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Big Food
Critical perspectives on the global growth of the food and beverage industry
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Obesity is a global public health problem of crucial importance. Obesity rates remain high in high-income countries and are rapidly increasing in low- and middle- income countries. Concurrently, the global consumption of unhealthy products, such as soft drinks and processed foods, continues to rise....
by Benedict Mr. Clements, David Coady, Frank Eich
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
Pension reform is high on the policy agenda of many advanced and emerging market economies. In advanced economies the challenge is generally to contain future increases in public pension spending as the population ages. In emerging market economies, the challenges are often different. Where pension coverage...
by Andrew Bradstock, David Eng, Jonathan Boston
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Exploring the ethical frameworks and principles upon which governments can and should base their policies, this study draws on papers from the 2009 Ethical Foundations of Public Policy conference held in Wellington, covering topics such as ethics in decision making and advice giving, sustainability,...
Public Relations Metrics
Research and Evaluation
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2009
Responding to the increasing need in academia and the public relations profession, this volume presents the current state of knowledge in public relations measurement and evaluation. The book brings together ideas and methods that can be used throughout the world, and scholars and practitioners from the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa are represented.
Classical Rhetoric and Modern Public Relations
An Isocratean Model
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
This book expands the theoretical foundations of modern public relations, a growing young profession that lacked even a name until the twentieth century. As the discipline seeks guiding theories and paradigms, rhetorics both ancient and modern have proven to be fruitful fields of exploration. Charles...
by Owen E. Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
Introducing the scope and scale of government, competing approaches to the study of management in the public sector, different forms of service delivery and the major topics in the subject such as strategic management, leadership and performance management, this book continues to be a key point of reference for lecturers and students in the field.
Public Service Ethics
Individual and Institutional Responsibilities
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
Ethics—in all its exemplary and exhausting forms—matters*.* It deals with the most gripping question in public life: "What is the right thing to do?" Now in a thoroughly revised second edition, Public Service Ethics: Individual and Institutional Responsibilitiesintroduces readers to...
Going Mobile
How Wireless Technology is Reshaping Our Lives
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2014
The world is going mobile at an astounding pace. Estimates show 80 percent of global Internet access will take place through mobile devices by 2016. Smartphones, tablets, and handheld devices have reshaped communications, the global economy, and the very way in which we live. The revolution is an...
Local Politics and Mayoral Elections in 21st Century America
The Keys to City Hall
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Some of the most populated and storied American cities had mayoral elections in 2013. Open contests in New York City, Los Angeles and Boston, for example, offer laboratories to examine electoral trends in urban politics. Cities are facing varied predicaments. Boston was rocked by the bombing of the...
PR 2.0
New Media, New Tools, New Audiences
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2008
Praise for PR 2.0 “An ‘easy read’ filled with practical examples of how marketing professionals can leverage these new tools to enhance PR activities. The ‘Interviews with the Experts’ sections were especially useful in helping to highlight how companies have benefited from PR2.0.” Maura...
Democratic Professionalism
Citizen Participation and the Reconstruction of Professional Ethics, Identity, and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2008
Bringing expert knowledge to bear in an open and deliberative way to help solve pressing social problems is a major concern today, when technocratic and bureaucratic decision making often occurs with little or no input from the general public. Albert Dzur proposes an approach he calls “democratic...
Television and Public Policy
Change and Continuity in an Era of Global Liberalization
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2009
The significant changes that have swept the television industry over the last two decades, most notably a shift to deregulation in broadcast media, prompt a discussion on how to ensure that meaningful content is available to the viewer. Television and Public Policy analyzes the current state of television...
by V. Bhaskara Rao
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
This volume is on the impact and influence of social movements Civil Society Organisations in India on the Indian Public Administration. In response to the demands of the public The Indian state enacted certain laws created institutions and allocated budget. This study evaluates the results of the...
by Patrick B. Edgar
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2011
The citizens of the United States love to hate their own government, and much of the disdain is particularly directed at the bureaucrats. Part of the problem is contained within the idea of bureaucracy itself. Most government agencies operate under a rational system which results in the 'victory of...