Regional Government

If we are becoming increasingly disconnected from our local communities, are there implications for health, well being and happiness, particularly ...

This handbook explores crime, deviance and punishment in the Caribbean with a focus on marginalized perspectives from scholars in the Caribbean. It...

This edited book brings together a range of expert voices academics, researchers, practitioners, activists, and policy leads who are responding t...

Der Open-Access Band diskutiert das neue Bürgergeld in seiner sozialpolitischen Geschichte und Bedeutung. Das seit 2023 in Deutschland geltende Bür...

Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope: Academic Action on Truth and Reconciliation invites and demonstrates actions by academics in relation to some of t...

A bold and unique introduction to UK Politics. This is the first textbook which breaks free from the conventional approaches that revolve around th...

A bold and unique introduction to UK Politics. This is the first textbook which breaks free from the conventional approaches that revolve around th...

This open access book offers a comprehensive analysis of Chinas way of economic development balancing between efficiency and equity, striving to in...

This how-to book on planning and managing GIS within local government describes and details the key components of a successful enterprise, sustaina...

Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, but in the subsequent ten years, the city has demonstrated both remarkable resilience and frustra...

Recounts the volatile period following the end of the Civil War, when Southern whites were forced to concede equal rights to former slaves, usherin...

This comprehensive scholarly book on comparative federalism and the Covid-19 pandemic is written by some of the worlds leading federal scholars and...

How can social cohesion be achieved in a meritocratic and multicultural global city-state? Meritocracy poses a paradox: On one hand, it integrates ...

During the Qing dynasty (16441911), the province emerged as an important element in the management of the expanding Chinese empire, with governors ...

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

Arguing that our laws are skewed to benefit entrenched homeowners, at the expense of newcomers and lower-income households, this book advocates bot...

This study explores the idea voiced by journalist Henry McDonald that the Protestant, Unionist and Loyalist tribes of Ulster are 'the least fashion...

This book explores the possibilities and difficulties of living with HIV and ARVs, or antiretroviral treatment, today. It draws on HIV-positive peo...

The Scottish Labour Party is in an unprecedented position. Having been the leading party in Scotland for fifty years it lost an election and office...

The Scottish Labour Party is in an unprecedented position. Having been the leading party in Scotland for fifty years it lost an election and office...

This book investigates for the first time the parallels between two island appendages of much larger governments - Okinawa, Japan's southernmost is...

This book investigates for the first time the parallels between two island appendages of much larger governments - Okinawa, Japan's southernmost is...

To what extent does participation in one particular domain of public life lead to wider participation in other areas? Through the use of an unprece...