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An Analysis of Community Centred Leadership in Rural Areas
ISBN: 9783843374774 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The role of Councillors and Traditional Leaders require to be more complementary than competitive to achieve co-operative and community centred leaedrship that may improve service delivery and democratic local governance of people in rural areas. This is in spite of varying challenges the two institutions each face. Councillors are elected political representatives in their communities. On the other hand Traditional Leaders derive their leadership role from their traditionally inherited status which has historically developed over many centuries.To maintain social stability and improved local...
The role of Councillors and Traditional Leaders require to be more complementary than competitive to achieve co-operative and community centred leaedr...
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219,18 |
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Concepts of Decentralization Reforms at National and Local Levels
ISBN: 9783843389945 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After decades of civil war and passing through different political regimes, real peace had finally returned to Cambodia in the early 90s. The development plans introduced public administrative, fiscal, judicial and banking reforms. Decentralization reforms were initiated in 2002 along with the first Commune/Sangkat Councils election. The objectives are, firstly, to increase the efficiency and performance of local authority; and secondly, to shorten the gap between the citizens and central government. The reform proved to be very successful as the local citizens were invited to participate in...
After decades of civil war and passing through different political regimes, real peace had finally returned to Cambodia in the early 90s. The developm...
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263,91 |
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Impact of Public-Private Partnership on Community Development
ISBN: 9783844300178 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study examines the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and community development policies and practice in Rwanda. The main research questions are: What is the shape of PPP in Rwanda? What systems, policies and other supportive 'soft' infrastructure are in place to ensure the country benefits from PPP? What consideration, if any, does the PPP policy in Rwanda give to community development? What contribution could it make to community development? What is the relationship between community development and economic growth? This research is based on a literature review and analysis of relevant...
This study examines the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and community development policies and practice in Rwanda. The main research questions are: W...
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219,18 |
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Decentralization in Ghana
ISBN: 9783843389617 / Angielski / Miękka / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This research investigated the extent to which the Decentralization Policy of Ghana which has been implemented since 1988 conforms to international best practice, the degree to which the policy lends itself to achieving its objectives and the extent to which the implementation has achieved policy objectives. The research has revealed that the policy falls short of best practice as prescribed by the World Bank and USAID and which has been implemented by other countries which have been successful in achieving the intent and objectives of decentralization and local governance . It has also been...
This research investigated the extent to which the Decentralization Policy of Ghana which has been implemented since 1988 conforms to international be...
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219,18 |
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Public Private Partnership
ISBN: 9783843393157 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Government is viewed as the primary actor in the social sector both in developed and developing nations. However, it is found that in some sectors performance of private sectors are much more efficient than government. It is assumed that partnership can produce cost-effective and efficient citizen services. International pressure groups and institutions make the concept of decentralization a popular one and introduce a new mode of governance. So, gradually partnership in various forms has started. Due to the inefficiency of public sector in developing countries, private sector initiatives...
Government is viewed as the primary actor in the social sector both in developed and developing nations. However, it is found that in some sectors per...
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263,91 |
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The Cold Austerity of Fiscal Rules
ISBN: 9783843378154 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Can fiscal rules really avert incumbents fiscal opportunism in election years? This work examines fiscal performances accross the Brazilian states in years of gubernatorial elections following the introduction of the Fiscal Responsibility Law. By using both quantitative and qualitative inquiry methods, the author analyzes fiscal data and fiscal management reports from a significant sample of states to disclose many cases of a lack of transparency and manipulations of fiscal data by officeholders as a means to circumvent FRL-imposed budget constraints. In general, these cases of creative...
Can fiscal rules really avert incumbents fiscal opportunism in election years? This work examines fiscal performances accross the Brazilian states in ...
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263,91 |
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Self-Help Efforts and Sustainable Rural Development in Cameroon
ISBN: 9783843376952 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the outcome of a research study aimed at assessing the path of rural development undertaken by some developing countries. It is an attempt to compare government-initiated Community development projects with those initiated by local people themselves with a view to finding out factors responsible for the difference in their level of success at planning, implementation, utilization and maintenance stages agencies. The study validated some hypotheses revealing that the development of the community was more a function of the self-help efforts of the people than Government....
This book is the outcome of a research study aimed at assessing the path of rural development undertaken by some developing countries. It is an attemp...
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263,91 |
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Re-examining linking social capital or state-society synergy relation
ISBN: 9783843378987 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the mid-1990s, social capital has begun regarded as one of a few possible keys in solving various development issues. This research re-examines in a critical and empirical manner state-society synergy relations, interchangeably used for linking social capital, between local government officials and poor people in the rural municipality of the Philippines. Based on the findings of fieldwork, the research develops the concept of both forced and limited state-society synergy relation. Further, it argues that state-society synergy relation, despite the presence of complementarity and...
Since the mid-1990s, social capital has begun regarded as one of a few possible keys in solving various development issues. This research re-examines...
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219,18 |
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From Arm's Length to Hands
ISBN: 9780802075819 / Angielski / Miękka / 314 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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137,09 |
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Modernizing Civil Services
ISBN: 9781843762010 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Exploring the scope, breadth and depth of innovation in small firms, the authors of this book employ a rich array of survey data to analyse the operating characteristics of dynamic small-firm populations.
Exploring the scope, breadth and depth of innovation in small firms, the authors of this book employ a rich array of survey data to analyse the operat...
