ilość książek w kategorii: 6847
Institutions, Performance, and the Financing of Infrastructure Services in the Caribbean
ISBN: 9780821362808 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book reviews the access to services, investment needs, tariffs, and efficiency of fifteen Caribbean countries across five infrastructure sectors (telecommunications, electricity, water and sanitation, maritime transport and ports, and airports and air services). Benchmarks are established to compare Caribbean countries with each other, and with similar countries. The study highlights several key policy findings and recommends changes that have the potential to help Caribbean governments overcome some of their inherent disadvantages of scale to provide better, cheaper infrastructure...
This book reviews the access to services, investment needs, tariffs, and efficiency of fifteen Caribbean countries across five infrastructure sectors ...
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139,78 zł |
Handbook for Evaluating Infrastructure Regulatory Systems
ISBN: 9780821365793 / Angielski / Miękka / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Around the world, governments perform three main functions: they tax, they spend, and they regulate. And of those three functions, regulation is the least understood. The best way to avoid getting stuck with poorly performing regulatory systems is to subject them to ongoing and periodic reviews to make sure they are fully functional and reflective of social and economic realities, and help to achieve the government's objectives for the sector. This handbook provides a road map for evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of an existing system--a map that could lead to a shared understanding of...
Around the world, governments perform three main functions: they tax, they spend, and they regulate. And of those three functions, regulation is the l...
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188,25 zł |
The Many Faces of Corruption
ISBN: 9780821367254 / Angielski / Miękka / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Corruption... How can policymakers and practitioners better comprehend the many forms and shapes that this socialpandemic takes? From the delivery of essential drugs, the reduction in teacher absenteeism, the containment of illegal logging, the construction of roads, the provision of water andelectricity, the international trade in oil and gas, the conduct of public budgeting and procurement, and the management of public revenues, corruption shows its many faces. 'The Many Faces of Corruption' attempts to bring greater clarity to the often murky manifestations of this virulent and...
Corruption... How can policymakers and practitioners better comprehend the many forms and shapes that this socialpandemic takes? From the delivery of ...
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278,18 zł |
Handbook of Public Finance
ISBN: 9780824701345 / Angielski / Twarda / 683 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presenting emphases on and approaches to issues such as government spending, reporting, pricing and fiscal federalism, the Handbook of Public Finance demonstrates the utility of integrating public finance theory with actual public policy practices. It discusses applications in major subfields of public finance, including public education, environmental regulation, energy policy, social welfare programs, and local and state politics. Other topics of discussion include the theory and practice of tax incidence analysis; the marginal costs of taxation and regulation, the economics of expenditure...
Presenting emphases on and approaches to issues such as government spending, reporting, pricing and fiscal federalism, the Handbook of Public Finance ...
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1381,64 zł |
Handbook on Taxation
ISBN: 9780824701970 / Angielski / Twarda / 1008 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A groundbreaking reference, this book provides a comprehensive review of tax policy from political, legal, constitutional, administrative, and economic perspectives. A collection of writings from over 45 prominent tax experts, it charts the influence of taxation on economic activity and economic behavior. Featuring over 2400 references, tables, equations, and drawings, the book describes how taxes affect individual and business behavior, shows how taxes operate as work and investment incentives, explains how tax structures impact different income groups, weighs the balanced use of sales,...
A groundbreaking reference, this book provides a comprehensive review of tax policy from political, legal, constitutional, administrative, and economi...
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1663,08 zł |
Handbook of Global Social Policy
ISBN: 9780824703578 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Discusses improving the quality of life of those at the bottom of the social hierarchy through public policy. This text argues for policy that expands employment and facilitates jobs, finances education and economic and cultural integration, rewards merit, encourages voting and political participation, and seeks to reduce crime to the benefit of all countries around the world.
Discusses improving the quality of life of those at the bottom of the social hierarchy through public policy. This text argues for policy that expands...
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869,93 zł |
Profiles of Sport Industry Professionals: The People Who Make the Games Happen: The People Who Make the Games Happen
ISBN: 9780834217966 / Angielski / Miękka / 485 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The field encompasses a wide variety of jobs including event management, facility management, media and public relations, sporting goods and licensed products, the health and fitness industry, high school and college athletics, recreational sports, marketing, and governance. Writing in the first per
The field encompasses a wide variety of jobs including event management, facility management, media and public relations, sporting goods and licensed ...
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332,25 zł |
The Jurisprudential Vision of Justice Antonin Scalia
ISBN: 9780847681327 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Antonin Scalia was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1986, conservatives hoped he would become the intellectual leader of President Reagan's judicial counter-revolution. In this first book-length analysis of Scalia's jurisprudence, David A. Schultz and Christopher E. Smith argue that Scalia's impact has been neither what conservatives hoped nor what liberals feared. The authors examine Scalia's political and judicial philosophy and they outline the areas of the law that Scalia has most profoundly affected, particularly constitutional protections for property rights. Citing Scalia's use...
When Antonin Scalia was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1986, conservatives hoped he would become the intellectual leader of President Reagan's judi...
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258,55 zł |
Russian Bureaucracy: Power and Pathology
ISBN: 9780847695034 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Government bureaucracies are now among the most important political institutions worldwide. This original study provides the first fully documented analysis of the behavior of Russian bureaucrats from tsarist times to the present, shedding invaluable light on the relatively neglected topic of Russia's public administration. The author traces the development of the bureaucracy, the culture and work style of the bureaucrats, continuities from regime to regime, and the bureaucracy's remarkable ability to resist change. The book concludes with a discussion of the immense barriers the bureaucracy...
Government bureaucracies are now among the most important political institutions worldwide. This original study provides the first fully documented an...
