Regional Government

This book comprehensively applies social gender theory, life course theory, and spatiotemporal sociology theory to explore social work actions for ...

As China's economic development continues to improve in overall quality as well as regional integration and coordination, this book gives an overvi...

This book brings together the insights from professional associations who involved in developing relevant national standards in China, domestic and...

This book delves into the values, attitudes, and behaviours of Koreans over the course of the past twenty years. Compiled by leading Korean scholar...

How grassroots activism transforms contemporary urban politics in Philadelphia and beyond Immigration, gentrification, and the rise of an innovatio...

This anthology, Urban Planning and Design for Megacities in the Global South: Smart and Sustainable Development, sheds light on the intricate dynam...

This book focuses on the influence of socio-economic and land-use policies on the commuting problems and quality of life of the poor in Singapore a...

This edited book was produced through a transnational and transdisciplinary UNESCO Chair Project on Gender and Vulnerability in Disaster Risk Reduc...

This book dives into the histories of nation-state-building and curriculum formation to explore the ways that they intertwine, form and inform each...

This book offers a multidisciplinary perspective on the relationship between spirituality and the contemporary city, starting from a thought of Pop...

Budgeting for Local Governments and Communities is designed as the primary textbook for a quarter or semester-long course in public budgeting and f...

The ambition of the Scottish Government is to create a wealthier and fairer nation. Following the devolution acts of 1998, 2012 and 2016, it has ex...

Drawing on classical and emerging research perspectives, this comprehensive book provides an up-to-date review of local government in Europe. Feat...

City Politics has received praise for the clarity of its writing, careful research, and distinctive theme that urban politics in the United States...

This book gives a brief review of current development models and governance of urban sharing platforms, and looks into the economic efficiency of a...

First published in 1956, Epitaph to Indirect Rule compares the old order of colonial government, represented by the Indirect Rule system, with the ...

The effects of neoliberal economic reforms in the Southern Mediterranean are now widely regarded as a main underlying cause of the Arab uprisings. ...

Regionalization in general and regional integration in particular have taken place at a growing pace since the end of the Cold War, when states wer...

With the demise of the Old Regionalist project of achieving good regional governance through amalgamation, voluntary collaboration has become the m...

What happens to the citizen when states and nations come into being? How do the different ways in which states and nations exist define relations b...

By the year 2050, the population of the United States is projected to be approximately half white and half non-white. Yet the knowledge of child d...

The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by the UN General Assembly in 2015 represents the latest attempt by the international comm...