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572,26 |
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The State at Work 2
ISBN: 9781843765172 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Representing the most extensive research on public employment, this volume explores the radical changes that have taken place in the configuration of national public services due to a general expansion of public employment that was followed by stagnation and decreases. Part-time employment and the involvement of women also increased as a component of the public sector and were linked to the most important growth areas such as the educational, health care and personal social services sectors. The two volumes that make up this study shed important insight on these changes.
Representing the most extensive research on public employment, this volume explores the radical changes that have taken place in the configuration of ...
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711,46 |
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Autonomy and Regulation: Coping with Agencies in the Modern State
ISBN: 9781845428594 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book focuses on regulatory reforms and the autonomization and agencification of public sector organizations across Europe, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. The central argument of the book is that regulation and agencification occur and perform in tandem. Comparative analysis on the processes, effects and implications of regulatory reform and the establishment of semi-independent agencies are undertaken, and the practice of trade-offs between political control and agency autonomy is explored. The contributors also discuss the challenges of fragmentation, coordination, 'joined-up'...
This book focuses on regulatory reforms and the autonomization and agencification of public sector organizations across Europe, Canada, New Zealand an...
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757,86 |
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Innovations in Public Management: Perspectives from East and West Europe
ISBN: 9781858986272 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text defines the main problems facing public administrations in transitional countries and provides a comparative evaluation of the relevance for these countries of reform measures undertaken in OECD states. A historical perspective of the role of the state in Europe is included.
This text defines the main problems facing public administrations in transitional countries and provides a comparative evaluation of the relevance for...
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778,48 |
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Delegation in the Regulatory State: Independent Regulatory Agencies in Western Europe
ISBN: 9781847204479 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During the past 25 years, independent regulatory agencies have become widespread institutions for regulatory governance. This book studies how they have diffused across Europe and compares their formal independence in 17 countries and seven sectors. Through a series of quantitative analyses, it finds that governments tend to be more prone to delegate powers to independent regulators when they need to increase the credibility of their regulatory commitments and when they attempt to tie the hands of their successors. The institutional context also matters: political institutions that make...
During the past 25 years, independent regulatory agencies have become widespread institutions for regulatory governance. This book studies how they ha...
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520,71 |
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Public Management in the Postmodern Era: Challenges and Prospects
ISBN: 9781847209788 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Challenging the traditional orthodoxies of public management, this timely and comprehensive book adopts a lively and critical approach to key questions of public policy and management. With state-of-the-art contributions from leading international scholars, Public Management in the Postmodern Era explores a public sector that has moved irreversibly beyond the familiar territory of New Public Management and the exhausted tenets of modernization. Within a global environment where the old explanations and solutions have failed, the book advances a postmodern analysis. It argues strongly its...
Challenging the traditional orthodoxies of public management, this timely and comprehensive book adopts a lively and critical approach to key question...
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546,48 |
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The Political Economy of Hurricane Katrina and Community Rebound
ISBN: 9781848442382 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 2005 Hurricane Katrina posed an unprecedented set of challenges to formal and informal systems of disaster response and recovery. Informed by the Virginia School of Political Economy, the contributors to this volume critically examine the public policy environment that led to both successes and failures in the post-Katrina disaster response and long-term recovery. Building from this perspective, this volume lends critical insight into the nature of the social coordination problems disasters present, the potential for public policy to play a positive role, and the inherent limitations...
In 2005 Hurricane Katrina posed an unprecedented set of challenges to formal and informal systems of disaster response and recovery. Informed by the V...
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598,04 |
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Civil Service Systems in Central and Eastern Europe
ISBN: 9781840641530 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a comparative analysis of the emerging civil service systems in nine Central and Eastern European states. It demonstrates patterns of administrative development in the region since transition began. The methodology applied is that of the civil Service Research Consortium.
This is a comparative analysis of the emerging civil service systems in nine Central and Eastern European states. It demonstrates patterns of administ...
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695,99 |
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The Modern State and Its Study: New Administrative Sciences in a Changing Europe and United States
ISBN: 9781840641387 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What is the relation between changes in states and the practice of public administration on the one hand, and developments in the sciences of administration on the other? This work addresses this question by surveying the development of and examining administrative sciences in Europe and the US.
What is the relation between changes in states and the practice of public administration on the one hand, and developments in the sciences of administ...
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598,04 |
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Beyond the New Public Management: Changing Ideas and Practices in Governance
ISBN: 9781840642445 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text brings together a number of specialists who examine the range of ideas and concepts of the new models of reform, paying particular attention to the new public management model and to strategies of good governance. It evaluates progress made by governments and aid donors in putting these ideas into practice. Using case studies from both the developed and developing world, it emphasizes the extent to which public management and governance reforms are being applied throughout the international arena. The examples used focus on the problems of policy and institutional transfers between...
This text brings together a number of specialists who examine the range of ideas and concepts of the new models of reform, paying particular attention...
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190,49 |
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Bureaucracy in the Modern State: Introduction to Comparative Public Administration
ISBN: 9781852787257 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Public administration faces challenges in the 1990s to become more efficient, better geared to the demands and opinions of citizens, more open to contacts with transnational bureaucracies, and more responsive to the ideals of elected policy makers. This book offers a comparative analysis of how these challenges affect public administration in France, the United States, Germany, Japan, Britain, Sweden and the developing countries of the Third World.
Public administration faces challenges in the 1990s to become more efficient, better geared to the demands and opinions of citizens, more open to cont...
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628,97 |
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