This edited volume presents an analysis of the evolution of French language policies and their impact on French regional languages and their communities.
This book considers local autonomy, measured as a multidimensional concept, from a cross-country comparative perspective, and examines how variations can be explained and what their consequences are.
In recent years a global network of science has emerged as a result of thousands of individual scientists seeking to collaborate with colleagues around the world, creating a network which rises above national systems.
At a time when Congressional investigations have taken on added importance and urgency in American politics, this book offers readers a rare, insider's portrait of the world of US Congressional oversight.
This book describes the results of a research project on compliance and organizational integrity, financed by the German government and conducted over the last three years.
This book examines the ways in which the welfare state impacts levels and distributions of political participation and democratic support in Western democracies.
This book explores the economic and social development of the Western Balkan region, a group of six countries that are potential candidates for EU membership.
This book considers the ways in which public administration (PA) has been studied in Europe over the last forty years, and examines in particular the contribution of EGPA, the European Group for Public Administration, both to the growth of a truly pan-European PA, and to the future of PA in Europe.
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.
This book critically examines the practice and meanings of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and how the movement has facilitated a positive and somewhat unquestioned image of the global corporation.
This book sets out to analyze how the OBOR initiative will influence the world's geo-political and geo-economic environment, with specific regard to the 'Belt and Road' countries and regions.
This book examines human rights as political battlefields, spaces that are undergoing constant changes in which political conflicts are expressed by a translation process within networks of interactions.
The book discusses recent innovation and diversification paths in agri-food, specifically the linkages among food research and innovation, production, consumption, gastronomy, and place branding as well as technology.
This edited volume provides a critical account of the theories and policies that have informed work in the field of early childhood and explores how they have operated in practice.
Secessionism perseveres as a complex political phenomenon in Africa, yet often a more in-depth analysis is overshadowed by the aspirational simplicity of pursuing a new state.
This book examines public administration in South Asia in the context of rapid changes and modernization of administrative traditions, thoughts, and practices.
The book provides detailed analysis of the structure and operation of the British Civil Service along with a historically grounded account of its development in the period from Margaret Thatcher to the Tony Blair premiership.
This book revisits and re-defines the policy style concept and explores the long-standing debate in British political science concerning how best to characterise the British policy style.
In 2016, Germany's government presented its third cybersecurity strategy, which aims to strengthen the national cyber defence architecture, cooperation between the state and industry, and individual users' agency.
This book presents what is the state-of-the-art in the field of the food waste phenomenon at consumer level, including a thorough literature review, and it highlights trends in the field.
This book critically interrogates three sets of distortions that emanate from the messianic core of 21st century public discourse on LGBT+ rights in the United States.
This provocative volume takes an international, multidisciplinary approach to understanding globalization and assessing its economic, social, and environmental effects.
Procurement is a critical government activity, yet very little scholarly attention is devoted to procurement fraud in public policy, public management, or public financial management research.
This book examines the use of game elements to encourage citizens to participate in political decision-making and the planning of large-scale public sector projects.