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Cover of Blown Budget: Optics Problem
by Steve Kassel Smith
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2018

- Unpublished work from August 2012 as criticism of G.W. Bush Presidency, now a retrospective that makes clear the status quo - How GOP Budgets, two wars, ineffective congress, and the 2008 Financial Crisis expanded the US Budget into a Bloated Disaster     - Drawing on career in government and...
Cover of The Chicago Plan and New Deal Banking Reform
by Ronnie J. Phillips, Hyman P. Minsky
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016

This work presents a comprehensive history and evaluation of the role of the 100 percent reserve plan in the banking legislation of the New Deal reform era from its inception in 1933 to its re-emergence in the current financial reform debate in the US.
Cover of A Comparative Analysis on Tax Administration in Asia and the Pacific
by Satoru Araki, Iris Claus
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014

A robust and sustainable tax system requires good tax administration. This report compares the administrative frameworks, functions, and performances of tax administration bodies in 22 jurisdictions in Asia and the Pacific. The descriptive analysis is based on surveys of tax administration conducted...
Cover of Against the Profit Motive

Against the Profit Motive

The Salary Revolution in American Government, 1780-1940

by Nicholas R. Parrillo
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013

Cover of The Scandalous Presidency of Barack Obama
by Matt Margolis
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018

“I’m proud of the fact that [...] we’re probably the first administration in modern history that hasn’t had a major scandal in the White House.” So President Barack Obama boldly declared before leaving office, and numerous times since. But is it true? Not according to Matt...
Cover of The Logic of Discipline

The Logic of Discipline

Global Capitalism and the Architecture of Government

by Alasdair Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2010

Even before the global economic crisis of 2007-2009, the logic of discipline was under assault. Faced with many failed reform projects, advocates of discipline realized that they had underestimated the complexity of governmental change. Opponents of discipline emphasized the damage to democratic values...
Cover of Paths to Making a Difference

Paths to Making a Difference

Leading In Government

by Mark A. Abramson, Paul R. Lawrence
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012

To understand the challenges of political leadership and how top executives succeed in accomplishing an administration's objectives, business in government experts Paul R. Lawrence and Mark A. Abramson present the findings of a two year's study of top political appointees in the Obama administration. The...
Cover of Policy-Analyse in der Schweiz

Policy-Analyse in der Schweiz

Besonderheiten, Theorien, Beispiele

by Fritz Sager, Karin Ingold, Andreas Balthasar
Language: German
Release Date: February 1, 2017

Die öffentliche Politik wird in der Schweizer Politikwissenschaft sehr aktiv beforscht. Ihre Erforschung dient der Lösung gesellschaftlicher Probleme. So untersucht die Policy-Analyse etwa das Verhältnis zwischen Politik und Verwaltung oder die sich verändernde Rolle des Staates. Der neue Band...
Cover of Rebound

Rebound

Getting America Back to Great

by Kim R. Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013

There is a huge concern in America today that the country is in decline, one of the few sentiments that – nationally – our increasingly polarized political leaders can agree on. Americans fear that the economy and our culture itself are in deep crisis. They are also frustrated that the ruling...
Cover of New Media Handbook: For Local And State Election Campaigns
by Florian S. Gust
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012

When it comes to new media, political candidates need to know all their options, in order to make the right decisions on how to use the internet and social networks for their election efforts. To get the most out of all the different services and implement them successfully into their campaigns, candidates...
Cover of What Government Does

What Government Does

How Political Executives Manage

by Mark A. Abramson, Paul Lawrence
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014

To understand the challenges of political leadership and how top executives succeed in accomplishing an Administration’s objectives, business-in-government experts Paul R. Lawrence and Mark A. Abramson present the findings of a four-year study of top political appointees in the Obama Administration. The...
Cover of System under Stress

System under Stress

The Challenge to 21st Century Governance

by Donald F. Kettl
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2013

In System under Stress, The Challenge to 21st Century Democracy, Third Edition, Donald F. Kettl looks at the latest stress to hit the system—the financial crisis of 2008. In his brief, gripping narrative, Kettl assesses how well the U.S. political system responds under extraordinary pressure—from...
Cover of Spring Training for the Major Leagues of Government
by Frank McDonough
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2016

The White House has approved Brian’s selection for a high-level job in the government. After the initial excitement, he realizes there is a lot he does not know. He tells a friend, I need a mentor, someone who has been through what I am going to experience. Spring Training for the Major Leagues...
Cover of Cambiamento e innovazione nei sistemi contabili pubblici

Cambiamento e innovazione nei sistemi contabili pubblici

Determinanti, criticit, prospettive

by Ileana Steccolini, Ileana Steccolini
Language: Italian
Release Date: January 5, 2012

Negli ultimi decenni le aziende pubbliche sono state oggetto di profonde riforme a livello europeo e internazionale, nell'ambito delle quali hanno assunto centralit i cambiamenti dei sistemi contabili. Alla luce di esperienze di riforma che mostrano luci e ombre, e nella prospettiva di un prossimo...
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