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  • More Scottish than British

    The 2011 Scottish Parliament Election

    by Christopher Carman, Robert Johns, J. Mitchell ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Using official statistics, this book explores how the SNP managed to confound expectations and win a parliamentary majority in the 2011 Scottish General Election. Perhaps surprisingly, it was not constitutional politics or the return of the Conservatives to power in Westminster but domestic issues that decided the vote in the SNP's favour. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Government Transparency

    Impacts and Unintended Consequences

    by T. Erkkilä ...
    Series series Public Sector Organizations
    Transparency has become a global concept of responsible government. This book argues that the transnational discourse of transparency promotes potentially contradictory policy ideas that can lead to unintended consequences. It critically examines whether or not increased transparency really leads to increased democratic accountability. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Financing the EU Budget

    Moving Forward or Backwards?

    by Gabriele Cipriani ...
    Often described as complex, opaque and unfair, the EU budget financing system is an “unfinished journey.” One of the most critical issues is that EU revenue, drawn from the cashbox of national taxation, remains impalpable to the general public.The nature of the EU as a union of states and their nationals makes the visibility of EU revenue unavoidable. The political sustainability of a move that ... Read more

    $28.19 USD

  • The Roots of American Exceptionalism

    Institutions, Culture, and Policies

    by C. ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Draws on societies' unique histories, distinctive paths of institutional development and contrasting cultures to explain why they adopt different policies for common problems. It compares the United States with Sweden on tax policy, Canada on financing medical care, France on abortion policy, and Japan on immigration. ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • France Votes: The Election of François Hollande

    by I. Wall ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    France Votes analyzes the French elections of 2012 in the context of a France and Europe in crisis. With regard to the economy, Irwin Wall describes the ways in which the country's adherence to the common currency in the Eurozone has stripped France of its freedom of manouver. France Votes shows how a European-wide economic crisis was reflected in political crisis at home and the rise of new ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • National Policy in a Global Economy

    How Government can Improve Living Standards and Balance the Books

    by I. Budge, S. Birch ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This study offers an analysis of the UK's current economic policy options and a plan for improving life for ordinary citizens via a sensible and realistic understanding of governments' limited ability to manage economic performance. It provides a manifesto which political parties could immediately adopt to make life better for all. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Hybrid Governance in European Cities

    Neighbourhood, Migration and Democracy

    by C. Skelcher, Helen Sullivan, S. Jeffares ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This wide-ranging study of three European cities shows how hybrid forms of governance emerge from the tensions between new ideas and past legacies, and existing institutional arrangements and powerful decision makers. Using detailed studies of migration and neighborhood policy, as well as a novel Q methodology analysis of public administrators. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Impact of Networks on Unemployment

    by J. M. Hurst ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book investigates why networks, some with joined-up governance remits, appeared ineffective in handling neighbourhood unemployment even in periods when the national unemployment levels dropped. It deploys a multi-theoretical and methodological framework to investigate this empirical puzzle, and to test and analyse the causal factors influencing network outcomes. Chapters examine network ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Institutional Crisis in 21st Century Britain

    by David Richards ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    In 21st century Britain, a 'perfect storm' seems to have engulfed many of its institutions. This book is the first wholesale consideration of the crisis of legitimacy that has taken root in Britain's key institutions and explores the crisis across them to determine if a set of shared underlying pathologies exist to create this collective crisis. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Palgrave Handbook of the European Administrative System

    Edited by M. Bauer, J. Trondal ...
    Series series European Administrative Governance
    Drawing on research from the administrative sciences and using organizational, institutional and decision-making theories, this volume examines the emerging bureaucratic framework of the EU and highlights that analyzing the patterns and dynamics of the EU's administrative capacities is essential to understand how it shapes European public policy. ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Gender Equality Policy in the European Union

    A Fast Track to Parity for the New Member States

    by Ingrid Bego ...
    Series series Gender and Politics
    One of the solutions proposed by the European Union to remedy the effects of the 2008 economic crisis is to increase female labour participation. This book explores the policy changes in four new member states that may reduce the gender employment gap and improve women's equal participation in the labour force. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Prime Ministers and Rhetorical Governance

    by D. Grube ...
    Series series Palgrave Studies in Political Leadership
    Prime Ministers in Westminister style democracies are forever talking to and communicating with the electorate. This ground-breaking book explores and analyses the uses of political rhetoric by Prime Ministers to explore patterns of communication and shows that the manner in which they talk to the electorate is central to day-to-day governance. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD