Public administration

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".

Las nuevas tendencias de administración pública se hacen cada vez más presentes en cada una de nuestras sociedades y en cada una de las naciones del continente.

Examining essential aspects of American life, John Budd investigates how informational sources (print and broadcast media and other resources) fall short when it comes to informing citizens, failing our democracy and damaging the public good.

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

This book examines US recourse to military force in the post-9/11 era.

Media coverage of presidential actions can not only serve journalistic purposes, but can also act as a check against unilateral decision making.

This book gives a comprehensive overview of the literature on development in Sub-Saharan Africa, and challenges the notions of African public officials presented there.

What are the factors of Lukashenka's longevity at the helm of power?

This short book discusses some of the urgent critical debates regarding intercultural education on displacement during turbulent times of contentious border politics and ramped-up anti-migrant discourse.

This short book discusses some of the urgent critical debates regarding intercultural education on displacement during turbulent times of contentious border politics and ramped-up anti-migrant discourse.