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Sand in the Gears
How Public Policy Has Crippled American Manufacturing
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
American manufacturing has been on the decline for at least two generations. That fact is plain to any observer who travels through the Rust Belt of the Midwest, where the closing of steel plants and automobile factories has created ghost towns that dot the landscape. It is also clear from the dormant...
International Bureaucracy
Challenges and Lessons for Public Administration Research
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
This book applies established analytical concepts such as influence, authority, administrative styles, autonomy, budgeting and multilevel administration to the study of international bureaucracies and their political environment. It reflects on the commonalities and differences between national and...
by Clive Lee
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
Public expenditure has increased considerably in the UK from around ten per cent of GDP in the 1870s to forty per cent and above in the 21st century. Clive Lee explores the fluctuations in state spending, highlighting the ongoing political conflict over the size and extent of welfare provision.
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Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Written to support practitioners undertaking a Masters in public health, this book considers the main concepts, issues and methodologies of the second core competence of the Public Health Skills and Career Framework: 'Assessment of evidence of the effectiveness of interventions, programmes and services...
Toward a Culture of Consequences
Performance-Based Accountability Systems for Public Services
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
Performance-based accountability systems (PBASs) link incentives to measured performance to improve services to the public. Research suggests that PBASs influence provider behaviors, but little is known about PBAS effectiveness at achieving performance goals. This study examines nine PBASs that are...
by Fabio Monteduro, Alessandro Hinna, Luca Gnan
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
This volume accesses governance in public and non-profit organizations. Building on and challenging recent research in this area, this volume critically examines the contextual, behavioural and historical factors of governance.
Determinants of Health
An Economic Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
This collection of Michael Grossman’s most important papers adds essential background and depth to his work on economic determinants of public health. Each of the book’s four sections includes an introduction that contextualizes the issues and addresses the larger stakes of his work. An afterword...
International Public Financial Management Reform
Progress, Contradictions, and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2005
This book is intended to give readers detailed information and perspectives on the reform of financial management reform practices in a variety of national settings around the world. The chapters explore the reform agenda in each nation and factors that stimulated change. Each chapter addresses the...
by Derek A. Epp
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the Red Scare seized the American public. While President Eisenhower cautioned restraint, his hand was forced, and NASA’s budget had increased five thousand percent over its pre-Sputnik levels by the time President Kennedy proposed landing a man on the moon....
by Clea Bourne
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
The public relations profession positions itself as expert in building trust throughout global markets, particularly after crisis strikes. Successive crises have tainted financial markets in recent years. Calls to restore trust in finance have been particularly pressing, given trust’s crucial role...
by Dr. Deane Waldman, MD MBA
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2016
“Single Payer Won’t Save Us” looks at all the evidence about single payer healthcare systems including those here in the U.S. as well as in other countries. Single payer, universal health care, government healthcare, and the “public option” are all the same: the government is in charge of,...
Human Capital
Tools and Strategies for the Public Sector
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2008
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With the shift from “human resources” to “human capital management” (HCM), public agencies are striving...
The World of Open Data
Concepts, Methods, Tools and Experiences
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2018
This book discusses the latest developments in the field of open data. The opening of data by public organizations has the potential to improve the public sector, inspire business innovation, and establish transparency. With this potential comes unique challenges; these developments impact the operation...
MediaWriting
Print, Broadcast, and Public Relations
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2019
MediaWriting is an invaluable resource for students planning to enter the dynamic and changing world of media writing in the twenty-first century. With easy-to-read chapters, a wealth of updated, real-world examples, and helpful "How To" boxes throughout, this textbook explains the various...