Though much emphasis has been on Development Administration, both in the Academic world and in the domain of Administration, Development Politics has been lost sight of.
First published in 1997, this volume emerged in the ongoing struggle between those favouring centralized and those favouring decentralized government, and has three goals: 1) To illustrate how theories of federalism and intergovernmental relations can provide a useful framework for examining how to 'divide up the job in the health care area'; 2) To assess the capacity of the states to actually implement health care policy changes; 3) To weigh the merits of alternative visions of the future roles of states and the federal government in health care policy.
For the European Union of the 21st century, the search for sustainable prosperity and stability includes the challenge of reconciling democratic ideals and practices with the construction of a European constitutional order.
Globalization and the technological revolution have forced organizations to rethink decision-making structures favouring the adoption of highly innovative practices.
The housing crisis confronts two of North America's contemporary urban challenges: affordability and the need to curtail urban sprawl through densification of existing communities.
As early pioneers in the use of digital geographic data, many local governments in the UK were ahead of their counterparts in central government and the private sector in the application of GIS technology.
This book presents contributions devoted to the hydrogeochemical characterization of aquatic environments of Patagonia, including those of Ushuaia city, known as "e;The southernmost city in the world"e;.
This book examines the integration experiences of refugees to Sweden from Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1995), and more recently from Syria (2014-2018) - two of the largest-scale refugee movements in Europe for the last thirty years.
Der Logistiker sieht die Welt durch die Brille der Logistik, kalkuliert auch private Termine mit Zeitpuffern oder just-in-time, Grenzen der Anwendbarkeit scheinen nicht vorhanden.
Der Band thematisiert Fragen von Führung, Recht und Organisation in Krisensituationen: Welche Ansätze gibt es für die Führung von Menschen in Krisen und welche kritischen Eigenschaften sollten führende Personen selbst reflektieren?