Public administration

Policy Work in Canada is an in-depth study into the levels of analytical capacity found within the federal and provincial governments as well as the non-governmental sector.

Budgeting is arguably the single most important function in government.

This book examines the transformation of the administrative state, since it was first coined by Dwight Waldo seventy years ago.

To many, the rejections of the Constitutional Treaty by Dutch and French voters in 2005 came as a shock.

Title first published in 2003.

This edited book focuses on the intersection of return migration and crises in non-Western countries.

Governments radically change under the influence of technology.

Policy Making and Southern Distinctiveness examines the uniqueness of southern politics and their policy choices.

This book challenges existing stereotypes about the 'consumer as chooser'.

This title was first published in 2000: A detailed study of a number of key issues arising in evaluation research, in particular the impact of context upon evaluation findings and the implication context has for methodology.

While the family and its role continues to be a key topic in social and government policy, much of the literature is concerned with describing the dramatic changes that are taking place.

This book provides a concise and engaging analysis of the particularly unusual 2020 election year in the USA.

Globalization and the information revolution have highlighted the catalytic role of local governments for improving economic and social outcomes at the local level as well as growing the national economy by enhancing international competitiveness.

Emigration in 21st-Century India is the first definitive exposition of contemporary Indian labour migration.

The New Public Service: Serving, not Steering provides a framework for the many voices calling for the reaffirmation of democratic values, citizenship, and service in the public interest.

The interface of public health and federalism are increasingly gaining scholarly attention in the fields of comparative federalism and welfare state studies.

A detailed study of the software industry in Ireland, examining the policies and political institutions which made that possible.

Social marketing is an exciting new field of study that promises much to help alleviate many dilemmas of the human condition.

This title was first published in 2003.

Themes and Flux in British Politics provides readers with an engaging and informative overview of the development, change and turbulence in British politics today.

In Policy Analysis as Problem Solving, authors Rachel Meltzer and Alex Schwartz provide a pragmatic yet fresh and original approach to the field.

This book examines the role of the Arctic in Iceland's foreign and security policies from the end of the Cold War to the present.

This book provides a timely, critical, and thought-provoking analysis of the implications of the disruption of COVID-19 to the foreign aid and development system, and the extent to which the system is retaining a level of relevance, legitimacy, or coherence.

Community health is an emerging and growing discipline of public health and it focuses on the physical, social, and mental well-being of the people of specific districts.

This book provides a conceptual and methodological approach for researchers evaluating governance and policy in the face of complexity, and demonstrates the application of this approach across different governance and policy contexts.

Aslam and Gunaratna bring together a broad analysis of the responses of states in Asia to the threats presented by the COVID-19 pandemic in its early phase.

The United Kingdom, Spain and Belgium have all undergone political devolution in recent years, with powers transferred from central government to regions and nations within these states.

Winner of the 2024 Academics Stand Against Poverty Book of the Year Anthology AwardThe problem of poverty is global in scope and has devastating consequences for many essential aspects of life: health, education, political participation, autonomy, and psychological well-being.

This book traces the historical development of the network utilities sector in Australia (communications, rail, gas, electricity, water supply, and sewerage services).

Insightful and comprehensive and covering new subjects like globalization and IT, this text, international in its approach, provides a thorough introduction to the key phases of the contracting process and the skills required by managers in its implementation.

Canadian universities face a complicated and uncertain future when it comes to funding, governance, and fostering innovation.

Ethnic minorities form a very substantial proportion of the population of China, with over 100 million people in 55 formally designated minority groups inhabiting over 60% of the country's land area.

This book is a collection of essays that explore commonalities and contrasts between strategy in armed conflict and strategy in public health.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Legal decisions continue to mystify: why was this person sentenced to 20 years in prison, but that person to just 10 years for the same crime?

This monograph presents an integrated concept of workforce development strategy for the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia.

This handbook presents an authoritative account of the development of movements, thoughts and policies of OBCs (Other Backward Classes) in India.

Policymakers prepare society for the future and this book provides a practical toolkit for preparing pro-active, future-proof scientific policy advice for them.

Emergency Response Planning for Corporate and Municipal Managers, Second Edition, outlines the essential roles of corporate and municipal managers when responding to a wide range of natural and man-made disasters.

The industrial food system of the West is increasingly perceived as problematic.

This book fills an important gap in the literature on energy security in the gas sector in the European Union.

Policymaking in large bureaucracies is hardly a simple process.

This book lays out the foundation of a privacy doctrine suitable to the cyber age.

Assesses the achievements of world societies, the trends and dangers, and the possible futures in the twenty-first century.

This book challenges the notion that the New Zealand Police are one of only four global police services that does not have routinely armed officers, using arguments and facts drawn from 2000 to 2019, a period of important change for the organisation and its relationship with firearms, particularly following the outrages of the Christchurch mosques terrorist massacres in 2019, and the 2020 shooting death of a young police constable in Aotearoa New Zealand.

"e;This is not only the best collection of essays on the political economy of Southeast Asia, but also, as a singular achievement of the "e;Murdoch School"e;, one of the rarest of books that demonstrates how knowledge production travels across generations, institutions and time periods, thereby continually enriching itself.