Welfare experiments conducted at the state level during the 1990s radically restructured the American welfare state and have played a critical-and unexpected-role in the broader policymaking process.
While a positive correlation between capitalism and democracy has existed in Western Europe and North America, the example of late-industrializing nations such as Turkey has demonstrated that the two need not always go hand in hand, and sometimes the interests of business coincide more firmly with anti-democratic forces.
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.
In this attempt to determine the degree of power or influence possessed by the New Zealand private Member of Parliament, Robert Kelson has consulted parliamentary documents, the New Zealand press, and party documents.
Celebrated as a beacon of democracy and reconciliation, many people in South Africa continue to live in severe poverty, particularly in the Eastern Cape Province.
Remaking governance focuses on the dynamics of change as new strategies - active citizenship, public participation, partnership working, consumerism - encounter existing institutions.
Jeder Verwaltungspraktiker auf Kommunal- wie Landesebene muss das Kommunalrecht als Verfassungsrecht der Gemeinden, Landkreise und Kommunalverbände kennen.
Es gibt nur wenige Themen, die so stetig und intensiv im Mittelpunkt der politik- und rechtswissenschaftlichen, aber auch der öffentlichen Diskussion stehen wie die Politikfinanzierung.
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.
Incluye un anáisis de las 52 microrregiones y 29 complejos productivos seleccionados por CEPAL, la infraestructura regional, matrices origen y destino de las cargas y el soporte de los diferentes modos y medios de transporte y logística asociada.
The Multilevel Politics of Trade presents a timely comparative analysis of eight federations (plus the European Union) to explore why some sub-federal actors have become more active in trade politics in recent years.
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.
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?
While a positive correlation between capitalism and democracy has existed in Western Europe and North America, the example of late-industrializing nations such as Turkey has demonstrated that the two need not always go hand in hand, and sometimes the interests of business coincide more firmly with anti-democratic forces.
Als eines der ersten Lander Europas entwickelte Finnland 1998 eine offizielle Architekturpolitik, in der die Baukulturelle Bildung eine prominente Stellung einnahm, und gilt seitdem als unangefochtener Vorreiter in diesen Bereichen.
