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Between realism and revolt
Leading governance theorist Jonathan S. Davies develops a rich comparative analysis of austerity governance and resistance in eight cities, to establish a conjunctural perspective on the rolling crises of neoliberal globalism. Drawing on a major international study of eight cities, Davies employ...
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Daring to struggle, daring to win
Helen Shiller recounts her independent path of resistance: from the student anti-war movement of the 1960s to a Black Panther Party alliance to Mayor Harold Washington’s 26th vote to lonely voice against Mayor Richard M. Daley on a myriad of issues.
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Democratic management of an ecosystem under threat
Using case studies from Florida and the Caribbean, this book summarizes the state of coral reef conservation today, exploring the most effective way to protect vulnerable coral reef ecosystems while ensuring people’s voices are heard.
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Employer engagement
Active labour market policies aim to assist people not in work to move into employment through a range of interventions including job search, preparation, training and in-work support and development. While policies, programmes and scholarship predominantly focus on jobseekers’ engagement with th...
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Evidence-based policy making in the social sciences
Drawing on the insights of some of the world’s leading authorities in public policy analysis, this important book offers a distinct and critical showcase of emerging forms of discovery for policy-making. Chapter by chapter this expert group of social scientists showcase their chosen method or app...
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From fragmentation to wholeness
From Fragmentation to Wholeness challenges conventional, mechanistic approaches to sustainability and argues that fragmented human consciousness and linear policy models are insufficient to address today’s systemic crises.
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Fundamentals of market access for pharmaceuticals
This book provides a conceptual and pragmatic approach to the complexity of market access for pharmaceuticals across different types of economies and health care systems around the world, providing a comprehensive toolbox with key concepts and methods for students, executives from companies, publ...
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Inspectors general
Inspectors General: Duty, Authority, Integrity examines the firsthand experiences and insights of practitioners who work in an omnipresent yet little understood government watchdog institution, the Office of Inspector General (OIG).
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It can be done in government
This provides a roadmap for improving public sector efficiency using teams. Ideal for process improvement initiatives, it distinguishes between processes and projects, emphasizing ongoing, interconnected processes. The book advocates for a balanced internal focus for public sector leaders to enha...
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It’s the government, stupid
Governments have developed a convenient habit of blaming social problems on their citizens, placing too much emphasis on personal responsibility and pursuing policies to ‘nudge’ their citizens to better behaviour. Keith Dowding shows that, in fact, responsibility for many of our biggest social cr...
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New developments in urban governance
This book presents the findings of a major Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) project into urban austerity governance in eight cities across the world (Athens, Baltimore, Barcelona, Melbourne, Dublin, Leicester, Montréal and Nantes). It offers comparative reflections on the myriad experi...
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Politics and policy making in the uk
Over the past decade, the UK has experienced major policy and policy making change. This text examines this shifting political and policy landscape while also highlighting the features of UK politics that have endured. Written by Paul Cairney and Sean Kippin, leading voices in UK public policy a...
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Public administration, civic engagement, and spanish-speaking communities
Public Administration, Civic Engagement, and Spanish-Speaking Communities builds on the first bilingual (Spanish–English) special session at the National Academy of Public Administration’s 2022 Social Equity Leadership Conference.
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Public management in transition
This textbook is the first to examine how new trends such as “radical innovation”, “co-creation” and “potentialization” challenge fundamental values in the public sector. The authors bridge traditional public management approaches that tend to exclude social and societal problems, with broader so...
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Richard titmuss
This is the first full-length biography of Richard Titmuss, a pioneer of social policy research and an influential figure in Britain’s post-war welfare debates. Drawing on his own papers, publications, and interviews with those who knew him, the book discusses Titmuss’s ideas, particularly those ...
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Social policy first hand
Social policy is often constructed and implemented by people who have little experience of its impact as a service user, but there has been a growing interest in greater public, patient and service user involvement in social policy as both political activity and academic discipline. Social Policy...
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The new dynamics of accountability in fire and rescue services
The New Dynamics of Accountability in Fire and Rescue Services explores how UK governance reforms have reshaped accountability in fire services, focusing on the Policing and Crime Act 2017. The book highlights implications for wider emergency services and future policy directions.
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The new technocracy
Setting a new benchmark for studies of technocracy, this book shows that a solution to the challenge of populism will depend as much on a technocratic retreat as democratic innovation. Esmark examines the development since the 1980s of a new 'post-industrial' technocratic regime and its complicit...
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Understanding affordability
For many younger and lower-income people, housing affordability continues to worsen. Based on the academic research of two distinguished housing economists – and stimulated by working with governments across the world - this wide-ranging book sets out clear theoretical and empirical frameworks t...
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What works now?
Building substantially on the earlier, landmark text, What Works? (Policy Press, 2000), this book brings together key thinkers and researchers to provide a contemporary review of the aspirations and realities of evidence-informed policy and practice. The text is clearly structured and provides se...
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