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“kay spearman”

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  • Financial Management for Local Government

    by Kay Spearman ...
    This series is designed to cover all aspects of sound financial management for local governments in developed and developing countries and economies in transition. Concepts of good governance, transparency and accountability are woven into the text of every chapter, and the needs and potential obstacles to greater decentralization and democracy are highlighted. Each volume is self-contained with ... Read more

    $600.00 USD

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    The Cost of American Militarism

    by Melvin A. Goodman ...
    "Mel Goodman has spent the last few decades telling us what's gone wrong with American intelligence and the American military, and now, in National Insecurity, he tells us what we must do to change the way the system works, and how to fix it. Goodman is not only telling us how to save wasted billions—he is also telling us how to save ourselves."—Seymour M. Hersh, The New YorkerUpon leaving the ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Partisan Priorities

    How Issue Ownership Drives and Distorts American Politics

    by Patrick J. Egan ...
    Americans consistently name Republicans as the party better at handling issues like national security and crime, while they trust Democrats on issues like education and the environment - a phenomenon called 'issue ownership'. Partisan Priorities investigates the origins of issue ownership, showing that in fact the parties deliver neither superior performance nor popular policies on the issues they ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Improving Global Environmental Governance

    Best Practices for Architecture and Agency

    Edited by Norichika Kanie, Steinar Andresen, Peter M. Haas ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Global Environmental Governance
    The experience of environmental governance is approached in Improving Global Environmental Governance from the unique perspective of actor configuration and embedded networks of actors, which are areas of emerging importance. The chapters look at existing Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and the broader constellation of partially networked institutions to better understand the ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Free Market Missionaries

    The Corporate Manipulation of Community Values

    by Sharon Beder ...
    In her recent book Suiting Themselves, bestselling author Sharon Beder exposed how the global corporate elite have brazenly rewritten the rules of the global economy to line their pockets. In this new book she trains her sights on the insidious underbelly of this global trend to show how they have also orchestrated a mass propaganda campaign to manipulate community values and convince us that ... Read more

    $126.99 USD

  • The Future of Helium as a Natural Resource

    Edited by Richard Clarke, Bartek Glowacki, William Nuttall ...
    Series series Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics
    The book reveals the changing dynamics of the helium industry on both the supply-side and the demand-side. The helium industry has a long-term future and this important gas will have a role to play for many decades to come. Major new users of helium are expected to enter the market, especially in nuclear energy (both fission and fusion). Prices and volumes supplied and expected to rise and this ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • The Risk Pivot

    Great Powers, International Security, and the Energy Revolution

    by Bruce D. Jones, David Steven ...
    The last decade has seen a revolution in global energy. First, we saw explosive growth in demand from Asia's rising powers, which fueled fears about scarcity and conflict. But we've also seen an American revolution in technology and markets, resulting in a dramatic increase in sup-ply. This is strengthening America's hand in the world-but it's not without complications. There are major security ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

  • Local Climate Change and Society

    Edited by M. A. Mohamed Salih ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research
    Although the impacts of climate change are certainly global, its manifestations and subsequent consequences begin locally. Local Climate Change and Society examines how climate change has altered society’s relationship with the environment and particularly local communities to adapt to and mitigate climate change. The book analyzes the principles, practices and local responses to micro-level ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Bicycles in American Highway Planning

    The Critical Years of Policy-Making, 1969-1991

    by Bruce D. Epperson ...
    The United States differs from other developed nations in the extent to which its national bicycle transportation policy relies on the use of unmodified roadways, with cyclists obeying the same traffic regulations as motor vehicles. This policy--known as "vehicular cycling"--evolved between 1969, when the "10-speed boom" saw a sharp increase in adult bicycling, and 1991, when the American ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Coastal Zones Ecosystem Services

    From Science to Values and Decision Making

    Edited by R. Kerry Turner, Marije Schaafsma ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book applies the ‘ecosystem services’ framework to coastal environments, showing how it could facilitate an adaptive management strategy. The contributors describe a decision support system (DSS) based on the 3 Ps – pluralism, pragmatism and precaution – that leads to a more flexible, ‘learn by doing’ approach to the stewardship of coastal environments. The book lays out a “Balance Sheets ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Russia as a Network State

    What Works in Russia When State Institutions Do Not?

    Edited by V. Kononenko, A. Moshes ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Discusses the ambiguous nature of the state in Russia, focusing on elite networks and their role in policy processes. This book examines the paradoxical dualism of state institutions and ruling networks, providing answers as to why some decisions are not implemented, and why the state exists despite the systemic inefficiency of its institutions. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Addicted to Failure

    U.S. Security Policy in Latin America and the Andean Region

    Edited by Brian Loveman ...
    Series series Latin American Silhouettes
    For supplementary documentation and useful websites, click here.This perceptive book critically explores why the United States continues to pursue failed policies in Latin America. What elements of the U.S. and Latin American political systems have allowed the Cold War, the war on drugs, and the war on terror to be conflated? Why do U.S. policies—ostensibly designed to promote the rule of law, ... Read more

    $55.09 USD