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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781950794164Author Richard Dien WinfieldFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Deeds PublishingPublisher Deeds PublishingWeight(grams) 626g

Offering an in-depth exploration of the security challenges posed by COVID-19, Gunaratna, Aslam, and their contributors present a comprehensive collection of thematic and country-specific analyses on post-pandemic planetary health strategies. This book...

Dominant social work and social care discourses on 'race' and ethnicity often fail to incorporate an Irish dimension. This book challenges this omission and provides new insights into how social work has engaged with Irish children and their families,...

This edited book provides a hard-hitting and deliberately provocative overview of the relationship between evidence, policy and practice, how policy is implemented and how research can and should influence the policy process. It critiques the notion of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781449762131Author Alipio BaldiFormat PaperbackPage Count 504Imprint Westbow PressPublisher Westbow PressWeight(grams) 635g

This book explores rising labor unrest in China as it integrates into the global political economy. The book highlights the tensions present between China's efforts to internationalize and accept claims to respect freedom of association rights, and its...

Beyond Delivery sets out a critique of the mechanical ways in which some policy makers seek to exercise governance over the implementation of their policies. It offers a timely critique of the current British government's approach.Book InformationISBN...

Urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa has historic roots, and though it has accelerated in recent decades, it retains distinctive forms. This book explores sub-Saharan urbanism through a detailed and wide-ranging study of Maputo, Mozambique, covering...

By 2010, 260 million citizens were living outside of their permanent hukou location, a major challenge to the constrictive Mao-era system of migration and settlement planning. Jason Young shows how these new forces have been received by the state and...

The book explores the claim that English local government exists in one of the most centralised relationships with national government. Such a position fundamentally undermines any notion of local self-government and makes the term 'government' in local...

Drawing on a diverse array of international case studies, this book provides an in-depth analysis of how information, exposure, and locative fears shaped global responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. It presents a nuanced understanding of health behavior...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604777147Author Robert L HeichbergerFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Townhall PressPublisher Townhall PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604777499Author Robert L HeichbergerFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Townhall PressPublisher Townhall PressWeight(grams) 152g

Restoring the ideas and ideals of classical liberalism, this collection shows how its contemporary exponents defend such pillars of free societies as individual rights, human dignity, market processes, and the rule of law. The quest for freedom has...

Local Government in the Soviet Union (1987) analyses the Soviet Union’s limited success in improving local government between in the 1960s to 1980s, as the country made a drive toward centralized policy control. It examines the institutional framework...

Created to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Bailey and Brake's seminal text Radical Social Work (1975), this volume seeks to explore the radical tradition within social work and assess its legacy, relevance and prospects. With a foreword by Roy Bailey,...

The vital contribution of our towns and cities to economic, social and cultural well-being is at the heart of government policy making at local, national and international levels. At the same time the need to understand the changing nature of cities is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815731818Author Jose A. Gomez-IbanezFormat PaperbackPage Count 600Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...

Much of the waste in public administration is ascribable to the displacement of the primary concern for performance and coordination by a primary concern for redistribution. In each sphere of activities, it has led to unreasonable rules inspired by...

Responding to increasing interest in the movement of policies between places, sites and settings, this timely book presents a critical alternative to approaches centred on ideas of policy transfer, dissemination or learning. Written by key people in the...

Informed by theories of international relations, this book assesses global political conflicts over cyberspace. It also analyzes the unique governance challenges that the Internet presents, both in terms of technical problems and control over content...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765119471Author Carol M. GlenFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

COVID-19 is the most challenging crisis the world has faced for almost a century. As a truly global pandemic, there is not a single country on earth - or even a single person - immune to the economic, political and social impact of the devastating virus...

This series presents selected research papers dealing with important methodological and theoretical issues in the policy sciences, with research in policy-related disciplines, and applied research on issues in public policy analysis and public management...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781921536700Author John WannaFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint ANU PressPublisher ANU Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781449762148Author Alipio BaldiFormat HardbackPage Count 504Imprint Westbow PressPublisher Westbow PressWeight(grams) 773g

Judicial Behavior and Policymaking introduces students to the politics of judging, exploring why judges make the decisions they do, who has the power to influence judicial decision-making, and what the consequences of court decisions are for policymaking...

This book examines US recourse to military force in the post-9/11 era. In particular, it evaluates the extent to which the Bush and Obama administrations viewed legitimizing the greater use-of-force as a necessary solution to thwart the security threat...

In this book David E. McNabb and Carl R. Swenson blend their different experiences to outline the nature of the crises government leaders now face. Together they provide a foundation of knowledge from which current and future elected leaders, policy...

Contemporary Soviet Government (1975) is a leading study of the practice of Soviet government, examined against a background of Soviet Marxism. It presents an analysis of the Soviet political system since the death of Stalin, and places considerable...

This up-to-date second-edition work will stimulate and clarify readers' thinking on the key issues surrounding guns in the United States-especially on the debate over gun control. Most public debate and discussion about guns in U.S. society is rarely...

Rulemaking refines, and in some instances defines, the mission of every government agency and affects the lives and activities of all citizens and often non-citizens. It provides directions and content for budgeting, program implementation, procurement,...

This book defines China's road towards modernization with Chinese characteristics by systematically examining a typical Chinese political process - the National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), during which diverse opinions are collected...

Thought-provoking analysis of how illiberalism, major crises and digital transformation are changing our politico-administrative systemsWhat does the future hold for the public sector? A convergence of illiberalism, major crises, system quakes and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798987722633Author Tim UrbanFormat HardbackPage Count 596Imprint Wait But WhyPublisher Wait But WhyWeight(grams) 1243g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798987722626Author Tim UrbanFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Wait But WhyPublisher Wait But WhyWeight(grams) 885g

The book provides a pioneering overview of the evolution of the local government and urban policy in Cape Verde after independence, offering a multi-scale perspective of local governance in Cape Verde from 1970 - 2020. ​ It examines the process of urban...

This book analyses the challenges facing the European Union through the frame of the rule of law. It shows how over the last decades the increased dissensus and contestation of the rule of law has given rise to heightened tensions between national and EU...

This book is the first of its kind to offer an understanding, analysis, and prediction of the state of civil society in Bangladesh in relation to development and democracy. It is a research attempt to reveal the paradox found in developing countries like...

This book provides a critical analysis of mainstreaming as one of the major contemporary trends in immigrant integration governance in Europe. Bringing together unique empirical material and theoretical insights on mainstreaming, it examines how, why and...