made illegal in public school, is increasingly pushed from other public places and occasions Policies...
Does Policy Analysis Matter?
Exploring Its Effectiveness in Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
How well can democratic decision making incorporate the knowledge and expertise generated by public policy analysts? This book examines the historical development of policy analysis, as well as its use in legislative and regulatory bodies and in the federal executive branch. The essays show that policy-analytic...
Dealing with Differences
Dramas of Mediating Public Disputes
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2009
Conflict and dispute pervade political and policy discussions. Moreover, unequal power relations tend to heighten levels of conflict. In this context of contention, figuring out ways to accommodate others and reach solutions that are agreeable to all is a perennial challenge for activists, politicians,...
Understanding the policy process (Second edition)
Analysing welfare policy and practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2009
This book draws on the latest and best social science to explain how and why social policy change occurs. Focusing on the policy making process as the key to change, it uses core concepts of policy analysis, one in each chapter, to build up a fully worked explanation of social policy change and to...
Regulatory Breakdown
The Crisis of Confidence in U.S. Regulation
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
Regulatory Breakdown: The Crisis of Confidence in U.S. Regulation brings fresh insight and analytic rigor to what has become one of the most contested domains of American domestic politics. Critics from the left blame lax regulation for the housing meltdown and financial crisis—not to mention major...
The Evaluation Enterprise
A Critical View
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2018
Today, evaluation is part of governing systems and is supported by powerful institutions. It is taken for granted that evaluation leads to betterment. However, evaluation itself is seldom analyzed from a critical perspective. In this book, Jan-Eric Furubo and Nicoletta Stame have assembled an international...
Providing a Sure Start
How government discovered early childhood
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2011
This book tells the story of Sure Start, one of the flagship programmes of the last government. It tells how Sure Start was set up, the numerous changes it went through, and how it has changed the landscape of services for all young children in England. Offering insight into the key debates on services...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Given the global crises confronting the world today, it is important to interrogate the notion of “the modern state” and to evaluate its effectiveness in providing security and services for its populations, including the most disadvantaged and vulnerable. This book investigates the modern state’s...
by Professor 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.
15 Minutes of Power
The Uncertain Life of British Ministers
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2019
Aside for the secretaries of state, those lofty roles at the Home Office, MOD, Exchequer, and Foreign office, the ministers of the UK are a cast of roles that expand, and contract based on the whims and political needs of the Prime Minister. Within their portfolios those MPs and Lords are immensely...