The New Public Governance?

The revised new edition of the must-read guide for executives--provides comprehensive coverage of topics in corporate governance by leading subject...

This volume addresses the relationship of citizenship and public management in Europe. After 15 years of state reform, it is time for an overall di...

What part should corporate actors play in global governance? With regard to concerns over such issues as public health, education, human rights, an...

The Public Administration Theory Primer explores how the science and art of public administration is definable, describable, replicable, and cumula...

This book develops a sociological understanding of law making in the European Union. In particular, the book focuses on the social function of law ...

Reducere. Proceeding from the ideational and theoretical basis of the innovative Marxist concept of "society building", the book gives a detailed account on ...

A look at the benefits and consequences of the rise of community-based organizations in urban development Who makes decisions that shape the housin...

This book seeks to provide and promote a better understanding and a more responsive and inclusive governance of the automation and digital devices ...

With a new preface from Michael Nelson, editor of the Interpreting American Politics series, this award-winning book will be sought out by public p...

With the fields of public administration and public management suffering a crisis of relevance, Alasdair Roberts offers a provocative assessment of...

How did the acquisition of overseas colonies affect the development of the American state? How did the constitutional system shape the expansion an...

A major new introduction to theories of public policy. The author provides an accessible assessment of a wide range of theories and models from pol...

The proposed book aims to combine conventional approaches in public finance with new developments in economics such as political governance, social...

As a Chinese proverb says 'The fish rots from the head' and so it is with businesses and other organisations - the buck starts and stops in the boa...

This Element explores the uncertain future of public policy practice and scholarship in an age of radical disruption. Building on foundational idea...

This book brings a new dimension to discussions of government accountability, offering a framework for the study and exploration of accountability ...

This volume gathers together ten original essays on the contemporary politics of visibility. Contributions are interdisciplinary and address an arr...

The year 1968 in Canada was an extraordinary one, unlike any other in its frenetic pace of activities and their consequences for the development of...

DescriptionA distinguished group of scholars explore the moral values and political consequences of privatization The 21st century has seen a proli...

DescriptionAmerican violence is schizophrenic. On the one hand, many Americans support the creation of a powerful bureaucracy of coercion made up o...

Public Administration has experienced a fundamental rethinking of its basic objectives, concepts and theories during the 21st century. This book ex...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Who bears responsibility for the poor, and who may exercise the power that comes with that responsibility? Amid the Great Depression, American refo...

A devastating analysis of what is happening to our universitiesDoes “marketization” threaten to destroy what we most value about education? Will th...

DescriptionThis collection investigates the intersections between faith-based charity and secular statecraft. The contributors trace the connection...

Reducere. Francis Fukuyama famously predicted "the end of history" with the ascendancy of liberal democracy and global capitalism. The topic of his latest bo...

This book brings together a collection of seven papers on Transaction Cost Economics by Nobel Laureate Professor Oliver E Williamson. The applicati...

Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith is an ethnographic account of long-term recovery in post-Katrina New Orleans. It is also a sobering exploration ...

Reducere. Nobody is coming to help, it's up to us. That was the mindset of New York's county leaders, who within a couple of hours of a declared state of eme...

DescriptionAround the globe, contemporary protest movements are contesting the oligarchic appropriation of natural resources, public services, and ...

DescriptionMobility justice is one of the crucial political and ethical issues of our dayWe are in the midst of a global climate crisis and experie...

Reducere. This book addresses the old question of natural law in its contemporary context. David VanDrunen draws on both his Reformed theological heritage an...

Reducere. When Empire appeared in 2000, it defined the political and economic challenges of the era of globalization and, thrillingly, found in them possibil...

For all the wrong reasons, a national spotlight is shining on Chicago. The city has become known for its violence, police abuse, parent and teacher...

Reducere. Akwesasne territory straddles the U.S.-Canada border in upstate New York, Ontario, and Quebec. In 1979, in the midst of a major conflict regarding ...

Reducere. From award-winning, New York Times bestselling novelist Ben H. Winters comes a mind-bending novel set in a world governed by absolute truth, where ...

The Long Twentieth Century traces the relationship between capital accumulation and state formation over a 700-year period. Arrighi argues that cap...

The plight of religious minorities in the Middle East is often attributed to the failure of secularism to take root in the region. Religious Differ...

Reducere. Irish vegan studies are poised for increasing relevance as climate change threatens the legitimacy and longevity of animal agriculture and widespre...

Reducere. A New York Times bestselling author and veteran board member offers an insider's view of corporate boards, their struggles, and why they must adapt...

Reducere. The second volume of the bestselling landmark work on the history of the modern stateWriting in The Wall Street Journal, David Gress called Francis...