Regional, state and other local government policies

An accessible study demonstrating how the conditions of the Nigerian Civil War paved the way for the country''s long experience of crime.

Public Sector Reform in South Africa 1994-2021 is an examination of specific public sector reforms in three core Public Administration areas in the democratic South Africa: political-administrative relationships, the delegation of authority to senior managers and performance management.

Die Bundesrepublik erbebte, als in Thüringen am 5.

With the exception of Sri Lanka, South Asian countries have not achieved quality basic education - an essential measure for escaping poverty, inequality, and social exclusion.

Gerard Comeau, a retiree living in rural New Brunswick, never thought his booze run would turn him into a Canadian hero.

It is well established that the race and gender of elected representatives influence the ways in which they legislate, but surprisingly little research exists on how race and gender interact to affect who is elected and how they behave once in office.

Focusing on Malawi, Johnson proposes a shift in emphasis to gender justice as an alternative to human and women''s rights.

Lee explains development and retrenchment of the welfare states in developing countries through an explanatory model based around ''embedded cohesiveness''.

Multiple studies conducted during the Trump era reveal that Americans are far less resistant to factual information than is commonly surmised.

Holly Porter explores wrongdoing and justice, and sexual violence and rape, among the Acholi people in northern Uganda.

Canada's federal system, composed of ten provincial governments and three territories, all with varying economies and political cultures, is often blamed for the country's failure to develop coordinated policy responses to key issues.

The 2008 financial crisis and its subsequent economic impacts generated a challenge for national and regional governments across the world.

There is plenty of controversy surrounding pharmaceuticals, but it cannot be denied that the pharmaceutical industry is both socially beneficial and profitable.

This timely book explores the often stormy French-U.

Die Corona-Krise ist ohne Zweifel von historischer Bedeutung.

While the gambling industry is indisputably large and powerful, it has received little attention from political scientists.

An internationally renowned scholar of law and economics, Michael J.

With the exception of Sri Lanka, South Asian countries have not achieved quality basic education - an essential measure for escaping poverty, inequality, and social exclusion.

Spatial planning is at a crossroads, with government reform undermining the traditional vision of state-employed planners making decisions about urban development in a unified public interest.

This book explains how religious politics, repressive institutions, and leaders'' political strategies intersected in the US Global War on Terror.

Der Band thematisiert unterschiedliche Aspekte sambischer Kultur und Gesellschaft und beleuchtet dabei traditionelle, moderne, kontroverse und herausfordernde Aspekte.

As politicians debate how to address the estimated eleven million unauthorized immigrants residing in the United States, undocumented youth anxiously await the next policy shift that will determine their futures.

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms may only be thirty-five years old but it is an important document for all Canadians.

In 1999, Texas passed a landmark clean energy law, beginning a groundswell of new policies that promised to make the US a world leader in renewable energy.

The first scientific analysis of Indonesian voting behavior from democratization in 1999 to the most recent general election in 2014.

Individual chapters highlight the unique issues related to policy making in this field - the important role of diverse Aboriginal organizations, the need to address Aboriginal and Treaty rights and the right to self-government, and the lack of governmental leadership - revealing a complex jurisdictional and programming maze.

Systemic Islamophobia in Canada presents critical perspectives on systemic Islamophobia in Canadian politics, law, and society, and maps areas for future research and inquiry.

The Capitol Police is responsible for protecting the Congress, its members, staff, visitors, and facilities.

Mayoral takeovers of big city public education systems are desperation measures.

There is plenty of controversy surrounding pharmaceuticals, but it cannot be denied that the pharmaceutical industry is both socially beneficial and profitable.

To examine patterns of social assistance provision specific to particular provinces, Boychuk develops a five-fold typology consisting of "e;residual,"e; "e;market/family enforcement,"e; "e;market performance,"e; "e;conservative,"e; and "e;redistributive"e; models.

When Michael Bloomberg handed over the city to Bill de Blasio, New York and the country were experiencing record levels of income inequality.

An introduction to the European Union from a comparative politics perspective, systematically analysing its functioning through comparison with national political systems.

The Mediterranean basin holds immense geostrategic importance, linking Asia, Europe, and Africa.

This book deals with human rights action planning, as a largely under-researched area, from theoretical, doctrinal, empirical, and practical perspectives, and as such, provides the most comprehensive studies of human rights planning to date.

Provides a comprehensive overview of the political and economic developments in Panama from 1980 to the present day.

Reassessing the developing world through the lens of Europe's pastToday's developing nations emerged from the rubble of the Second World War.

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.

Bryan M.

As politicians debate how to address the estimated eleven million unauthorized immigrants residing in the United States, undocumented youth anxiously await the next policy shift that will determine their futures.