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True Green: Executive Effectiveness in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by Gerald Andrews Emison 9780739190708
Booksplease Price: £51.70Drawing on the careers of senior executives of the US Environmental Protection Agency, True Green identifies the concrete actions that work in protecting our nation's environment. By examining the... -
Late Soviet Britain: Why Materialist Utopias Fail by Abby Innes 9781009373623
RRP: £80.00Booksplease Price: £76.70Why has the United Kingdom, historically one of the strongest democracies in the world, become so unstable? What changed? This book demonstrates that a major part of the answer lies in the... -
Imperial Institutions in Ancient Rome and Early China: A Comparative Analysis Michael Loewe 9781350445116
Booksplease Price: £75.81Written by the eminent sinologist Michael Loewe, this book gives an overview of the considerations and practices of two major world empires that together ruled one-half of the earth's population in... -
Building a Capable State: Service Delivery in Post-Apartheid South Africa by Ian Palmer 9781783609642
Booksplease Price: £33.44The sustainable development goals signed in 2016 marked a new phase in global development thinking, one which is focused on ecologically and fiscally sustainable human settlements. Few countries... -
Public Administration and Policy in Korea: Its Evolution and Challenges by Keun Namkoong 9780367350703
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £42.54The present Korean public administration and policy system has shown very significant differences compared to the system in 1970s. This book provides a comprehensive and holistic view on the... -
Understanding the European Union John McCormick 9781350517059
RRP: £32.99Booksplease Price: £30.41This is the must-have introduction to the European Union. A primer on the EU's history, institutions, and politics, this brief and engaging textbook reviews the challenges and opportunities faced by... -
Public Management in an Information Age: Towards Strategic Public Information Management Albert Meijer (Utrecht University, Netherlands) 9781350343870
Booksplease Price: £43.09New information and communication technologies have drastically changed public management. Public managers are increasingly dependent on information gathered form complex systems and they need to be... -
Tangled Governance: International Regime Complexity, the Troika, and the Euro Crisis by C. Randall Henning 9780198801801
Booksplease Price: £44.36Tangled Governance addresses the institutions that were deployed to fight the euro crisis, reestablish financial stability in Europe, and prevent contagion to the rest of the world. Henning explains... -
Polling and the Public: What Every Citizen Should Know by Herbert B. Asher 9781506352428
Booksplease Price: £63.82Polling and the Public helps readers become savvy consumers of public opinion polls, offering solid grounding on how the media cover them, their use in campaigns and elections, and their... -
The Trouble with Lawyers by Deborah L. Rhode 9780190933753
Booksplease Price: £28.55By any measure, the law as a profession is in serious trouble. Americans' trust in lawyers is at a low, and many members of the profession wish they had chosen a different path. Law schools, with... -
A World of Three Cultures: Honor, Achievement and Joy by Miguel E. Basanez 9780190270377
Booksplease Price: £45.60In this book, Miguel Basanez presents a provocative look at the impact of culture on global development. Drawing on data from governments, NGOs, the World Values Survey and more addressing over one... -
How Autocrats Compete: Parties, Patrons, and Unfair Elections in Africa by Yonatan L. Morse
RRP: £38.00Booksplease Price: £37.44Most autocrats now hold unfair elections, yet how they compete in them and manipulate them differs greatly. How Autocrats Compete advances a theory that explains variation in electoral authoritarian... -
Educational Game Design Fundamentals: A Journey to Creating Intrinsically Motivating Learning Experiences George Kalmpourtzis 9781138631540
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £50.19Can we learn through play? Can we really play while learning?Of course! But how?!We all learn and educate others in our own unique ways. Successful educational games adapt to the particular learning... -
The Impact of Incomplete Contracts on Economics by Philippe Aghion
RRP: £55.00Booksplease Price: £54.03The 1986 article by Grossman and Hart "A Theory of Vertical and Lateral Integration " has provided a framework for understanding how firm boundaries are defined and how they affect economic... -
Party Politics and Economic Reform in Africa's Democracies by M. Anne Pitcher 9780521738262
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £28.78In Party Politics and Economic Reform in Africa's Democracies, M. Anne Pitcher offers an engaging new theory to explain the different trajectories of private sector development across contemporary... -
Party Politics and Economic Reform in Africa's Democracies by M. Anne Pitcher 9780521449625
RRP: £78.00Booksplease Price: £74.63In Party Politics and Economic Reform in Africa's Democracies, M. Anne Pitcher offers an engaging new theory to explain the different trajectories of private sector development across contemporary... -
American Government: Constitutional Democracy Under Pressure Cal Jillson 9781032885087
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £38.29American Government: Constitutional Democracy Under Pressure highlights the dangerous tension between our constitutional principles and institutions and the populist heat that sometimes roils our... -
Russian Government and Politics by Eric Shiraev 9781352007787
Booksplease Price: £46.14Few countries have been transformed as rapidly and dramatically as Russia since the end of the Communist regime. Yet the more that certain things change in Russia, the more others remain the same... -
The Bank War and the Partisan Press: Newspapers, Financial Institutions, and the Post Office in Jacksonian America by Stephen Campbell
RRP: £44.00Booksplease Price: £36.40President Andrew Jackson's conflict with the Second Bank of the United States was one of the most consequential political struggles in the early nineteenth century. A fight over the bank's... -
Cross-Cultural Design for Healthy Ageing by Lisa Scharoun
RRP: £34.00Booksplease Price: £31.52This book is based on many years of research and practical pedagogical experiences around cross-cultural and multidisciplinary design for healthy ageing. It provides important insight into origins,... -
Ambassadors at Sea: The High and Low Adventures of a Diplomat by Henry E. Catto, Jr.
