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Decolonising Indigenous Rights
Routledge 2008; US$ 39.95This book examines the experiences and perceptions of indigenous peoples in the context of the national states and political systems which have been externally imposed and implemented upon them. more...
Referendum Democracy
Palgrave Macmillan 2001; US$ 148.00As the referendum becomes a more regular component of decision making, it leaves few, if any, institutions, processes and values of democracy untouched. Political actors of all kinds - including political parties and interest groups - seek to use the referendum device to further their own objectives. The end result is a different kind of democracy... more...
Civil Service Systems in Anglo-American Countries
Edward Elgar Publishing 2004; US$ 40.00This title presents a comprehensive overview of the issues in modern bureacracies, combined with a comparative analysis of the civil service systems and administrative traditions of five Anglo-American nations: Australia, Canada, great Britain, New Zealand and the United States. more...
Irregular Armed Forces and their Role in Politics and State Formation
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 47.00This edited volume hopes to raise questions about the newness and political relevance of 'irregular' forms of armed force, about the conditions under which they are more significant than conventional military personnel in supplanting or undermining states, and about the overall role of irregular armed force in national political development. more...
Public Productivity Handbook
Marcel Dekker Inc 2004; US$ 289.95Presented by Holzer (public administration, Rutgers U., US) and Lee (public administration, Catholic U. of Korea), 38 papers address ''public administration professionals who are seeking insights into improving productivity and performance in the context of efficiency, effectiveness, quality, and out more...
Handbook of Comparative and Development Public Administration
Marcel Dekker Inc 2001; US$ 109.95This work focuses on bureaucracy and bureaucratic politics in developing and industrialized countries. It emphasizes administrative performance and policy implementation, as well as political system maintenance and regime enhancement. This second edition contains 20 new chapters and 76 essays. more...
On Line Citizenship
Springer 2006; US$ 84.99On Line Citizenship discusses the evolutionary trends of cities in terms of e-government in the present and future technological scenario. The focus is on the transformation of the relationships between city administrations and citizens due to Information and Communication Technology. more...
Controlling Modern Government
Edward Elgar Publishing 2004; US$ 40.00Controlling Modern Government' explores the long-term development of controls over government across five major state traditions in developed democracies - US, Japan, variants of continental-European models, a Scandinavian case and variants of the Westminster model. more...
A Unified Theory of Party Competition
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 32.00This book explains how parties and candidates locate themselves on the Left-Right ideological dimension and other issue dimensions. It offers a unified theoretical approach to voter behavior and party strategies that takes into account voter preferences, voter's partisan attachments, expected turnout, and the location of the political status quo. more...
New Public Management
Taylor and Francis 2001; US$ 64.95The UK has played a pivotal role in the development of New Public Management (NPM). This book offers an original, comprehensive and multidisciplinary analysis of the impact of the New Public Management in the UK, and situates these analyses in a broader comparative perspective. Its chapters consider: competing typologies of NPM issues of professionalism... more...









