Public Affairs Administration category: 1291 books
Taking Action on Internet Gambling
Federal Policymaking 1995–2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
This book uses the case of the rise and fall of the Internet gambling industry to illustrate a new approach to understanding how public policy is made in the United States. The theory advanced is that different phases of the policy process are governed by three distinct political dynamics: constraint,...
Making Democracy Work Better
Mediating Structures, Social Capital, and the Democratic Prospect
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2003
The decade of the 1980s marked a triumph for market capitalism. As politicians of all stripes sought to reinvent government in the image of private enterprise, they looked to the voluntary sector for allies to assuage the human costs of reductions in public policies of social welfare. This book details...
Contemporary Social Issues in East Asian Societies
Examining the Spectrum of Public and Private Spheres
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
While the balance between private and public sectors are based primarily on the experiences of the wealthy societies in Western Europe and North America, the global reach and increased political weight of East Asian economies is bound to influence other societies as well. Contemporary Social Issues in...
New Public Governance
A Regime-Centered Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Written by scholars who have been at the forefront of the NPG debate as well as by scholar-practitioners, this book provides lessons learned from experience on how networked, contract-based and partnership-centered approaches to government can be undertaken in ways that preserve the values at the center of the American constitutional and political system.
by Claudius Wagemann
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2014
Private Interest Governments were identified in the 1980s as a special form of public regulation in selected economic sectors, rivalling conventional market, state, or community-based forms of public order. This book examines how these institutional arrangements have changed since their identification....
Beyond Machiavelli
Policy Analysis Reaches Midlife, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
In this new edition of Beyond Machiavelli, Beryl Radin updates her popular overview of the field of policy analysis. Radin, winner of the John Gaus Award from the American Political Science Association, considers the critical issues that confront the policy analysis practitioner, changes in the field,...
by Jelke Bethlehem
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Polls are conducted every day all around the world for almost everything (especially during elections). But not every poll is a good one. A lot depends on the type of questions asked, how they are asked and whether the sample used is truly representative. And these are not the only aspects of a poll...
by Fabio Monteduro, Alessandro Hinna, Luca Gnan
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
This volume accesses governance in public and non-profit organizations. Building on and challenging recent research in this area, this volume critically examines the contextual, behavioural and historical factors of governance.
Human Capital
Tools and Strategies for the Public Sector
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2008
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Chapter 1
With the shift from “human resources” to “human capital management” (HCM), public agencies are striving...
Anticipatory Policymaking
When Government Acts to Prevent Problems and Why It Is So Difficult
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Public policy analysts and political pundits alike tend to describe the policymaking process as a reactive sequence in which government develops solutions for clearly evident and identifiable problems. While this depiction holds true in many cases, it fails to account for instances in which public...
Strengthening Policy Research
Role of Think Tank Initiative in South Asia
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2019
Strengthening Policy Research: Role of Think Tank Initiative in South Asia is a vivid presentation of the diverse journeys of think tanks under the aegis of the Think Tank Initiative (TTI) programme managed by the International Development Research Centre in South Asia. The book extensively discusses...
Participatory Budgeting and Civic Tech
The Revival of Citizen Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016
In a time when citizens are deeply dissatisfied with the basic institutions and elected officials that govern them, the participatory budgeting movement empowers citizens to get results for pressing community needs. It creates a transparent process where citizens can propose projects through traditional...
Municipal Shared Services and Consolidation
A Public Solutions Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
Municipal Shared Services and Consolidation provides a comprehensive and clear review of the theories and practices of structuring and managing complex local government services. Intended for both students and practitioners, this volume in the Public Solutions Handbook Series addresses concepts and...
Anti-Corruption Evidence
The Role of Parliaments in Curbing Corruption
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2019
This book discusses parliamentary oversight and its role in curbing corruption in developing countries. Over the past decade, a growing body of research at the global and regional levels has demonstrated that parliamentary oversight is an important determinant of corruption and that effective oversight...