Regional Government Policies

Very rarely has peace and conflict studies been combined with public administration research. This book brings together theories from conflict reso...

Even as Donald Trumps election has galvanized anti-immigration politics, many local governments have welcomed immigrants, some even going so far as...

This book provides a detailed exploration of the way in which administrative and judicial offices and practices provided an essential space for pol...

1 July 1997 marked the end of British rule of Hong Kong, whereby this territory was passed into the hands of the People's Republic of China. In 19...

This is an important book about one of England''s most fascinating regions - Yorkshire. Colin Speakman explores Yorkshire''s origin as an independe...

Corruption and ineffectiveness are often expected of public servants in developing countries. However, some groups within these states are distinct...

This book draws on original research to consider the connections between childcare, family lives and social policy. The research, located in Wales ...

Equality of opportunity is a contested concept. It evokes strong emotions from proponents and opponents alike. Enduring issues of inequality and di...

An innovative advanced-undergraduate and graduate-level textbook in urban economicsWith more than half of todays global GDP being produced by appro...

Corruption and ineffectiveness are often expected of public servants in developing countries. However, some groups within these states are distinct...

Topical and up to date, Talons of the Eagle: Latin America, the United States, and the World, Fifth Edition, presents an eminent scholar's perspect...

Concern. Compassion. Doubt. Despair. Anger. Hope. Imagine juggling these feelings every day in a situation where your ability to manage them could ...

Austerity has left local government struggling to meet the demands for local services. In this context, this book asks `what are the fundamental pr...

This encyclopedia presents important research on Turkey. Some of the topics discussed herein include the prospects and challenges involved in Turke...

Starting as a civil uprising calling for liberal reforms in March 2011, the unrest in Syria rapidly deteriorated into a proxy-led armed conflict in...

In 1999, Texas passed a landmark clean energy law, beginning a groundswell of new policies that promised to make the US a world leader in renewable...

Throughout the twentieth century, Wales underwent rapid and far-reaching economic upheavals on such a scale that few avoided their impacts from re...

Everywhere we turn in Canadian local politics from policing to transit, education to public health, planning to utilities we encounter a peculiar...

Coping with Adversity addresses the question of why some metropolitan-area regional economies are resilient in the face of economic shocks and chro...

This is the first book that focuses on the entrenched, fundamental divergence between the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal and Macau's Tribunal de Ú...

Even as Donald Trumps election has galvanized anti-immigration politics, many local governments have welcomed immigrants, some even going so far as...