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  • Steps to Local Government Reform

    A Guide to Tailoring Local Government Reforms to Fit Regional Governance Communities in Democracies

    by Allyn O. Lockner ...
    Does the performance of your local government leave something to be desired? Maybe youre not satisfied with the services your government provides, or maybe the cost for these services is far too much. If so, take heart; you can do something about it.Steps to Local Government Reform is your step-by-step guide to undertaking reform on the local level. Public manager Allyn O. Lockner combines years ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • A plan for Internet use by Local Governments in Pakistan

    by Muhammad Abd al-Hameed ...
    Series series Local Government
    Government offices take a long time in adopting new technologies. Many offices had not yet started using even typewriters when personal computers became available. The development of Urdu software took still more time. In recent years, more and more Local Governments are using Internet and email service, while some districts have set up their web sites. The trend will continue as awareness of the ... Read more

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  • Inside Newark

    Decline, Rebellion, and the Search for Transformation

    by Robert Curvin ...
    Series series Rivergate Regionals Collection
    For decades, leaders in Newark, New Jersey, have claimed their city is about to return to its vibrant past. How accurate is this prediction? Is Newark on the verge of revitalization? Robert Curvin, who was one of New Jersey’s outstanding civil rights leaders, examines the city, chronicling its history, politics, and culture*.* Throughout the pages of Inside Newark, Curvin approaches his story both ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Rose City Vice

    Portland in the 70's Dirty Cops and Dirty Robbers

    by Phil Stanford ...
    The City of Roses, as natives of Portland, Oregon like to call it, has a long and honorable history of crime and corruption, starting as far back as the post-Civil War frontier days, leading into the mobster-infused decades of the twentieth century when prohibition, prostitution, gambling, and hard drugs besieged the town.The so-called Great Portland Vice Scandal of 1956-57 spilled into national ... Read more

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  • Serving With Pride in the Public Eye

    A Story About Striving for Success in Local Government

    by Randy Diehl ...
    This book is about the difficulty of serving in local government. It’s about finding meaning in public service and developing a deep sense of pride in making a difference to the well being of our communities. I wrote this book to provide hope and guidance to my colleagues in administration and their political partners as they work through difficult times and climb over tremendous obstacles. It is ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Comparative Metropolitan Policy

    Governing Beyond Local Boundaries in the Imagined Metropolis

    by Jen Nelles ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Comparative Politics
    How are metropolitan regions governed? What makes some regions more effective than others in managing policies that cross local jurisdictional boundaries? Political coordination among municipal governments is necessary to attract investment, rapid and efficient public transit systems, and to sustain cultural infrastructure in metropolitan regions. In this era of fragmented authority, local ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Social Media Politics: Using the Internet to Get Elected

    Increasing Website Traffic Series, #6

    by Greg Strandberg ...
    Series Book 6 - Increasing Website Traffic Series
    You want to get elected. You're running for office and you're going to change the world. Finally…some things in this country will get done.So…what do you do? Filing paperwork and declaring your candidacy is one thing, but getting people to actually vote for you is another. For starters, they have to know who you are.Does anyone know who you are?Chances are good that no one has a clue who you are ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Patronage and Power

    Local State Networks and Party-State Resilience in Rural China

    by Ben Hillman ...
    Power and Patronage examines the unwritten rules and inner workings of contemporary China's local politics and government. It exposes how these rules have helped to keep the one-Party state together during decades of tumultuous political, social, and economic change.While many observers of Chinese politics have recognized the importance of informal institutions, this book explains how informal ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • A Democratic Constitution for Public Education

    by Paul T. Hill, Ashley E. Jochim ...
    America’s education system faces a stark dilemma: it needs governmental oversight, rules and regulations, but it also needs to be adaptable enough to address student needs and the many different problems that can arise at any given school—something that large educational bureaucracies are notoriously bad at. Paul Hill and Ashley Jochim offer here a solution that is brilliant for its simplicity and ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

  • Budgeting for Local Governments and Communities

    by Douglas Morgan, Kent S. Robinson, Dennis Strachota, James A. Hough ...
    Budgeting for Local Governments and Communities is designed as the primary textbook for a quarter or semester-long course in public budgeting and finance in an MPA programme.Many currently available texts for this course suffer from a combination of defects that include a focus on federal and state budgeting, a lack of a theoretical governance framework, an omission of important topics, and ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Environmental Planning Handbook

    by Tom Daniels ...
    Environmental protection is a global issue. But most of the action is happening at the local level. How can communities keep their air clean, their water pure, and their people and property safe from climate and environmental hazards? Newly updated, The Environmental Planning Handbook gives local governments, nonprofits, and citizens the guidance they need to create an action plan they can ... Read more

    $160.00 USD

  • The Context of Legislating

    Constraints on the Legislative Process in the United States

    by Shannon Jenkins ...
    The Context of Legislating provides a much-needed examination of how the rules, resources, and political conditions within and surrounding different institutions raise or lower the costs of legislating. Using data tracking over 1,100 legislators, 230 committees and 12,000 bills introduced in ten state lower chambers, Shannon Jenkins examines how political conditions and institutional rules and ... Read more

    $28.99 USD