Public administration

For some time, the United States has been engaged in a national debate over affirmative action policy.

Accounting's contribution to reality construction is envisioned in this volume of critical research, examining accounting's role in contemporary issues: ethics, sustainability, financial instability, post SOX legislation, education, and performance appraisals to name a few.

The progression of information and communication technology (ICT) eGovernment systems has substantial implications for the future of government as we know it.

Set within the context of growing political pluralism and the increasing use of new communication technologies for social mobilisation, the Institute of Policy Studies organised a national conference on civil society in November 2013.

The subject of policy analysis in Thailand is less examined than in Western societies.

The subject of policy analysis in Thailand is less examined than in Western societies.

The Residential Pathway - APC Essentials was written to facilitate and encourage candidates preparing for the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) to become Chartered Surveyors.

The Palgrave Handbook of Gender, Sexuality, and Canadian Politics offers the first and only handbook in the field of Canadian politics that uses 'gender' (which it interprets broadly, as inclusive of sex, sexualities, and other intersecting identities) as its category of analysis.

"e;Weak Institutions and the Governance Dilemma is especially important and welcome since it offers a very incisive analysis of the role of NGOs in transitional democracies and the effect of institutional setting on NGO effectiveness in representing citizen interests.

This book provides a wealth of empirical material to understand key aspects of EU governance including its plurality of actors and policy making modes and its functioning during crisis management.

This edited volume explores European cultural diplomacy, a topic of growing interest across the scholarly and applied public policy communities in recent years.

This book explores the judicial transformations in the Southern Mediterranean region and the mechanisms that trigger these changes.

This book analyses the crucial role that guns play in the dynamics of extreme violence engulfing Latin America and the policies that are being implemented to confront it.

This book explores human well-being in South Asia from a policy dimension.

This book explores contemporary and historical examples of bureaucratic discretion to describe a continuum of resistance to authoritative directives by hierarchical superiors.

This book documents and analyses spatial planning in Ghana, providing a comprehensive and critical discussion of the evolving institutional and legal arrangements that have shaped and defined Ghana's spatial planning system for more than seven decades; the contemporary policy instruments and mechanisms for articulating and implementing policies and proposals at multiple scales; and the formally established procedures for development management.

This edited volume brings together international and national scholars and major activists leading or spearheading basic income guarantee political initiatives in their respective countries.

There has been increased attention to the topics of disaster recovery and disaster resilience over the past several years, particularly as catastrophic events such as Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy have brought to light the increasing vulnerability of so many communities.

This book provides a multilevel system analysis of performance in the production of global public goods, as well as a tailored analysis of the specific features of performance management systems in international organizations.

This book comprehensively presents the current practice and further development paths of public sector accounting, auditing and control systems in 7 South Eastern European countries based on the contributions of highly-respected researchers.

This book analyses the changing nature of the British economy and the consequences of Brexit upon its place within the European economic space.

This volume offers a critical, cross-disciplinary, and international overview of emerging scholarship addressing the dynamic relationship between race and markets.

This book presents the main findings of an empirical exploration of media discourses on social representations of "e;otherness"e; in seven European countries.

This book analyses the role of evidence in taking wellbeing from an issue that has government attention to one that leads to significant policy change.

This book intends to present the development of socio-spatial practices in the metropolitan coast of the Northeast of Brazil, highlighting the main urban, spa and tourist agglomerations: Salvador-BA, Recife-PE, Fortaleza-CE, and Natal-RN.

This book examines new member states' problems with the absorption of EU funds.

This book offers a novel approach to mapping the people and organisations working in EU affairs, allocating much of the volume to a discussion of non-EU institutional representation in Brussels.

This book offers a cross-national comparison of open data policies in Estonia and Kazakhstan.

This book presents an interdisciplinary analysis of the Internet in Russia and its impact on various aspects of social life.

Technological dominance is shifting the balance of global economic stability.

This book discusses homelessness policy in the UK from 1945 to 2019.

Logistics professionals must utilize a broad array of analytic techniques and approaches for decision-making.

This book addresses what is perhaps the most salient issue in American politics today: the decline of the middle class.

In this book, Arjun Tremblay considers the future of multiculturalism, contextualised within an ideological and political shift to the right.

This book examines the state-building process in Colombia, specifically in the Pacific Coast region.

This book sets out a vision for another Europe: one that cherishes diversity, listens to its public, and is sensitive to its younger generations.

This book reflects on theoretical developments in the political theory of care and new applications of care ethics in different contexts.

This book examines the political themes and policy perspectives related to, and influencing, climate change adaptation.

The concept of the political legacy, despite its importance for institutionalist and historically-minded political analysts more generally, remains both elusive and undeveloped theoretically.

This book addresses current challenges in public administration and regional management in Russia.

This book offers readers a deeper understanding of the diffusion process of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs in Latin America and the role played by experts and international organizations.

This book seeks to consistently explain the role of ideas and institutions in policy outcomes, and addresses the problem of how resource nationalism causes a deficit of public accountability in oil producing countries from Latin America and the Caribbean.

This book investigates whether politics in Britain in the twenty-first century is driven more by issues of culture and identity than by "e;left versus right"e; issues of wealth distribution.

This book analyzes the connections between social policies and politics of sensibilities.

This book studies the emergence of the regulatory state in Europe and its impact on democratic governance in Scandinavia.

This book examines the impact and implications of the relationship between risk and criminal justice in advanced liberal democracies, in the context of the 'revolt against uncertainty' which has underpinned the rise of populist politics across these societies in recent years.

This book investigates whether, how and where the cultural milieu of European societies has changed as a result of the socio-economics crisis.

This book examines the implications of The General Theory of Second Best for analyzing the economic efficiency of non-government conduct or government policies in an economically efficient way.

This book examines the concept and public service value of social equity in public administration research and practice outside of the Western context, considering the influence that historical, cultural, and social trends of Asian and Pacific societies may have on how social equity is conceptualized and realized in the Asia-Pacific region.

This book provides a detailed analysis of the economic and political implications of the introduction of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics into the service sector of economies that have so far relied on service jobs to sustain levels of employment.