Regional, state and other local government

This book features selected chapters from the proceedings of the Multidisciplinary Conference on Intangibles (TAKE), held in Lisbon, Portugal, in July 2024.

What if the global trade in key food commodities suddenly ceased?

What if the global trade in key food commodities suddenly ceased?

It is widely appreciated that policies, however carefully formulated, too often fall down at the implementation stage.

Housing in the UK and globally has long been an area of central and local government concern, and this reflects its vital importance for both individual and social welfare.

It is widely appreciated that policies, however carefully formulated, too often fall down at the implementation stage.

Housing in the UK and globally has long been an area of central and local government concern, and this reflects its vital importance for both individual and social welfare.

This book explores some of the common socio-economic and environmental challenges faced by the cities of South Asia, which remain highly under-researched.

This book explores some of the common socio-economic and environmental challenges faced by the cities of South Asia, which remain highly under-researched.

This book demonstrates to the world by a series of replicable case studies, how the Indo-Pacific developmental initiatives of QUAD, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, the European Union, Japan, Australia, and others can be implemented using the design of "e;Core Digital Economic Communities"e; within the 21 megacities that form Indo pacific megacity system and outside with independent country strategies to engage with these megacity systems where "e;Peripheral Digital Economic Communities"e; are located.

This book demonstrates to the world by a series of replicable case studies, how the Indo-Pacific developmental initiatives of QUAD, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, the European Union, Japan, Australia, and others can be implemented using the design of "e;Core Digital Economic Communities"e; within the 21 megacities that form Indo pacific megacity system and outside with independent country strategies to engage with these megacity systems where "e;Peripheral Digital Economic Communities"e; are located.

This book examines the lasting impact of the 2006 Winter Olympics on the city of Turin and the Piedmont region.

This book examines the lasting impact of the 2006 Winter Olympics on the city of Turin and the Piedmont region.

This edited collection sheds light on an under-researched and often misconceived form of prison life, that of prisoner leadership.

This edited collection sheds light on an under-researched and often misconceived form of prison life, that of prisoner leadership.

This book systematically explores the lives and varied experiences of older people in South Africa.

This book systematically explores the lives and varied experiences of older people in South Africa.

First published in 1982, Approaches in Public Policy is an integrated, purpose-written text on the context, process, and practice of policymaking in the public sector, particularly at the local level.

This book analyses the changes of welfare states, examining their sustainability enabled by innovative adaptations.

This book analyses the changes of welfare states, examining their sustainability enabled by innovative adaptations.

First published in 1982, Approaches in Public Policy is an integrated, purpose-written text on the context, process, and practice of policymaking in the public sector, particularly at the local level.

This anthology, Urban Planning and Design for Megacities in the Global South: Smart and Sustainable Development, sheds light on the intricate dynamics of megacity growth in the Global South.

This anthology, Urban Planning and Design for Megacities in the Global South: Smart and Sustainable Development, sheds light on the intricate dynamics of megacity growth in the Global South.

The United Kingdom, Spain and Belgium have all undergone political devolution in recent years, with powers transferred from central government to regions and nations within these states.

Originally published in 1980, this book provides an analysis and assessment of events in local government management during the late 20th Century set within an overall conceptual framework of organisation theory.

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Originally published in 1976, this book examines how and why local government reforms came about and what influences, pressures and compromises were involved.

With rapid urbanization defining the 21st Century, cities face mounting challenges in achieving sustainability, equity, and functionality.

In Zeiten wachsender Anforderungen an öffentliche Dienstleistungen und steigender Bürgererwartungen wird effizientes und bürgernahes Service Management immer wichtiger.

Originating under the leadership of the late Burdett Loomis, Reform and Reaction tells the complex story of recent Kansas politics, beginning in the 1960s and concluding with the reversal of Governor Sam Brownbacks red-state policies in the 2016 and 2018 elections.

Originating under the leadership of the late Burdett Loomis, Reform and Reaction tells the complex story of recent Kansas politics, beginning in the 1960s and concluding with the reversal of Governor Sam Brownbacks red-state policies in the 2016 and 2018 elections.

In einer Welt, in der alles darauf abzielt, uns zu unterhalten, scheint Langeweile ein Relikt aus grauer Vorzeit zu sein.

State governments are responsible for most of the direct domestic spending that affects the well-being of their citizens.

›Die Erfindung des westlichen Weltbildes‹ ist eine fesselnde Reise durch die Geschichte und Entwicklung des westlichen Denkens.

Originally published in 1985, this book was a study of one example of an all-purpose, unitary, borough council in the UK.

This book examines the dynamic between citizens' trust and good governance using the case study of Bangladesh.

The book aims at outlining key political, functional, administrative and financial features of Germany's local government system and at placing them in a (European) comparative perspective.

The book aims at outlining key political, functional, administrative and financial features of Germany's local government system and at placing them in a (European) comparative perspective.

Fernando examines important aspects of the drafting of 1957 Federation of Malaya constitution related to the system of governance, division of legislative and executive powers, the conceptualisation of citizenship and the roles of the judiciary and election commission.