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Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847429148
ISBN
9781847429148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.89

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847429247
ISBN
9781847429247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.87

Hardback. During the past decade, globalization and democratization have been the major forces that helped transform the structures, functions, and processes of Asian public sectors. These issues were explored at a conference July 7-9, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. This book presents some of the works contributed by participating scholars at the conference. Editor(s): Wescott, Clay; Bowornwathana, Bidhya; Jones, L.R. Series: Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; JPP; KNV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 231 x 35. Weight in Grams: 724.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849506397
ISBN
9781849506397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.24

Hardcover. While reforms of welfare policies have been widely analysed, the reform of welfare administration has received little attention. Using empirical case studies, this book provides new insights into the way welfare administration is being internationally transformed. Particular attention is given to the effect on welfare clients, staff and agencies. Editor(s): Henman, Paul; Fenger, Menno. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JKS; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861346520
ISBN
9781861346520
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.73

Paperback. Obama and the Biracial Factor is the first book to explore the significance of mixed-race identity as a key factor in the election of President Obama and examines the sociological and political relationship between race, power, and public policy in the United States. Editor(s): Jolivette, Andrew. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JPP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447301004
ISBN
9781447301004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 35.39

paperback. This book renews the collective compact that created our public services in the 1940s using voices from service users and service providers. Sections explore long-term conditions, service redesign, information technology, leadership, co-production and quality. Editor(s): Davies, Celia; Walmsley, Jan; Hales, Mike. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JKS; JPP; MBP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 172 x 11. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447306931
ISBN
9781447306931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 37.89

Paperback. Develops a Gramscian account of contemporary governance. This title critiques the fashionable view that there has been a shift from hierarchy to networks, arguing instead that the ideology of network governance is part of the neoliberal hegemonic project. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; JPFC; JPP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847426147
ISBN
9781847426147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.54

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847428912
ISBN
9781847428912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.65

paperback. Series: Environmental Politics and Theory. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPA; JPB; JPP; PSAF; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
226
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2012
SKU
V9781349442843
ISBN
9781349442843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.75

hardcover. Investigates the origins of two major federal agencies that touch the lives of Americans every day: the Roosevelt-era Federal Security Agency and the more recently created Department of Homeland Security to show how fights over the scope of national security can reshape the very structure of government. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804770699
ISBN
9780804770699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.41

paperback. The Business of America is Lobbying provides a fascinating and detailed picture of what corporations do in Washington, why they do it, and why it matters. Lively and engaging, rigorous and nuanced, The Business of America is Lobbying will change how we think about lobbying - and how we might reform it. Series: Studies in Postwar American Political Development. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPP; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190677435
ISBN
9780190677435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.59

Hardcover. Eskom is a South African company that has developed from a state utility under apartheid into a competitive state-owned enterprise. This book draws on the knowledge about corporate governance in state-owned enterprises. It locates Eskom's experience in that context and argues that a state-owned enterprise can be run as efficiently as any other. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JPP; KJVN; LNCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230002074
ISBN
9780230002074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.13

Hardcover. Jayasuriya explores the dynamics of a new social agenda conceived within the boundaries of neo liberalism. The enhanced focus on issues such as poverty through strategies of inclusion frames new terms of engagement for social policy, different from that which existed in the terrain of the post war welfare state. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; JKS; JPP; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230002111
ISBN
9780230002111
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.50

Hardcover. This book examines the role governments play in managing policy challenges such as religion, romance, gender relations, same-sex marriages and privacy protection in response to social changes in marriage. Elizabeth van Acker asks whether governments can or should intervene in this personal sphere. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBK; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230003378
ISBN
9780230003378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.16

Hardcover. Has ethnicity become institutionalized as a political category? Drawing on international studies, including New Zealand, the book shows that this process of public policymaking creates artificial divisions that can become permanent and detrimental as well as being at odds with the social fluidity of modern societies. Preface by Jonathan Friedman. Editor(s): Rata, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFSL; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230003385
ISBN
9780230003385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.89

Hardcover. This collection of essays is designed to help scholars and practitioners understand the fluid and dynamic nature of federalism, with particular emphasis on the federal system in the United States. The book is written to aid our understanding of the contemporary question 'which federalism?' Editor(s): Leonardi, Robert. Num Pages: 364 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPP; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230019591
ISBN
9780230019591
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.65

Hardcover. The first major book by political scientists explaining global tobacco control policy. It identifies a history of minimal tobacco control then charts the extent to which governments have regulated tobacco in the modern era. It identifies major policy change from the post-war period and uses theories of public policy to help explain the change. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFH1; JPP; MBNH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230200043
ISBN
9780230200043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.08

Hardcover. An examination of the elements explicit to the Japanese post war governing system that enable the national ministries to extend their administrative authority over the political economy. It argues that the insular model defies structural reform and prevents the implementation of economic and social policies that can resolve socio-economic problems. Num Pages: 183 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JPP; JPQ; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230220706
ISBN
9780230220706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.18

Hardcover. Drawing on case studies of budget groups in Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia this book is the first comprehensive study of the impact and significance of civic initiatives aimed at enhancing budget transparency and the poverty focus of government expenditure priorities, arguing that it leads to greater democratization. Editor(s): Robinson, Mark. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFA; JPP; JPQB; KCP; KFFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230224780
ISBN
9780230224780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.80

Hardcover. A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. This book presents a new model of accountability which ensures that public-private partnerships don't erode public accountability. It defines concrete accountability standards for different types of partnerships. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPP; KJVN; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230238978
ISBN
9780230238978
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.61

Hardcover. This ground breaking book provides empirical and theoretical insights into the interface between deliberative democracy and the rough and tumble of interest groups in advocacy politics. It examines how deliberative ideals work alongside the adversarial realties of interest-based politics. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTC; JPHV; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230243484
ISBN
9780230243484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.64

Hardcover. Steve Leach identifies the key challenges facing chief executives in British local government in operating in an environment where party politics is a dominant force. It discusses the basis on which chief executives apply for posts and manage the interview process, and the importance of the 'honeymoon period' - the first 6-9 months. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPHL; JPP; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230245624
ISBN
9780230245624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.70

Hardcover. This book explores how the European Commission faced the challenge of enlargement. Based on extensive interviews, the work provides a lively and readable picture of life within the Commission, exploring how thousands of newcomers were recruited and socialized and how they changed the organization, including its gender balance. Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPH; JPP; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230252219
ISBN
9780230252219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Hardcover. This wide-ranging study of three European cities shows how hybrid forms of governance emerge from the tensions between new ideas and past legacies, and existing institutional arrangements and powerful decision makers. Using detailed studies of migration and neighborhood policy, as well as a novel Q methodology analysis of public administrators. Series: Understanding Governance. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPB; JPP; JPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230273221
ISBN
9780230273221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.44

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