Kategoria BISAC: Political Science >> Public Affairs & Administration

Infrastructure only tends to be noticed when it is absent, declining, or decrepit, or when enormous cost overruns, time delays, or citizen protests make the headlines. If infrastructure is indeed a fundamental driver of economic growth and social development, why is it so difficult to get right?
In addressing this perennial question, this volume-the fourth edition in an annual series tackling different aspects of governance around the world-makes the case for a governance perspective on infrastructure. This implies moving beyond rational economic analysis of what should be done towards an...

ABOUT THE BOOK The Church is society's auditor. An auditor's role is not just about pointing at the fault lines but to strengthen systems and processes for sustainability, whatever the enterprise may be. Written from a faith perspective, in a flowing and readable style, this collection of articles, essays, presentations, goes beyond expressing a concern to make society better to showing how every individual could take responsibility in making a better Africa out of a better Nigeria. ABOUT THE AUTHOR The author is a Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Calabar, born in Oban Town, Nigeria. He...

Thinking Government: Public Administration and Politics in Canada, Fourth Edition introduces students to power relations between elected politicians and unelected public servants, while also covering important topics such as the institutions of the federal government, financial and human resources management, and accountability and responsibility. Johnson explores the ways that the ideological framework of this country shapes what Canadians, their political parties, and their governments think about policy actions and the responsibilities of public servants.

The fourth...

Alexander Stock studierte an der Universität Konstanz Verwaltungswissenschaft (Politik und Management) und promovierte an der Privaten Universität Witten/Herdecke im Bereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften.
Er beschäftigt sich seit zehn Jahren als Berater und in diversen Gremien mit der Modernisierung des Public Sectors mit den Schwerpunkten Kommunen, Kirchen und Politisches Management.

Leading Public Design offers compelling insights into what it takes to lead public and social organizations to create better public futures. Drawing on more than a decade of work in public sector innovation--as director of an influential governmental innovation lab, as an academic and lecturer, and as a former management consultant--Christian Bason combines his rich contextual understanding of public service outcomes and design methods to provide lessons for those in public work.

Leading Public Design develops a clear framework for understanding and mastering an emerging...

Across the globe, the problems inherent in capitalism are becoming ever more apparent, from the dismantling of the welfare state to the threats of climate change. Yet the question of how to replace the current business model of capitalism has always been vexed. This book argues that the time is now, and that we have a model at hand, operating throughout the Global South: social and solidarity economies, economies structured around the sharing of resources, the meeting of social needs, and the building of a sustainable future. Academics from a range of disciplines and a number of European and...

Good governance is about the processes for making and implementing decisions. It's not about making 'correct' decisions, but about the best possible process for making those decisions. Good decision-making processes, and therefore good governance, share several characteristics. All have a positive effect on various aspects of local government including consultation policies and practices, meeting procedures, service quality protocols, councillor and officer conduct, role clarification and good working relationships.. Good governance is accountable Accountability is a fundamental requirement...

Analytics can make government work better--this book shows you how

A Practical Guide to Analytics for Governments provides demonstrations of real-world analytics applications for legislators, policy-makers, and support staff at the federal, state, and local levels. Big data and analytics are transforming industries across the board, and government can reap many of those same benefits by applying analytics to processes and programs already in place. From healthcare delivery and child well-being, to crime and program fraud, analytics can--in fact, already does--transform the...

In a world of uncertainty and change, current achievements are no guarantee for future survival. Even if the initial chosen set of principles, policies and practices are good, static efficiency and governance would eventually lead to stagnation and decay. No amount of careful planning can assure a government of continual relevance and effectiveness if there is no capacity for learning, innovation and change in the face of ever new challenges in a volatile and unpredictable global environment.This book provides an in-depth look at dynamic governance, the key to success in a world of rapid,...

This comprehensive volume brings together the key articles on relations between business and government from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. The editors have selected works that explore the themes of business and the state, organizing the firm for political action, managing government affairs, lobbying models, business governance and regulation, comparative business- political systems and internationalization and transnational business regulation. With an original introduction by the editors, this volume is an essential resource for scholars, students and policy makers interested...

The book is an intellectual and political response to Thomas Sankara s challenge to the African people to dare to invent their own future, an echo of Patrice Lumumba s call for them to write their own history. Exploring the history of Africa s underdevelopment and the short-circuiting of the Pan-African movement, it argues for the revival of Pan-Africanism as a force for change and calls for a worthy successor to the Fifth Pan-African Congress.

As a background to this argument and call, the book revisits Pan-Africanism s history and founding ideals and conducts ruthless forensic...

Since first publication in 1982, Howard Elcock's Local Government has established a reputation as a comprehensive and unbiased account of how British local government really works. This respected textbook has been completely revised and rewritten for its third edition, to take account of changes in local government and in the circumstances in which it operates. The third edition examines new management structures and accountabilities that follow the policy initiatives of the central Conservative administration. It appraises the impact of the three-pronged reform of the Thatcher...

What are the right institutional settings and strategies for ensuring honesty and accountability in public life? How do these settings and strategies relate to one another, and how do we know what is working and what is missing from the whole complex tapestry? Taking Australia as a case study that is relevant to all countries where public integrity is an issue, this book offers some new answers to these larger questions. The collection reviews a variety of existing efforts to understand, 'map' and evaluate the effectiveness of integrity policies and institutions, not just in the government...

Successful change in the public sector can be supported or hindered by political and administrative leadership, individual and group motivation, and the public s perception of the effectiveness of public officials and government structures. But do the very characteristics of public sector organizations present obstacles to successful transformative change? This book assesses the current state of the literature on leadership and change in government and public policy, and introduces the reader to innovative new ways to demonstrate leadership in times of change.

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