Public Administration & Management

Proponents of globalization argue that it protects the global environment from degradation and promotes worldwide sustainable economic growth while opponents argue the exact opposite. Examining the local, national, and international impacts of globalization, this book explores strategies and solutio..

Presenting an overview of the juvenile justice system, this book offers a balanced representation of theory, research, policy, and legal issues. It presents historical and modern accounts of critical issues pertaining to juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice, and juvenile law. It also includes a po..

Building upon the strengths of the first edition while continuing to extend the influence and reach of organizational behavior (OB), the Second Edition of this groundbreaking reference/ text analyzes OB from a business marketing perspective-offering a thorough treatment of central, soon-to-be centra..

Exploring the interplay between empirical and normative analysis, which is a crucial issue, Handbook of Public Policy Analysis: Theory, Politics, and Methods provides a broad, comprehensive perspective on the field. This book examines the historical development of policy analysis as well as its role..

This volume documents the history of economics and fiscal doctrine, explores the theory of public goods and the structures from which resources are collected and expanded, and analyzes heavily debated issues of economics that are important to current and future practitioners of public policy and adm..

Describing new techniques and novel applications, this volume demonstrates the use of tools designed to meet the increased complexity of problems in government and non-profit organizations. It presents detailed information on conceptualizing, planning, and implementing research projects involving a ..

Revised and updated for the second edition, the Handbook of Strategic Management provides a set of broad-based bibliographic essays on strategic management. It covers synoptic approaches, complexity theory, organizational capacity, financing strategy, networks, and chaos theory and offers an in-dept..

Emphasizing the challenges created by technological change, the threat of terrorism, and the globalization of the world economy, this handbook explores the continuing development of transportation systems in the US and other nations and discusses how decisions on transportation contribute to a broad..

With conributions from eminent scholars worldwide, this handbook is a "state-of-the-science" summary of the body of knowledge about cultural intelligence--an individual's ability to funtion effectively in situations characterized by cultural diversity--and its relevance for managing diversity both w..

Innovation in the Public Sector provides alternative frameworks for defining, categorizing, and studying innovation in government and in the nonprofit sector. Through a diverse collection of international case studies, this book broadens the discussion of innovation in public and nonprofit organizat..

Innovation in the Public Sector provides alternative frameworks for defining, categorizing, and studying innovation in government and in the nonprofit sector. Through a diverse collection of international case studies, this book broadens the discussion of innovation in public and nonprofit organizat..

American higher education faces a challenging environment. Decreasing state appropriations, rising costs, and tightening budgets have left American colleges and universities scrambling to achieve their missions with ever more limited resources. Campus leaders have therefore increasingly relied upon ..