Public administration

Russia's post-Soviet modernisation is complex and subject to changing interpretations among Russian political leaders and observers of Russia.

How do you make taxpayers comply?

As an increasing number of individuals go to work in the nonprofit sector, nonprofit managers need support on how best to build their human resource management capacity.

Marketization is one of the most powerful reform doctrines reshaping the organization of public service delivery throughout the last four decades.

Although a report by the congressionally mandated Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Proliferation, and Terrorism concluded that biological or nuclear weapons were very likely to be unleashed in the years soon after 2001, what Americans actually have experienced are relatively low-tech threats.

This book analyzes the common set of obstacles to the development and integration of government Information and Communication Technology (ICT) projects and effective e-government initiatives in developing countries.

What is One Nation politics?

This book examines the roles of communities in the general framework of territorial innovation, particularly in the context of less developed regions.

This book explains how transnational policy entrepreneurs have contributed to the transfer of the contested concept of 'Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development' (PCSD) in global policy.

This book offers theoretical and methodological guidelines for researching the complex regulation of local infrastructure, utilities and public services in the context of rapid urbanisation, technological change, and climate change.

Looking at the current turmoil facing contemporary healthcare systems worldwide, resulting from relentless imposition of financially-based performance indicators, the author argues that a return to a values-based approach to healthcare will create positive transformation.

This book introduces in an accessible way how CSR and its reporting are being used to address problems of corruption and tax evasion or tax avoidance.

This book is the sequel to a well-received book titled 'Integrated Approaches to Peace and Sustainability' that aims to further advance the understanding of the dynamic interactions between various components of peace and sustainability.

It has been almost two decades since conditional cash transfer programs first appeared on the agendas of multilateral agencies and politicians.

In der mehr als 70-jährigen Nachkriegsentwicklung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland scheint dem Staat zunehmend der Kompass für effektives und vernünftiges Handeln abhandengekommen zu sein.

The mushrooming of illegal housing on the periphery of cities is one of the main consequences of rapid urbanisation associated with social and environmental problems in the developing countries.

This book examines the impact and implications of the declaration of human right to water and sanitation access for human security in Central Asia.

Unlocking Land Law will help you grasp the main concepts of this core subject with ease.

Immigration has become one of the central issues dominating the agenda of political parties, and has also played a crucial role in the rise of right-wing populism in Western Europe.

Public administration is a feature of all nations, whatever their system of government.

The discipline of public administration draws predominantly from political and organizational theory, but also from other social and behavioral sciences, philosophy, and even theology.

Communities throughout the world are increasingly diverse in their racial, ethnic and religious make up.

Property is more diverse than is usually assumed.

There is a consensus throughout much of the western world that the public sector is in urgent need of repair.

International Perspectives on Public Administration uses civilizational theory for grouping and analyzing systems of public administration in different countries around the world, thus offering a global perspective which reveals how different systems may be divided by cultural borders of the modern day.

Reviled as one of the worst healthcare providers in the world, the United States has among the worst indicators of health in the industrialised world, whilst paradoxically spending significantly more on its health care system than any other industrial nation.

In recent decades there has been an immense global surge in the numbers both of universities and of students.

Wenn Unternehmen kartellrechtswidrig handeln, können Verbraucher als Endabnehmer Schäden erleiden.

In contrast to hierarchical leadership within intra-organizational contexts, leaders of inter-organizational networks have to lead across organizational boundaries without hierarchical fiat or directive authority.

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

Looking at all sides of the globalization debate, this book analyzes how international economic policy is made and how it has become so controversial.

This book is the seventh volume in a series covering best practices in community quality of life indicators.

Demystifying a growing and dynamic field, Handbook of Governmental Accounting reflects the increasing complexity of this area, enabling readers to grasp the intricate accounting that is involved as government expenditures multiply and governments engage in progressively complex transactions.

This is the conference book for the XIV European Regional Congress of the International Society for Labour and Social Security Law, dedicated to the interactions between social law and other areas of law.

Across the globe, law in all its variety is becoming more central to politics, public policy, and everyday life.

Examines America's experience with a wide range of quarantine practices over the past 400 years and the political, economic, immigration, and public health considerations that have prompted success or failure within the evolving role of public health.

The book explodes the myths that currently drive society's view of traffic safety and limit progress in reducing death and serious injury.

The Routledge Handbook of the Ethics of Human Enhancement provides readers with a philosophically rich and scientifically grounded analysis of human enhancement and its ethical implications.

The European Union and the US are currently negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), with potentially enormous economic gains for both partners.

Suitable for courses addressing community economic development, non-profit organizations, co-operatives and the social economy more broadly, the second edition of Understanding the Social Economy expands on the authors' ground-breaking examination of organizations founded on a social mission - social enterprises, non-profits, co-operatives, credit unions, and community development organizations.

Monetary policy is still one of the most contested areas of modern economics, and since the original publication of Policy Makers on Policy much has changed.

Britain's Modernised Civil Service provides detailed analysis of the structure and operation of the modern civil service along with an historically grounded account of its development.

After more than a decade of great effort and sacrifice by America and its allies, the Taliban still has not been defeated, and many Afghans believe that a civil war is coming.

Originally published in 1957, The Unservile State looks at the theme of liberty in the Welfare State.

This Is the third set of volumes in the well known series entitled Concept's International Series fan Geography.

This book shows that Hong Kong's protests from June to December 2019 originated from not only an attempt to extradite a Hong Kong man involved in a Taiwan murder case, but also China's effort at extraditing corrupt mainlanders who laundered dirty money in the territory.

In the flush of enthusiasm to make government work better, reformers from both left and right have urged government to turn as many functions as possible over to the private sector and to allow market competition instill efficiency and choice.