Public Affairs category: 1291 books
EU Economic Governance
The French and German Views
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
One could view the current crisis as an opportunity to make up for past mistakes or past reluctance to do what was necessary. This was the approach adopted by the European institutions when they came up with their proposals on economic governance. This paper aims to provide an insight into the thinking...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2011
The Case for Decentralized Federalism and its sister volume The Case for Centralized Federalism are the outcome of the Federalism Redux Project, created to stimulate a serious and useful conversation on federalism in Canada. They provide the vocabulary and arguments needed to articulate the case for...
Designing and Conducting Survey Research
A Comprehensive Guide
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
The industry standard guide, updated with new ideas and SPSS analysis techniques
Designing and Conducting Survey Research: A Comprehensive Guide Fourth Edition is the industry standard resource that covers all major components of the survey process, updated to include new data analysis techniques...
Democratic Vanguardism
Modernity, Intervention, and the Making of the Bush Doctrine
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
This book assesses in greater depth the Bush administration’s claim to comprehend the purpose of historical progress. Developing a concept termed “democratic vanguardism,” this study investigates the idea of liberal modernity, the role of the United States as a force for democracy, and the implications...
The Ethical Lobbyist
Reforming Washington’s Influence Industry
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Lobbyists in Washington aren’t a new phenomenon. Since the early days of the republic, citizens and groups alike have hired professionals to press their interests with lawmakers. However, recent examples of misconduct—like that seen in the Abramoff scandal—highlight the unique ethical challenges...
Complete Politics Works of Saint Thomas More
Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation, Utopia
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2014
Known to Roman Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist. He was an important councillor to Henry VIII and Lord Chancellor from October 1529 to 16 May 1532. More opposed the Protestant Reformation, in particular the...
Transformational Government Through EGov Practice
Socio-Economic, Cultural, and Technological Issues
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2012
The progression of information and communication technology (ICT) eGovernment systems has substantial implications for the future of government as we know it. eGov presents major challenges and advantages for policy makers as fundamentally different nations are adopting ICT in public administration...
Leading Change from the Middle
A Practical Guide to Building Extraordinary Capabilities
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Bookshelves abound with theoretical analyses, how-to guides, and personal success stories by famous corporate leaders, public officials, even athletic coaches, expounding on how to lead from the top. But what about those in the middle who are increasingly tasked with trying to reshape, reorient, or...
Global Health and Sustainable Development Architecture
Inclusive Dialogue, Partnerships, and Community Capital
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2009
In Global Health and Sustainable Development Architecture, Wang discusses the convergence of such problems as financial crisis, water, food and energy shortage, earthquakes and disasters, epidemics and pandemics, wars and nuclear threats. 'What is wrong with our development model?' 'What is the solution?'...
Communicable Crises
Prevention, Response, and Recovery in the Global Arena
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
This volume makes a significant contribution to the crisis management literature. It also adds to our inchoate understanding of network governance: temporary teams and task forces, communities of practice, alliances, and virtual organizations. It hints that the distinction between networks and organizations...
Understanding Systems of e-Government
e-Federalism and e-Centralism in the United States and Kazakhstan
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
The main purpose of the book was to analyze heterogeneous political and institutional aspects in the development of such an arguably universal tool of modern democracy as e-government from the perspectives of two nations with completely different systems of governance and traditions of public administration...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
As countries around the world make continuous strides in developing their economies, it has become increasingly important to evaluate the different ways culture impacts the growth of a region. Global Perspectives on Development Administration and Cultural Change investigates the impact of economic...
by Wesley Mitchell
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
In The Bureaucratic Phenomenon Michel Crozier demonstrates that bureaucratic institutions need to be understood in terms of the cultural context in which they operate. The originality of the study lies in its association of two widely different approaches: the theory of decision-making in large organizations...
Out of War
Voices of Surrendered Maoists
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2016
Over the course of two intense years Swati Sengupta spoke to dozens of surrendered Maoist soldiers. In this book she focuses on their complex individual narratives and examines the reasons for, and the methods and contexts of, their surrenders. The disquieting voices of these foot-soldiers of the...