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  • Auditing Good Government in Africa

    Public Sector Reform, Professional Norms and the Development Discourse

    by M. Gustavson ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book gives a comprehensive overview of the literature on development in Sub-Saharan Africa, and challenges the notions of African public officials presented there. It focuses on public audit institutions and offers rich empirical research results, which contradicts many assumptions made in the literature on development in Sub-Saharan Africa. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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    A Transformative Policy for India

    by Mr Sarath Davala, Renana Jhabvala, Prof. Guy Standing, Soumya Kapoor Mehta ...
    This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com.Would it be possible to provide people with a basic income as a right? The idea has a long history. This book draws on two pilot schemes conducted in the Indian State of Madhya Pradesh, in which thousands of men, women and children were provided with an unconditional ... Read more

    $28.19 USD

  • Urban Planning in the Global South

    Conflicting Rationalities in Contested Urban Space

    by Richard de Satgé, Vanessa Watson ...
    This book addresses the on-going crisis of informality in rapidly growing cities of the global South. The authors offer a Southern perspective on planning theory, explaining how the concept of conflicting rationalities complements and expands upon a theoretical tradition which still primarily speaks to global ‘Northern’ audiences. De Satgé and Watson posit that a significant change is needed in ... Read more

    $170.99 USD

  • Politics and Policies in Upper Guinea Coast Societies

    Change and Continuity

    Edited by Christian K. Højbjerg, Jacqueline Knörr, William P. Murphy ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines the radical changes in social and political landscape of the Upper Guinea Coast region over the past 30 years as a result of civil wars, post-war interventions by international, humanitarian agencies and peacekeeping missions, as well as a regional public health crisis (Ebola epidemic). The emphasis on ‘crises’ in this book draws attention to the intense socio-transformations in ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Politics, Aid and Globalization

    by A. Flint ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book explains how issues of governance lie at the heart of understanding and combating the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa. It reviews the debates surrounding the root causes of the pandemic and its continuing proliferation and examines the local and global socio-political forces that have contributed to the spread and impact of the disease. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Global, Regional and Local Dimensions of Western Sahara’s Protracted Decolonization

    When a Conflict Gets Old

    Edited by Raquel Ojeda-Garcia, Irene Fernández-Molina, Victoria Veguilla ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book explores the traces of the passage of time on the protracted and intractable conflict of Western Sahara. The authors offer a multilevel analysis of recent developments from the global to the local scenes, including the collapse of the architecture of the UN-led conflict resolution process, the advent of the War on Terror to the the Sahara-Sahel area and the impact of the ‘Arab Spring’ ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Civil Society and Mirror Images of Weak States

    Bangladesh and the Philippines

    by Jasmin Lorch ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book investigates theoretically and empirically whether and (if so) how state weakness influences the way in which national civil societies constitute themselves, using Bangladesh and the Philippines as case studies. A vibrant civil society is usually perceived as an important ingredient of democracy, but does this hold for civil society in weak states as well? What does civil society look ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Public Sector Performance and Development Cooperation in Rwanda

    Results-Based Approaches

    by Stephan Klingebiel, Victoria Gonsior, Franziska Jakobs, Miriam Nikitka ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This study provides a conceptual framework for analysing Results-Based Approaches to improving public sector effectiveness and efficiency according to their actor constellation and shared characteristics. Though the importance of functioning public sector agencies and organizations for sustainable development is accepted, public sector reform efforts have achieved only modest success. Results ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Corruption and Governance in Africa

    Swaziland, Kenya, Nigeria

    by Kempe Ronald Hope, Sr. ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This volume analyzes the corruption phenomenon in Africa and how to combat it from a governance perspective with illustrated case studies from three of the most corrupt of those nations covering, respectively, the Southern Africa region (Swaziland); the Eastern Africa region (Kenya); and the Western Africa region (Nigeria). Drawing on the available data, research literature, and field practice ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Women in Governing Institutions in South Asia

    Parliament, Civil Service and Local Government

    Edited by Nizam Ahmed ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This edited volume examines policies aimed at increasing the representation of women in governing institutions in six South Asian countries. Divided into three parts, it addresses the implications of uniformity and diversity for the substantive representation of women in parliament, civil service and local government. The contributing authors explore the scope and limits of ‘positive ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • Reimagineering the Nation

    Essays on Twenty-First-Century Sweden

    Edited by Aleksandra Ålund, Carl-Ulrik Schierup, Anders Neergaard ...
    Series Book 4 - Political and Social Change
    This collection of essays offers a critical analysis of neoliberal transformation as it has unfolded in Sweden, long regarded as exemplary in terms of social welfare, equality and an inclusive multicultural democracy. The book presents a multidisciplinary exposition on Sweden, seen in a wider European perspective. It addresses changing frameworks of citizenship, welfare and democracy, migration ... Read more

    $84.79 USD

  • 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

    $49.49 USD