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Robert's Rules For Dummies
Wiley 2012; US$ 18.99Discover why Robert's Rules "rule" If you belong to any type of organization—from school board to garden club to bowling league to trade association—chances are this book can save you many boring meeting minutes. This friendly guide translates Robert's Rules of Order, the essential guide for conducting meetings of all types, into principles... more...
Espionage: Past Present and Future?
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 53.95Highlights of the volume include pioneering essays on the methodology of intelligence studies by Michael Fry and Miles Hochstein, and the future perils of the surveillance state by James Der Derian. Two leading authorities on the history of Soviet/Russian intelligence, Christopher Andrew and Oleg Gordievsky, contribute essays on the final days of the... more...
Republicanism: Volume 1, Republicanism and Constitutionalism in Early Modern Europe
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 34.00These volumes offer the first comprehensive study of republicanism as a shared European heritage. Whilst previous research has mainly focused on Atlantic traditions of republicanism, Professors Skinner and van Gelderen have assembled an internationally distinguished set of contributors whose studies highlight the richness and diversity of European... more...
Security Intelligence Services in New Democracies
Palgrave Macmillan 2000; US$ 138.00The first account of the secret police in Eastern Europe and after 1989, this book uses a wide range of sources, including archives, to identify what has and has not changed since the end of communism. After explaining the structure and workings of two of the area's most feared services, Czechoslovakia's StB and Romania's Securitate, the authors details... more...
Creating Adaptive Policies
SAGE India 2009; US$ 29.95Todays policy-maker has a tough job to do. Policies that cannot perform effectively under todays complex, dynamic and uncertain conditions run the risk of not achieving their intended purpose. Instead of helping, they may actually hinder the ability of individuals, communities and businesses to cope with and adapt to change. Creating Adaptive... more...
International Handbook of Public Management Reform
Edward Elgar Publishing 2009; US$ 60.00A study of the history and development of international public management reform. It evaluates whether countries are converging towards a single public management model. It also investigates various issues surrounding leadership, e-government, accountability and computer systems failure facing reformers. more...
How Information Matters
Georgetown University Press 2011; US$ 29.95How Information Matters examines the ways a network of state and local governments and nonprofit organizations can enhance the capacity for successful policy change by public administrators. Hale examines drug courts, programs that typify the highly networked, collaborative environment of public administrators today. These "special dockets"... more...
Policy, Performance and Management in Governance and Intergovernmental Relations
Edward Elgar Publishing 2011; US$ 40.00This innovative book presents a transatlantic comparison of governance and Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) policy, performance and management. By examining both analytical and empirical differences and similarities between the European Union and the United States, this comprehensive book provides a better understanding of (inter) governmental systems,... more...
EU Institutions' Register
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 300.00Details of over 5,900 key personnel in each of the major institutions, including: European Commission, European Parliament, Economic and Social Committee, Council of the European Union, Court of Justice, European Investment Bank, Court of Auditors, Committee of Regions and EU Agencies. more...
Public Administration in East Asia
CRC Press 2010; US$ 159.95A resource that brings together the fragments of knowledge on East Asian economies. Organized into four sections, each dedicated to a specific country, it showcases the economic practices in the region and East Asia's innovative approaches to economic challenges. more...









