Government category: 19669 books
American Government
Stories of a Nation, The Essentials
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2018
In the Second Edition of American Government, ***Essentials***Edition, author Scott F. Abernathy tunes in to the voices of all Americans, showing how our diverse ideas shape the way we participate and behave, the laws we live by, and the challenges we face. From the Constitutional Convention to Ferguson,...
by R. MacGregor Dawson, W.F. Dawson, Norman Ward
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1989
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1989
For more than a generation this concise survey has been the classic introduction to the fundamental ideas and structure of Canadian government and the practice of democracy in this country. It examines the various elements of federal government — the House of Commons, the cabinet, the Senate, the...
by Genie N. L. Stowers
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
We hear the term “sustainability” everywhere today. In the context of city management, the term often refers to environmental concerns, both locally and globally. Managing the Sustainable City examines not only how cities can prepare to weather the local effects of climate change, but also how...
Managing the Electronic Government
From Vision to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2004
This book provides an insight into the possibilities that socalled “Electronic Government” has to offer. It demonstrates the elements belonging to the concept of EGovernment and acts as a point of reference for those aiming to implement it. Checklists and lists of questions enable selfassessment...
Managing Local Government
An Essential Guide for Municipal and County Managers
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2017
Managing Local Government: An Essential Guide for Municipal and County Managers offers a practical introduction to the changing structure, forms, and functions of local governments. Taking a metropolitan management perspective, authors Kimberly Nelson and Carl W. Stenberg explain U.S. local government...
Open Government (Routledge Revivals)
A study of the prospects of open government within the limitations of the British political system
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
First published in 1987 this book considers the practical implications of increasing public access to official information in Britain, both from the perspective of increasing Freedom of Information and reforming Section 2 of the Official Secrets Act. It draws attention to the practical problems such...
The Heart of the Declaration
The Founders' Case for an Activist Government
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2016
An eye-opening, meticulously researched new perspective on the influences that shaped the Founders as well as the nation's founding document
From one election cycle to the next, a defining question continues to divide the country’s political parties: Should the government play a major or...
Paths to Making a Difference
Leading in Government
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2011
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...
by Collectif
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
Government at a Glance 2017 provides the latest available data on public administrations in OECD countries. Where possible, it also reports data for Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, India, Indonesia, Lithuania, the Russian Federation, and South Africa. This edition contains new indicators on public...
Local Government in Central and Eastern Europe
The Rebirth of Local Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2007
Advocates of democratization in Central and Eastern Europe before 1989 placed great emphasis on community self-government as the basis of civil society and democracy. After theVelvet Revolutions of 1989 and the break up of the Soviet Union in 1991, the new states created an elected local government, whereby cities, towns and villages elected the
Coalition
The Inside Story of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
When David Cameron and Nick Clegg stepped out into the rose garden at No. 10 to launch the first coalition government since the Second World War, it was amid a sea of uncertainty. Some doubted whether the coalition could survive a full term - or even a full year. Five years later, this bold departure...
The Brown Government
A Policy Evaluation
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
The Brown Government provides an interim evaluation of Gordon Brown’s Labour administration through identifying continuities and discontinuities with the Blair governments from 1997. By focusing on key ideas and areas of public policy it presents an analysis of the first 18 months of Brown’s government....
by Frank R. Spellman
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2017
The eighth of a new, well-received, and highly acclaimed series on critical infrastructure and homeland security, Government Facilities Protection and Homeland Security is a reference source that is designed to serve and advise project designers, engineers, security specialists, managers, building...
It's Time for High-Performance Government
Winning Strategies to Engage and Energize the Public Sector Workforce
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016
Leadership teams taking the reins of government in 2017 will have to overcome the demoralizing effects of years of budget deficits, a heavy loss of talent, frequent criticism, and mounting pressure to ‘do more with less,’ all of which have contributed to declining interest in public sector careers...