Regional, state and other local government

El propósito de alcanzar niveles de desarrollo económico, social, institucional y cultural sostenidos, en nuestro país como en los demás Estados de la subregión andina, inevitablemente se asocia con la posibilidad de hallar formas adecuadas de integración.

As Andrew Cuomo storms back into the spotlight, this sharp political takedown exposes the machinery behind his returnand what it says about power, memory, and the state of New York politics.

This book engages with debates on ethnic minority and Muslim young people showing, beyond apathy and violent political extremism, the diverse forms of political engagement in which young people engage.

The South was not always the South.

This book discusses social entrepreneurship, especially in context of India.

Multiculturalism has come under considerable attack in political practice, yet the fact of diversity remains, and with it the need to establish fair terms of integration.

This report identifies key governance challenges in the management of fiscal risks and contingent liabilities in Asia and the Pacific arising from public investments through public-private partnerships and state-owned enterprises.

This book introduces a ten-year-long design research project in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD), China, based on international cooperation studios, design workshops, a Ph.

This book analyses social conflict among fishers in Indonesia by implementing class theory, thus adopting a new approach to analysing fishers' conflicts in Indonesia.

Wir stehen vor einer großen gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen: der Gestaltung von Vielfalt.

This edited collection develops a more balanced understanding of the dilemmas, challenges and opportunities associated with youth policy formulation and implementation in contemporary Saudi Arabia.

La presente obra reúne trabajos de especialistas de diversas universidades, centros de investigación, organizaciones de la sociedad civil e instancias gubernamentales con diferentes perfiles académicos y profesionales, quienes desde variados y diferentes enfoques y perspectivas trabajaron en torno al debate sobre la gobernanza rural en México.

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.

This brief approaches the challenging topic of child sexual abuse from an objective, evidence-based perspective.

This two-volume book addresses the economic transformation occurring in China at present.

This book explores contemporary challenges of housing movement organizations, looking specifically at the case of Rome, Italy.

This book presents insights from several countries in Latin America and beyond on how to organize critical sectors, such as education, roads and water, to improve quality, access and affordability.

¡La inversión y el cambio es visible en Chimalhuacán!

This book, now available in paperback, is the result of national research conducted amongst England's directly elected mayors and the councillors that serve alongside them.

The Life of Pennsylvania Governor George M.

This book examines the intellectual and institutional transformations of four British think tanks in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis.

This book offers an in-depth analysis of social welfare system in a rentier state, Qatar, tracing its evolution and institutional development.

This book explores continuity and change in British multiculturalism.

There are significant returns to be made from private equity, infrastructure, real estate and other illiquid investments, but a competitive strategy is essential for investment success and for meeting objectives.

This book analyzes the unfolding of a new institutional phenomenon: the cosmonational parliament of the cross-border nation and the expanded state, focusing on three European national parliaments, namely the French Senate, the Italian Chamber of Representatives and Senate, and the Croatian unicameral parliament.

This collection examines the current stage of multicultural challenges and their influence on democracy in 12 countries of Europe and East Asia.

Analysing the historical circumstances and theoretical sources that have generated ideas about citizen and community participation in crime control, this book examines the various ideals, outcomes and effects that citizen participation has been held to stimulate and how these have been transformed, renegotiated and reinvigorated over time.

This book is a contribution to contemporary debates on social research with a unique focus on the relationship between methods and the crafting of knowledge.

This is the first book to provide an analysis of racism in the Mediterranean region.

The ethics of care has flourished in recent decades yet we remain without a succinct statement of its core theoretical commitment.

MTD es un método inspirador y efectivo para mejorar, transformar y desarrollar cualquier Municipio o Ayuntamiento.

Der tiefgreifende Wandel von Industrie- und Dienstleistungssektor setzt die Beschäftigten in Deutschland zusehends unter Druck.

What has been the impact on social cohesion of contemporary cities in Europe, of the rise of new social risks and of the recent economic crisis?

Examining the evolving responses to immigration, migrant integration and diversity of substate governments in Quebec, Flanders and Brussels, and Scotland, Fiona Barker explores what happens when the 'new' diversity arising from immigration intersects with the 'old' politics of substate nationalism in decentralized, multinational societies.

This book argues that the war on terror is a paradigmatic foreign policy that has had profound effects on domestic social order.

Although there has emerged a huge interest in the Muslim communities in Britain since 9/11 and 7/7, few academic studies have focused on the political processes within Muslim communities and the impacts these have on civic engagement.

Grassroots Advocacy and Health Care Reform places a detailed account of how the Health Care for America Now campaign in Pennsylvania carried out contemporary issue advocacy in the context of an understanding of American politics.

This collection brings together international contributors from multiple disciplines to discuss the current public, social and governmental understandings and responses to sexual violence.

This book provides a detailed snapshot of cultural policies in China, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.

Assesses to what extent increased international cooperation could help selected financial centres in Europe respond to the future risks and opportunities facing them.

This book addresses the relevance of the case study research methodology for enhancing urban planning research and education in Africa and the global South.