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by Richard Rose, Caryn Peiffer
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2018
This book explains why the role of corruption varies greatly between public services, between people, between national systems of governance, and between measures of corruption. More than 1.8 billion people pay the price of bad government each year, by sending a bribe to a public official. In developing...
Memorials as Spaces of Engagement
Design, Use and Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Memorials are more diverse in design and subject matter than ever before. No longer limited to statues of heroes placed high on pedestals, contemporary memorials engage visitors in new, often surprising ways, contributing to the liveliness of public space. In Memorials as Spaces of Engagement Quentin...
by Rob Hoppe
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
This volume probes practical dilemmas and competing re- search perspectives in environmental policy analysis. Scholars working in different fields, research traditions, societies, and policy domains offer significant insights into the processes and consequences of environmental policy making.
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by Phil Hanlon, Sandra Carlisle, Andrew Lyon
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
This is a public health text aimed at bridging the gap between current public health values and skills and those required to tackle future challenges.
Socio-Analytic Dialogue
Incorporating Psychosocial Dynamics into Public Policies
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
In this book, Bruno Boccara argues that complex and changing psychosocial issues, in particular those related to the societal unconscious, must be assessed and incorporated in public policy analysis through Socio-Analytic Dialogue, a psychosocial approach aimed at understanding and addressing emotional...
This Sovereign Land
A New Vision For Governing The West
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
In This Sovereign Land, Daniel Kemmis offers a radical new proposal for giving the West control over its land. Unlike those who wish to privatize the public lands and let market forces decide their fate, Kemmis, a leading western Democrat and committed environmentalist, argues for keeping the public...
Unchained
The Purging of Black Students from Public School Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2016
This book is about a system of public policy within public-school education that has scarred the lives of many young black students with school suspension, expulsion, and/or police arrest. Many will have received roughly three criminal charges on their police records well before they will ever receive...
by Suzanne Mccorkle, Stephanie Witt
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
This book fills the need for a communication-based, public sector framed book. The authors combine just enough basic theory about communication with specific skill development in areas of immediate interest to those who work in the public sector. It also features a strong "practice" orientation,...
Public Relations and Participatory Culture
Fandom, Social Media and Community Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
While public relations practitioners have long focused on the relationship between organizations and their stakeholders, there has never been a time when that relationship was so dominated by public participation. The new model of multiple messages originating from multiple publics at varying levels...
Laying Claim
African American Cultural Memory and Southern Identity
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
In Laying Claim: African American Cultural Memory and Southern Identity, Patricia Davis identifies the Civil War as the central narrative around which official depictions of southern culture have been defined. Because that narrative largely excluded African American points of view, the resulting southern...
Partnerships for Public Health and Well-being
Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Written by a leading author, this text provides a much needed account of UK public health and well-being policies and considers their influence on practice. With an emphasis on the importance of inter-agency and inter-professional approaches, this text is vital reading for all students and practitioners of public health and well-being.
Eating Behavior and Obesity
Behavioral Economics Strategies for Health Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Obesity is one of the most pressing health issues affecting our country. This unique volume is the first to apply behavioral economicsóthe integration of psychological and economic knowledgeóto the study of eating behavior. The text demonstrates how this discipline can be used to understand why...
by Glenn Laverack
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2014
This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the many definitions, theories and approaches in public health. It is an important book for students and practitioners who are interested in public health, and for those who are keen to improve it.
Nutrition in Public Health
Principles, Policies, and Practice, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
This second edition of a bestseller, Nutrition in Public Health: Principles, Policies, and Practice focuses on the role of the federal government in determining nutrition policy and influencing practice. Beginning with an overview of public health principles, the book examines the application of nutritional policy to dietary guidance, health promot