Government category: 19669 books
The Appropriations Law Answer Book
A Q&A Guide to Fiscal Law
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Get the Complete Answers to Your Appropriations Law Questions Scrutiny of the use of federal funds—and the people handling those funds—has never been greater. Yet federal personnel often don't know all the rules. What might seem like a logical, efficient action could very well be illegal. Now,...
Making Governments Accountable
The Role of Public Accounts Committees and National Audit Offices
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Over the past two decades, there has been a paradigm shift in public administration and public sector accounting around the world, with increasing emphasis on good governance and accountability processes for government entities. This is all driven both by economic rationalism, and by changing expectations...
by Arend Lijphart
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
In this updated and expanded edition of his classic text, Arend Lijphart offers a broader and deeper analysis of worldwide democratic institutions than ever before. Examining thirty-six democracies during the period from 1945 to 2010, Lijphart arrives at important—and unexpected—conclusions about...
by Paul E. Peterson
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
Winner of the 1981 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for the best book published in the United States on government, politics, or international affairs.
"City Limits radically reinterprets urban politics by deriving its dominant forces from the logic of the American federal structure. It...
Leadership PQ
How Political Intelligence Sets Successful Leaders Apart
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2014
IQ and EQ (Emotional Intelligence) are not enough. Creating profit, growth and a better future for society is the new leadership challenge. In a shared power world, no single organization is in control or can deliver alone. Leadership PQ is for leaders working with multiple stakeholders to achieve...
The Regulation of Standards in British Public Life
Doing the Right Thing?
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
One of the most profound changes in British public life over the last twenty years has been the increasing concern with probity and standards. Some of that concern has been the product of scandals such as the cash for questions affair and the expenses scandal; some of it reflects the erosion of trust...
The Last Line of Defense
The New Fight for American Liberty
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli leads the historic fight against the unprecedented overreach of the federal government.
With Obamacare and agencies like the EPA, the FCC, and the National Labor Relations Board attempting to exercise unprecedented control over the American people, the...
Engineering the Financial Crisis
Systemic Risk and the Failure of Regulation
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
The financial crisis has been blamed on reckless bankers, irrational exuberance, government support of mortgages for the poor, financial deregulation, and expansionary monetary policy. Specialists in banking, however, tell a story with less emotional resonance but a better correspondence to the evidence:...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
Professionally converted for accurate e-book format reproduction, this important U.S. Army field manual serves as a guide for the noncommissioned officer (NCO). Noncommissioned officers are the backbone of The Army and the reason our Army is the best trained. most professional. and most respected...
by Jason Miller
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
An Obamacare book like no other, Obamacare: Healthcare Apocalypse not only lays out all of the core components of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but also provides a detailed analysis of the long-term impacts of this massive federal intrusion into healthcare.
Whether...
How You Got Screwed
What Big Banks, Big Government, and Big Business Don't Want You to Know—and What You Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
If you’re like most people, you want nothing more than a fair shot in life: a chance to seek out opportunities, work hard, and make your own way in this world. But as author Allen Marshall explains in How You Got Screwed, the game has been rigged, making it almost impossible for you to win.
How...
by Lawrence E. Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
China and the US National Debt Crisis - Does China Own the USA? The US is in the grip of an unprecedented level of national debt. How much of the US' national debt does China own and what are the consequences? This new ebook examines the Historical Context of the US debt dilemma, a Global Perspective...
Leading-Edge Research in Public Sector Innovation
Structure, Dynamics, Values and Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
Government and non-profit innovation has emerged as a strong cross-disciplinary research field with its own schools of study. Innovation is studied in fields and organizations that are open to trying out new policies, programs and processes. In twenty-two years of publication, The Innovation Journal:...
by Peter Conti-Brown, Peter Conti-Brown
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
The independence of the Federal Reserve is considered a cornerstone of its identity, crucial for keeping monetary policy decisions free of electoral politics. But do we really understand what is meant by "Federal Reserve independence"? Using scores of examples from the Fed's rich history,...