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  • Government of the Futureby OECD Publishing

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2001; US$ 33.00

    What keeps governments awake at night? - How can governments best prepare themselves for current and future reform challenges? - How can a public sector develop a culture responsive to change? - What types of leaders are needed? - How can governments better communicate with citizens? - How can governments avoid "reform fatigue"? In the face of challenges and opportunities posed by globalisation, rapidly evolving technologies, changing demographics, rising citizen expectations, and competition from the private sector, governments need to continue to explore and exploit new ways of working. This book (based on the proceedings of the OECD Symposium "Government of the Future: Getting from Here to There") looks at the way public... more...

  • Governing from Belowby Jefferey M. Sellers

    Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 38.00

    This book documents the growth of urban governance and analyses its causes and consequences. more...

  • Bootstrapping Democracyby Gianpaolo Baiocchi; Patrick Heller; Marcelo Silva

    Stanford University Press 2011; US$ 21.95

    Despite increasing interest in how involvement in local government can improve governance and lead to civic renewal, questions remain about participation's real impact. This book investigates participatory budgeting—a mainstay now of World Bank, UNDP, and USAID development programs—to ask whether its reforms truly make a difference in deepening democracy and empowering civil society. Looking closely at eight cities in Brazil, comparing those that carried out participatory budgeting reforms between 1997 and 2000 with those that did not, the authors examine whether and how institutional reforms take effect. Bootstrapping Democracy highlights the importance of local-level innovations and democratic advances, charting a middle path... more...

  • Handbuch Kommunale Sozialpolitikby Heinz-Jürgen Dahme

    Springer Fachmedien 2011; US$ 59.95

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  • Coronelismoby Victor Nunes Leal

    Cambridge University Press 1977; US$ 30.00

    Since its first appearance in Brazil in 1949, Victor Nunes Leal's Coronelismo, Enxada e Voto has come to be recognised as a classic analysis of the system. more...

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