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90 Not Out
University of New South Wales Press 2010; US$ 34.95Focusing on the National Party, this history shares the extraordinary story of a political organization?large in grassroots members, yet small in parliamentary terms?that has made an enormous and largely unrecognized contribution to Australia?s social and economic development. A colorful and interesting read, this comprehensive study highlights the... more...
Accepting Authoritarianism
Stanford University Press 2010; US$ 25.95This comprehensive examination of the latest and most influential research on state-society relations in post-Mao China explains why three decades of capitalist economic growth have not led to increased public pressure for liberal democratic change. more...
Accountability Without Democracy
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 27.00How citizens get government officials to provide them with public services in rural China. more...
Achieving Better Service Delivery Through Decentralization in Ethiopia
World Bank Publications 2008; US$ 14.99Ethiopia has made major strides in improving its human development indicators in the past 15 years, achieving significant increases in the coverage of basic education and health services in a short period of time. Imrovements took place during a period of massive decentralization of fiscal resources, to the regions in 1994 and to woredas in 2002-03.... more...
Adding Value to Policy Analysis
University of NSW Press 2010; US$ 32.95This textbook explores the theory and practice of policy-making and how good analysis and advice add value to public decisions and decision-makers. The authors discuss the roles of advisors and analysts both within and across jurisdictions, and how they affect policy processes and methods in Australia and New Zealand. This is a must-have text for managers,... more...
Adding Value to Policy Analysis and Advice
University of New South Wales Press 2010; US$ 32.95Expanding traditional theories of policymaking through comparisons between policies implemented in Australia and New Zealand, this textbook shows how good analysis and advice improves the decisions of public officials. Aimed at managers, administrators, and students who want an integrated perspective on policy analysis and advising, the chapters cover... more...
Administrative Reforms
SAGE India 2005; US$ 29.95This volume analyses the impact of globalisation on governance, and specifically on public-sector reforms. Starting from the premise that adhocism and sectoralism are the main reasons why past attempts at administrative reforms in India have not succeeded, this book maintains that some of the basic tenets of mainstream approaches to administrative... more...
Afghanistan, Iraq, and Post-Conflict Governance: Damoclean Democracy?
BRILL 2010; US$ 132.00A comparative study is made of how conflict-terminating negotiations led to maiden democratic elections in Afghanistan and Iraq, pointing various thresholds out through specific chapters, invoking negotiations theories/stages to deepen interpretations, and prospecting the Bush Doctrine's future mileage in democratizing the Middle East. more...
Africa in International Politics
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 52.95Locating Africa on the global stage, this book examines and compares external involvement in the continent, exploring the foreign policies of major states and international organizations towards Africa. The contributors work within a political economy framework in order to study how these powers have attempted to stimulate democracy, peace and prosperity... more...
African Conflicts and Informal Power
Zed Books 2012; US$ 39.95Through a variety of in-depth case studies, including the DRC, Sierra Leone and Liberia, African Conflicts and Informal Power shows how important informal political and economic networks are in many of the continents conflict areas. Moreover, it demonstrates that without a proper understanding of the impact of these networks, attempts to formalize... more...









