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Global Issues eBook Series

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  • Absence in Science, Security and Policy

    From Research Agendas to Global Strategy

    Edited by Brian Balmer, Brian Rappert ...
    Series series Global Issues
    This book explores the absent and missing in debates about science and security. Through varied case studies, including biological and chemical weapons control, science journalism, nanotechnology research and neuroethics, the contributors explore how matters become absent, ignored or forgotten and the implications for ethics, policy and society.The chapter 'Sensing Absence: How to See What Isn't ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

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  • The Creative City

    Cultural policies and urban regeneration between conservation and development

    by Alessia Usai ...
    Series Book 2 - Cultural Management and Cultural Policy Education
    This book focuses on the relationships between the creative city principles and the planning approach introduced by the European Landscape Convention in order to identify best practices for the development of innovative cultural policies and new urban regeneration tools.The research is characterized by a cross-cutting approach to cultural heritage. It proposes a new model for the design of ... Read more

    $50.99 USD

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

    by Andrew Kirby ...

    $2.99 USD

  • The Flipside of Governance: An Evaluation of the Authenticity of Public Administration in Liberia

    by William K.G. Barnes ...
    In a nation ‘freed without freedom, led without leaders, governed without governance, and justice is just-them;’ Dr. William Kpanah Gowah Barnes, a distinguished Liberian educator, expert of governance, former executive of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and a victim of injustices, presents an unambiguous analysis of public administration in Liberia, while contemporaneously ... Read more

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  • The Brooklyn Wars

    The Stories Behind the Remaking of New York's Most Celebrated Borough

    by Neil deMause ...
    Across the globe, the word “Brooklyn” has come to represent cutting-edge cuisine, a vibrant music and literary culture, and the epitome of hip. But most of the world doesn’t see the price that local residents pay as their neighborhoods are swallowed by change. In The Brooklyn Wars, masterful storyteller and award-winning journalist Neil deMause turns a spotlight on the borough’s transformation. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Policy State

    An American Predicament

    by Karen Orren, Stephen Skowronek ...
    The steady accretion of public policies over the decades has fundamentally changed how America is governed. The formulation and delivery of policy have emerged as the government’s entire raison d’être, redefining rights and reconfiguring institutional structures. The Policy State looks closely at this massive unnoticed fact of modern politics and addresses the controversies swirling around it. ... Read more

    $34.49 USD

  • New Private Sector Providers in the Welfare State

    by Jonas Pieper ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book provides a study of the rise of private sector providers in the welfare state. It compares for-profit firms as providers of hospital services and pensions and investigates the new private actors in social policy provision, whether they become political actors, and the extent of their power in welfare state politics. Focusing on Germany and the UK, the author’s analysis includes, amongst ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Consistent Application of EU Competition Law

    Substantive and Procedural Challenges

    Edited by Adriana Almășan, Peter Whelan ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    In recent years, there has been a decentralisation of the enforcement of the EU competition law provisions, Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). Consequently, the national application of these provisions has become increasingly more common across the European Union. This national application poses various challenges for those concerned about the ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Contestants, Profiteers, and the Political Dynamics of Marketization

    How Shareholders gained Control Rights in Britain, Germany, and France

    by Helen Callaghan ...
    Since the early 1980s, governments worldwide have taken many measures to expand the role of markets. Recent political events reflect widespread disenchantment with neoliberal policies, but it remains doubtful whether populist leaders will deliver the market restraints that many of their voters expect. This book explains the resilience of marketization processes by highlighting the role of ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Passing the Torch

    Planning for the Next Generation of Leaders in Public Service

    by Karl Besel, Charlotte Lewellen Williams ...
    Public-service executives, both elected and appointed within the public and nonprofit sectors, are retiring at record levels, and the number of Americans reaching age sixty-five annually will continue to rise over the next decade and is expected to surpass four million in 2020. Finding qualified, motivated leaders to fill vital public-service positions will challenge the public and nonprofit ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Information Technology for Management: New Ideas and Real Solutions

    14th Conference, AITM 2016, and 11th Conference, ISM 2016, held as Part of FedCSIS, Gdansk, Poland, September 11-14, 2016, Revised Selected Papers

    Edited by Ewa Ziemba ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This book constitutes revised selected papers from the 14th Conference on Advanced Information Technologies for Management, AITM 2016, and the 11th Conference on Information Systems Management, ISM 2016, held as part of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, FedCSIS, which took place in Gdansk, Poland, in September 2016.The 13 papers presented in this volume were ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Knowledge Creation in Community Development

    Institutional Change in Southeast Asia and Japan

    Edited by Ayano Hirose Nishihara, Masaei Matsunaga, Ikujiro Nonaka, Kiyotaka Yokomichi ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book explores how public organizations and not-for-profit organizations (NPO) can be more collaborative, innovative and effective in solving social issues in both developing and developed countries. “Social innovation,” led by social entrepreneurs and/or social enterprises, emerged in the late 1990s, and spread in 2000s. As the West faced management failures, demand increased for corporations ... Read more

    $80.09 USD