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  • Public Services Deliveryby Anwar Shah

    World Bank Publications 2005; US$ 24.99

    The globalization of information—satellite TV, internet, phone and fax—serve to enhance citizens’ awareness of their rights, obligations, options and alternatives and strengthens demands for greater accountability from the public sector. However, the power of accountability is significantly reduced if citizens are unable to measure their... more...

  • Understanding and Managing Public Organizationsby Hal G. Rainey

    Wiley 2009; US$ 70.00

    In the third edition of his award-winning book, Hal G. Rainey provides a comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of research on public organizations and management. Drawing on a review of the most current research about government organizations and managers— and about effective and ineffective practices in government— this important resource... more...

  • Voting and Elections the World Overby Rita J. Simon; Vassia Gueorguieva

    Lexington Books 2008; US$ 64.99

    Voting and Elections the World Over examines the electoral process across twenty-two countries. The book is a quick reference source for information about the major issues to consider when analyzing elections and their administration across nations: type of electoral system; who administers elections; elected offices; suffrage; the voting process;... more...

  • Global Crises, Social Justice, and Educationby Michael W. Apple

    Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 40.95

    Education cannot be understood today without recognizing that nearly all educational policies and practices are strongly influenced by an increasingly integrated international economy. Reforms in one country have significant effects in others, just as immigration and population tides from one area to another have tremendous impacts on what counts... more...

  • Statistics and Realityby Heinz Fassmann; Ursula Reeger; Wiebke Sievers

    Amsterdam University Press 2009; US$ 59.95

    Statistics and reality analyses the concepts and tools used to measure migration in twelve European countries in the context of their migration histories and provides a critical insight into the migrant stocks and flows in these countries. more...

  • Thuis voelen in de buurtby Peter Van der Graaf; Jan Willem Duyvendak

    Amsterdam University Press 2009; US$ 35.00

    Bij het transformeren van probleemwijken naar prachtwijken is veel aandacht voor de fysieke, de sociale en de economische aspecten van achterstand. Maar weinig is bekend over de relatie tussen achterstand en emotionele binding: wat zijn de effecten van de stedelijke vernieuwing op het thuisgevoel van deze bewoners? Dat staat centraal in dit onderzoek... more...

  • Strategic Change Management in the Public Sectorby Francesco Longo; Daniela Cristofoli

    Wiley 2008; US$ 85.00

    The ability to manage change-management processes depends on individual skills and organisational culture. These skills have to be increased and practiced; in this perspective, the reading and analysis of this casebook can generate mental training about innovation. In order to look for common problems and solutions for implementing managerial development,... more...

  • Resolving Messy Policy Problemsby Steven Ney

    Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 120.00

    Our lives increasingly take place in ever more complex and interconnected networks that blur the boundaries we have traditionally used to define our social and political spaces. Accordingly, the policy problems that governments are called upon to deal with have become less clear-cut and far messier. This is particularly the case with climate change,... more...

  • Global Development 2.0by Lael Brainard; Derek Chollet

    Brookings Institution Press 2008; US$ 24.95

    The fight against global poverty has quickly become one of the hottest tickets on the global agenda—with rock stars, world leaders, and multibillionaires calling attention to the plight of the poor at international confabs such as the World Economic Forum and the Clinton Global Initiative. The cozy, all-of-a-kind club of rich country officials... more...

  • Stuck in the Middleby Antonio Estache; Danny Leipziger

    Brookings Institution Press 2009; US$ 28.95

    “There is no shortage of talk about the middle class, say the middle 60 percent of income recipients. But here is a book that actually studies them from a global perspective: their interests, their attitudes, their prospects, their power. It is now all the more important to go back to the study of the redistributive effects, deliberate and accidental,... more...