Public administration

Winner of the 2024 Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Systems Thinking and Change (STC) Division Outstanding Book Award Offering a pathway to vibrant organizations, this book integrates systems thinking, critical thinking, and design thinking, and provides the tools needed to proactively apply them in the social systems where we live and work.

Winner of the 2024 Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Systems Thinking and Change (STC) Division Outstanding Book Award Offering a pathway to vibrant organizations, this book integrates systems thinking, critical thinking, and design thinking, and provides the tools needed to proactively apply them in the social systems where we live and work.

Towards Sustainable Futures serves as a guide to better understand what roles evaluation can play in sustainability.

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.

Towards Sustainable Futures serves as a guide to better understand what roles evaluation can play in sustainability.

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.

With limited fiscal capabilities, effective and efficient budgeting is a necessity for local governments in the United States.

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

This book looks into the processes sustaining the administrative reform in Chinese local government and the roles of different actors during different phases by tracing a vivid administrative reform process in Shunde district, Guangdong province between 2009 and 2014.

This book looks into the processes sustaining the administrative reform in Chinese local government and the roles of different actors during different phases by tracing a vivid administrative reform process in Shunde district, Guangdong province between 2009 and 2014.

Drawing on international case studies from emerging economies and developing countries including South Africa, India, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Tunisia, Indonesia, China and Russia, this book examines the rise, nature and effectiveness of recent developments in social policy in the Global South.

Drawing on international case studies from emerging economies and developing countries including South Africa, India, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Tunisia, Indonesia, China and Russia, this book examines the rise, nature and effectiveness of recent developments in social policy in the Global South.

How do international students and alumni contribute to development in their countries of origin?

This second edition of Critical Infrastructure Protection, Risk Management, and Resilience continues to be an essential resource for understanding and protecting critical infrastructure across the U.

In a world where public trust is hard-won and easily lost, "e;The Agile Government: Blueprint for Modern Public Administration"e; by Charlotte Hastings emerges as a vital guide for transforming public administration through agility and innovation.

Back Cover Text for "e;OKR Revolution in Public and Nonprofit Management: Empowering Organizations to Meet Their Missions"e; by Theodore F.

A fascinating expose explaining why the government we have bears so little relation to the government we want-and why the recent expansion of government programs will only exacerbate the problem.

Over a million Kurdish-Yezidi refugees are dispersed across European cities and towns.

This book examines the effects of the pandemic on supply chains and consequent adjustments made by companies to cope with these effects.

This book analyses the effects of public governance reforms on gender equality policy in Finland.

This volume offers a new framework for understanding expertise.

This volume offers a new framework for understanding expertise.

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

This important new book offers public administration scholars, practitioners, and students a comprehensive resource to make sense of identity and equity, two of the most crucial, yet complex, concepts for public decision-makers to address.

Das schwedische Sachenrecht verfolgt mit seiner Aufteilung in dynamisches und statisches Sachenrecht eine dem deutschen Recht unbekannte Strukturierung.

Over a million Kurdish-Yezidi refugees are dispersed across European cities and towns.

This book examines the effects of the pandemic on supply chains and consequent adjustments made by companies to cope with these effects.

This book analyses the effects of public governance reforms on gender equality policy in Finland.

In this book, nationally recognized public procurement experts Dolores Kuchina-Musina and Benjamin McMartin present a comprehensive analysis of the alternative contract vehicles used to promote innovation in the United States (US).

When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton published "e;America's Pacific Century"e; in Foreign Policy magazine in November 2011, the administration was clearly indicating to domestic and international audiences that the United States is beginning a pivot toward the Asia-Pacific.

With chapters that incorporate additional perspectives on social vulnerability, this second edition focuses on the social construction of disasters, demonstrating how the characteristics of an event are not the only reason that tragedies unfurl.

Delineating implications for administrative ethics from other fields such as sociology, psychology, and philosophy, this reference provides a comprehensive review of administrative ethics in the public sector.

In this book, nationally recognized public procurement experts Dolores Kuchina-Musina and Benjamin McMartin present a comprehensive analysis of the alternative contract vehicles used to promote innovation in the United States (US).

Thirteen years ago, the first edition of Land-Use Planning for Sustainable Development examined the question: is the environmental doomsday scenario inevitable?

When thinking about lowering or changing consumption to lower carbon footprints, the obvious offenders come easily to mind: petroleum and petroleum products, paper and plastic, even food.

The term "e;smart city"e; defines the new urban environment, one that is designed for performance through information and communication technologies.

One of the four core phases of emergency management, hazard mitigation is essential for reducing disaster effects on human populations and making communities more resilient to the impacts of hazards.

THE BLUEPRINT FOR EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP IS IN YOUR HANDS-ARE YOU READY TO RISE?

This book introduces a study of ethics and values to develop a deeper understanding of markets, business, and economic life.

This book explores the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in addressing critical humanitarian challenges.

The book examines sustainable food procurement policy and practice in the European Union and beyond, exploring the extent to which sustainability objectives have been achieved and evaluating the new developments taking place at both EU and national levels.

Whereas our nation was once united in purpose, today it is bitterly divided.

Every day, police officers face challenges ranging from petty annoyances to the risk of death in the line of duty.

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.

Until the 1990s, almost all spectrum licenses were given away practically for free-even the first mobile licenses which laid the foundation for multi-billion dollar companies that dominate stock markets around the world.

Over several hundred years, the juvenile justice system has evolved from one in which a child offender was prosecuted under the same guidelines used for adults to the current system in which society has recognized the unique status of juveniles within the criminal justice framework.