Public Affairs & Administration

Learn more about Jennifer Pahlka's work at recodingamerica.us. "The book I wish every policymaker would read." -Ezra Klein, The New York Times A bold call to reexamine how our government operates-and sometimes fails to-from President Obama's...

A radical vision for a better future: an economy that works for us, rather than the other way around. As this major German bestseller reports, our world is at a tipping point, and we feel it every day. Costs are rising, the gap between the rich and poor...

How economics needs to change to keep pace with the twenty-first century and the digital economyDigital technology, big data, big tech, machine learning, and AI are revolutionizing both the tools of economics and the phenomena it seeks to measure,...

Featuring interviews with the MPs, journalists and officials close to the centre of Britain's biggest political crisis since the Profumo Affair, this is the story of what really happened during the expenses scandal of 2009. Andrew Walker, the tax expert...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692313565Author Rotherham Metropolitan Borough CouncilFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Occupybawlstreet.com PressPublisher Occupybawlstreet.com...

Thirty years ago, a social movement helped bring down one of the most powerful British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century. For the 30th anniversary of the Poll Tax rebellion, Simon Hannah looks back on those tumultuous days of resistance, telling the...

Now in a thoroughly revised Fifth Edition, An Introduction to the Policy Process provides students at all levels with an accessible, readable, and affordable introduction to the field of public policy. In keeping with prior editions, author Tom Birkland...

In this century, the world will conduct an extraordinary experiment in government. In 2050, forty percent of the planet's population will live in just four places: India, China, the European Union, and the United States. These are superstates - polities...

The thoroughly revised and updated Handbook on Theories of Governance brings together leading scholars in the field to summarise and assess the diversity of governance theories. The Handbook advances a deeper theoretical understanding of governance...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681813813Author Mba Dean WaldmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Strategic Book PublishingPublisher Strategic Book PublishingWeight(grams)...

Addressing the problems of managing health care is one of the most pressing and complex challenges facing western societies. In the UK the public are bombarded with negative press coverage of the National Health Service, which is often portrayed as in...

The UK is said to have been one of the most prolific reformers of its public administration. Successive reforms have been accompanied by claims that the changes would make the world a better place by transforming the way government worked. Despite much...

This original analysis of the creation of new state forms critically examines the political forces that enabled `more and better management' to be presented as a solution to the problems of the welfare state in Britain. Examining the micro-politics...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780860545033Author N J MayhewFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint BAR PublishingPublisher BAR PublishingWeight(grams) 973g

In their crusade to modernise public services, New Labour are giving vast amounts of taxpayers' money to management and IT systems consultants. They are everywhere - the Inland Revenue, MoD, Education Department, NHS and Downing Street. But are these...

Anthony Crosland bequeathed a significant intellectual legacy to the Labour Party. In this timely book, Patrick Diamond considers a wide range of Crosland's writings on the economy and politics, relating his ideas on egalitarian social democracy,...

Theories of the Policy Process provides a forum for the experts in policy process research to present the basic propositions, empirical evidence, latest updates, and the promising future research opportunities of each policy process theory.In this...

Can people alive now have duties to future generations, the unborn millions? If so, what do we owe them? What does "justice" mean in an intergenerational context, both between people who will coexist at some point, and between generations that will never...

Oxford University political theorist Stein Ringen offers a thought-provoking meditation on the art of democratic rule: how does a government persuade the people to accept its authority? Every government must make unpopular demands of its citizens, from...

Territory is shifting. No longer defined by the dotted line of the border or the national footprint of soil, today’s territories are enacted through data infrastructures. From subsea cables to server halls, these infrastructures underpin new forms of...

The strategies adopted by our governments and public officials can lead to significant change in citizens' lives - smoking bans, carbon markets, even the reunification of a country like Germany. Equally, strategic failure can result in highly visible...

Bob Jessop presents an up-to-date account of his distinctive approach to the dialectics of structure and strategy in the exercise of state power. While his earlier work critically surveys other state theories, this book focuses on the development of his...

In Anglo-Saxon countries there is a new and distinctive form of state: the busybody state. This state is defined by an attachment to bureaucratic procedures for their own sake: the rule for the sake of a rule; the form for the sake of a form. Its...

Illuminating and timely, this book offers an in depth exploration of a 20th century intellectual landmark, Harold Lasswell's proposal for the policy sciences. This proposal, though always controversial, stands out as a unique and comprehensive effort at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851247731Author Dexter WhitfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Spokesman BooksPublisher Spokesman BooksDimensions(mm) 210mm * 142mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845400606Author Stephen ProsserFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 450gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

First published in 1970, this seminal work remains one of the most comprehensive studies of the British central government. It explores key themes, including the role of specialist and professional civil servants, the interplay between administration and...

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of digital transformation in government and public administration. It covers various aspects of how governments take advantage of technology, artificial intelligence, knowledge management, and organizational...

Pakistan, since its independence in 1947, had to face tumultuous years for the first four decades. Despite the many challenges, both internal and external, the country was able to register a 6 per cent average annual growth rate during the first forty...

The Government Electronic and Mobile Services (GEMS) Maturity Index aims to measure the maturity of government services delivered through web portals and mobile applications in Arab countries. It is a tool that enables decision makers and policymakers to...

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has stated on several occasions that information and communication technologies (ICT) are not in themselves the answer to achieving efficiency and effectiveness in the public system, but...

This open access book examines the intricate connection between family and corruption within both the realms of business and government. While corruption is conventionally characterized as a socially harmful and ethically wrong phenomenon, and family is...

States of Emergency (1983) examines the co-ordinated Government planning in Britain to counter major strikes in vital industries, an effort that began in earnest during the aftermath of the First World War. Contingency planning by Whitehall ministers and...

Strategic planning deals with long-term goals and objectives. Performance management focusing on the performance of an organization, department, process, or employee-is what makes strategic planning work. Neither can be done without the other, but both...

Originally published in 1968, this book provides surveys of the Australian, French, German, Swedish and American systems of public administration. Previously unpublished material on the professional classes in Britain was made available which filled a...

Originally published in 1975, this book advocates a certain approach to the study of government: the focus should be institutional, the method comparative and the level practical. The book divides into 2 sections on political science and public...

This book describes the transition from basic automation to pervasive computing, ubiquitous computing, ambient intelligence, and the Internet of Things, and its effects on democratic decision-making and governance in Europe. It diagnoses a lack of...

In-depth yet accessible review of how Wales is funded and run, from the most respected political journalist in Wales - winner of many awards for investigative journalism both in Wales and the wider UK. 2% of Wales' railways are electrified vs. 25% in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780817303686Format PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint The University of Alabama PressPublisher The University of Alabama PressWeight(grams) 319g

First published in 1982, State Policies and Migration is a study on migration-related government action. This book consists of analyses of various rural reforms and industrial strategies in eight Latin American and Caribbean countries. The emphasis of...