Breaking the country-specific boundaries of traditional housing policy books, Remaking Housing Policy is the first introductory housing policy textbook designed to be used by students all around the world.
This book focuses on the future of China and its sustainable development, and summarizes the implications, forms, causes, countermeasures and related rules of the main costs generated during a country's period of development, so as to provide a theoretical reference and decision-making consulting tools for institutions and scientific governance and management professionals.
The growth of municipal waste is a common challenge found in the urbanised cities of Greater China, but the question of how to manage municipal waste is controversial.
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As the United States faces increasingly difficult and trenchant public health problems, from the Zika virus to the obesity epidemic to the opioid crisis, population health is a growing area of concern for public health organizations, particularly how to care for populations effectively on a shoestring budget.
A thought-provoking analysis of remedies for breach of contract, this book examines the commitment of English law to the protection of contractual performance.
Die Bedingungen des Aufwachsens im Migrationskontext sind in Deutschland sowohl in Wissenschaft als auch in der Praxis durch eine ethnozentrische Außensicht geprägt.
This book examines the impact and implications of the relationship between risk and criminal justice in advanced liberal democracies, in the context of the 'revolt against uncertainty' which has underpinned the rise of populist politics across these societies in recent years.
The Governor's Dilemma develops a general theory of indirect governance based on the tradeoff between governor control and intermediary competence; the empirical chapters apply that theory to a diverse range of cases encompassing both international relations and comparative politics.
The discipline of public administration draws predominantly from political and organizational theory, but also from other social and behavioral sciences, philosophy, and even theology.
This book examines the role, the general framework and the empirical effectiveness of the main alternative dispute resolution tools (administrative appeals, mediation, and ombudsman) in administrative matters, within the broader context of the administrative justice system.
Jan Labitzke analysiert empirisch anhand von ausgewählten Fallbeispielen die Arbeitsweise der Europäischen Kommission im Bereich ihrer Online-Konsultationen und bringt so Licht in die „black box“, als welche die Kommission häufig erscheint.
This book examines the important role which civil society organisations in South Africa play in challenging poor corporate governance in state-owned enterprises and demanding better government accountability, transparency and citizen participation.
This book explores the conceptual and theoretical frameworks of Right to Water and analyzes its values in the context of water policy frameworks of the union governments in India.
The aim of this essay is to understand the relationship between knowledge and society and to reflect on the links between science and political decision making.
The purpose of the book is to elaborate a planning theory which departs from the plethora of theories which reflect the conditions of developed countries of the North-West.
Das Buch zeigt anhand ausgewählter Entwicklungen aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, wie moderne Verkehrsmanagementzentralen als Nukleus intelligenter Verkehrssysteme zur Sicherstellung einer bedarfsgerechten Mobilität beitragen können.
Asia has long been a testing ground for efforts to augment financial and social security by developing assets that may support individuals and households and contribute to long-term social development.
Following the Lisbon Treaty, the powers of the European Parliament in external relations have gradually expanded and it is increasingly influencing the foreign policy of the European Union.
Focusing on democratization, flexibilization, ethnic diversity and restructuring of transitional and emerging states, this volume analyzes the changes and challenges for administrative structures at the beginning of the 21st century, from a geographical perspective.
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This book argues that the welfare state system should be adopted globally, not only for the purpose of achieving equality and justice within nations, but also for security between states.
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.
