Government category: 19669 books
The Regulatory Process
With Illustrations from Commercial Aviation
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
The subject of regulation is one of the most vital and troublesome in our system of government. In this detailed study of early and mid-twentieth-century regulation of commercial aviation Emmette S. Redford illustrates what happens when government regulates a particular industry. He first sets forth...
Where There is No Government
Enforcing Property Rights in Common Law Africa
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2011
It is safe to say that a sizeable majority of the world's population would agree with the proposition that that property rights are important for political and social stability as well as economic growth. But what happens when the state fails to enforce such rights? Throughout sub-Saharan Africa,...
by Professor Richard Mulgan
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2014
A systematic and engaging new text that analyses accountability and transparency in contemporary public services, and examines how open government can be both a challenge and an aid to more effective public management. This text is an ideal guide for both practical and conceptual understanding of the possibilities of open government.
The Congressional Government
A Study in American Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2018
This eBook edition of "The Congressional Government" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The object of this book is to point out the most characteristic practical features of the federal system. Taking Congress as the central and...
by Raymond W. Converse
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Arguing that a world government may be the best hope for addressing major problems facing the world, that is, poverty, global warming, global trade, the lack of financial regulation, and others, the author approaches the reasons for a world government and the steps necessary to institute it. Total...
by Anthony Anamgba
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2017
Forms of government are the different systems and structures that are adopted for administering a State. This book clearly explains monarchy as a system of governing. It analyzes aristocracy as a system of governing. It examines democracy as a system of governing. It throws light on dictatorship as...
by Anthony Anamgba
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2017
Organs of government are the three parts of government that perform special constitutional functions in the State. This book clearly explains the structure and functions of the legislature as an organ that makes laws. It sheds light on the lawmaking process in the legislature. It analyzes the structure...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
While most current studies on law and politics in Israel focus on the legal aspects of public policymaking within the courts, this book explores the relationship between law and government from a positive perspective. That is to say that the question asked is: how the political relationships between...
Positive Populism
Revolutionary Ideas to Rebuild Economic Security, Family, and Community in America
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
The elites still can't believe Donald Trump won or that Britain voted for Brexit. But what’s next for the populist revolution and for the people who believe in it?
Fox News host and former government insider Steve Hilton shows how populism can be a positive force for improving lives, with...
Made in Nunavut
An Experiment in Decentralized Government
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
After years of negotiation, the territory of Nunavut was established in Canada’s Eastern and Central Arctic on April 1, 1999. Made in Nunavut provides the first behind-the-scenes account of the planning that led to this remarkable achievement. The authors, leading authorities on the politics of...
The Associational State
American Governance in the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
In the wake of the New Deal, U.S. politics has been popularly imagined as an ongoing conflict between small-government conservatives and big-government liberals. In practice, narratives of left versus right or government versus the people do not begin to capture the dynamic ways Americans pursue civic...
Running the Government
Public Administration and Governance in Global Context
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
Sound machinery of government is at the core of a well-functioning state. Written by an author with wide experience in public administration globally, this book addresses both the commonalities and the diversity of administrative practice around the world. Exploring developed countries as well as...
Tools for Decision Making
A Practical Guide for Local Government
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2008
Known for encouraging step-by-step problem solving and for connecting techniques to real-world scenarios, David Ammons’ Tools for Decision Making covers a wide range of local government practices—from the foundational to the advanced. Brief and readable, each chapter opens with a problem in a...
by Jerry W. Koehler
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
Key to the success of quality implementation is the understandingteam members have of the process and the tools to be used. Continual Improvement in Government: Tools and Methods was designed to provide users with a complete description and practical examples of these tools and viable techniques that...