Public administration

Local governments do not stand alonethey find themselves in new relationships not only with state and federal government, but often with a widening spectrum of other public and private organizations as well.

The real work of many governments is done not in stately domed capitols but by a network of federal and state officials working with local governments and nongovernmental organizations to address issues that cross governmental boundaries.

In General Naval Tactics, Naval War College professor and renowned tactical expert Milan Vego describes and explains those aspects of naval tactics most closely related to the human factor.

"e;Freedom and Justice for all"e; is a phrase that can have a hollow ring for many members of the disability community in the United States.

This book is a rare and intriguing account of the midlife experience from a multidisciplinary perspective.

Theoretical Foundations of Development Planning in five volumes presents a unique collection of papers contributed by a group of outstanding international economists.

Collaboration is a ubiquitous yet contested feature of contemporary public policy.

This book applies established analytical concepts such as influence, authority, administrative styles, autonomy, budgeting and multilevel administration to the study of international bureaucracies and their political environment.

This book examines the economic and political contributions of the EU to the Northern Ireland peace process, tracing the genesis of EU involvement since 1979 and analysing how it acted as an arena in which to foster dialogue and positive cooperation.

Meaningful substantive democracy ought to be founded on the notion of an informed public adequately equipped to participate thoughtfully and actively in the governance of the country.

While the operation and structure of the public workforce is not a matter that is on the minds of most, the consequences for the nature and effectiveness of government are substantial.

This book discusses land and housing controversies in Hong Kong, which offer a point of reference for the comparison and analysis of similar or contrasting cases overseas from the perspective of social values.

Parish councils are often underappreciated and undervalued in what they do even though they are an essential part of the governing of England today.

Stakeholders in the operation of American elections are keenly focused on policy reform, resource allocation, administrative professionalism, voter access and accessibility, equipment security, and system integrity.

This book presents insights from several countries in Latin America and beyond on how to organize critical sectors, such as education, roads and water, to improve quality, access and affordability.

¡La inversión y el cambio es visible en Chimalhuacán!

Die elektrische Energietechnik ist ein Teilgebiet der Elektrotechnik.

This book examines the intellectual and institutional transformations of four British think tanks in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis.

Can the culture and language of science be an alienating force that discourages marginalized people from identifying with scientists and pursuing higher education in the sciences?

A textbook that examines how societies reach decisions about the use and allocation of economic resourcesWhile economic research emphasizes the importance of governmental institutions for growth and progress, conventional public policy textbooks tend to focus on macroeconomic policies and on tax-and-spend decisions.

"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.

This volume proposes a capacity-centered approach for understanding American bureaucracy.

This book investigates how actors organize in order to solve a water quality problem.

This edited book unpacks the nature of Central Asian migration to East Asia.

In diesem essential zeigen Claudia Schneider, Birgit Schenk und Stefan Kraus am Beispiel des Bauhofs der Stadtverwaltung Herrenberg praxisnah, wie sich Geschäftsprozesse, Organisationsstrukturen und Menschen gleichermaßen verändern müssen, damit wirkliche Innovation eine Chance hat.

Performance accountability has been the dominant trend in education policy reform since the 1970s.

Policy-Driven Democratization  offers a comprehensive conceptual analysis of each one of these fuzzy terms separately to then sew them together in one complete and coherent package of democratization.

Kommune, das ist weit mehr als eine Verwaltungseinheit, das sind wir alle.

Development researchers face many challenges in producing robust and persuasive analyses, often within a short time-frame.

This collection improves our understanding of the problems associated to accountability in regulatory governance, focusing on audiences, controls and responsibilities in the politics of regulation and through a systematic exploration of the various mechanisms through which accountability in regulatory governance

The end of the Cold War has seen an international proliferation of parliamentary bodies of all types and at all levels.

This book moves beyond technical studies of pension systems by addressing the political economy of pension reform in different contexts.

Through policy and intervention national governments in Europe have long held an active interest in railways, an interest that has transferred to the supranational level via the EU commission.

What has been the impact on social cohesion of contemporary cities in Europe, of the rise of new social risks and of the recent economic crisis?

Detailed and comprehensive analysis of how the Treaty of Lisbon emerged in 2007 this book explores the role played by the German Council Presidency and the EU's institutional actors in securing agreement among the leaders of member states on an intergovernmental conference as well as a new treaty text to replace the rejected Constitutional Treaty.

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

This collection examines the leadership training of public administration in 19 countries and provides information on where, what, and how the training occurs as well as the up-to-date cultural, political, economic background for each.

This book explores the interplay between formal rules and real world differences, questioning to what extent size-related capacities between states matters for the dynamics and outcomes of negotiations taking place in the United Nations General Assembly, an institution that strongly reflects the one-state, one-vote principle.

From which evaluative base should we develop policies designed to promote wellbeing among different cultural groups in varying circumstances?

Grassroots Advocacy and Health Care Reform places a detailed account of how the Health Care for America Now campaign in Pennsylvania carried out contemporary issue advocacy in the context of an understanding of American politics.

Based on a decade of study, this book provides a scholarly overview of organic dairy politics, showing how politics, policy, and protest both inside and outside of agriculture can determine a future of pastoral landscapes resembling an earlier time in the western world or, alternatively, one made of dystopian ruralities.

The first decade of the 21st century raised many questions regarding hegemonic power.

Global justice is of every increasing importance in the contemporary political world.

The book discusses the changing relationship between American Catholic Bishops and civil authorities in the United States, as civil authority has eclipsed traditional Catholic ecclesiastical privilege and clerical exemption resulting from the hierarchical mismanagement and cover-up of clerical sexual abuse in the United States.

This book provides a vision for environmentalism's future, based on the success of environmental entrepreneurs around the world.

Combining theoretical and empirical insights, this book provides an in-depth analysis of South Asia's transition in the areas of democracy, political economy and security since the end of the Cold War.

En esta publicación se promueve el turismo amazónico, generando interés hacia atractivos turísticos únicos y desconocidos que reconocen la pluralidad cultural y natural del oriente ecuatoriano, como la Ruta Ecoturística Cultural del Agua "Yaku Ñamby".