RRP: £31.00Booksplease Price: £26.91In 1969, Henry Catto was selling insurance in San Antonio, Texas. Just twenty years later, he presented his credentials as ambassador to the Court of St. James's to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II,... -
Mobility as Capability: Women in the Indian Informal Economy by Nikhila Menon
RRP: £75.00Booksplease Price: £71.97This book highlights accounts of women workers to capture the domains of gendered mobility, which challenges the exalted status conferred on women in the Kerala model of development. It contests and... -
Innovation Commons: The Origin of Economic Growth by Jason Potts 9780190937508
Booksplease Price: £35.55Innovation is among the most important topics in understanding economic sustained economic growth. Jason Potts argues that the initial stages of innovation require cooperation under uncertainty and... -
Artificial Intelligence in Forensic Science: An Emerging Technology in Criminal Investigation Systems Kavita Saini 9781032263366
RRP: £73.99Booksplease Price: £67.74Artificial Intelligence in Forensic Science addresses the current and emerging opportunities being utilized to apply modern Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to current forensic and... -
ISO 26000 - A Standardized View on Corporate Social Responsibility: Practices, Cases and Controversies by Samuel O. Idowu 9783030064815
Booksplease Price: £91.98This book provides a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the ISO 26000 standard for social responsibility (SR) in businesses and corporations. In addition to discussing the standard's focus on... -
Transforming Healthcare with Big Data: A Practical Guide for Big Data in Healthcare Systems Ahmed Mohamed 9781041005391
Booksplease Price: £60.08Healthcare organizations are utilizing big data for improved data analytics and performance measurements. This book provides a comprehensive framework integrating 41 components, emphasizing data... -
The Legitimacy Puzzle in Latin America: Political Support and Democracy in Eight Nations by John A. Booth
RRP: £88.00Booksplease Price: £80.25Political scientists have worried about declining levels of citizens' support for their regimes (legitimacy), but have failed to empirically link this decline to the survival or breakdown of... -
Continuity and Change in Public Policy and Management by Christopher Pollitt 9780857935434
RRP: £30.95Booksplease Price: £29.70Continuity and Change in Public Policy and Management offers a major reconsideration of patterns in long-term policymaking and organizational change. Christopher Pollitt and Geert Bouckaert use... -
How Autocrats Compete: Parties, Patrons, and Unfair Elections in Africa Yonatan L. Morse (University of Connecticut) 9781108474764
RRP: £105.00Booksplease Price: £99.43Most autocrats now hold unfair elections, yet how they compete in them and manipulate them differs greatly. How Autocrats Compete advances a theory that explains variation in electoral authoritarian... -
Continuity and Change in Public Policy and Management by Christopher Pollitt 9781848443082
Booksplease Price: £111.10Continuity and Change in Public Policy and Management offers a major reconsideration of patterns in long-term policymaking and organizational change. Christopher Pollitt and Geert Bouckaert use... -
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Cases, Materials, and Commentary by Sarah Joseph 9780198733744
Booksplease Price: £99.02Now in its third edition, this book is the authoritative text on one of the world's most important human rights treaties, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The Covenant is of... -
Improving Psychiatric Care for Older People: Barbara Robb's Campaign 1965-1975 by Claire Hilton 9783319548128
Booksplease Price: £21.99This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This book tells the story of Barbara Robb and her pressure group, Aid for the Elderly in Government Institutions (AEGIS). In 1965, Barbara visited... -
Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies for Giant Leaps in Work and Life by Ozan Varol
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.08New ways to think in unprecedented times.Named a "must read" by Susan Cain, "endlessly fascinating" by Daniel Pink, and "bursting with practical insights" by Adam Grant.In this accessible and... -
Adventures in Social Research: Data Analysis Using IBM SPSS Statistics Earl R. Babbie 9781544398006
Booksplease Price: £118.51This text provides a practical, hands-on introduction to data conceptualization, measurement, and association through active learning. Students get step-by-step instruction on data analysis using the... -
Higher Education System Reform: An International Comparison after Twenty Years of Bologna by Bruno Broucker 9789004400108
Booksplease Price: £57.90The Bologna Declaration started the development of the European Higher Education Area. The ensuing Bologna Process has run for already 20 years now. In the meantime many higher education systems in... -
Multinational Firms in China: Entry Strategies, Competition, and Firm Performance by Sea-Jin Chang 9780198743231
Booksplease Price: £40.58As a consequence of aggressive competition, Chinese industries have become increasingly consolidated. While the extent to which emerging local firms can challenge well-established multinational firms... -
People, Planet and Profit: Socio-Economic Perspectives of CSR Samuel O. Idowu 9781032836959
RRP: £36.99Booksplease Price: £35.44It is no longer the case that it EURO s only society which benefits from CSR actions. A corporation actually helps itself when operating sustainably and does well because of its triple bottom line... -
The Legitimacy Puzzle in Latin America: Political Support and Democracy in Eight Nations by John A. Booth 9780521734202
RRP: £32.00Booksplease Price: £30.45Political scientists have worried about declining levels of citizens' support for their regimes (legitimacy), but have failed to empirically link this decline to the survival or breakdown of... -
The Criminal Cases Review Commission: Hope for the Innocent? by Michael Naughton 9780230390614
Booksplease Price: £46.28This book focuses on the world's first publicly-funded body- the Criminal Cases Review Commission- to review alleged miscarriages of justice, set up following notorious cases such as the Birmingham... -
The Legislature in Nigeria’s Presidential Democracy of the Fourth Republic: Power, Process, and Development by Omololu Fagbadebo 9783031246944
RRP: £119.99Booksplease Price: £112.12This book investigates whether legislative institutions, state and national, in Nigeria's Fourth Republic have been able to harness constitutional powers to impact public policy. Presenting how the...