Public Administration

This edited collection examines various facets of governance - the organization and steering of political processes within society - for a better u...

Drawing on international case studies from emerging economies and developing countries including South Africa, India, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Tunis...

Oxford University political theorist Stein Ringen offers a thought-provoking meditation on the art of democratic rule: how does a government persua...

Global justice is of every increasing importance in the contemporary political world. This volume brings a hitherto overlooked perspective the pol...

In the wake of the economic crisis, many public services are facing a challenging environment in which they receive less funding but are expected t...

By examining the various policy subfields of European economic integration such as agriculture, trade, banking, economic governance and sustainabil...

Grassroots Advocacy and Health Care Reform places a detailed account of how the Health Care for America Now campaign in Pennsylvania carried out co...

Grassroots Advocacy and Health Care Reform places a detailed account of how the Health Care for America Now campaign in Pennsylvania carried out co...

Learning from the successes and failures of others is a necessity in the field of public sector innovation. This book develops guidelines for polic...

This comparative study focuses on the changing relations between civil servants and politicians in the European Union in the last two decades. As w...

Governance of Public Sector Organizations a nalyzes recent changes in government administration by focusing on organizational forms and their effec...

A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. This book presents a new model of ac...

What are the factors of Lukashenka's longevity at the helm of power? This question is addressed in the context of Belarusian history and identity, ...

Why Public Service Matters conveys the importance, purpose, and nobility of a career as a civil servant in the United States. It does so, however, ...

Why Public Service Matters conveys the importance, purpose, and nobility of a career as a civil servant in the United States. It does so, however, ...

This book documents what happens when people encounter public officials. It draws on multi-national Barometer surveys asking questions about corrup...

Offices in Brussels representing the interests of regional actors in the EU have carved out a niche position within Europe's expanding multi-level ...

Sharp in focus and succinct in analysis, this Pivot examines the latest developments and scholarly debates surrounding the sources of the European ...

This collection improves our understanding of the problems associated to accountability in regulatory governance, focusing on audiences, controls a...

What Water is Worth addresses both conventional and non-conventional values of water, discussing the value of water as it relates to conventional m...

This volume contains the proceedings of the First International ICST Conference on Digital Business (DigiBiz 2009), hosted by City University Londo...

One of the solutions proposed by the European Union to remedy the effects of the 2008 economic crisis is to increase female labour participation. T...