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  • The Handbook of Federal Government Leadership and Administration

    Transforming, Performing, and Innovating in a Complex World

    Series series ASPA Series in Public Administration and Public Policy
    Public management is context dependent, rather than generic. That may sound obvious, but in the late 1920s through the 1930s, a dominant strand of thought considered public administration to be a "single process," wherever practiced. Today by contrast, federal administration is distinguished from private enterprise, nonprofit management, and state and local governmental practices by the combined ... Read more

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  • Sustainable Human Development Across the Life Course

    Evidence from Longitudinal Research

    EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. It is critical that the wellbeing of society is systematically tracked by indicators that not only give an accurate picture of human life today but also provide a window into the future for all of us.This book presents impactful findings from international longitudinal studies that respond to the United Nations’ Agenda 2030 commitment to ... Read more

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    Series series Heritage
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