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The Oxford Handbook of Governance presents an authoritative and accessible state-of-the-art analysis of the social science literature on governance.The volume presents the core concepts and knowledge that have evolved in the study of governance in different levels and...
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OUP Oxford
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2012-03-29
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Public administration seeks to develop a comprehensive understanding of the internal structure and functioning of government, in all its complexity, and its interaction with society and its citizens.Public Administration: The Interdisciplinary Study of Government ...
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OUP Oxford
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2011-10-27
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What is the relationship between the financial system and politics? In a democratic system, what kind of control should elected governments have over the financial markets?What policies should be implemented to regulate them?What is the role played by different elites -...
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OUP Oxford
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2011-09-29
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What is the relationship between the financial system and politics? In a democratic system, what kind of control should elected governments have over the financial markets?What policies should be implemented to regulate them?What is the role played by different elites -...
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OUP Oxford
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2011-09-29
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As citizens, why do we care about the everyday life of ministers and civil servants? We care because the decisions of the great and the good affect all our lives, for good or ill. For all their personal, political, and policy failings and foibles, they make a...
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OUP Oxford
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2011-04-21
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As citizens, why do we care about the everyday life of ministers and civil servants? We care because the decisions of the great and the good affect all our lives, for good or ill. For all their personal, political, and policy failings and foibles, they make a...
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OUP Oxford
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2011-04-21
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Disaster management is a vibrant and growing field, driven by government spending in the wake of terrorist attacks and environmental debacles, as well as private-sector hiring of risk managers and emergency planners. An ever-increasing number of practicing professionals...
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Butterworth-Heinemann
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2010-12-31
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The governance of the public sciences has profoundly changed since the Second World War, especially with regard to funding structures, the autonomy, and accountability of public research organizations and universities, and the extent to which research is steered towards...
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OUP Oxford
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2010-07-22
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The strategies adopted by governments and public officials can have dramatic effects on peoples' lives.The best ones can transform economic laggards into trailblazers, eliminate diseases, or sharply cut crime. Strategic failures can result in highly visible disasters,...
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OUP Oxford
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2010-07-08
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The performance of the public services, from education and policing to health and recycling, is a matter of concern in many countries. Issues of public service efficiency, cost, and effectiveness have moved to the forefront of political debate. This book applies the...
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OUP Oxford
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2010-04-29
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The State as Cultural Practice offers a fully worked out account of the authors' distinctive interpretive approach to political science. It challenges the new institutionalism, probably the most significant present-day strand in both American and British political...
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OUP Oxford
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2010-04-08
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The State as Cultural Practice offers a fully worked out account of the authors' distinctive interpretive approach to political science. It challenges the new institutionalism, probably the most significant present-day strand in both American and British political...
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OUP Oxford
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2010-04-08
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'A comprehensive, multidisciplinary examination of the concepts embodied in governance and their wide-ranging applications and implications. An important read and reference for students and academics in the social sciences, particularly those engaged in public policy...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
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2008-12-18
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The strategies adopted by governments and public officials can have dramatic effects on peoples' lives.The best ones can transform economic laggards into trailblazers, eliminate diseases, or sharply cut crime. Strategic failures can result in highly visible disasters,...
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OUP Oxford
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2008-12-18
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The nature of Higher Education in the UK has changed over the last three decades. Academics can no longer be said to carry out their work in 'ivory towers', as increasing government intervention and a growing 'target culture' has changed the way they work. Increasingly...
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OUP Oxford
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2007-08-16
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Written from a global perspective on risk, hazards, and disasters, Introduction to International Disaster Management provides practitioners, educators and students with a comprehensive overview of the players, processes and special issues involved in the management of...
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Butterworth-Heinemann
Parution :
2006-10-17
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This book is about public administration in India, which is often synonymous with the role and performance of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). The author stresses the indispensability of the civil service in a democratic polity like India and the decisive role...
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OUP India
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2006-06-05
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The traditional understandings that structure the relationships between public servants and the wider political system are said to have undergone considerable change. But what are these formalized and implicit understandings? What are the key dimensions of such...
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OUP Oxford
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2006-06-01
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INTRODUCTION TO HOMELAND SECURITY was the first book to provide practitioners, educators, and students with a comprehensive account of the original and ongoing developments in the Department of Homeland Security's reorganization, as well as the practices, policies and...
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Butterworth-Heinemann
Parution :
2006-03-30
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The public sector continues to play a strategic role across the world.The last thirty years have seen major shifts in approaches to public sector management in many countries. There is also a fierce debate across academic disciplines about contemporary public...
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OUP Oxford
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2005-10-27
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