Originally published in 1966, the book examines central-local relations in detail in six major services: primary and secondary school building, highways, housing, town and country planning, the care of children, and health and welfare. It shows how...Loe edasi...
This book explores the urgent and evolving legal challenges surrounding the use of genetic resources and traditional knowledge (TK), particularly those held by Indigenous Peoples and local communities....Loe edasi...
This book introduces the concept of governance and aspects of Panchayat Raj Institutions, including the Fifth, Sixth and other Scheduled Areas. It focuses on the role of voluntary and community-based organizations, and the involvement of vulnerable...Loe edasi...
This volume examines Indian states as analytical units, culminating in a comprehensive socio-political study of the country as a whole. The state-specific essays underline the federal context in which politics in India unfolds at the ground level....Loe edasi...
This book systematically examines regional-level qualities of democracy representation, participation, and competition in four countries of Central and Eastern Europe between 1994 and 2022 from the establishment of regional self-government to pre...Loe edasi...
First published in 1991, Metropolitan Government provides an in-depth study of metropolitan government and outlines the need for a unit of government at the metropolitan level. It discusses relevant theoretical aspects of local government reorganiza...Loe edasi...
This collection, originally published in 1981 and which includes a number of case studies focuses on implementation in public policy. It provides a theoretical context for examining the case studies which cover public expenditure, employment, housin...Loe edasi...
Despite increased public expenditure on housing in the post-war years housing remains a major problem area of social and economic policy.Originally published in 1979, this study considers the role of public policy in housing, presenting a critical a...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1977 and based on a survey of 1,000 retired people in two retirement resorts Bexhill and Clacton the book also quotes extensively from interviews with local government officials, doctors, and social workers....Loe edasi...
This book examines the campaign communication of political candidates in parliamentary democracies, set within the broader trends of globalization and political personalization....Loe edasi...
Local Governance Transformation and Citizen Engagement in Bangladesh offers a thorough investigation of grassroots democratic practices and citizen engagement in local governance in the country and situates Bangladeshs experience within the larger...Loe edasi...
In this book, authors Kant Patel and Mark Rushefsky analyze how political polarization at the state level has impacted state health policymaking, policy outputs, and policy outcomes and led red and blue states to create vastly different healthcare a...Loe edasi...
In this book, the editors explore unconventional oil and gas production, earthquakes, and how they relate to the broader conversation centering on private property, energy production and the role of science within the public policy process. Utilizin...Loe edasi...
Lone Star Tarnished approaches public policy in the nations most populous red state from historical, comparative, and critical perspectives.This text is aimed at students and professors of Texas politics who want to stress history, political culture...Loe edasi...
Improving Local Government Performance Through Benchmarking sets the record straight on benchmarking and its value for performance improvement in local government....Loe edasi...
A Theory of De Facto States offers a new perspective on the phenomenon of de facto states political communities that manifest forms of statehood in international politics but lack international legal recognition zooming in on two prominent example...Loe edasi...
Originally published in 1968, the book is mainly concerned with Local Government; with the changing pattern and hierarchy of administrative areas and, in the mid-20th century, with the particular problems posed by the conurbations....Loe edasi...
Creating Human Value is a powerful public management theory that places the person at the centre of all decision making. This book is the product of almost a decade of research and teaching of this compelling alternate public management theory to go...Loe edasi...
First published in 1982, Approaches in Public Policy is an integrated, purpose-written text on the context, process, and practice of policymaking in the public sector, particularly at the local level. It will be of interest to students and researche...Loe edasi...
There are many intricacies of elections within Russian ethnic republics and political loyalty in these regions. The ethnic republics support the Russian president and the ruling party to a significantly greater degree than the national average and s...Loe edasi...
