Regional, state and other local government

Intergovernmental agreements are an important instrument in federal systems, establishing new social programs, regulating agricultural practices, and even changing constitutions.

Local Governance Transformation and Citizen Engagement in Bangladesh offers a thorough investigation of grassroots democratic practices and citizen engagement in local governance in the country and situates Bangladesh's experience within the larger framework of developing countries.

Multinational federations rest on the coexistence of two or more nations within a single polity.

Multinational federations rest on the coexistence of two or more nations within a single polity.

Across many parts of the postcolonial world, it is everyday reality for people to cross regularly between state-based and customary governance, institutions and norms.

Across many parts of the postcolonial world, it is everyday reality for people to cross regularly between state-based and customary governance, institutions and norms.

The 21st century has been dominated by an almost compulsive race to find new pathways for city development.

The 21st century has been dominated by an almost compulsive race to find new pathways for city development.

The term collaboration is widely used but not clearly understood or operationalized.

The term collaboration is widely used but not clearly understood or operationalized.

In recent decades, the regions of Russia have taken different paths of regime transition.

In recent decades, the regions of Russia have taken different paths of regime transition.

This work breaks new ground in the understanding of South Indian cinema and politics.

This work breaks new ground in the understanding of South Indian cinema and politics.

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are arrangements between government and private actors with the objective of providing public infrastructure, facilities and services.

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are arrangements between government and private actors with the objective of providing public infrastructure, facilities and services.

Philippine political history, especially in the twentieth century, challenges the image of democratic evolution as serving the people, and does so in ways that reveal inadequately explored aspects of many democracies.

Philippine political history, especially in the twentieth century, challenges the image of democratic evolution as serving the people, and does so in ways that reveal inadequately explored aspects of many democracies.

Three decades of rapid industrialization until the lifting of martial law in 1987, with little or no concern for the environment, have made Taiwan's environmental degradation a serious problem.

Three decades of rapid industrialization until the lifting of martial law in 1987, with little or no concern for the environment, have made Taiwan's environmental degradation a serious problem.

There are numerous examples of how religion and nationalism intertwine.

There are numerous examples of how religion and nationalism intertwine.

In response to both policy and conceptual debates, alternative narratives have begun to emerge about territorial governance and policymaking.

In response to both policy and conceptual debates, alternative narratives have begun to emerge about territorial governance and policymaking.

This book studies the engagement of various Muslim communities with Bihar politics from colonial times to present-day India.

This book studies the engagement of various Muslim communities with Bihar politics from colonial times to present-day India.

In recent years, attacks on the rise of 'gender ideology' and 'genderism' as a political force, on gender studies as an academic field, and on feminist, queer and trans individuals seen to be their embodied representatives, have grown in scope and intensity.

This book examines the impact of globalization on some vital aspects of Indian politics, its structures and processes, and identifies the challenges to globalization itself, in order to highlight India's complex and fascinating story.

This book examines the impact of globalization on some vital aspects of Indian politics, its structures and processes, and identifies the challenges to globalization itself, in order to highlight India's complex and fascinating story.

Municipal Shared Services and Consolidation provides a comprehensive and clear review of the theories and practices of structuring and managing complex local government services.

Municipal Shared Services and Consolidation provides a comprehensive and clear review of the theories and practices of structuring and managing complex local government services.

Public Administration Evolving: From Foundations to the Future demonstrates how the theory and practice of public administration has evolved since the early decades of the twentieth century.

Public Administration Evolving: From Foundations to the Future demonstrates how the theory and practice of public administration has evolved since the early decades of the twentieth century.

The last decades have witnessed a significant shift in policy competencies away from central governments in Europe.

The last decades have witnessed a significant shift in policy competencies away from central governments in Europe.

Understanding federalism - the form of political organization that unites separate polities within an overarching political system so that all maintain their political integrity - is central to the study of democratic government in the United States.

Understanding federalism - the form of political organization that unites separate polities within an overarching political system so that all maintain their political integrity - is central to the study of democratic government in the United States.

This edition brings the story of 20th-century Southern politics up to the present day and the virtual triumph of Southern Republicanism.

This edition brings the story of 20th-century Southern politics up to the present day and the virtual triumph of Southern Republicanism.

City-country consolidation builds upon the Progressive tradition of favoring structural reform of local governments.

City-country consolidation builds upon the Progressive tradition of favoring structural reform of local governments.

What do we mean in the U.

What do we mean in the U.

With a focus on a broad spectrum of topics--race, ethnicity, gender, disability, and sexual orientation at the federal, tribal, state, and local levels--this book equips readers to better understand the complex, real-world challenges public administrators confront in serving an increasingly diverse society.

With a focus on a broad spectrum of topics--race, ethnicity, gender, disability, and sexual orientation at the federal, tribal, state, and local levels--this book equips readers to better understand the complex, real-world challenges public administrators confront in serving an increasingly diverse society.

Now updated with examples through 2010, this classic study examines the disruptive effects of disasters on patterns of human behavior and the operations of government, and the conditions under which even relatively minor crises can lead to system breakdown.

Now updated with examples through 2010, this classic study examines the disruptive effects of disasters on patterns of human behavior and the operations of government, and the conditions under which even relatively minor crises can lead to system breakdown.

"e;Ethics and Public Administration"e; refutes the arguments that administrative ethics cannot be studied in an empirical manner and that empirical analysis can deal only with the trivial issues in administrative ethics.