Regional, state and other local government policies

This book explores cities and the intra-regional relational dynamics often overlooked by urban scholars, and it challenges common representations of urban development successes and failures.

2009 wurde die UN-Behindertenrechtskonvention zur gleichberechtigten Teilhabe an der Gesellschaft verabschiedet.

Das Neue Archiv für Niedersachsen wird zweimal jährlich von der Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zum Studium Niedersachsens e.

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.

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.

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

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

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 study of the politics of rice in Canton, this book sheds new light on the local history of the city and illuminates how China's struggles with food shortages in the early twentieth century unfolded and the ways in which they were affected by the rise of nationalism and the fluctuation of global commerce.

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.

Over the last century, the scale of Canada's domestic disaster response system has grown significantly due to the country's increased capacity for emergency management and the rise in natural hazards.

The story of modern politics in North Carolina is very much one of American democracy, with all its grand ambitions, limitations, and pitfalls.

Over the last century, the scale of Canada's domestic disaster response system has grown significantly due to the country's increased capacity for emergency management and the rise in natural hazards.

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

The Public Servant's Guide to Government in Canada is a concise primer on the inner workings of government in Canada.

Studies how habits of governance create institutional rigidities that dislodge law-given local autonomy to improve urban public services.

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

Scholars widely agree that a federal system cannot work effectively without democracy.

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.

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

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.

This book draws on critical theory to introduce readers to ways of exploring questions about the EU from a political economy perspective, questions like: -Does the EU help or hinder Europe's 'social models' to face the challenges of globalization?

The book demonstrates the underappreciated extent and political importance of both positive and negative mass partisan attitudes in Brazil.

Drawing on classical and emerging research perspectives, this comprehensive book provides an up-to-date review of local government in Europe.

Wie beeinflussen Eliten weiterhin die Entwicklung von Kommunen in postsowjetischen Landern Europas?

Drawing on the author's unrivalled experience and expertise in both research and policy-making, this important new book provides a systematic assessment of the changing nature of local governance in Britain and a conceptual framework for understanding the new governance of localities.

Familienfreundlichkeit hat sich als ein Strategiethema für Städte, Gemeinden und Unternehmen etabliert.

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

This book publishes Martin Legassick's influential doctoral thesis on the preindustrial South African frontier zone of Transorangia.

Public opinion polls consistently reveal the lack of confidence, disillusionment, and mistrust that citizens feel toward government.

Off-street parking requirements are devastating American cities.

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

How does Australia's unique geographical, cultural and historical position influence its approach to foreign policy?

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.

Drawing on classical and emerging research perspectives, this comprehensive book provides an up-to-date review of local government in Europe.

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.

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

El siglo XXI es considerado un momento de definición para la humanidad, si bien la mayoría de nosotros podría estar de acuerdo con esta idea, tal vez, en lo que no todos estaríamos de acuerdo es en la respuesta a la pregunta sobre ¿quién guiará a la sociedad por el camino que tendrá que recorrer para llegar al bienestar?

The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) is the principle regional human rights treaty for the African continent.

Since the 1980s, neoliberalism has had a major impact on social life and, in turn, research in the social sciences.

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?

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.