Public Administration and Public Policy
American Public Service: Radical Reform and the Merit System
1st Edition
By James S. Bowman, Jonathan P. West
October 04, 2006
Understanding the effects of radical change on public personnel systems is critically important both now and in the future to all those interested in the quality of American democracy. Civil service reform is occurring at all levels of government both in the United States and abroad. American ...
Elements of Effective Governance: Measurement, Accountability and Participation
1st Edition
By Kathe Callahan
September 29, 2006
Elements of Effective Governance: Measurement, Accountability and Participation is one of the first books to explore the relationship between accountability, government performance, and public participation. It discusses two main assumptions: greater accountability leads to better performance; and ...
Handbook of Globalization, Governance, and Public Administration
1st Edition
Edited
By Ali Farazmand, Jack Pinkowski
July 25, 2006
Globalization transcends borders and cultures as it develops both from the natural flow of information and communication technologies and as a directed and driven quest for global hegemony by self-serving corporations and world political heavyweights. It bears a multifaceted web of influence that ...
Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Threat to Occupational Health in the U.S. and Canada
1st Edition
Edited
By William Charney
June 23, 2006
Hospitals in the US and Canada are ill-prepared for the threat of emerging infectious diseases, especially in the area of protecting healthcare workers, nurses, doctors, and first responders from transmissions. Current protocols from guideline agencies and health organizations and health ...
Handbook of Juvenile Justice: Theory and Practice
1st Edition
Edited
By Barbara Sims, Pamela Preston
May 05, 2006
Too often professionals in public policy or criminal justice must scramble to find additional reading on juvenile law and justice or on juvenile delinquency topics because most references and textbooks provide inadequate coverage of many issues of importance. The Handbook of Juvenile Justice: ...
Sustainable Development Policy and Administration
1st Edition
Edited
By Gedeon M. Mudacumura, Desta Mebratu, M. Shamsul Haque
December 21, 2005
Sustainable Development Policy and Administration provides a learning resource describing the major issues that are critical to understanding the multiple dimensions of sustainable development. The overall theme of each contributed chapter in this book is the urgent need to promote global ...
International Development Governance
1st Edition
Edited
By Ahmed Shafiqul Huque, Habib Zafarullah
November 29, 2005
The establishment of good governance is a major challenge for the developing world, along with the need to sustain the progress resulting from developmental efforts. Although there are numerous studies on the development and governance of emerging nations, few volumes make a serious effort to bring...
Handbook of Organization Theory and Management: The Philosophical Approach, Second Edition
2nd Edition
Edited
By Thomas D. Lynch, Peter L. Cruise
November 01, 2005
Few subjects are more influenced by philosophy than the form of governance that guides and administers public affairs, yet much of the literature about public administration remains silent about this connection. Handbook of Organization Theory and Management: The Philosophical Approach, Second ...
Common Ground, Common Future: Moral Agency in Public Administration, Professions, and Citizenship
1st Edition
By Charles Garofalo, Dean Geuras
July 25, 2005
Common Ground, Common Future: Moral Agency in Public Administration, Professions, and Citizenship examines the public and private roles of the citizen as a moral agent. The authors define this agent as a person who recognizes morality as a motive for action, and not only follows moral principles ...
Handbook of Public Administration and Policy in the European Union
1st Edition
Edited
By M. Peter van der Hoek
June 13, 2005
The Handbook of Public Administration and Policy in the European Union focuses on the current state of the EU while also demonstrating how its current structure came into being and how it may change in the near future. Although most existing literature is either policy-oriented or ...
Handbook of Public Sector Economics
1st Edition
Edited
By Donijo Robbins
March 17, 2005
The Handbook of Public Sector Economics builds an understanding of the role of public economics in public administration, public policy, and decision making. The handbook introduces a wide variety of current issues related to the public provision and production of goods and services.The volume ...
Nonproliferation Issues For Weapons of Mass Destruction
1st Edition
By Mark A. Prelas, Michael Peck
January 12, 2005
Nonproliferation Issues for Weapons of Mass Destruction provides an understanding of WMD proliferation risks by bridging complex technical and political issues. The text begins by defining the world conditions that foster proliferation, followed by an analysis of characteristics of various classes ...