Public administration

Everywhere we turn in Canadian local politics - from policing to transit, education to public health, planning to utilities - we encounter a peculiar institutional animal: the special purpose body.

La gestión pública del siglo xxi debe estar orientada al buen gobierno y la buena administración, como estándar para el impulso de las diferentes políticas públicas.

Offers a clear understanding of what Social Security has accomplished in the past, challenges it now faces, and possibilities for the future.

This book examines how property rights are linked to socio-economic progress and development.

This textbook provides an introduction to cultural policy in the US, enabling both students and practitioners to understand how government impacts the arts and culture.

Mit dem Antritt der grün-roten, gefolgt von den beiden grün-schwarzen Landesregierungen haben dialogische Bürgerbeteiligungsformate in Baden-Württemberg an Bedeutung gewonnen.

Assesses the achievements of world societies, the trends and dangers, and the possible futures in the twenty-first century.

This book develops a very particular concept of sociality: a holistic way of understanding how human beings have come to care about and collectively provide for their welfare as a species and to recognise each other's needs in terms of shared social rights.

Although nearly every country in the world today holds multiparty elections, these contests are often blatantly unfair.

Australian governments at all levels have been engaged with arts and culture in many different forms since the beginning of European settlement.

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This book examines the path that name, image, and likeness (NIL) has taken in the first years of the policy, how the expansion has led to differing approaches across state and universities, and how administrators in selected states are dealing with the rulemaking power they have.

Based on in-depth studies of the relationship between expertise and democracy in Europe, this book presents a new approach to how the un-elected can be made safe for democracy.

How well can democratic decision making incorporate the knowledge and expertise generated by public policy analysts?

This book argues that, in the development of science, three principles have been used; transparency of results; transparency of procedures; financial transparency.

This book explores the international diffusion of Participatory Budgeting (PB), a local policy created in 1989 in Porto Alegre, Brazil, which has now spread worldwide.

In 2020, the world is in the throes of the COVID-19 global pandemic-an epidemic the likes of which humankind has not experienced for decades.

Professor Ailsa McKay, who was known not only for her work as a feminist economist but also her influence on Scottish social and economic policy, died in 2014 at the height of her academic career and impact on public life.

Unpacking the major debates, this Oxford Handbook brings together leading authors of the field to provide a state-of-the-art guide to governance in areas of limited statehood where state authorities lack the capacity to implement and enforce central decision and/or to uphold the monopoly over the means of violence.

This book is a critical study of the laws regulating landownership patterns.

This book examines the relationship between the middle class and the welfare state.

Using a "e;power struggles"e; theme to examine the dynamics of budgeting, The Politics of Public Budgeting shines a bright light on the political jockeying between interest groups, parties, officials, policymakers, and the public.

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 White Paper describes the state of astrobiology in Europe today and its relation to the European society at large.

This book summarizes the key findings from Philadelphia Private Industry Council's 1985 customer survey.

First published 1997, this volume examines the way in which political corruption remains neglected as a matter of scholarly enquiry and research.

This book explores how children have been affected by armed conflict in the borderlands of Thailand, particularly in the region abutting the Thailand-Myanmar border, and in the most southern part of Thailand.

Whether striving to protect citizens from financial risks, climate change, inadequate health care, or the uncertainties of the emerging ?

This title was first published in 2001: Based on extensive research, this trilogy provides new insights into Post-Soviet transformations without taking refuge in the traditional assumption that Russia is unique.

Leadership teams taking the reins of government in 2017 will have to overcome the demoralizing effects of years of budget deficits, a heavy loss of talent, frequent criticism, and mounting pressure to 'do more with less,' all of which have contributed to declining interest in public sector careers and deteriorating performance.

This book seeks to enrich the growing literature on mine legacies by examining a case study of a small abandoned mine in Latin America.

A classic political philosophy text, available again The revival of political philosophy has frequently assumed that a theory of human well-being and fulfillment is necessary, preoccupied with questions of epistemology and technical conceptual analysis.

This book argues that ethical reasoning should be adopted into policy processes in order to improve environmental regulations.

This book presents a comprehensive view of the financial and non-financial consequences of criminal behavior, crime prevention, and society's response to crime.

With 80 percent of the world's commodities being transported by water, ports are the pillars of the global economy.

The forces of globalization are shifting our world, including the public sector, away from hierarchy and command and control toward one of collaboration and networks.

This book offers an explanatory schema for comprehending aging in a societal context, focusing on the country of Nepal.

This book examines the variation in high-skilled immigration policies in OECD countries.

This book deals with the role of expertise and public participation in modern governance.

The passage of the Staggers Rail Act in 1980 led brought a renaissance to the freight rail industry.

This book provides a definition of dampness in each of its forms, details the various potential sources, and causes that can result in damage to the building, and importantly, the threats to the health of the occupiers.

In an attempt to reverse declining rates of voter participation, governments around the world are turning to electronic voting to improve the efficiency of vote counts, and increase the accessibility and equity of the voting process for electors who may face additional barriers.

The Inspector General (IG)'s mission is to expose fraud, waste and abuse as well as promoting efficiency in federal agencies.

Ageing populations present considerable challenges to welfare states internationally, and East Asia is no exception.