Category Archives: Public Affairs & Administration

State and Local Fiscal Policy: Thinking Outside the Box? (Studies in Fiscal Federalism and State-Local Finance)

The last few decades have presented a new set of challenges and opportunities for public finances. Demographic trends have put substantial pressure on non-discretionary public expenditures such as health care, while legal challenges have put pressure on education financing. The … Continue reading

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Public Management Reform and Modernization: Trajectories of Administrative Change in Italy, France, Greece, Portugal and Spain

`Ongaro has made a major contribution to understanding the political and adminstrative systems of Southern Europe. The work goes beyond that, however, by providing an excellent example of comparative analysis in general. This book should be read by all students … Continue reading

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E-Government Interoperability and Information Resource Integration: Frameworks for Aligned Development (Premier Reference Source)

Improved interoperability between public organizations as well as between public and private organizations is of critical importance to make electronic government more successful. E-Government Interoperability and Information Resource Integration: Frameworks for Aligned Development focuses on the integration of new technologies … Continue reading

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Administration and the Other: Explorations of Diversity and Marginalization in the Political Administrative State

The American state, with its various instruments of policy-making and implementation, has found itself wrestling with various policy challenges related to matters of marginalization. Administration and the Other uses historical cases to examine the social construction of groups in American … Continue reading

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Understanding and Managing Public Organizations (Essential Texts for Nonprofit and Public Leadership and Management)

Understanding and Managing Public Organizations provides a comprehensive analysis of research and practice on public organizations and management. In this fourth edition of his award-winning best seller, Hal Rainey reviews topics including organizational goals and performance, decision making and strategy, … Continue reading

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Guardians of the Revolution: Iran and the World in the Age of the Ayatollahs

Revolutionary guards chanting against the Great Satan, Bush fulminating against the Axis of Evil, Iranian support for Hezbollah, and President Ahmadinejad blaming the U.S. for the world’s ills–the unending war of words suggests an intractable divide between Iran and the … Continue reading

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Systems Thinking and E-participation: Ict in the Governance of Society (Advances in Electronic Government Research (Aegr) Book Series)

Systems Thinking and E-Participation: ICT in the Governance of Society provides a systemic-based inquiry platform to explore boundaries, limits, and advantages of information and communication technology use in public decision making processes. This publication examines the impact of governmental technologies … Continue reading

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Integrating E-business Models for Government Solutions: Citizen-centric Service Oriented Methodologies and Processes (Advances in Electronic Government Research) (Premier Reference Source)

The expectations of citizens in delivery of services by government institutions have increased over the last decade. Although, governments all over the world are involved in transforming methodologies and processes to satisfy their stakeholders, still there are problems which are … Continue reading

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The Art of Public Strategy: Mobilizing Power and Knowledge for the Common Good

The strategies adopted by governments and public officials can have dramatic effects on peoples’ lives. The best ones can transform economic laggards into trailblazers, eliminate diseases, or sharply cut crime. Strategic failures can result in highly visible disasters, like the … Continue reading

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Disaster Management Handbook (Public Administration and Public Policy)

Record breaking hurricane seasons, tornados, tsunamis, earthquakes, and intentional acts of mass-casualty violence, give lie to the delusion that disasters are the anomaly and not the norm. Disaster management is rooted in the fundamental belief that we can protect ourselves. … Continue reading

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