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Open Government (Routledge Revivals)
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 42.95First published in 1987 this book considers the practical implications of increasing public access to official information in Britain, both from the perspective of increasing Freedom of Information and reforming Section 2 of the Official Secrets Act. It draws attention to the practical problems such changes would pose for both politicians and civil... more...
Leadership in the British Civil Service (Routledge Revivals)
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 42.95First published in 1984, this book examines the style of leadership amongst senior civil servants and its impact on administrative reform by investigating the work of Sir Percival Waterfield who was First Civil Service Commissioner from 1939 to 1951. He was responsible for setting up the Civil Service Selection Board which was the key institution... more...
Parliament and Diaspora in Europe
Palgrave Macmillan 2013; US$ 90.00This book analyzes the unfolding of a new institutional phenomenon: the cosmonational parliament of the cross-border nation and the expanded state, focusing on three European national parliaments, namely the French Senate, the Italian Chamber of Representatives and Senate, and the Croatian unicameral parliament. more...
The Emancipation of Writing
University of California Press 2003; US$ 15.95The Emancipation of Writing is the first study of writing in its connection to bureaucracy, citizenship, and the state in Germany. Stitching together micro- and macro-level analysis, it reconstructs the vibrant, textually saturated civic culture of the German southwest in the aftermath of the French Revolution and Napoleon's invasions. more...
Historical Approaches to Organizational Research
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009; US$ 199.00For this E-book on Historical Approaches to Organizational Research we selected five papers that attempt to fill the gap between historical and organizational research. more...
Lobbying the European Union
OUP Oxford 2009; US$ 109.99It is universally accepted that there has been a huge growth in EU lobbying over the past few decades. There is now a dense EU interest group system. This entirely new volume, inspired by Mazey & Richardson's 1993 book Lobbying in the European Community, seeks to understand the role of interest groups in the policy process from agenda-setting... more...
The Consumer in Public Services
The Policy Press 2009; US$ 39.95The consumer in public services critiques established assumptions surrounding citizenship and consumption. Drawing on empirical research, it challenges existing stereotypes about the 'consumer as chooser' and shows how we must develop a more sophisticated understanding of consumers, examining their place and role as users of public services. more...
Perspectives on Reforms to English Sub-National Government
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009; US$ 199.00This e-book on contemporary trends in territorial government in England was prompted by the publication of the Treasury led Review of Sub-National Economic Development and Regeneration. In bringing the subsequent articles together, this issue of the IJPSM focuses on examining these reforms in the context of the Labour Governments record on regional... more...
Argumentieren und Verhandeln in der Europäischen Union
Diplomica Verlag 2008; US$ 46.37Im Zuge einer immer tiefer werdenden Integration hat die Frage nach der Bedeutung der Kommission als dem zentralen supranationalen Akteur im europäischen Institutionengefüge hohe Relevanz. Wie wichtig ist die Europäische Kommission? Wann und unter welchen Bedingungen kann die Europäische Kommission Politikergebnisse substanziell beeinflussen? Wann... more...
Die sozialpolitische Konzeption der NPD in den neuen Bundesländern am Beispiel Sachsens
Diplomica Verlag 2007; US$ 40.98Hauptbeschreibung Entgegen ihrer anfänglichen Erfolge befand sich die NPD lange Zeit in der politischen Bedeutungslosigkeit. Mit sich beschäftigt und in trivial altrechten Denkmustern gefangen bot gerade die durch rassistische Banalität gekennzeichnete inhaltliche Leere des ältesten parteilich organisierten Akteurs im rechtsextremen Spektrum wenig... more...









