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  • New Private Sector Providers in the Welfare State

    by Jonas Pieper ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book provides a study of the rise of private sector providers in the welfare state. It compares for-profit firms as providers of hospital services and pensions and investigates the new private actors in social policy provision, whether they become political actors, and the extent of their power in welfare state politics. Focusing on Germany and the UK, the author’s analysis includes, amongst ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Regional European Geographic Information System (REGIS), 1870-2020

    A GIS Database for Thematic Mapping and Analysis

    by Jürgen Schweikart, Jordi Martí-Henneberg, Jonas Pieper, Mateu Morillas-Torné, Bennet Schulte ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This open-access SpringerBrief accompanies and explains a comprehensive GIS dataset that traces both the external and internal administrative borders of the current 27 EU member states, the United Kingdom, the EFTA member states (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland), as well as the countries that formerly constituted Yugoslavia and Albania, covering the period from 1870 to 2020. The ... Read more

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    Edited by Dacian C. Dragos, Bogdana Neamtu ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book examines the role, the general framework and the empirical effectiveness of the main alternative dispute resolution tools (administrative appeals, mediation, and ombudsman) in administrative matters, within the broader context of the administrative justice system. The book uses approaches from the fields of law, public administration, public policy and political science to assess the ... Read more

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  • Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships

    Decision, Management and Development

    by Carlos Oliveira Cruz, Rui Cunha Marques ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Economic development and social welfare depend on the existence of effective and efficient infrastructure systems, particularly in health, energy, transportation and water, many of which are developed and managed through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). However, empirical evidence suggests some pitfalls in the use of these PPP arrangements.This book addresses these issues, focusing on mostly ... Read more

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  • Global Public Procurement Theories and Practices

    Edited by Khi V. Thai ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book discusses current theories and practices in the field of public procurement. Over the past few decades, public procurement has had to evolve conceptually and organizationally in the face of unrelenting budget constraints, government downsizing, public demand for increased transparency in public procurement, as well as greater concerns about efficiency, fairness and equity. Procurement ... Read more

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  • Public Policies in Shared Societies

    A Comparative Approach

    by M. Fitzduff ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Communities throughout the world are increasingly diverse in their racial, ethnic and religious make up. Using examples drawn from over 50 countries in a variety of fields from economics to education, this book explores how governmental, economic and social institutions are adapting their policies to create more cohesive and peaceful societies. ... Read more

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  • High-level Political Appointments in the Philippines

    Patronage, Emotion and Democracy

    by Rupert Hodder ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book questions the belief that patronage explains poor governance and weak organizations. Its focus is on high-level political appointees in the Philippines, but its implications for development processes and policy are far-reaching. Patronage stimulates the emergence of democracy and welfare, and constitutes formal organizations. So intimately connected is it with the health of democracy and ... Read more

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  • The New Industrial Policy of the European Union

    Edited by Adam A. Ambroziak ...
    Series series Contributions to Economics
    The main objective of this book has been to carry out research into the definition of industrial policy and its goals; to evaluate previously-introduced policies and instruments; and to identify the future challenges for and features of a modern EU industrial policy. A modern industrial policy is seen as a non-traditional policy towards the industrial sector, based not necessarily on only the ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • Green Growth: Managing the Transition to a Sustainable Economy

    Learning By Doing in East Asia and Europe

    Edited by Diego A. Vazquez-Brust, Joseph Sarkis ...
    Series Book 1 - Greening of Industry Networks Studies
    This volume is a practical guide that helps the reader build a quick, evidence-based understanding of green-growth strategies and challenges. Its cogent analysis of real-life case studies enables policy makers and company executives identify successful strategies they can adopt, and pitfalls they can avoid, in drafting and implementing green growth policies. The contributors’ empirical assessment ... Read more

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  • Eradicating Terrorism from the Middle East

    Policy and Administrative Approaches

    Edited by Alexander R. Dawoody ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book analyzes the contributing factors responsible for the emergence of terrorism in the Middle East with specific case studies based on empirical data that anchors the analyses in real life observation and posits unbiased, bipartisan solutions. Terrorists are targeting civilian populations around the world and increasing pressure on civil liberties, public policy and democratic institutions. ... Read more

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    Political Leadership in Britain and Australia

    by M. Bennister ...
    Series series Palgrave Studies in Political Leadership
    A study of prime ministerial leadership in Britain and Australia. Tony Blair and John Howard were election winning leaders in two similar countries. They succeeded in dominating politics for over 10 years, but both fell dramatically from office. This book asks how these prime ministers established such predominant positions. ... Read more

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    Initiative, ordinary life, and the good life

    by John R Miron ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book focuses on the relationship between the state and economy in the development of cities. It reviews and reinterprets fundamental theoretical models that explain how the operation of markets in equilibrium shapes the scale and organization of the commercial city in a mixed market economy within a liberal state. These models link markets for the factors of production, markets for investment ... Read more

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