Civil Service & Public Sector

Sharabi argues that the historical patriarchal authority structure of the Middle East has not succumbed to modernization and disappeared or even be...

PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND POLICY ADMINISTRATION SERIES Edited by Donald KettlHow should a manager handle different accountability expectations? While a co...

Policy making is not only about the cut and thrust of politics. It is also a bureaucratic activity. Long before laws are drafted, policy commitment...

The core theme of the book is the importance of an independent state audit to ensure that the Executive is held accountable to Parliament. Instilli...

In most municipalities across Canada, the top public servant is the chief administrative officer (CAO) or city manager. Compared to elected politic...

With the resources of both governments and traditional philanthropy barely growing or in decline, yet the problems of poverty, ill-health and envir...

Women remain dramatically underrepresented in elective office, including in entry-level political offices. While they enjoy the freedom to stand fo...

Over the past decade, putting public services on-line has been a focus of huge policy and financial investments aimed at providing more joined-up s...

Our economies face constant challenges from many different directions. Structural reforms are implemented every day, either to grasp the benefits o...

This book is a history of the Irish civil service and its response to revolutionary changes in the State. It examines the response of the civil ser...

Can we rely on the altruism of professionals or the public service ethos to deliver good quality health and education services? And how should pati...

The traditional understandings that structure the relationships between public servants and the wider political system are said to have undergone c...

The New Energy Paradigm provides an overview of the current energy policy debate, contextualized by the oil shock from 2000, and considers how the ...

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 ...

The definitive guide to people in power in every part of the world.* The world's top decision makers in one volume* details more than 17,500 govern...

Battery Park City in Manhattan has been hailed as a triumph of urban design, and is considered to be one of the success stories of American urban r...

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. The Trojan H...

Peterson's® Master the™ Civil Service Exams is a comprehensive, step-by-step preparation guide for those seeking a position with the federal govern...

Filled with stories of successful social change leadership in diverse contexts, this book demonstrates that the best change agents love the people ...

Filled with stories of successful social change leadership in diverse contexts, this book demonstrates that the best change agents love the people ...