Public administration

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This book offers an innovative approach to migration by exploring Somali youths' tahriib, their 'journey into the unknown'.

This book critically reflects on the responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by exploring the impact and possible future outcomes in a region already struggling with the effects of a decade of uprisings, failed or difficult political transitions, state collapses, civil war and international conflict.

This book challenges the assumption that policy makers' work with advisory committees is emblematic of technocratic governance.

This book reviews the challenges and opportunities in the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) at the regional and national levels in Africa.

This book analyses the struggle for social justice in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The latest in the six-volume set of global policy handbooks, this reference utilizes a cross-national, cross-policy approach to examine the public policy of six different regions around the world.

This book provides a roadmap for successful implementation of innovation for organizations working as subcontractors or suppliers for the federal government.

This book examines the role of transnational advocacy networks in enabling effective participation for individual citizens in the deliberative processes of global governance.

This book brings together key essays that seek to make visible and expand our understanding of the role of government (policies, programs, and investments) in shaping cities and metropolitan regions; the costs and consequences of uneven urban and regional growth patterns; suburban sprawl and public health, transportation, and economic development; and the enduring connection of place, space, and race in the era of increased globalization.

Provides a critical review of existing literature on the role of ideas and institutions in the politics of public policy.

Decisions about "e;"e;who gets what, when, and how"e;"e; are perhaps the most important that any government must make.

The choices made by governments about how to reward their top employees reveal a great deal about their values and their assumptions about governing.

The National Institute for Public Policy's new book, Minimum Deterrence: Examining the Evidence, is the first of its kind.

This book investigates public service broadcasting (PSB) models in post-authoritarian regimes, and offers a critical inspection of the development of a Western European-originated PSB system in Asian transitional societies, in particular in Indonesia since the 1990's.

The European Union, as a regulatory polity based on integration through law, arguably relies more on legal compliance with its policies than any other political system.

This book provides a broad, interdisciplinary analysis of events impacting on North Macedonia since its independence, particularly during the last decade.

This edited book was produced through a transnational and transdisciplinary UNESCO Chair Project on Gender and Vulnerability in Disaster Risk Reduction Support.

The reform of pay determination systems has been completed in some OECD countries.

A state-of-the-art, one-stop resource, Public Administration in South Asia: India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan examines public administration issues and advances in the Indian subcontinent.

This book constitutes a landmark attempt to address, comprehensively and in-depth, a policy-focused approach to the many timely and important issues associated with building a culture of disaster prevention and disaster risk reduction.

An exploration of European integration as seen through a gender lens.

Evaluation has become a central tool in the development of contemporary social policy.

This book is an English version of a successful text* on public policy analysis originally written for policy practitioners in Switzerland and France.

This book presents an alternative theoretical approach to the study of the transformation of the modern welfare state.

TheArt and Practice of Court Administration explores the context in which court administration is practiced and identifiesthe qualities and skills court administrators need.

Criminal enterprises are growing in sophistication.

Interpreting Governance, High Politics, and Public Policy offers the latest perspectives on the interpretive approach to governance and public policy research.

Within American service sector organizations there exists a gap between understanding customer service quality improvement (QI) theories and applying them.

The nature of social democracy in the countries of the European Union is more significant and better understood than is indicated by the available literature.

This volume discusses the long term impacts of the Trump presidency on the federal bureaucracy.

This book provides an authoritative, inter-disciplinary, and up-to-date survey of relevant concepts, research areas, and applications of intellectual capital.

Comparative Perspectives on Environmental Policies and Issues presents tools and concepts about environmental policies in several developed and developing countries.

Transformation of Korean Politics and Administration: A 30 Year Retrospective retraces critical junctures that were turning points in Korean history as seen from the historical path dependence theory.

This book provides a thematic case-study analysis of the wide-ranging public sector reforms introduced in one of the states most deeply affected by the global financial crisis: the Republic of Ireland.

This book offers a critical and timely account of how labour law has become a means for protecting employers rather than workers.

In a relatively short time, Finland has transformed a society of approximately 5.

Policy-making in public health is highly complex, which is one reason why the behavioural turn is now playing a significant role in this field.

This book contrasts the proposals of the Royal Commission of the late 1970s with the very different set of priorities enshrined in the 1989 White Paper and describes how the changes between the two documents came about.

Managing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Public Service Organizations: A Liberatory Justice Approach is a textbook designed to facilitate critical and courageous conversations that recognize our differences, including our privileged and marginalized social identities, and engage readers in the principles and practice of solidarity to transform systems of oppression.

The Regulatory Craft tackles one of the most pressing public policy issues of our time the reform of regulatory and enforcement practice.

The welfare state faces various challenges in Scandinavia and many European countries today, including a poor work environment in the public sector, a growing democracy deficit, and demographic obstacles.

There is a growing interest in Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), particularly in infrastructure and public services.

This book provides a detailed examination of public service reforms in Malta.

Unlike most books which consider China's transformation and globalization over the last four decades by focusing on China's economic growth, this book examines how the Chinese regime has handled the increasingly complex sociopolitical and socio-economic challenges generated as a result of the country's economic growth and transformation, challenges arising both from within the country and also from the external political environment.

Over a million Kurdish-Yezidi refugees are dispersed across European cities and towns.

Contracting for Services in State and Local Government Agencies: Best Practices for Public Procurement, Third Edition provides state-of-the-art tools for best practice in the procurement of services at state and local levels, throughout the procurement cycle.