Public Policy

Over the years, California has had more than its share of political turmoil. But for pure melodrama, nothing matches the 2003 campaign to recall the state's sitting governor, Gray Davis. "Recall!" relates the latest and most dramatic chapter in the political history of the Golden State...

Offers insights into various developments in community development financing and performance management. This book shows how community development organizations and programs are offering many fresh services, entering into fresh partnerships, developing extensive networks, and attracting alternative ..

Offers insights into various developments in community development financing and performance management. This book shows how community development organizations and programs are offering many fresh services, entering into fresh partnerships, developing extensive networks, and attracting alternative ..

The increasing significance and visibility of relationships between religion and public arenas and institutions following the fall of communism in Europe provide the core focus of this fascinating book. Leading international scholars consider the religious and political role of Christian Orthodoxy i..

First published in 1998, this book highlights the central role of the key policy consultants responsible for the dramatic change in Australian public policy in the late 1980s in fields as diverse as social security, immigration, public housing, Australian North East Asia relations and public health...

Gone are the days when researchers, policymakers, and practitioners each worked in isolation. In recent years, a few interrelated issues have emphasized the need for greater collaboration among researchers, policymakers and practitioners: the increased emphasis on results and accountability (partic..

This title was first published in 2002. Designed to cover a broad range of aspects, this text provides fresh understanding of the transformation of social democratic politics in a globalizing world...

Shedding light on administrative rule so prevalent in the Global North via an examination of its implementation in the Global South, Prem Kumar Rajaram expertly demonstrates that administrative power is a social process and the authority and terms of rule derived are tenuous, dependent on producing ..

Shedding light on administrative rule so prevalent in the Global North via an examination of its implementation in the Global South, Prem Kumar Rajaram expertly demonstrates that administrative power is a social process and the authority and terms of rule derived are tenuous, dependent on producing ..

In this book Costas Laoutides explores the collective moral agency involved in secessionist struggles offering a theoretical model for the collective responsibility of secessionist groups. Case-studies on the Kurds and the people of Moldova-Transdniestria illustrate the author’s theoretical argument..

This title was first published in 2000:  Serving the State is an invaluable two-volume exploration of global trends in public administration education and training. Volume 2 of this important reference work explores traditions and contexts. Included for examination are the French and Islamic traditi..

This book examines issues of decision-making, communication and power in the planning process. The author explores the politics and power-plays which planning practitioners face and engage in, using real examples from planning practice...