Since the third edition of this authoritative volume, most of Western Europe and North America have entered an era of austerity which has pervasive effects on programmes of public management reform.
Since the third edition of this authoritative volume, most of Western Europe and North America have entered an era of austerity which has pervasive effects on programmes of public management reform.
Over the past decade, putting public services on-line has been a focus of huge policy and financial investments aimed at providing more joined-up service delivery.
This book considers why institutional forms of modern capitalist economies differ internationally, and proposes a typology of capitalism based on the theory of institutional complementarity.
A notable feature in cultural life is the growing demand to preserve and promote public access to historical buildings and sites, and artistic treasures of the past.
The book, a joint work of the African Development Bank and the African Union, presents a comprehensive analysis of the oil and gas resources in Africa.
The New Energy Paradigm provides an overview of the current energy policy debate, contextualized by the oil shock from 2000, and considers how the trends in international energy markets impact on security of supply and climate change.
The traditional understandings that structure the relationships between public servants and the wider political system are said to have undergone considerable change.
This book considers why institutional forms of modern capitalist economies differ internationally, and proposes a typology of capitalism based on the theory of institutional complementarity.
A notable feature in cultural life is the growing demand to preserve and promote public access to historical buildings and sites, and artistic treasures of the past.
While the implementation of evidence-based medicine guidelines is well studied, there has been little investigation into the extent to which a parallel evidence-based management movement has been influential within health care organizations.
Measuring government effectiveness is essential to ensuring accountability, as is an informed public that is willing and able to hold elected officials and policy-makers accountable.
Measuring government effectiveness is essential to ensuring accountability, as is an informed public that is willing and able to hold elected officials and policy-makers accountable.
The book offers a theoretical and practical analysis of the contemporary approach to art, culture and innovation, with special emphasis on the relationship between culture, innovation and the economy, in the context of green transition, as an indispensable sustainability factor.
Over the last few decades universities in Australia and overseas have been criticized for not meeting the needs and expectations of the societies in which they operate.
The book compares neoclassical and Marxian economics and points out that both the schools of thought seek to analyze how a capitalist society functions.
Located in the heart of the Eastern Himalayas, Bhutan practices the philosophy of Gross National Happiness ("e;GNH"e;) that embraces environmental conservation as one of the main building blocks for its sustainable development goals.
Das Buch unterstützt bei der Anwendung der Verfahren für die Planungspraxis zur stätischen (urbanen) Verkehrssystemen und gibt Anleitung für die Interpretation der Ergebnisse.
This book takes as a starting point that welfare states in developed societies do not provide systems of social insurance against the risk of an early death.
This book presents the economic heartbeat and institutional details that shaped Athenian society during the Classical period (508-323 BCE), employing an innovative and outside-the-box approach to studying history.
Without jargon or mathematical theory to hinder a quick understanding and use, here are the research tools and techniques you can grasp and immediately apply to obtain research services from others or do research yourself.
The practice and the concept of social enterprise has been studied extensively across the globe; however, the flourishing of nonprofit social enterprises has received little attention over the years, especially in Africa.
Designed for local government managers and administrators, this pioneering work offers a clear and comprehensive guide to the use of strategic planning techniques in the public sector.
This book continues the discussion from Volume I and Volume II on economic, fiscal and financial crises in world history that have had a great impact on the entire world and the fiscal measures taken by governments to combat each crisis.
This book focuses on the impact and effectiveness of foreign aid or official development assistance (ODA) from several aspects, as in the exemplary case of Thailand-factors that are important for formulating growth and fiscal policies to use foreign aid efficiently.
The first volume of this three-volume resource presents a historical analysis of the practice of smoking, the rise and fall of the cigarette market, and the successes and failures of tobacco control.
In einer Welt, in der die Anforderungen an kommunale Projekte ständig wachsen, ist ein effektives Projektmanagement unerlässlich, um die Bedürfnisse der Bürger zu erfüllen und gleichzeitig die Ressourcen effizient zu nutzen.
