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“tim kelsey”

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  • Transparency and the Open Society

    Practical Lessons for Effective Policy

    by Roger Taylor, Tim Kelsey ...
    Greater transparency is increasingly seen as the answer to a wide range of social issues by governments, NGOs and businesses around the world. However, evidence of its impact is mixed. Using case studies from around the world including India, Tanzania, the UK and US, Transparency and the open society surveys the adoption of transparency globally, providing an essential framework for assessing its ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

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  • Otherworldly Politics

    The International Relations of Star Trek, Game of Thrones, and Battlestar Galactica

    by Stephen Benedict Dyson ...
    A compelling look at the analogous political worlds of science fiction, fantasy, and international relations.In Otherworldly Politics, Stephen Benedict Dyson examines the fictional but deeply political realities of three television shows: Star Trek, Game of Thrones, and Battlestar Galactica.Dyson explains how these shows offer alternative histories and future possibilities for humanity. Fascinated ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Big Data Imperatives

    Enterprise Big Data Warehouse, BI Implementations and Analytics

    by Soumendra Mohanty, Madhu Jagadeesh, Harsha Srivatsa ...
    Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
    Big Data Imperatives, focuses on resolving the key questions on everyone’s mind: Which data matters? Do you have enough data volume to justify the usage? How you want to process this amount of data? How long do you really need to keep it active for your analysis, marketing, and BI applications?Big data is emerging from the realm of one-off projects to mainstream business adoption; however, the ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Evaluation for the Real World

    The Impact of Evidence in Policy Making

    by Colin Palfrey, Paul Thomas, Ceri Phillips ...
    Evaluation research findings should be a key element of the policy-making process, yet in reality they are often disregarded. This valuable book examines the development of evaluation and its impact on public policy by analysing evaluation frameworks and criteria which are available when evaluating public policies and services. It further examines the nature of evidence and its use and non-use by ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Immigration Policies and the Global Competition for Talent

    by Lucie Cerna ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines the variation in high-skilled immigration policies in OECD countries. These countries face economic and social pressures from slowing productivity, ageing populations and pressing labour shortages. To address these inter-related challenges, the potential of the global labour market needs to be harnessed. Countries need to intensify their efforts to attract talented people – the ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Bush on the Home Front

    Domestic Policy Triumphs and Setbacks

    by John D. Graham ...
    Military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq consumed so much attention during his presidency that few people appreciated that George W. Bush was also an activist on the home front. Despite limited public support, and while confronting a deeply divided Congress, Bush engineered and implemented reforms of public policy on a wide range of issues: taxes, education, health care, energy, environment, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cohabitation and Conflicting Politics in French Policymaking

    by S. Lazardeux ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This study departs from traditional interpretations of cohabitation in French politics, which suggest French institutions are capable of coping when the President and Prime Minister originate from different political parties. Instead, it offers the opposite view that cohabitation leads to partisan conflict and inertia in the policy-making process. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Capitalist Imperialism in Contemporary Theoretical Frameworks

    New Theories

    by Filip Ilkowski ...
    Series Book 13 - Studies in Politics, Security and Society
    This book analyzes the controversy surrounding imperialism associated with capitalist development. The last dozen years passed under the shadow of two momentous events: the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan conducted in the framework of the broader «war on terror», and the economic crisis. They occurred against the backdrop of global economic integration, but also against the contradictions in its ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Managing Local Governments

    Designing Management Control Systems that Deliver Value

    by Emanuele Padovani, David W. Young ...
    Series series Routledge Masters in Public Management
    Local Government is an area where management skills are tested to the extreme. With political considerations evident both locally and nationally, managing resources can be complex and subject to change.This book introduces new concepts and new ways of doing business that can greatly enhance the value of the services a local government provides to its citizens, without putting a greater financial ... Read more

    $81.99 USD

  • Obamacare Simplified

    Your Go-To Guide for Understanding Obamacare

    by Hamisu Salihu ...
    ObamaCare, otherwise known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), has become law in the United States and has lead to a major reform of the healthcare industry. Although the law has received wide media coverage, the majority of our citizens still do not understand the basic tenets of the law.This book simplifies the main provisions of ObamaCare, using a question and response format that reflects the ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • The Politics of Health Policy Reform in the UK

    England’s Permanent Revolution

    by Calum Paton ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book explains the politics of thirty years of ‘market reform’ in the English NHS, with the rest of the UK a counter-factual. Paton shows how each subsequent reform has been shaped by the confusion left by the previous reform. The long-term ideology has been anti-statist but policy-making at each stage of ‘reform’ has been driven by short-term politics. The outcome in England has been ever ... Read more

    $98.09 USD