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Making Multilevel Public Management Work: Stories of Success and Failure from Europe and North America
Published:
April 23, 2013
Editor(s):
Denita Cepiku; David K. Jesuit; Ian Roberge
Public management increasingly takes place in multilevel settings, since most countries are decentralized to one degree or another and most problems transcend and cut across administrative and geographical borders. A collaboration of scholars in the Transnational Initiative on Governance Research …
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Public Administration in Africa: Performance and Challenges
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April 02, 2013
Editor(s):
Shikha Vyas-Doorgapersad; Lukamba-Muhiya. Tshombe; Ernest Peprah Ababio
With contributions from leading regional scholars, Public Administration in Africa: Performance and Challenges examines complexities of art of governance from the unique African perspective. The editors bring together a cohesive study of the major issues and regions by taking an analytic approach …
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Adapting to Sea Level Rise in the Coastal Zone: Law and Policy Considerations
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March 26, 2013
Author(s):
Chad J. McGuire
Comprehensive, but not overly technical, this book provides a legal-policy framework to the discussion of how coastal managers can best approach the problem of sea level rise. It identifies legal barriers and offers proposed solutions to mitigate the impact of those barriers. The book introduces …
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Local Economic Development and the Environment: Finding Common Ground
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March 22, 2013
Author(s):
Susan M. Opp; Jeffery L. Osgood, Jr.
A clear and practical examination of complex issues, Local Economic Development and the Environment: Finding Common Ground provides a broad, academic look at the intersection of two important areas for local administrators. In addition to managing development in a strained economic climate, most …
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Public Administration in Post-Communist Countries: Former Soviet Union, Central and Eastern Europe, and Mongolia
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February 26, 2013
Editor(s):
Saltanat Liebert; Stephen E. Condrey; Dmitry Goncharov
Although it has been more than 20 years since Communism crumbled in Central and Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, many scholars and politicians still wonder what the lifting of the Iron Curtain has really meant for these former Communist countries. And, because these countries were largely …
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Case Studies in Disaster Response and Emergency Management
Published:
January 04, 2013
Author(s):
Nicolas A. Valcik; Paul E. Tracy
Each emergency comes with its own set of challenges, however, many emergencies of the past can be used as tools to evaluate the decisions made and apply them to similar situations. Designed to enable public officials to conduct this kind of evaluation, Case Studies in Disaster Response and …
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Technological Advances in Interactive Collaborative Learning
Published:
December 18, 2012
Editor(s):
Nia Alexandrov; Raul Ramirez Velarde; Vassil Alexandrov
Exploring the latest developments in the technology and pedagogy of higher education, Technological Advances in Interactive Collaborative Learning presents information technology-oriented educational programs for the next generation of scientists and researchers. It highlights the importance of …
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Security Governance, Policing, and Local Capacity
Published:
December 13, 2012
Author(s):
Jan Froestad; Clifford Shearing
The security governance of South Africa has faced immense challenges amid post-apartheid constitutional and political transformations. In many cases, policing and governmental organizations have failed to provide security and other services to the poorest inhabitants. Security Governance, Policing, …
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Effective Non-Profit Management: Context, Concepts, and Competencies
Published:
July 26, 2012
Author(s):
Shamima Ahmed
In an environment of increased interdependency and collaborations among non-profits, for-profits, and governmental organizations, researchers and practitioners have begun to identify the need for a distinctive set of values, skills, and competencies for effective non-profit management. Underlining …
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Logics of Legitimacy: Three Traditions of Public Administration Praxis
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July 26, 2012
Author(s):
Margaret Stout
The discipline of public administration draws predominantly from political and organizational theory, but also from other social and behavioral sciences, philosophy, and even theology. This diversity results in conflicting prescriptions for the "proper" administrative role. So, how are those new to …
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