Public administration

The core theme of the book is the importance of an independent state audit to ensure that the Executive is held accountable to Parliament.

A groundbreaking approach to information sharing among government agencies: using selective incentives to “nudge” them to exchange information assets.

In an era of big data and smart cities, this book is an innovative and creative contribution to our understanding of urban energy use.

Sheds new light on the use of external public policy consultants from an interdisciplinary and international comparative approach.

Reveals the deeply contingent nature of collaboration, rejecting the idea that collaboration can be reduced to a universal best practice.

This book identifies the main causes of welfare state system extension, as well as the differences in welfare state system design and their consequences for human behavior and the future financial stability of the systems in place in different parts of Asia.

Public administration is the set of instruments - the rules, incentives, organizations, information, systems and people - to implement public policy.

"e;Globally, emergency services are witnessing a period of unprecedented uncertainty and change caused by pressure on their budgets, reduced manpower and changing patterns of demand and service delivery.

In this time of acute financial pressure on public budgets, there is an increasing interest worldwide in alternative ways for governments to raise money, and how public authorities can develop the capacity to administer revenues efficiently and effectively.

The second edition of this book (updated to February 24, 2024) presents a comprehensive evaluation of the strategy implemented by China to manage its modernization process.

Seit mehr als fünfzehn Jahren begleitet unser Berater- und Trainerteam F- rungskräfte aus Wirtschaft, Politik, Schule und Verwaltung.

"e;Ethics and Public Administration"e; refutes the arguments that administrative ethics cannot be studied in an empirical manner and that empirical analysis can deal only with the trivial issues in administrative ethics.

Has there been a transformation of public service employment relations in Europe since the crisis?

This book examines the impact of neoliberalism on the academisation of the English school system.

Why and how has civic engagement emerged in the policy process of Hong Kong as an Asian semi-democratic state?

This book presents contextualised and detailed research on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Global South.

What happens when incidents result in a policy sector losing its legitimacy?

Taking a critical approach, it examines the key concepts and ideas of public management.

A comparative analysis of how international organizations have engaged in public-private partnerships, explaining the rise and outcomes of global partnerships across multiple policy domains.

This book emphasizes U.

Remedies in Australian Private Law offers readers a detailed introduction to remedies and their functions under Australian 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.

When we think about environmental policy and regulation in the U.

This book presents a factual analysis of the history of population policy, especially the fertility policy, mainly the reproduction of the policy since the founding of New China, especially the promotion of one child per couple, including the background of the policy's introduction, the formulation of the decision, the prediction of possible problems, and the choice of decision to deal with them.

Digital government consists in the purposeful use of information and communication technologies (ICT), in particular the internet, to transform the relationship between government and society in a positive manner.

This book examines the evolution of the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) from its inception in 1998 to the present day.

This Brief provides a primer on collaborative governance and its essential principles.

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.

"e;In this innovative study, Dr Ruel explores why political alternation-a bedrock of democratic functioning-has been largely absent in three under-studied regions in Portugal and Spain.

This book deals with the immediate effects of, and response to, Hurricane Maria on the social, ecological, and technological systems (SETS) of Puerto Rico.

The problem of prostitution, sex work or sex for sale can often be misunderstood, if we do not take into consideration its spatial, temporal and political context.

Within an international context in which the right to silence has long been regarded as sacrosanct, this book provides the first comprehensive, empirically-based analysis of the effects of curtailing the right to silence.

In the current United States (U.

With the long-term trend toward earlier retirement slowing, and the majority of older workers remaining in employment up to and beyond statutory retirement age, it is increasingly important that we understand how to react to these changes.

This book investigates the links between the main sources of biological emergencies and presents a comprehensive policy framework that seeks to achieve the ultimate goal of biological security.

The trends and practices of public administration are ever changing and it is essential that they be appraised from time to time.

Interested in networks?

This is a study of Malaysia's new political economy, with a focus on ownership and control of the corporate sector.

All organisations manage people, and politics is no different.

Care Work in Europe provides a cross-national and cross-sectoral study of care work in Europe today, covering policy, provision and practice, as well as exploring how care work is conceptualized and understood.

The March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan plunged the country into a state of crisis.

The triple helix of university-industry-government interactions is a universal model for the development of the knowledge-based society, through innovation and entrepreneurship.

A social robot is a robot that interacts and communicates with humans or other autonomous physical agents by following social behaviors and rules attached to its role.

Designing a new digital social contract for our technological futureHigh technology presents a paradox.

This book explores the unparalleled adversities and strain that the COVID-19 pandemic caused on the social and economic lives of people.

This volume deals with a range of contemporary issues in Indian and other world economies, with a focus on economic theory and policy and their longstanding implications.

Capitalist societies need to undergo major change to provide for the material needs of all the people who work within the system, not just the 1 percent.