Regional, state and other local government

This book presents emerging work in the co-evolving fields of design-led systemics, referred to as systemic design to distinguish it from the engineering and hard science epistemologies of system design or systems engineering.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the evolving field of international planning studies.

This book highlights the reality of malnutrition among school-age children in India and relates it with dietary adequacy, diversity and choice.

This book highlights the reality of malnutrition among school-age children in India and relates it with dietary adequacy, diversity and choice.

This book provides new and original insight on the senior living housing needs in Poland.

This book assesses the changes that the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) could produce by boosting the competitiveness of firms in India and Korea.

This book analyses the current debates around national identity and multiculturalism by addressing three key questions; why do so many people treat as common sense the idea that they live in and belong to nations?

In India today only 35 percent of people have access to medicines.

Today AIDS dominates the headlines.

To examine patterns of social assistance provision specific to particular provinces, Boychuk develops a five-fold typology consisting of "e;residual,"e; "e;market/family enforcement,"e; "e;market performance,"e; "e;conservative,"e; and "e;redistributive"e; models.

This book draws on social movement theories and rich empirical data to analyze LGBT protest activity in Russia.

This book conclusively demonstrates that direct democracy-institutions like the ballot initiative and the referendum-endangers the rights of minorities and perpetuates a tyranny of the majority.

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

This book aims to contribute to the transdisciplinary study of the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus in cities and to help policy makers adopt a more integrated approach to natural resources management in urban environments to face the challenges and threats of climate change.

This book explores hitherto unaddressed dimensions in federalism studies in India.

A transformative model for community social work rooted in basic social and economic rights is the basis of this timely Brief.

This book reflects the reality of most taxpayers.

New understandings of the middle order and of the post-1688 English Parliament have shifted the focus from Westminster to the constituencies in the study of eighteenth-century politics.

Splitsville USA argues that it's time for us to break up to save representative democracy, proposing a mutually negotiated, peaceful dissolution of the current United States into several new nations.

Folgen des demographischen Wandels und die Belastung der Familien durch die strukturellen Rücksichtslosigkeiten der gesellschaftlichen Verhältnisse sind lange vernachlässigte Herausforderungen, die im kommenden Jahrzehnt die politische Agenda in der Bundesrepublik mitbestimmen werden.

Even as Donald Trump's election has galvanized anti-immigration politics, many local governments have welcomed immigrants, some even going so far as to declare their communities "e;sanctuary cities"e; that will limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities.

This book looks at how digital economy can help energy businesses to meet their sustainability goals.

Across the Muslim world, religion plays an increasingly prominent role in both the private and public lives of over a billion people.

This book offers a unique approach to reconciliation as a matter for negotiation, bringing together two bodies of theory in order to offer insights into resolving conflicts and achieving lasting peace.

This work considers the role of local government in 13 EU Member States (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

This interdisciplinary book consists of three parts which examine the European Union policies on research and innovation, education and life-long learning, as well as the European Union Pillar on social rights and youth policies.

Despite its safety and efficacy, emergency contraception (EC) continues to spark political controversy worldwide.

Die angespannte finanzielle Situation im Gesundheitswesen führt dazu, dass neben medizinischen auch immer mehr ökonomische Sachverhalte eine Rolle spielen.

This book critically analyses important social issues experienced in Australia, such as economic inequality, precarious work, unequal access to quality education and health care, housing insecurity, colonisation, racism and discrimination, activism and social change.

This book presents new research on gender-based violence in Southeast Asia, bringing together varied scholarly work in law, policy, and practice.

In England, it has been possible since 2013 to convert an office building into residential use without needing planning permission (as has been required since 1948).

This book interrogates white responses to black-led movements for racial justice.

This book presents concise summaries of cutting-edge research and practical applications across the fields of physical, environmental, and human geography.

Dieses Buch untersucht in einem Querschnitt durch aktuelle und künftig zu erwartende Herausforderungen für Politik, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft (Finanzen, Digitales, Kultur, Stadtentwicklung, Wohnen, Verkehr, Bildung, usw.

Umwandlungen jeglicher Art prägen in der heutigen Zeit zunehmend die Wirtschaftsnachrichten.

This book explores the journey of young people through a Secure Training Centre and, more generally, the criminal justice system in the UK.

Originally published in 1982, this book was the first comprehensive, critical assessment of the outcome of the controversial reorganisation of British local government outside London which took place between 1973 and 1975.

This book is the first attempt to explore the use and application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and related smart technologies in cities and for the sole purpose of reaching positive peace.

This book uses Portland, Oregon to bring to life the transformation of U.

This book studies China's urbanization with the theory of production of space.

This book assesses the processes and outcomes of international urban networks in Europe from 2007 to the present day.

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