Public administration

This title was first published in 2002.

Written by leading experts, Public Administration in East Asia: Mainland China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan examines the inner workings of governments in East Asia, in particular its public administration and related public policy processes.

This volume focuses on the constitutive politics of civilizational identity, examining the practices through which notions of civilizational identity are produced and reproduced in different contexts, including the global credit regime, modernity debates, and the "e;war on terrorism"e;.

The Canadian Public Service is now so large that it employs over ten per cent of Canada's labour force, and among its many boards, commissions, and corporations there is a constant juggling of conventional departmental portfolios in an effort to keep pace with changing public priorities.

Palgrave Advances in Global Governance is an authoritative collection devoted to clarifying established understandings of global governance as a distinct form of political activity.

This book analyses the politics of the humanitarian disarmament community-a loose coalition of activist and advocacy groups, humanitarian agencies and diplomats-who have successfully achieved international treaties banning landmines, cluster munitions and nuclear weapons, as well as restricting the global arms trade.

Income inequality has skyrocketed in Canada over the past few decades.

The human drama, and long-term lessons, of the Fukushima nuclear disasterThe Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011 presented an enormous challenge even to Japan, one of the world's most advanced and organized countries.

This book provides a critical analysis of the employment of intelligence-led policing (ILP) strategies.

This title was first published in 2003.

The Routledge Handbook of European Public Policy provides an in-depth and systematic understanding of EU policies.

This first study of faith-based development NGOs' (FBOs) political roles focuses on how U.

Providing quality public service is one of the essential functions of a government.

New York remains the Empire State.

The way in which elections are run is changing, as radical reforms or experiments have been introduced across the world.

In this new fifth edition, there is a strong focus on the increasing concern over infrastructure resilience from the threat of serious storms, human activity, and population growth.

The right to individual and collective self-defense in international law and politics has always been a controversial issue.

"e;Kettl's easy-to-read book and various examples of big data application are required reading for seasoned academics as well as for students who work in public administration and want to contribute to real-world problem solving.

This book, from the perspectives of the spatial and intergenerational externalities of environmental public goods, provides a comprehensive overview of the concepts and theories concerning environmental public goods supply and illustrates how to design the mechanism for promoting resident participation in effective environmental public goods supply under the guidance of the government.

Polarization is widely diagnosed as a major cause of the decline of evidence-based policy making and public engagement-based styles of policy making.

The role of public administration and social justice is an area long overlooked in Ireland and more broadly in Europe, though it is somewhat more developed in the USA.

The neo-Weberian state constitutes an attempt to combine the Weberian model of administration with the principles laid down during the retreat from the bureaucratic management paradigm (new public management and public governance).

The destruction of the Covid-19 pandemic has marked every society with deep-seated wounds whose scars have only begun to heal.

"e;This timely book provides insight into the changing role of the 'hospital' in the face of technological, organizational innovation and ever-tightening health budgets.

Can sub-units within a capitalist democracy, even a relatively decentralized one like Canada, pursue fundamentally different social and economic policies?

John Friedmann addresses a central question of Western political theory: how, and to what extent, history can be guided by reason.

'In their beautifully written book, O'Brien and Doyle tell a story of small places - where human rights and administrative justice matter most.

Frank Wernitz entwickelt auf der Grundlage des Stakeholderansatzes ein holistisches Marketingkonzept, das die Berücksichtigung und Priorisierung der Stakeholderansprüche in einem konsistenten Managementansatz vereinigt.

The early 21st century has presented considerable challenges to the problem-solving capacity of the contemporary state in the industrialised world.

Real Estate Due Diligence is the first textbook on due diligence, the cornerstone of every successful real estate deal.

This book argues that the factors contributing to obesity as a product of food insecurity have risen largely from the exploitation of vulnerable communities.

This book explores a number of issues related to the stigma arising from HIV/AIDS infection, perceived or actual discrimination from the community and society and the extent of vulnerabilities for infected Asian refugees and immigrants.

Originally published in 1973, The Welfare State traces the historical roots of the Welfare State and considers the problems to which it gives rise, especially in the allocation of resources.

This book is about the role of agents in policy and institutional change.

As cultural, social, political, and historical objects, guns are rich with complex and contested significance.

The disputes around fracking, and oil and gas policy, follow a long tradition of complicated intergovernmental relationships.

This book showcases how small-scale renewable energy technologies such as solar panels, cookstoves, biogas digesters, microhydro units, and wind turbines are helping Asia respond to a daunting set of energy governance challenges.

The topic of sex-work/prostitution has long generated contentious debate, particularly within the broad church of feminism.

This book covers relevant topics of social media in the area of research institutes.

Over the past few decades states all around the globe have intensified institutionalized cooperation at the regional level.

Conditional Cash Transfer Programs have been widely used throughout less developed countries to fight poverty and foster socioeconomic development.

This concise volume guides public health advocates on how to successfully advocate for their cause, strengthen their messaging and communication strategies, build coalitions, and gather political allies.