Public Administration

This book analyses labour inspectors discretionary practices in handling complex cases of labour exploitation in the Italian context. By outlining ...

This book examines Max Weber's understanding of bureaucracy by applying his ideas to the development of officialdom from the ninth century to the p...

This book uses an open, explorative approach to deal with the different aspects of gender discrimination and gender empowerment policies, as well a...

This open access book provides the first in-depth study of the development of federal gender equality politics and policy in Australia from the 197...

The traditional concept of the nation-state as the key player in global affairs is being challenged by the forces of globalization, technological p...

This book analyses the implications of sustainability on public financial management in Europe. Public sector entities at national, regional, and m...

Politically correct pundits have been attempting to relegate Standard English to the status of a dialect, since they have succumbed to the idea tha...

This open access book critically examines how discourses and policies target and exclude migrants and their families in Europe and North America al...

This book presents a series of interconnected studies designed to understand systemic corruption in local governments. Coined as the Corruption Con...

In 1956 W. E. B. Du Bois was denied a passport to attend the Présence Africaine Congress of Black Writers and Artists in Paris. So he sent the asse...