Government category: 19669 books
The Government-Industrial Complex
The True Size of the Federal Government, 1984-2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2018
In his 1961 Farewell Address, President Eisenhower famously referred to the emergence of a "military-industrial complex" so powerful that it threatened to warp America's political institutions and economy. However, the military was not the only part of a blended government workforce that was growing...
Citizenville
How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2013
“Citizenville offers both an impassioned plea for more tech-enabled government and a tour d'horizon of the ways some governments have begun using technology to good effect… a fast-paced and engaging read” --San Francisco Chronicle
A rallying cry for revolutionizing democracy in the digital...
Explaining local government
Local government in Britain since 1800
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
Explaining local government uniquely presents a history of local government in Britain since 1800 until the present day. The study explains how the institution evolved from a structure that appeared to be relatively free from central government interference to, as John Prescott observes, 'one of the...
Building Business-Government Relations
A Skills Approach
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
This book introduces business-government relations in the institutional context of the United States from a practitioner’s perspective. It provides the historical, descriptive, and comparative accounts of the public and private sectors, the different roles government plays with business, including...
Public Sector Transformation through E-Government
Experiences from Europe and North America
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Over the last decade governments in Europe and North America have attempted to improve efficiency of public services through Information and Communication Technology, commonly branded as electronic government (e-government). Public Sector Transformation through E-Government explores the influence...
E-Government and Websites
A Public Solutions Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2014
This book presents a citizen-centric perspective of the dual components of e-government and e-governance. E-government refers to the practice of online public reporting by government to citizens, and to service delivery via the Internet. E-governance represents the initiatives for citizens to participate...
Two Treatises on Government
A Translation into Modern English
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2013
Two Treatises on Government: A Translation into Modern English
John Locke’s 1690 book is one of the most important and influential works on government ever published. The first part demolishes the main authoritarian/totalitarian ideology of its day: the doctrine of the divine right of kings...
by Vince Meconi
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
A Practical Guide to Government Management provides a comprehensive yet one-volume work on high-level government management and can be described as a mangement book, reference book, and textbook all in one. It is geared towards any upper level government manager, public administration student, or...
by Paul Bailey
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
An Affordable Future: Challenges facing Australians and their governments, is about how national wealth and income is created in Australia; how governments tax and spend that wealth; and the state of public finances. It looks at the future challenges for Australia to remain one of the world's wealthiest...
Party Government
American Government in Action
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
What do we need to know about political parties in order to understand them? In his classic study E. E. Schattschneider delineates six crucial points: A political party is an organized attempt to get control of the government. Parties live in a highly competitive world. The major parties manage to...
by R.G. Richardson, Glen Milne
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2019
Making Policy: A Guide to How the Federal Government Works
The purpose of this guide is to provide you with an up-to-date overview – and inside perspective – of how the federal government works, with particular reference to the policy and decision-making process, and suggestions for how...
by Cynthia Northrop White
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
You have probably heard the adage, “all politics is local.” It suggests that most of us are motivated politically by what is going on in our lives, in our actual neighborhoods and communalities. The reality is that not only does local government have the most influence in your life, but also provides...
Transforming Government Organizations
Fresh Ideas and Examples from the Field
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
In 2010 IAP released Change (Transformation) in Government Organizations, edited by Ronald R. Sims. This wellreceived volume described how organizational change methods can be used effectively to make government organizations more effective and efficient and better equipped to serve a demanding citizenry....
by United States Government US Senate, Senator Tom Coburn M.D.
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2013
Dear Taxpayer,
As the year 2010 ends, millions of Americans are still struggling to find work. Even those lucky enough to have jobs have had to tighten their belts and trim household budgets. For some this has meant cutting out luxuries; for others, having to make tough...