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Hardback. Evaluates the validity of a key proposition of public choice theory: that competition is associated with superior performance by governmental organizations. Three forms of competition in local government are identified, with their extent and consequences assessed in both the UK and USA. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JMH; JPR; KJF; KJM; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333641873
- ISBN
- 9780333641873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.54
€ 127.54
Hardback. This book offers a unique collection of insights that celebrate public choice and its visionary proponents, James M. Buchanan and Gordon Tullock. It features contributions from distinguished scholars of public choice and constitutional political economy. Editor(s): Lee, Dwight R. Series: Studies in Public Choice. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCA; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 561.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461459088
- ISBN
- 9781461459088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.09
€ 128.09
Paperback. This book offers a unique collection of insights that celebrate public choice and its visionary proponents, James M. Buchanan and Gordon Tullock. It features contributions from distinguished scholars of public choice and constitutional political economy. Editor(s): Lee, Dwight R. Series: Studies in Public Choice. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; KCA; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489986115
- ISBN
- 9781489986115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.28
€ 127.28
Hardback. Num Pages: 201 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137398611
- ISBN
- 9781137398611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.13
€ 183.13
Paperback. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 355 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; KCB; KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 355
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349222247
- ISBN
- 9781349222247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.17
€ 194.17
Public Decision-Making Processes and Asymmetry of Information
. Ed(S): Marrelli, Massimo; Pignataro, Giacom...
hardcover. The issue of asymmetric information and public decision-making has been widely explored by economists. This book encompasses different contributions to these issues, on both theoretical and practical areas. It is also devoted to discussing the applications of the theory to different public sector activities. Editor(s): Marrelli, Massimo; Pignataro, Giacomo. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; KJU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792372387
- ISBN
- 9780792372387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.02
€ 132.02
Hardback. Offering original insights on the prospects for a European, or even global, public sphere, this volume offers the writings of the original thinker Bernhard Peters (1949-2005) in English for the first time. Includes an introduction by the editor that outlines the importance of Peters' work and a preface by Jurgen Habermas. Editor(s): Wessler, Hartmut. Series: Transformations of the State. Num Pages: 316 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; 3JMC; GTC; JHBA; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573536
- ISBN
- 9780230573536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.39
€ 128.39
Paperback. Editor(s): Cook, Mable C. Num Pages: 91 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 6. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 91
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626185289
- ISBN
- 9781626185289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 101.06€ 70.85
€ 101.06
€ 70.85
Paperback. This book discusses the question of soft power and public diplomacy challenges in East Asian context. Both concepts originate in the West, and in a sense this book can therefore be seen as an exercise in critically assessing soft power and public diplomacy in a different geographical and cultural setting. Editor(s): Lee, S. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFFS; JPA; JPS; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349293599
- ISBN
- 9781349293599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.18
€ 127.18
Hardcover. This book discusses the question of soft power and public diplomacy challenges in East Asian context. Both concepts originate in the West, and in a sense this book can therefore be seen as an exercise in critically assessing soft power and public diplomacy in a different geographical and cultural setting. Editor(s): Lee, Sook Jong; Melissen, Jan. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; JPA; JPSD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110977
- ISBN
- 9780230110977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Paperback. Taking a comprehensive look at institutional and leadership practices in recent public debates over a variety of hot button public policy issues, Public Discourse in America outlines how such conversations can be used to reintegrate our fragmented communities and bridge barriers of difference and hostility among communities and individuals. Editor(s): Rodin, Judith; Steinberg, Stephen P. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JPVH1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812221619
- ISBN
- 9780812221619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Paperback. Series: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DS; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349505104
- ISBN
- 9781349505104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.80
€ 65.80
Hardcover. Analyzing contemporary Chinese literature, film, and television, Shen shows the significance of nationalism for the mass imagination in post-socialist China. Chapters move from the intellectual idealism of the 1980s, through the post-Tiananmen transition, to the national cinema of the 1990s, and finally to the Internet literature of today. Series: Chinese Literature and Culture in the World. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497420
- ISBN
- 9781137497420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.78
€ 66.78
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691608099
- ISBN
- 9780691608099
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.45€ 46.96
€ 59.45
€ 46.96
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBTB; JFCA; JFFH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691636580
- ISBN
- 9780691636580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.04
€ 189.04
Paperback. This handbook is the outgrowth of five years of intensive day care study. As a result, it is the story of one public school district's belief in and commitment to establishing a day care center for its children. Num Pages: 124 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JNLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- ScarecrowEducation United States
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877623892
- ISBN
- 9780877623892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.29
€ 26.29
Paperback. This work covers details about the real cost of public education - one of America's biggest industries. It shows that government statistics on the costs of public education sustainability understate the actual costs to taxpayers. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKG; JNL; KJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810847194
- ISBN
- 9780810847194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 86.33
€ 86.33
Hardcover. Emotions are central to our practices and understanding of public life. This book examines the political, social and personal consequences of public emotions in relation to conflict, ritual, social classification, collective life, identity, memory and power and is a multidisciplinary collaboration showing the emotional character of public life. Editor(s): Perri 6, Professor; Radstone, Susannah; Squire, Professor Corinne; Treacher, Amal. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230007192
- ISBN
- 9780230007192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.97
€ 127.97
Paperback. A study of Hollywood gangster films. This book examines their controversial content and how it was subjected to continual moral and political censure. Combining film analysis with archival material, the study shows how the industry circumvented censure. Num Pages: 276 pages, 14 halftones, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226550336
- ISBN
- 9780226550336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Beacon Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807032763
- ISBN
- 9780807032763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.94
€ 31.99
€ 22.94