Public Affairs category: 1291 books
Fourth ASEAN Chief Justices' Roundtable on Environment
Role of the Judiciary in Environmental Protection—The Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
From 12 to 14 December 2014, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) chief justices and their designees convened in Ha Noi, Viet Nam, for their fourth roundtable on environment, with the theme "Role of the Judiciary in Environmental Protection." Eminent speakers and participants...
by Jonathan Sugarman
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
It was me, I did it!Imagine walking into a police station with a bloodied knife, telling the Inspector you had just murdered someone and offering to bring them to the site of the crime – what reaction would expect?Now alter the above to reflect the equivalent of murder in the financial sector, a...
by AshokA Rastogi
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
A Reluctant Bureaucrat is an incisive study of the administrative system in India interwoven with a personal account of life lived within the realm of active government service. The narrative comes to the reader straight from the Author's heart as a way to deal with his loneliness and overwhelming grief...
The Brooklyn Wars
The Stories Behind the Remaking of New York's Most Celebrated Borough
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2016
Across the globe, the word “Brooklyn” has come to represent cutting-edge cuisine, a vibrant music and literary culture, and the epitome of hip. But most of the world doesn’t see the price that local residents pay as their neighborhoods are swallowed by change.
In The Brooklyn Wars, masterful...
The Education of Eva Moskowitz
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
From Eva Moskowitz, the outspoken founder and CEO of the charter school Success Academy, comes a frank, feisty memoir about the rough-and-tumble battles to reform America’s education system.
Eva Moskowitz is a fighter with a reputation for having "sharp elbows"— if that’s a...
Spoiling for a Fight
The Rise of Eliot Spitzer
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
The rise to power of Eliot Spitzer, the scourge of Wall Street and one of America's most controversial politicians, by the reporter who knows his crusade best
Few politicians have burst onto the American scene with as much impact as Eliot Spitzer. He has exposed wrongdoing by stock analysts,...
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by Nicholas Timmins
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
A TIMES POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR A LONGMAN/HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR The award-winning history of the British Welfare State –now fully revised and updated for the 21st Century. ‘A masterpiece’ Sunday Times Giant Want. Giant Disease. Giant Ignorance. Giant Squalor. Giant Idleness. These...
Planning in the Face of Conflict
The Surprising Possibilities of Facilitative Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017
Bikers and hikers. Sex workers and social conservatives. Agencies and activists. The people involved in planning for a site—or a community—can be like the Hatfields and McCoys. And the process brings them together face to face and toe to toe.
How can planners take conflicted communities...
by Alan Ehrenhalt
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
In The Great Inversion and the Future of the American City we travel the nation with Alan Ehrenhalt, one of our leading urbanists, as he explains how America’s cities are changing, what makes them succeed or fail, and what this means for our future.
Just a couple of decades ago, we took it for granted...
by Bob Mackin Jr
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2012
The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics ended with a bang, when the country that gave the game of hockey to the world was on top of the world. On home ice.
Canadians celebrated coast-to-coast-to-coast the record 14 gold medals won by their Olympians in Vancouver and Whistler. The politicians and sponsors...
Obama on the Home Front
Domestic Policy Triumphs and Setbacks
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2016
The record of any American President attracts attention, but Barack Obama, the first African-American president in the nation’s 240-year history, is of special interest. Obama came into office as the economy was careening into the worst downturn since the Great Depression. On the political front,...
Leadership in the British Civil Service (Routledge Revivals)
A study of Sir Percival Waterfield and the creation of the Civil Service Selection Board
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
First published in 1984, this book examines the style of leadership amongst senior civil servants and its impact on administrative reform by investigating the work of Sir Percival Waterfield who was First Civil Service Commissioner from 1939 to 1951. He was responsible for setting up the Civil Service...
Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Men Who Are Destroying the Planet—And How They Explain Themselves to Their Own Children
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Two New York Times–bestselling authors team up to name names in “a must read for anyone concerned with climate and energy issues” (Leonardo DiCaprio).
The science is overwhelming; the facts are in. The planet is heating up at an alarming rate and the results are everywhere to be seen....
The White House Queen
The Elegance and Strength of Michelle Obama
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
First Lady Michelle Obama is a remarkable figure, and author Raymond Sturgis carefully selected the words of this book to highlight the passion and life of Michelle Obama. Many know of her many achievements, however, what about her agenda to help change the nutritional conditions of America’s children....