Public Affairs Administration category: 1291 books
by John W. Swain, Kathleen Dolan Swain
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Intended for both students and practitioners in public administration who want to communicate more effectively with a variety of audiences, this book offers clear, easy-to-understand guidelines on how to write more clearly, concisely, and coherently, as well as correctly. It covers the basics of good...
Research Methods for Public Administrators
Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
As in previous editions, this highly practical book is written with beginning MPA students and practitioners in mind. It focuses on the interpretation and use of research findings, not just number crunching. It covers the entire research process, from initial questions to final report, in clear, jargon-free...
Multi-Level Governance
The Missing Linkages
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2015
Multi-Level Governance (MLG) is a highly influential, supple and ductile framework for interpreting governance in complex polities. Yet, criticisms have been aimed at its allegedly overly 'descriptive', rather than explanatory, power. This volume argues that progress in both the study and the practice...
Disabled Rights
American Disability Policy and the Fight for Equality
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2003
"Freedom and Justice for all" is a phrase that can have a hollow ring for many members of the disability community in the United States. Jacqueline Vaughn Switzer gives us a comprehensive introduction to and overview of U.S. disability policy in all facets of society, including education, the workplace,...
Curriculum and the Culture Wars
Debating the Bible's Place in Public Schools
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Curriculum and the Culture Wars offers a fresh perspective on perennial debates about the role of religion in public schools, focusing on the intersection of religion and curriculum. This debate has been renewed in part due to the growth of elective Bible courses in public schools in many parts of...
by Dennis L. Dresang
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017
The long-awaited new edition of this highly praised text includes full coverage of policy issues and professional practice in nonprofit organizations, as well as at federal, state, and local levels of government. Retaining its accessible writing style, this sixth edition:
examines the latest...
Research Methods and Statistics for Public and Nonprofit Administrators
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Research Methods and Statistics for Public and Nonprofit Administrators: A Practical Guide is a comprehensive, easy-to-read, core text that thoroughly prepares readers to apply research methods and data analysis to the professional environments of public and non-profit administration. The authors...
Understanding Trust in Government
Environmental Sustainability, Fracking, and Public Opinion in American Politics
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Growing disenfranchisement with political institutions and policy processes has generated interest in trust in government. For the most part, research has focused on trust in government as a general attitude covering all political institutions. In this book, Scott E. Robinson, James W. Stoutenborough,...
The Government-Industrial Complex
The True Size of the Federal Government, 1984-2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2018
In his 1961 Farewell Address, President Eisenhower famously referred to the emergence of a "military-industrial complex" so powerful that it threatened to warp America's political institutions and economy. However, the military was not the only part of a blended government workforce that was growing...
by Satoru Araki, Iris Claus
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
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...
Civil Society, Second Edition
The Critical History of an Idea
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
A comprehensive discussion and analysis of two and a half millennia of Western political theory
In the absence of noble public goals, admired leaders, and compelling issues, many warn of a dangerous erosion of civil society, which includes families, religious organizations, and all other NGOs....
Paradiplomacy
Cities and States as Global Players
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Orthodox international relations theory considers foreign affairs to be the exclusive purview of national governments. Yet as Rodrigo Tavares demonstrates, the vast majority of leading sub-states and cities are currently practicing foreign affairs, both bilaterally and multilaterally. Subnational...
Collaborative Strategies for Sustainable Cities
Economy, Environment and Community in Baltimore
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Baltimore, like many other cities around the globe, is redesigning local government policy and programs in order to become a more sustainable city. Sustainability, as a concept guiding public action, encourages city officials to integrate policy and programs addressing the economic, environmental,...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2015
Asian Leadership in Policy and Governance examines contemporary challenges facing public leaders in Asia, providing insight into leadership processes and contexts past practices affecting effective governance and policy leadership. The book provides a broad range of insightful and detailed cases of...