Georgetown University Press: 313 books
by Daren C. Brabham
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Crowdsourcing is a term that was coined in 2006 to describe how the commercial sector was beginning to outsource problems or tasks to the public through an open call for solutions over the internet or social media. Crowdsourcing works to generate new ideas or develop innovative solutions to problems...
by Jacob Torfing
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Governments worldwide struggle to remove policy deadlocks and enact much-needed reforms in organizational structure and public services. In this book, Jacob Torfing explores collaborative innovation as a way for public and private stakeholders to break the impasse. These network-based collaborations...
The Seven Keys to Communicating in Brazil
An Intercultural Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
The key to professional success in Brazil is understanding Brazilians. But how do you understand an unfamiliar culture? Seasoned cross-cultural trainers Orlando R. Kelm and David A. Victor use Victor’s groundbreaking approach of evaluating a culture’s language, environment, social organization, context,...
by Baldev Raj Nayar
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
A common critique of globalization is that it causes economic segmentation and even disintegration of the national economy. Quite to the contrary, Baldev Raj Nayar provides a thorough empirical treatment of India’s political economy that challenges this critique by demonstrating that, on balance, both...
The Congressional Budget Office
Honest Numbers, Power, and Policymaking
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
Created in 1974, the U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has become one of the most influential forces in national policymaking. A critical component of our system of checks and balances, the CBO has given Congress the analytical capacity to challenge the president on budget issues while it protects...
Talking Politics?
What You Need to Know before Opening Your Mouth
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2014
Honest, objective, and informed political debates are all too rare in today’s polarized and partisan climate. Public policy is increasingly driven by ideology while political spin, distortions, and even demonizing opponents by disseminating outright lies are routine practice from Washington to the...
China in the Era of Xi Jinping
Domestic and Foreign Policy Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Since becoming president of China and general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping has emerged as China's most powerful and popular leader since Deng Xiaoping. The breathtaking economic expansion and military modernization that Xi inherited has convinced him that China can transform into...
Practical Decision Making in Health Care Ethics
Cases and Concepts, Third Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2009
For nearly fifteen years Practical Decision Making in Health Care Ethics has offered scholars and students a highly accessible and teachable alternative to the dominant principle-based theories in the field. Devettere’s approach is not based on an ethics of abstract obligations and duties, but, following...
Third Sector Management
The Art of Managing Nonprofit Organizations
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2001
Trying to do good deeds does not guarantee that a nonprofit organization will succeed. The organization must do good deeds well. This textbook offers a blueprint for nonprofit success, adopting a strategic perspective that assumes vision, mission, strategy, and execution as the pillars upon which success...
The Future of Extended Deterrence
The United States, NATO, and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Are NATO’s mutual security commitments strong enough today to deter all adversaries? Is the nuclear umbrella as credible as it was during the Cold War? Backed by the full range of US and allied military capabilities, NATO’s mutual defense treaty has been enormously successful, but today’s commitments...
Attacking Terrorism
Elements of a Grand Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2004
The definition and understanding of "terrorism" is in a state of unprecedented evolution. No longer are acts of terrorism rare and far-flung. Following the horrendous attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, U.S. citizens have had their eyes opened to a new world where this nightmare stalks...
Medicaid Politics
Federalism, Policy Durability, and Health Reform
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2012
Medicaid, one of the largest federal programs in the United States, gives grants to states to provide health insurance for over 60 million low-income Americans. As private health insurance benefits have relentlessly eroded, the program has played an increasingly important role. Yet Medicaid’s prominence...
by Kirk Emerson, Tina Nabatchi
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Whether the goal is building a local park or developing disaster response models, collaborative governance is changing the way public agencies at the local, regional, and national levels are working with each other and with key partners in the nonprofit and private sectors. While the academic literature...
by Beryl A. Radin
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Proposals for reform have dotted the federal management landscape in the United States for more than 50 years. Yet these efforts by public management professionals have frequently failed to produce lasting results. In her new book, Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions, renowned public...