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La gestion intégrée par résultats
Presses de l''niversite du Quebec 2008; US$ 39.00Les réformes gouvernementales qui ont cours présentement en Occident imposent aux administrateurs publics de nouvelles exigences. Parmi celles-ci, on peut noter la qualité des services aux citoyens, la transparence des pratiques de gestion, le renforcement de l'imputabilité des gestionnaires, la reddition de comptes devant les... more...
Interactive Governance
OUP Oxford 2012; US$ 84.99Governance has become one of the most commonly used concepts in contemporary political science. It is, however, often used to mean a variety of different things. This book helps to clarify this conceptual muddle by concentrating on one variety of governance-interactive governance. The authors argue that although the state may remain important for many... more...
Parliamentary Oversight Tools
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 145.00This book investigates Parliaments? capacity to oversee government activities, policies and expenditures. Utilising a comparative approach, the book presents a new examination of oversight tools and discusses the conditions under which such tools are employed effectively. The result of a 9-year collaboration between the authors, this book draws... more...
Comparative Public Administration
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 59.95This accessible introduction to the system of public administration uses a clear, country by country analysis and includes new public management approaches. Including often neglected areas such as the European Union; Japan; Britain; France; Germany; The Republic of Ireland; Italy, Sweden and the United States, this student-friendly volume is a... more...
Estimating the Policy Position of Political Actors
Routledge 2001; US$ 140.00This book gives an up to date reference on the state of the art in this highly important methodological area, which is central both to theoretical models of party competition and to empirical accounts. more...
Public Sector Pay and Adjustment
Routledge 1997; US$ 190.00Case studies of Singapore, Korea, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Argentina show that in those countries which adjusted unsuccessfully real earnings declined sharply, often with a further negative impact on output. more...
Politicians, Bureaucrats and Administrative Reform
Taylor and Francis 2001; US$ 49.95Adminstrative reform in most western democracies over the past couple of decades has been characterized by bringing in market-based concepts of public-service delivery. This book looks critically at administrative reform in a comparative perspective. The contributors - experts on administrative reform - assess its scope and objectives, and also the... more...
Understanding Comparative Politics
Routledge 1995; US$ 59.95Mehran Kamrava examines current and past approaches to the study of comparative politics and proposes a new framework for analysis through a comparative examination of state and social institutions. more...
Public Management and Governance
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 60.95A comprehensive, in depth and accessible resource for students of public sector management and administration: with an international authorship, this is more comprehensive, cohesive and international than any other textbook in the area. more...
Culture and the Politics of Third World Nationalism
Routledge 1992; US$ 170.00Nationalism in specific political systems combined with a theoretical framework that draws out its universal significance. Ten case studies from South Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Europe focus on local cultural factors. more...









