Public Administration

‘A diplomatic genius’ Gordon Brown‘Tom Fletcher is the essential diplomat, and was my support and sounding board about virtually every country on e...

This book presents a balanced and accessible introduction to the core issues and challenges of development. It covers the key aspects of developmen...

This book investigates the deep linkages between gender and grassroots politics. It studies how women candidates in Bangladesh are elected in reser...

State governments are responsible for most of the direct domestic spending that affects the well-being of their citizens. Fiscal stability, importa...

The classic book that established the principles and methods of modern intelligence analysisWith the outbreak of the Second World War, historian Sh...

State governments are responsible for most of the direct domestic spending that affects the well-being of their citizens. Fiscal stability, importa...

This book details the fundamentals of development studies by adopting a multi-disciplinary approach. It presents a balanced mix of economic, social...

This book presents a balanced and accessible introduction to the core issues and challenges of development. It covers the key aspects of developmen...

The classic book that established the principles and methods of modern intelligence analysisWith the outbreak of the Second World War, historian Sh...

This book details the fundamentals of development studies by adopting a multi-disciplinary approach. It presents a balanced mix of economic, social...

Why and how did South Korea become the world’s top digital government leader? This book examines the Korean model and how it is different from the ...

What does it mean to be a successful working parent? And how do working parents cope in the United States, the only developed nation with no paid p...

The Dictionary of Public Policy and Administration offers definitions of all the key terms, concepts, processes and practices of contemporary publi...

Most African countries are in dire need of more tax revenue. In 28 out of 45 countries with a value-added tax (VAT), total tax revenue as a percent...

This book is about the building of alliances and about joint activities between two groups of social movement actors ascribed increasing relevance ...

This book is based upon and extends the theoretical and empirical work of the author over the last decade. It integrates material deriving from his...

Within the public sector, strategies are not designed to influence markets, but instead to guide operations within a complex environment of multila...

This book investigates the political implications of country promotion through practices of ‘nation-branding’ by drawing on contemporary examples f...

Long Term Perspectives in Evaluation is the first book to advocate the virtues of a long-term perspective for policy evaluation as well as to show ...

Many books on performance management or evaluation are about the public sector in general or specifically about some programs or organizations. Onl...

The History of the United States Civil Service: From the Postwar Years to the Twenty-First Century provides a broad, comprehensive overview of the ...

The History of the United States Civil Service: From the Postwar Years to the Twenty-First Century provides a broad, comprehensive overview of the ...

Bottom-up case studies, drawn from the perspective of ordinary Africans’ experiences with state bureaucracies, structures, and services, reveal how...