Towards Sustainable Well-Being examines existing efforts and emerging possibilities to improve upon gross domestic product as the dominant indicator of economic and social performance.
Braithwaite's argument against punitive justice systems and for restorative justice systems establishes that there are good theoretical and empirical grounds for anticipating that well designed restorative justice processes will restore victims, offenders, and communities better than existing criminal justice practices.
Everywhere we turn in Canadian local politics - from policing to transit, education to public health, planning to utilities - we encounter a peculiar institutional animal: the special purpose body.
Inzwischen haben die meisten Bundesländer - darunter Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Niedersachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Hessen, Sachsen und das Saarland - Vorschriften über das neue Haushalts- und Rechnungswesen erlassen und damit in den Kommunen die Ablösung der Verwaltungskameralistik verbindlich eingeläutet.
Die nun dritte, umfassend aktualisierte Auflage des Lehrbuchs bietet eine systematische, didaktisch aufgearbeitete und international vergleichende Einführung in das Thema Föderalismus.
An introduction to African history and politics since decolonization, emphasising the political, economic and socio-economic diversity of the continent.
Success and failure are key to any consideration of public policy but there have been remarkably few attempts to assess systematically the various dimensions and complex nature of policy success.
This textbook integrates three related fields in economics, namely agricultural/forestry economics, environmental economics, and international trade, by foregrounding cost-benefit analysis as a significant policy tool.
Transforming conflict through social and economic development examines lessons learned from the Northern Ireland and Border Counties conflict transformation process through social and economic development and their consequent impacts and implications for practice and policymaking, with a range of functional recommendations produced for other regions emerging from and seeking to transform violent conflict.
Dieser Band versammelt den reichen Erfahrungsschatz von Praktiker_innen aus Kommunalverwaltungen, politischen Gremien und der Dienstleistungsbranche – sie alle haben ganz konkret an Projekten kommunaler Bürgerbeteiligung mitgewirkt.
The fall-out from the economic and financial crisis of 2008 had profound implications for countries across the world, leading different states to determine the best approach to mitigating its effects.
Nationally recognized scholars and practitioners examine opportunities in which services traditionally provided by local governments are offered by the private sector though a contract or are transferred to a private business completely.
As governments struggle to adapt half-century-old income and social support programs to new needs and realities, some are calling for the introduction of a basic income guarantee for working-age Canadians.
Based on in-depth fieldwork, Tim Glawion explores how local security functions in some of the world''s most fragile states across Central and East Africa.
Transforming conflict through social and economic development examines lessons learned from the Northern Ireland and Border Counties conflict transformation process through social and economic development and their consequent impacts and implications for practice and policymaking, with a range of functional recommendations produced for other regions emerging from and seeking to transform violent conflict.
A look at the benefits and consequences of the rise of community-based organizations in urban developmentWho makes decisions that shape the housing, policies, and social programs in urban neighborhoods?