Regional, state and other local government

This comprehensive volume is the first systematic effort to explore the ways in which recognised states and international organisations interact with secessionist 'de facto states', while maintaining the position that they are not regarded as independent sovereign actors in the international system.

This book presents an alternative theory of globalization that derives not from the dominant perspective of the West, from which this process emerged, but from the critical vantage point of the Third World, which has borne the heaviest burdens of globalization.

Parliamentary ombudsmen are appointed to investigate citizens' complaints and to provide checks on government administrative activity.

Die Institution der Staatsbürgerschaft (Citizenship) scheint in modernen Gesell­ schaften eine Selbstverständlichkeit zu sein.

The first major study of India''s regional parties which discusses why, when, and where they are electorally successful.

This collection focuses on the real life experiences of conducting emprical research about families and relationships, with an emphasis on the actualities of doing research and the experiences of being a researcher.

This book discusses the role of ESD stakeholders at university level, involving civil society and the private sector and public sectors (including local, national and intergovernmental bodies).

A major new contribution to understanding the transition of Soviet society from Stalinism to a more humane model of socialism.

This book assumes an "e;everyday life"e; perspective towards masking in public spaces in the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic.

This enlightening book offers a comprehensive historical analysis of the main development challenges of the last half century and the international community's response through aid and trade.

A book on the need to do economy in a caring way in the global crisis.

This book provides a thorough guide to building resilient cities, through the use of smart solutions enabled by information and communication technologies.

This book argues that Americans' belief in post-racialism, rooted in both ideology and material progress among racial minorities, is wrong because both old and new patterns of racism continue to hinder the acceptance of African Americans as true equals in American society, despite the recent mobility of the black middle class.

This book presents an alternative theory of globalization that derives not from the dominant perspective of the West, from which this process emerged, but from the critical vantage point of the Third World, which has borne the heaviest burdens of globalization.

An analysis of forces affecting wildlife politics worldwide, covering topics such as overexploitation, hunting, ecotourism and trafficking.

Systemic Islamophobia in Canada presents critical perspectives on systemic Islamophobia in Canadian politics, law, and society, and maps areas for future research and inquiry.

This book, the first comprehensive overview of housing policy in Australia in 25 years, investigates the many dimensions of housing affordability and government actions that affect affordability outcomes.

The distinctive contribution of this book is the formulation of an integrated social, environmental, and economic framework for public policy.

Even though sub-Saharan Africa is the region most affected by HIV/AIDS in the world, no new theories have been discovered, and questions about life and death are ignored.

This book's point of departure rests on the premises that dimensions of the mainstream inclusive city discourse fail to capture in detail vulnerable clusters of society (being women, children, and the aging), the minority clusters (i.

Originally published in 1974, this study concerns the politics of local government reform between 1942-1974 and describes the struggles between the Ministries, the Local Government Associations and political parties.

One of the most important issues in comparative politics is the relationship between the state and society and the implications of different relationships for long-term social and economic development.

This book approaches current controversies concerning qualitative and quantitative procedures in the social sciences and incorporates new methods showing how they can supplement each other.

In this book, Barrett and Greene present evolving theories of performance management, the practices necessary for a good performance-based government, and the pitfalls that can easily be encountered along the way-andhow to avoid them.

This book provides the first comparative assessment of the energy-efficiency retrofit programs in the social housing sector of Canadian cities, focusing on program efficiency and effectiveness.

This book discusses the production, distribution, regulatory and management frameworks that affect food in urban settings.

Outside Justice: Undocumented Immigrants and the Criminal Justice System fills a clear gap in the scholarly literature on the increasing conceptual overlap between popular perceptions of immigration and criminality, and its reflection in the increasing practical overlap between criminal justice and immigration control systems.

Singapore is the world's second-fastest ageing society and will become a super- aged society by 2030.

This book reflects the reality of most taxpayers.

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.

We hear the term "e;sustainability"e; everywhere today.

This is the first volume on the subject of the alleviation of world suffering.

The thematic project 'New Orleans in the Atlantic World' was planned immediately after hurricane Katrina and focuses on what meteorologists have always known: the city's identity and destiny belong to the broader Caribbean and Atlantic worlds as perhaps no other American city does.

This book focuses on the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns on the welfare of the urban poor in the city of Harare, Zimbabwe.

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

This book offers a selection of intensely researched essays focused on the critical planning objectives and policy priorities that would enhance the promotion of inclusive growth in a developing country.

Wolfgang Lingl widerlegt in diesem Buch die These von der unkontrollierten Zunahme der Familienzuzüge und der dauerhaften Immigration nach dem Anwerbestopp im Jahre 1973.

This book is devoted to the description and analysis of child population, rights to survival and development, culture and policies that Chinese government made in contemporary China.

Food Stamps, now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), has endured and expanded in recent years.

This volume sheds light on the development of squatting practices and movements in nine European cities (Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, Rome, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen, Rotterdam and Brighton) by examining the numbers, variations and significant contexts in their life course.

The decade commencing with the great crash of 2008 was a watershed period for Italian politics, involving fundamental and dramatic changes, many of which had not been anticipated and which are charted in this book.

Tonia Rambausek untersucht förderliche und hinderliche Bedingungen für die Umsetzung der UN-Behindertenrechtskonvention, insbesondere für die selbstbestimmte Lebensführung behinderter Menschen in Deutschland.

Economic regions competing in a global marketplace describes the future organizing principle of urban regions.