Can sub-units within a capitalist democracy, even a relatively decentralized one like Canada, pursue fundamentally different social and economic policies?
Can sub-units within a capitalist democracy, even a relatively decentralized one like Canada, pursue fundamentally different social and economic policies?
Deeply influenced by Enlightenment writers from Naples and France, Vincenzo Cuoco (1770–1823) was forced into exile for his involvement in the failed Neapolitan revolution of 1799.
Devoted to exploring elections as the central act in a democracy, Duty and Choice: The Evolution of the Study of Voting and Voters is animated by a set of three overarching questions: Why do some citizens vote while others do not?
Devoted to exploring elections as the central act in a democracy, Duty and Choice: The Evolution of the Study of Voting and Voters is animated by a set of three overarching questions: Why do some citizens vote while others do not?
Femocratic Administration examines the gendered nature of public administration through a study of the Ontario Women’s Directorate (OWD) between 1985 and 2000.
Femocratic Administration examines the gendered nature of public administration through a study of the Ontario Women’s Directorate (OWD) between 1985 and 2000.
Though they serve in many roles and under many titles, no one doubts that political staffs now wield substantial influence in the making of government policy.
Though they serve in many roles and under many titles, no one doubts that political staffs now wield substantial influence in the making of government policy.
Winner: 2001 Choice Outstanding Academic Book AwardThis is a book about forces challenging the continued integrity of Canada, one of the world's oldest and most admired democracies.
"e;Think of the federal government as a gigantic insurance company (with a side line business in national defense and homeland security) which only does its accounting on a cash basis-only counting premiums and payouts as they go in and out the door.
In a book that is as certain to be as controversial as it is meticulously researched, a former special assistant to the president for National Security Affairs and senior official of the Central Intelligence Agency shows that the U.
This is a book about winning elections in an age when security has trumped almost every other issue and the technology of political effectiveness is evolving with lightning quickness.
Interest in the governance of London has remained high in the years following the election of a London mayor and all the twists and turns of Mayor Livingstone's term of office, including struggles with Whitehall and the boroughs.
*THE TOP-TEN BESTSELLER* From theNew York Timesbestselling author ofSorcery of ThornsandAn Enchantment of Ravenscomes a thrilling new YA fantasy about a teen girl with mythic abilities.
In this important attempt to reorient the theory and practice of public management, Stewart Ranson and John Stewart argue that public organisations must be analysed in terms of the distinctive values, purposes, tasks and conditions of the public domain.
This wide-ranging book sets discussion of the various approaches to local government decentralisation in the context of the changing nature of public service management and the possibilities for new kinds of public involvement in government decision-making.
Gagliardone explores the relationship between politics, development and technological adoption in Africa for scholars of development studies, African studies and political science.
Gagliardone explores the relationship between politics, development and technological adoption in Africa for scholars of development studies, African studies and political science.
This book analyzes postwar Germany to show how social movements shape public memory and influence democratization through cooperation and conflict with government.
This book analyzes postwar Germany to show how social movements shape public memory and influence democratization through cooperation and conflict with government.
Lee explains development and retrenchment of the welfare states in developing countries through an explanatory model based around ''embedded cohesiveness''.
Lee explains development and retrenchment of the welfare states in developing countries through an explanatory model based around ''embedded cohesiveness''.
