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The SAGE Handbook of Governance
SAGE Publications 2010; US$ 52.00With chapters from an internationally renowned set of scholars, this is the first Handbook to examine this vibrant and developing field. more...
Open Budgets
Brookings Institution Press 2013; US$ 29.95Decisions about "who gets what, when, and how" are perhaps the most important that any government must make. So it should not be remarkable that around the world, public officials responsible for public budgeting are facing demands?from their own citizenry, other government officials, economic actors, and increasingly from international sources?to... more...
Public Sector Management
SAGE Publications 2012; US$ 48.00A jargon-free textbook on public sector management in the UK. Exemplary pedagogy and a thorough companion website make this the ideal book for students on public sector management courses. more...
A Complexity Theory for Public Policy
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 130.00Complexity theory has become popular in the natural and social sciences over the last few decades as a result of the advancements in our understanding of the complexities in natural and social phenomena. Concepts and methods of complexity theory have been applied by scholars of public affairs in North America and Europe, but a comprehensive framework... more...
The UN Secretary-General and Secretariat
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 31.95The new edition of this accessible introduction to the important role of the United Nations Secretary-General continues to offer a keen insight into the United Nations ? the Secretariat and its head, the Secretary-General, summing up the history, structure, strengths and weaknesses, and continuing operations of an ever-present global institution.... more...
Governance, Globalization and Public Policy
Edward Elgar Publishing 2008; US$ 40.00Locates general debates in public policy analysis within specific policy contexts, and in doing so, illuminates the interdependencies, complexities, diversity and contradictions evident in the contemporary policy making arena. more...
Endogenous Public Policy and Contests
Springer 2007; US$ 84.99This book studies endogenous policy determination focusing on the role of interest groups and their lobbying efforts in the determination of public policy. Applying strategic contest theory as the basic methodology, it clarifies the fundamental parameters that determine the behavior of the government and the interest groups - the two contestants for... more...
Doing Good or Doing Better
Amsterdam University Press 2009; US$ 42.50Development policies in the globalising world more...
Explaining Institutional Change
Cambridge University Press 2009; US$ 22.00The essays in this book contribute to emerging debates in political science and sociology on institutional change, providing a theoretical framework and empirical applications. more...
The Presidential Appointee's Handbook
Brookings Institution Press 2008; US$ 19.95With every new presidential administration, thousands of highly accomplished individuals face one of the greatest challenges of their lives: learning to become an effective presidential appointee. This handbook will help ease that task.In clear, crisp language, punctuated by numerous examples, Edward DeSeve explains the ten core competencies that distinguish... more...









