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Addressing the Human Capital Crisis in the Federal Government
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 52.95President Bush's number-one management initiative for the federal government is the Strategic Management of Human Capital. According to Knowledgeworkers.com, human capital is the accumulated value of an individual's intellect, knowledge, and experience. In the U.S. federal government, a human capital crisis exists. The factors contributing to a human... more...
Advocacy Organizations and Collective Action
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 27.00A new agenda for studying advocacy organizations which treats them as 'firms' operating in policy markets. more...
Assessing the Tradecraft of Intelligence Analysis
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95This report assesses the tradecraft of intelligence analysis across the main U.S. intelligence agencies, such as the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, and recommends improvements. The report makes a number of recommendations for improving analysis for a world of threats very different from that of the Cold War. It focuses... more...
At the Center of the Storm
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 13.99In the whirlwind of accusations and recriminations that emerged in the wake of 9/11 and the Iraq war, one man's vital testimony has been conspicuously absent. Candid and gripping, At the Center of the Storm recounts George Tenet's time at the Central Intelligence Agency, a revealing look at the inner workings of the most important intelligence... more...
Auf dem Weg zu einer "Achse Berlin-London"? - Die deutsch-britischen Beziehungen im Rahmen der Europäischen Union unter Gerhard Schröder und Tony Blair (1998-2002)
Diplomica Verlag 2011; US$ 48.52Hauptbeschreibung Mit dem Amtsantritt Tony Blairs im Vereinigten Königreich 1997 und Gerhard Schröders in Deutschland 1998 scheint eine neue Ära in den deutsch-britischen Beziehungen anzubrechen. Politische Beobachter erwarten in dieser Zeit eine stärkere Zusammenarbeit beider Länder, besonders im Rahmen der Europäischen Union (EU). Es scheint als... more...
Bicameralism
Cambridge University Press 1997; US$ 32.00This book examines how the chambers of bicameral legislatures interact when they produce legislation. more...
The Black Box of Governmental Learning
World Bank Publications 2010; US$ 14.99Little is known about how governments learn best or what exactly makes them change their behavior in a targeted way. Governments consist of thousands of state officials and numerous institutional unitsthe executive branch, parliaments, the judiciary, and the civil servicewhich function under unique political conditions and environments.... more...
Changing Local Governance, Changing Citizens
The Policy Press 2009; US$ 42.95Mixing policy discussion and empirical work by leading researchers in the field, "Changing local governance, changing citizens" aims to explain what debates about local governance mean for local people. more...
City of Dust
Pearson Education 2010; US$ 25.99In City of Dust , Anthony DePalma offers the first full accounting of one of the gravest environmental catastrophes in United States history. The destruction on 9/11 of two of the world's largest buildings unleashed a vortex of dust and ash that blotted out the sun and has distorted science, medicine and public policy ever since. The likely dangers... more...









