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The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to Save It...
Yascha Mounk
21st century history: from c 2000 -; Social & political philosophy; Politics & government; Political science & theory; Public administration; Political control & freedoms
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From India to Turkey, from Poland to the United States, authoritarian populists have seized power. Two core components of... [more]
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A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership
James Comey
Memoirs; History; Police & security services; Public administration
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A riveting inside account of life and leadership at the heart of the FBI and high office in the United States of America.... [more]
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How to Democratize Europe
Stephanie Hennette, Thomas Piketty, Guillaume Sacriste, Antoine Vauchez
Politics & government; Political science & theory; Public administration; International economics; Political economy
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An all-star cast of scholars and politicians from Europe and America propose and debate the creation of a new European parliament... [more]
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Democracy When the People Are Thinking: Revitalizing Our Politics Through...
James S. Fishkin
Politics & government; Political science & theory; Political structures: democracy; Public administration
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This book draws on practical experiments around the world to show how democracy can make a better connection to citizen voices... [more]
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The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom is in Danger and How to Save it...
Yascha Mounk
Social & political philosophy; Politics & government; Political science & theory; Public administration; Political control & freedoms
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From India to Turkey, from Poland to the United States, authoritarian populists have seized power. Two core components of... [more]
$64.99
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The Australian Policy Handbook: A Practical Guide to the Policy Making Process...
Catherine Althaus, Peter Bridgman, Glyn Davis
History; Public administration
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Public policy permeates every aspect of our lives. It is the stuff of government, justifying taxes, driving legislation, and... [more]
$55.00
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The Cunning of Uncertainty
Helga Nowotny
Philosophy; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Sociology; Moral & social purpose of education; Public administration
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Uncertainty is interwoven into human existence. It is a powerful incentive in the search for knowledge and an inherent component... [more]
$26.95
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The Tim Carmody Affair: Australia's Greatest Judicial Crisis
Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, Gabrielle Appleby, Andrew Lynch
Public administration; Legal system: general
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In 2014 when Tim Carmody, a former police officer, was sworn in as Chief Justice of Queensland, he had been Chief Magistrate... [more]
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The U.S. Congress: A Very Short Introduction
Donald A. Ritchie
History; Political structure & processes; Public administration
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In the second edition of The U.S. Congress, Donald A. Ritchie, a congressional historian for more than thirty years, takes... [more]
$14.95
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How to Run A Government: So that Citizens Benefit and Taxpayers Don't Go...
Michael Barber
Politics & government; Political science & theory; Public administration; Central government
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Billions of citizens around the world are frustrated with their governments. In this book, the author presents a blueprint... [more]
$26.99
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Comparative Policy Studies: Conceptual and Methodological Challenges
Isabelle Engeli, Christine Rothmayr Allison
Politics & government; Political science & theory; Comparative politics; Public administration; Central government policies
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In the first volume of its kind, a collection of top policy scholars combine empirical and methodological analysis in the... [more]
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Public Management and Administration
Owen Hughes
Public administration; Business & Economics; Management & management techniques
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As public management has developed away from New Public Management, it has moved even further away from the traditional model... [more]
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The Republican Reversal: Conservatives and the Environment from Nixon to...
James Morton Turner, Andrew C. Isenberg
History; History of the Americas; Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies; Public administration; Environment law; Conservation of the environment
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Not long ago Republicans took pride in their tradition of environmental leadership. The GOP helped create the EPA, extend... [more]
A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership
James B. Comey, Jr.
Memoirs; History; Police & security services; Public administration
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A chronicle of never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of Comey's career. [more]
Waste of a Nation: Garbage and Growth in India
Assa Doron, Robin Jeffrey
History; Asian history; Black & Asian studies; Public administration; Personal & public health; Waste management
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Assa Doron and Robin Jeffrey argue that in India the removal and reuse of waste lays waste to human lives. People at the bottom... [more]
Building a Capable State: Service Delivery in Post-Apartheid South Africa...
Ian Palmer, Nishendra Moodley, Susan Parnell
Development studies; History; Public administration
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A timely study of the South African government's efforts to improve access to public services and the lessons this holds... [more]
Building Better Policies: The Nuts and Bolts of Monitoring and Evaluation...
Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Philipp Krause, Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Keith Robin Mackay
Public administration; Business & Economics; Development economics; Sustainability
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Governments around the world face ongoing pressures from citizens to provide more and better services, and to do this while... [more]
Public Sector Enterprise Risk Management: Advancing Beyond the Basics
Kenneth C. Fletcher (Kestrel Hawk Consulting, USA), Thomas H. Stanton (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
Public administration; Business strategy; Public ownership & nationalisation
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Through a series of case studies and selected special topics, Public Sector Enterprise Risk Management presents examples from... [more]
Global Health Governance and Policy: An Introduction
Eduardo Missoni (Bocconi University, Italy), Guglielmo Pacileo (Bocconi University, Italy), Fabrizio Tediosi (Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland)
Public administration; Personal & public health; Health systems & services
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Global Health Governance and Policy outlines the fundamentals of global health, a key element of sustainable development.... [more]
Public Sector Enterprise Risk Management: Advancing Beyond the Basics
Kenneth C. Fletcher (Kestrel Hawk Consulting, USA), Thomas H. Stanton (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
Public administration; Business strategy; Public ownership & nationalisation
Hardback
Through a series of case studies and selected special topics, Public Sector Enterprise Risk Management presents examples from... [more]
Public Administration in the 21st Century: A Global South Perspective
Rumki Basu (Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India)
Political science & theory; Public administration
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Public Administration has experienced a fundamental rethinking of its basic objectives, concepts and theories during the 21st... [more]
Lifestyle Sports and Public Policy
Daniel Turner (University of the West of Scotland, UK), Sandro Carnicelli (University of the West of Scotland, UK)
Sociology: sport & leisure; Public administration; Sports & outdoor recreation
Paperback
Lifestyle Sports and Public Policy is the first book to develop a comprehensive understanding of the interplay between lifestyle... [more]
Designing Public Policies: Principles and Instruments
Michael Howlett (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
Public administration; Public ownership & nationalisation
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Offers an introduction to the principles and elements of policy design in contemporary governance. This textbook examines... [more]
Climate Adaptation Policy and Evidence: Understanding the Tensions between...
Peter Tangney
Public administration; Global warming
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Evidence-based policymaking is often promoted within liberal democracies as the best means for government to balance political... [more]
Consolidation Policies in Federal States: Conflicts and Solutions
Dietmar Braun (University of Lausanne, Switzerland), Christian Ruiz-Palmero (University of Lausanne, Switzerland), Johanna Schnabel (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
Public administration; International economics; Political economy
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The Global Financial Crisis has led to a renewed attention for the management of public debt and deficits of advanced and... [more]
