Routledge Research in Public Administration and Public Policy
A Guidebook for City and County Managers: Meeting Today's Challenges
1st Edition
By James M. Bourey
September 25, 2023
Whether you are a student preparing for a career in public administration, a mid-career professional manager or a seasoned veteran, A Guidebook for City and County Managers provides policy guidance and advice to local governmental challenges and issues. Assuming a knowledge of the basics of public ...
COVID-19 Pandemic, Public Policy, and Institutions in India: Issues of Labour, Income, and Human Development
1st Edition
Edited
By Indranil De, Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan, Kingshuk Sarkar
September 25, 2023
This book looks at the institutional and governance issues faced by India during the first and second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and its adverse impact on the vulnerable sectors and groups. The book is split into four parts, with preceding chapters informing later ones. Part One outlines the ...
Modern Weights and Measures Regulation in the United States: A Brief History
1st Edition
By Craig A. Leisy
September 25, 2023
In this book, Craig A. Leisy provides a concise history of weights and measures regulation in the United States from the early 20th century up to the present day. Written for academic and professional readers, Leisy describes basic terms and concepts, the origins and history of weights and measures...
The Effects of Technology and Institutions on E-Participation: A Cross-National Analysis
1st Edition
By Pragati Rawat, John Charles Morris
September 25, 2023
In this book Pragati Rawat and John C. Morris identify and evaluate the impact of factors that can help explain the difference in e-participation, public participation using information and communication technology, in different countries. While cross-sectional studies have been covered, few have ...
Policy Making and Southern Distinctiveness
1st Edition
By John Charles Morris, Martin K. Mayer, Robert C. Kenter, R. Bruce Anderson
May 31, 2023
Policy Making and Southern Distinctiveness examines the uniqueness of southern politics and their policy choices. While decades of scholarship on the politics of the American South have focused on partisanship and electoral outcomes as the primary elements of interest in southern politics, few ...
Critical Perspectives on Public Systems Management in India: Through the Lens of District Administration
1st Edition
By Amar KJR Nayak, Ram Kumar Kakani
September 30, 2022
This book analyses the effectiveness of district administration from critical management perspective. Using classical organizational theory and leadership competency framework, the authors conducted a comparative study of two exemplary districts with distinctive traits in India ─ a rural district ...
Affirmative Action in Malaysia and South Africa: Preference for Parity
1st Edition
By Hwok-Aun Lee
April 29, 2022
Malaysia and South Africa implement the most extensive affirmative action programmes worldwide. This book explores why and how to effect preferential treatment which has been utilized in the pursuit of inter-ethnic parity, specifically in higher education, high-level occupations, enterprise ...
Multiorganizational Arrangements for Watershed Protection: Working Better Together
1st Edition
By Madeleine Wright McNamara, John Charles Morris
April 01, 2022
With cross-pollination of the public administration and policy implementation literatures, Madeleine Wright McNamara and John Charles Morris present the Multiorganizational Interaction Model as a framework to explore the use of cooperation, coordination, and collaboration between 15 federal/state ...
City Sextons: Tales from Municipal Leaders
1st Edition
By Staci M. Zavattaro
February 01, 2022
City sextons are a dying breed and in this book sextons from throughout the United States share their experiences as a city’s chief death expert. With a view to investigating their role in local governance processes, how they contribute to public engagement in cities, and what are some ...
Beyond Public Administration: Contemplating and Nudging Government-in-Context
1st Edition
By David John Farmer
June 30, 2021
How can public administration (P.A.) nudge government to govern fundamentally better in terms of policy? How critical is P.A. contemplation and nudges – prods, shoves or hammer blows - to government-in-context?In this book, David John Farmer argues that government-in-context refers to ...
Judicializing the Administrative State: The Rise of the Independent Regulatory Commissions in the United States, 1883-1937
1st Edition
By Hiroshi Okayama
June 30, 2021
A basic feature of the modern US administrative state taken for granted by legal scholars but neglected by political scientists and historians is its strong judiciality. Formal, or court-like, adjudication was the primary method of first-order agency policy making during the first half of the ...
State Politics and the Affordable Care Act: Choices and Decisions
1st Edition
By John C. Morris, Martin K. Mayer, Robert C. Kenter, Luisa M. Lucero
June 30, 2021
After a great deal of discussion and debate across all levels of government, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law in March 2010. Since President Trump's election into office, the ACA has stayed in the headlines. Trump has continued to call for the replacement and repeal of ...