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  • Rethinking the Administrative Presidency

    Trust, Intellectual Capital, and Appointee-Careerist Relations in the George W. Bush Administration

    by William G. Resh ...
    Series series Johns Hopkins Studies in American Public Policy and Management
    The first book to explore the tension between U.S. presidents and federal agencies from the perspective of careerists in the executive branch.Why do presidents face so many seemingly avoidable bureaucratic conflicts? And why do these clashes usually intensify toward the end of presidential administrations, when a commander-in-chief's administrative goals tend to be more explicit and better aligned ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • What Do We Expect from Our Government?

    by Alison Brooks, Joshua Chanin, David A. Dulio, Peter B. Edelman, Daniel J. Fiorino, Amanda M. Girth, William L. Harder, Guillermina Jasso, Gary LaFree, William M. LeoGrande, John D. Marvel, Rick Melberth, Kelley Moult, Walter J. Oleszek, William G. Resh, James Roosevelt, Jr., David M. Walker ...
    Much has changed in US politics since the historic 2008 election. While the press covers the actions and agendas of the new administration, other impacts of this political shift have not received as much attention. These changes have forced the nation to rethink the necessary role of government, the role of the private market, the impact of science, technology, and information, and, ultimately, ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

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    A lively, intimate memoir that vividly recalls the idealism of the Kennedy administration.As deputy attorney general under Bobby Kennedy and then attorney general and under secretary of state for Lyndon Johnson, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach offers a unique perspective on the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other issues of the day. In this engaging memoir, by turns intensely dramatic and charmingly ... Read more

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  • Scalable Big Data Architecture

    A practitioners guide to choosing relevant Big Data architecture

    by Bahaaldine Azarmi ...
    Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
    This book highlights the different types of data architecture and illustrates the many possibilities hidden behind the term "Big Data", from the usage of No-SQL databases to the deployment of stream analytics architecture, machine learning, and governance.Scalable Big Data Architecture covers real-world, concrete industry use cases that leverage complex distributed applications , which involve web ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Governance

    Edited by David Levi-Faur ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of Governance presents an authoritative and accessible state-of-the-art analysis of the social science literature on governance. The volume presents the core concepts and knowledge that have evolved in the study of governance in different levels and arenas of politics and policymaking. In doing so it establishes itself as the essential point of reference for all those studying ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Brazil Is Not for Amateurs

    Patterns of Governance in the Land of "Jeitinho"

    by Belmiro V. J. Castor ...
    Who should read this book? I cant imagine anyone who would not enjoy and benefit from this insightful overview. Obviously, those with current or future business interests in Brazil should read it, as should anyone planning a visit. Students and scholars interested in the politics, governance or administration of any country, would benefit enormously from studying Belmiros objective and skeptical ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • My Career as U.S. Consul and Diplomat

    A Conversation with Carl A. Bastiani

    by Carl A. Bastiani, Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training ...
    This volume reviews highlights of the authors twenty-eight-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service while he served in Romania, Italy, Poland, and Washington, as elicited in a multi-session conversation with the founder of the Foreign Affairs Oral History Program. Historians and other readers may find of particular interest Bastianis account and analysis of developments while he was head of the U.S ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • A Simple Man's Ideas to Fix a Complex World

    by Andrew Kirby ...

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  • Local Politics and National Policy

    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

  • How Ottawa Spends, 2013-2014

    The Harper Government: Mid-Term Blues and Long-Term Plans

    by Christopher Stoney, G. Bruce Doern ...
    Series Book 34 - How Ottawa Spends Series
    The 2013-14 edition of How Ottawa Spends critically examines national politics, priorities, and policies with a close lens on Stephen Harper's Conservative party during the middle of their first term as a majority.Contributors from across Canada examine the federal government and its not uncommon mid-term problems but also its considerable agenda of long term plans, both set in the midst of ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • The Oxford Handbook of Public Accountability

    Edited by Mark Bovens, Robert E. Goodin, Thomas Schillemans ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    Over the past two decades public accountability has become not only an icon in political, managerial, and administrative discourse but also the object of much scholarly analysis across a broad range of social and administrative sciences. This handbook provides a state of the art overview of recent scholarship on public accountability. It collects, consolidates, and integrates an upsurge of inquiry ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • Observing Policy-Making in Indonesia

    Edited by Erhard Friedberg, Mary E. Hilderbrand ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book analyzes policy-making and implementation in Indonesia. Conducted at the School of Government and Public Policy (Indonesia), the research presented here provides original insights into the country’s public policy processes by exploring the conditions on the ground that shape implementation.The studies brought together in this volume are based on fieldwork involving interviews with ... Read more

    $107.99 USD