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  • Whenever Two or More Are Gathered

    Relationship as the Heart of Ethical Discourse

    by Michael M. Harmon, O. C. McSwite ...
    Series series Public Administration: Criticism and Creativity
    Rethinking governance through the lens of human connection.Whenever Two or More Are Gathered focuses on the critical role of ethics and moral responsibility in the field of public administration. Michael M. Harmon and O. C. McSwite posit that administrative ethics, as presently conceived and practiced, is largely a failure, incapable of delivering on its original promise of effectively regulating ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Public Administration's Final Exam

    A Pragmatist Restructuring of the Profession and the Discipline

    by Michael M. Harmon ...
    Examines why public administration’s literature has failed to justify the profession’s legitimacy as an instrument of governanceMichael Harmon employs the literary conceit of a Final Exam, first “written” in the early 1930s, in a critique of the field’s answers to the legitimacy question. Because the assumptions that underwrite the question preclude the possibility of a coherent answer, the exam ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    Multi-level Conflicts in Japan and Beyond

    by Ken Victor Leonard Hijino ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
    This book is about why and how central and local governments clash over important national policy decisions. Its empirical focus is on the local politics of Japan which has significantly shaped, and been shaped by, larger developments in national politics. The book argues that since the 1990s, changes in the national political arena, fiscal and administrative decentralization, as well as broader ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Watergate

    The Corruption of American Politics and the Fall of Richard Nixon

    by Fred Emery ...
    Here is the definitive history of the Watergate scandal—based on the most recently released tapes, in-depth interviews with many of the participants, and hundreds of official and unofficial documents, including notes Haldeman omitted from his own published diaries. Emery's comprehensive coverage and penetrating insights clear up many uncertainties that may still remain about the scandal and the ... Read more

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  • Business Process Management

    Concepts, Languages, Architectures

    by Mathias Weske ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    Business process management is usually treated from two different perspectives: business administration and computer science. While business administration professionals tend to consider information technology as a subordinate aspect in business process management for experts to handle, by contrast computer science professionals often consider business goals and organizational regulations as terms ... Read more

    $76.49 USD

  • The Candy Store Generation: How the Baby Boomers are Screwing Up America

    by David Todd ...
    The financial condition of the U.S.A. resembles a sinking ship. Excess of spending over revenues as far as can reasonably be predicted. Debt being piled up year after year. Interest payments poised to soar when the unsustainably low rates of 2012 return to normal levels.At the helm of this ship of state are the Baby Boomers. They dominate the electorate, our legislative bodies, our corporate ... Read more

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  • A Complexity Theory for Public Policy

    by Göktuğ Morçöl ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Public Administration and Public Policy
    Complexity theory has become popular in the natural and social sciences over the last few decades as a result of the advancements in our understanding of the complexities in natural and social phenomena. Concepts and methods of complexity theory have been applied by scholars of public affairs in North America and Europe, but a comprehensive framework for these applications is lacking. A Complexity ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • The Architecture of Russian Markets

    Organizational Responses to Institutional Change

    by B. Grancelli ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This study analyses enterprise development and entrepreneurship and their relationship with the state and market building in Russia. It focuses on continuities and changes in the factory regime, drawing on existing literature and the author's own research and evaluation. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Designing Case Studies

    Explanatory Approaches in Small-N Research

    by J. Blatter, M. Haverland ...
    Series series ECPR Research Methods
    The authors explore three ways of conducting causal analysis in case studies. They draw on established practices as well as on recent innovations in case study methodology and integrate these insights into coherent approaches. They highlight the core features of each approach and provide advice on each step of the research process. ... Read more

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  • Redesigning Work

    A Blueprint for Canada's Future Well-being and Prosperity

    by Graham Lowe, Frank Graves ...
    Canada’s future prosperity is of utmost concern to citizens, industry leaders and policy makers. Using original public opinion research from EKOS, Redesigning Work argues that improving people’s jobs and workplaces can unlock the potential to strengthen Canada’s economy and improve the well-being of Canadians.Graham Lowe and Frank Graves are two of Canada’s leading experts on work and public ... Read more

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  • Public Administration in India

    The Higher Civil Service

    by S.R. Maheshwari ...
    This book is about public administration in India, which is often synonymous with the role and performance of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). The author stresses the indispensability of the civil service in a democratic polity like India and the decisive role it plays in assisting with the social and economic development of the country. He also examines the corruption in the bureaucracy ... Read more

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  • Computational Collective Intelligence

    9th International Conference, ICCCI 2017, Nicosia, Cyprus, September 27-29, 2017, Proceedings, Part I

    Edited by Ngoc Thanh Nguyen, George A. Papadopoulos, Piotr Jędrzejowicz, Bogdan Trawiński, Gottfried Vossen ...
    Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This two-volume set (LNAI 10448 and LNAI 10449) constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Collective Intelligence, ICCCI 2017, held in Nicosia, Cyprus, in September 2017.The 117 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 248 submissions. The conference focuseson the methodology and applications of computational collective intelligence, ... Read more

    $49.99 USD