Public administration

In this ground-breaking book, Jorg Radtke offers for the first time within research, a comprehensive insight into the range of organizational structures of community energy projects in Germany and their contribution to the Energiewende.

This interdisciplinary collection presents a scholarly treatment of how the constitutional politics of federalism affect governments and citizens, offering an accessible yet comprehensive analysis of the U.

This new set of original case studies is designed to offer an empirical counterpart to Cultural Theory (Westview, 1990 ), the landmark statement of political culture theory authored by Michael Thompson, Richard Ellis, and Aaron Wildavsky, and to extend and challenge the analysis developed there.

Ideal for students taking law modules on construction, surveying, real estate, planning and civil engineering courses, Galbraith's Construction and Land Management Law for Students is an excellent overview of the key legal issues in the built environment.

This book examines the economic gains and social costs of agrarian transformation in India.

This compilation of articles, papers, excerpts and notes is intended as supplementary reading material for students and scholars of public administration.

In the past decade there have been significant changes in the operations of security and intelligence agencies throughout Europe.

Performance Based Budgetingis the next volume in the ASPA Classics series.

Providing important insights into the origins of policy ideas, the qualities and capabilities of leaders, the nature and challenges of large organizational changes, and the complexity of efforts to evaluate the outcomes of reform, the contributors consider aspects of public administration reform in countries such as Canada, Thailand, Mexico, and China as well as the ways in which changes have been shaped by global forces, national values, traditions, and culture.

How have the workings of the British civil service changed over the past forty years?

The Development of Administration in Assam between 1874-1920 is a significant study in the growth of government in the smallest north-eastern state of India.

Land is important to all aspects of human life and has a key role in the economic well-being of society therefore, land tenure, land ownership, and real property law is a critical part of any developed nation.

Explains the lack of dialogue between the CJEU and Supreme Administrative Courts, offering scenarios for fruitful co-actorship between them.

The workings of multi-level governance -- institutional choices concerning centralisation, decentralisation and subsidiarity -- are widely debated within European public policy, but few systematic studies assessing the effects of changing divisions of power for policy-making have been carried out.

This edited collection examines the role that language has played in forming modern European nations.

The Palgrave Handbook of Gender, Sexuality, and Canadian Politics offers the first and only handbook in the field of Canadian politics that uses 'gender' (which it interprets broadly, as inclusive of sex, sexualities, and other intersecting identities) as its category of analysis.

In June 1998, diplomats met in Rome to draft the Statute of an International Criminal Court.

This book provides unique insights into the role of policy capacity in policymaking and policy change, as it is being uncovered at the research frontier in contemporary policy studies.

This accessible text presents a comparative analysis of health and social care policy and practice from around the world, with learning points drawn out for the UK.

This book provides a detailed analysis of the dimensions and dynamics of the role of international aid in the reform and capacity development of public service in post-communist Albania.

The development of private law across the common law world is typically portrayed as a series of incremental steps, each one delivered as a result of judges dealing with marginally different factual circumstances presented to them for determination.

Between 1940 and 1974, the number of African American farmers fell from 681,790 to just 45,594--a drop of 93 percent.

This anthology addresses several of the most central ideas in the field of public administration.

Environmental stories have all the elements of a good drama-villains that plunge the world into danger and heroes that fight for positive change.

This book brings new insight from social psychology to explore migrant integration in Western Europe.

Knowledge does not happen in a vacuum, yet scholars and other professionals tend to engage in management scholarship focused on their specific niche often without knowing if or how their work might relate to other research streams.

Spanning the history of American leadership, the book examines all facets of American thought leaders and innovators along with the models of ethics and courage they've provided for the American consciousness.

This book examines the impact of public sector reforms and reorganisations on the experiences of the UK public sector's six million workers and those employed in the private sector but providing public services.

As we move further into the 21st century, the prominence of regions can no longer be taken for granted.

The governance of health care in Ontario has long provided opportunities for citizens and stakeholders to participate, deliberate, and influence health care policy and investment decisions.

What happens when a group traditionally defined as lacking the necessary capacities of citizenship is targeted by government programs that have made 'citizenship inclusion' their main goal?

Introducing the scope and scale of government, competing approaches to the study of management in the public sector, different forms of service delivery and the major topics in the subject such as strategic management, leadership and performance management, this book continues to be a key point of reference for lecturers and students in the field.

This book considers the extent to which EU cohesion policy and related pre-accession instruments are contributing to the development of more compound polities in south east Europe and, specifically, promoting multi-level governance.

Public Administration and Law has been edited for use as a supplement for an undergraduate or MPA level course on administrative law.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

The new edition of the bestselling guide to the issues students will encounter in the study of social policy in both the UK and abroad Fully updated and expanded, the sixth edition of The Student s Companion to Social Policy remains the most accessible and comprehensive review of UK and comparative social policy available for undergraduate students.

Was will der "Fahrplan"?

Die Kommunalpolitik wird sowohl durch langfristig bestehende Herausforderungen als auch durch jeweils aktuelle "Sonderkonjunkturen" wie die Migrations- oder die Corona-Krise herausgefordert.

This book traces the trajectory of the Indian Parliament from its formation to present day.

The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped life across the world, placing people at risk as our responses to it alter not only health and wellbeing but also governance, economies, social relations, and our interaction with the natural environment.