Regional, state and other local government

This book focuses on Shenzhen, one of China's most globalized metropolises, a leading centre of high-tech industries and, as a melting pot of migrants from all over China, a place of vibrant cultural creativity.

This book focuses on Shenzhen, one of China's most globalized metropolises, a leading centre of high-tech industries and, as a melting pot of migrants from all over China, a place of vibrant cultural creativity.

Originally published in 1980, state and local governments handle a lot of the systems that are used and we come into contact with on a daily basis.

Presenting the results of seventeen months of field research, conducted entirely in the Thai language, this study describes and compares the patterns of social exchange of two groups of Thai officials: district-level bureaucrats and physicians in a provincial hospital.

Recognizing drought as a characteristic feature of the North American climate, the contributors to this volume seek to organize available evidence of both prehistoric and modern drought events and to provide information on the severity of droughts, especially those which have occurred since weather records have been kept.

This encyclopedia includes entries on the concepts, issues and theories starting with alphabets D to K that define public policymaking, evaluation, management and implementation.

Soviet-style socialism has failed; but in Russia, China, and India the transition to capitalism has proven hazardous.

This book examines how state and local institutions that manage water conveyance and drainage actually function.

The contours of our energy future are most clearly presented as hard and painful choices.

Although development at the local level is a primary goal of most assistance schemes, most development agencies and banks know little of politics at the local level in developing countries.

This edited translation of Syed Nur Ahmad's landmark study, Martial Law to Martial Law, provides the most comprehensive study in English or Urdu of the politics of the Punjab.

Successful natural resource administration demands the well-exercised ability to deal with the interests of many actors--including the public and wildlife--in a balanced, constructive way.

As China is poised to become a global economic force, its leadership is on the brink of imminent and potentially sweeping change.

This volume focuses on alternatives for non-metropolitan economic development in the new international economic climate.

This book examines the U.

This book uses the most comprehensive survey and case research available on the administrative and subnational policy aspects of the New Federalism.

Disputes between government bodies are usually settled through either political bargaining or litigation, but a third method has been successfully utilized in Virginia.

One policy goal of many developing countries is to decentralize public sector decision making so as to "e;bring it closer to the people.

In this book, the author makes some generalizations about contemporary India and the years immediately ahead daring to set forth some of his personal concerns for critical review by those in the United States and in India who share in varying degrees his concern for India's future.

This book examines the United States Agency for International Development's efforts to address concerns that have been raised in the literature about the ability of international donors to support Peruvian decentralization in developing countries.

Originally published in 1988, this is a collection of symposium papers examining the link between public infrastructure and economic growth.

Defense plant cutbacks and military base closures have affected hundreds of U.

This book focuses on earthquake insurance for homeowners and their attitudes to the earthquake risk.

Focusing on the work of Sri Lankan legislators, this book offers a model of representation in examining parliamentary systems, especially those found in the Third World.

This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the profound changes in Chinas central-local relations since the late 1970s.

This book is an outcome of the round table conference held in 1984 in Switzerland.

Originally published in 1980, state and local governments handle a lot of the systems that are used and we come into contact with on a daily basis.

Presenting the results of seventeen months of field research, conducted entirely in the Thai language, this study describes and compares the patterns of social exchange of two groups of Thai officials: district-level bureaucrats and physicians in a provincial hospital.

Recognizing drought as a characteristic feature of the North American climate, the contributors to this volume seek to organize available evidence of both prehistoric and modern drought events and to provide information on the severity of droughts, especially those which have occurred since weather records have been kept.

This book examines how state and local institutions that manage water conveyance and drainage actually function.

The contours of our energy future are most clearly presented as hard and painful choices.

Although development at the local level is a primary goal of most assistance schemes, most development agencies and banks know little of politics at the local level in developing countries.

This encyclopedia includes entries on the concepts, issues and theories starting with alphabets D to K that define public policymaking, evaluation, management and implementation.

Soviet-style socialism has failed; but in Russia, China, and India the transition to capitalism has proven hazardous.

This edited translation of Syed Nur Ahmad's landmark study, Martial Law to Martial Law, provides the most comprehensive study in English or Urdu of the politics of the Punjab.

Originally published in 1988, this is a collection of symposium papers examining the link between public infrastructure and economic growth.

This book focuses on earthquake insurance for homeowners and their attitudes to the earthquake risk.

One policy goal of many developing countries is to decentralize public sector decision making so as to "e;bring it closer to the people.

In this book, the author makes some generalizations about contemporary India and the years immediately ahead daring to set forth some of his personal concerns for critical review by those in the United States and in India who share in varying degrees his concern for India's future.

This book examines the United States Agency for International Development's efforts to address concerns that have been raised in the literature about the ability of international donors to support Peruvian decentralization in developing countries.

This volume focuses on alternatives for non-metropolitan economic development in the new international economic climate.

As China is poised to become a global economic force, its leadership is on the brink of imminent and potentially sweeping change.

Successful natural resource administration demands the well-exercised ability to deal with the interests of many actors--including the public and wildlife--in a balanced, constructive way.

Defense plant cutbacks and military base closures have affected hundreds of U.

This book examines the U.

This book uses the most comprehensive survey and case research available on the administrative and subnational policy aspects of the New Federalism.

Disputes between government bodies are usually settled through either political bargaining or litigation, but a third method has been successfully utilized in Virginia.

Focusing on the work of Sri Lankan legislators, this book offers a model of representation in examining parliamentary systems, especially those found in the Third World.

This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the profound changes in Chinas central-local relations since the late 1970s.

This book is an outcome of the round table conference held in 1984 in Switzerland.