Central Government Policies

In Making the Most of Mess, Emery Roe emphasizes that policy messes cannot be avoided or cleaned up; they need to be managed. He shows how policyma...

A guide by which practitioners can expand their repertoire of organizational roles

In an age of multiculturalism and identity politics, many minority groups seek some form of official recognition or public accommodation of their i...

Religious Freedom in the World profiles 101 countries and territories, which between them contain more than 95 percent of the world's population, a...

In 2013, the Supreme Court ruled in Canada v. Bedford that key prostitution laws were unconstitutional. The decision provoked wide interest but lit...

In the spring of 2007, National Geographic warned, "The oceans are in deep blue trouble. From the northernmost reaches of the Greenland Sea to the ...

The National Endowment for the Arts is often accused of embodying a liberal agenda within the American government. In Federalizing the Muse, Donna ...

On a spectrum of hostility towards migrants, South Africa ranks at the top, Germany in the middle and Canada at the bottom. South African xenophobi...

Am 9. April 1996 ging das Veranstaltungszentrum der viel beachteten Osttiroler Kulturinitiative «Villgrater Kulturwiese» in Flammen auf. Brandstift...

Home to Ellis Island, New Jersey has been the first stop for many immigrant groups for well over a century. Yet in this highly diverse state, some ...

The homeless have the legal right to exist in modern American cities, yet antihomeless ordinances deny them access to many public spaces. How did p...

Rejecting the notion that policy analysis and planning are value-free technical endeavors, an argumentative approach takes into account the ways th...

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of how, and under which conditions, regulators in the social sectors are able to influence politic...

Rush to Policy explores the appropriate role of technical analysis in policy formation. The authors ask when and how the use of sophisticated analy...

The pursuit of political power is strategic as never before. Ministers, MPs, and candidates parrot the same catchphrases. The public service has be...

The literature on comparative immigration policy is full of studies of policy disasters. Such works show policymakers what to avoid, yet those indi...

Since the 1960s, bilingualism has become a defining aspect of Canadian identity. And yet, today, relatively few English Canadians speak or choose t...

Originally published in 1983 Approaches to Welfare provides a unique introduction to the study of social welfare in Britain. The contributions, by ...

Presenting case studies and comparisons across seven countries, this book addresses key questions as to the nature of state fragility, policies use...

The new edition of Cops, Teachers, Counselors furthers the exploration of forces that shape the contours of frontline work. This line of inquiry is...

This book presents the findings of new empirical research regarding shifts in public discourses and attitudes in Greek society as a result of the c...