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247,78 zł |
Handbook of Long-Term Care Administration and Policy
ISBN: 9780849353277 / Angielski / Twarda / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Attitudes toward long-term care contain a strong residue of negativity in today's society and current problems with the system augment such perceptions. Unless dealt with now, this will only get worse, as the 85-and-older crowd is the fastest growing part of the population, and the first wave of Baby Boomers is approaching 60. Exploring and delineating the issues from every angle, the Handbook of Long-Term Care Administration and Policy addresses key areas such as history, trends, and outlook for this growing concern.
The first part of the handbook provides the context for the rest... Attitudes toward long-term care contain a strong residue of negativity in today's society and current problems with the system augment such perception...
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588,47 zł |
GIS and Evidence-Based Policy Making
ISBN: 9780849385834 / Angielski / Twarda / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although much has been written on evidence-based policy making, this is the first volume to address the potential of GIS in this arena. GIS and Evidence-Based Policy Making covers the development of new methodological approaches, emphasizing the identification of spatial patterns in social phenomena. It examines organizational issues, including the development of new tools for policy making. This text brings together the results of researchers working across the entire spectrum of evidence-based policy making, focusing on the exploration for new data sources and examining ways to bring...
Although much has been written on evidence-based policy making, this is the first volume to address the potential of GIS in this arena. GIS and Eviden...
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869,93 zł |
Howard's Second and Third Governments: Australian Commonwealth Administration, 1998-2004
ISBN: 9780868407838 / Angielski / Miękka / 255 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book looks at the administrative and leadership style of Prime Minister John Howard's second and third governments (1998-2004), focusing on key aspects of the government's approach during this period. It considers major changes in the public sector and its agencies, changes in the relationships between the executive and parliament, and the shift to a more privatized state. It features key policy issues of education, immigration, the republican debate, the GST, foreign policy and indigenous issues.
This book looks at the administrative and leadership style of Prime Minister John Howard's second and third governments (1998-2004), focusing on key a...
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123,62 zł |
The Founders, the Constitution, and Public Administration: A Conflict in World Views
ISBN: 9780878405824 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Viewed alternately as an obstacle to justice, an impediment to efficient government, and a tool by which some groups gain benefits and privileges at the expense of others, public administration threatens to become the whipping boy of American government. In this innovative look at the nation's bureaucracy, Michael W. Spicer revisits the values of the Constitution in order to reconcile the administrative state to its many critics. Drawing on political and social philosophy, Spicer argues that there is a fundamental philosophical conflict over the role of reason in society between... Viewed alternately as an obstacle to justice, an impediment to efficient government, and a tool by which some groups gain benefits and privileges a... |
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205,37 zł |
Financial Risk Analysis of Infrastructure Debt: The Case of Water and Power Investments
ISBN: 9780899304885 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The water and power industries, including the most capital-intensive producers of goods and services in our economy, are exposed to financial risks of staggering proportions. With projects that are routinely large and require long-term planning, and with demand and supply often highly volatile, costs regularly defy prediction. Still, there has been little explicit analysis of financial risk in the water and power industries. In this work, C. Vaughan Jones provides a comprehensive discussion of financial risk and risk analysis for these utilities. Writing in clear, straightforward language, he...
The water and power industries, including the most capital-intensive producers of goods and services in our economy, are exposed to financial risks of...
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459,43 zł |
The Human Resource Crisis in the Public Sector: Rebuilding the Capacity to Govern
ISBN: 9780899304915 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume focuses on what many see as an iminent crisis in the public sector, and particularly in the federal government-the possibility that, due to the realities of workforce demographics, poor leadership, lack of competitiveness in the labor market, and demotivating worker conditions, the public service will not maintain its capacity to manage programs, execute laws, and effectively deliver services for the American people. Larry Lane and James Wolf examine the significant human resource problems now confronting federal agencies, addressing these issues from a demographic,... This volume focuses on what many see as an iminent crisis in the public sector, and particularly in the federal government-the possibility that, du... |
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580,26 zł |
Divided Loyalties: Whistle-Blowing at Bart
ISBN: 9780931682094 / Angielski / Miękka / 410 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study provides a detailed, in-depth analysis of a single incident rooted in the effort of a group of professional employees to serve the public welfare It reveals in microcosm the interplay of political forces, economic interests, personal ambition, organizational structure, and professional ethics that culminated in an act of whistle-blowing. The incident took place during the final construction phase of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System (BART), designed to be America's first attempt at space-age mass transportation. Three BART engineers, convinced of the lack of responsiveness of...
This study provides a detailed, in-depth analysis of a single incident rooted in the effort of a group of professional employees to serve the public w...
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103,04 zł |
Does Your Government Measure Up?: Basic Tools for Local Officials and Citizens
ISBN: 9780970286406 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A title for Americans who wish to improve the quality of their local government. It introduces the bare essentials for good government in areas of finance, public works, parks and recreation, police, assessment, building codes, emergency medical services, personnel, and Website development.
A title for Americans who wish to improve the quality of their local government. It introduces the bare essentials for good government in areas of fin...
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86,31 zł |
Inter-Municipal Cooperation in Europe
ISBN: 9781402053788 / Angielski / Twarda / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book presents an overview of inter-municipal cooperation in eight European countries. Each country study sketches its attendant forms, their institutional design, the tasks and competencies attributed to joint authorities of municipalities and the way inter-municipal cooperation operates in practice. Both performance and democratic aspects of cooperation are recurring topics. This book presents an overview of inter-municipal cooperation in eight European countries. Each country study sketches its attendant forms, their i... |
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390,87 zł |
City Management: Keys to Success
ISBN: 9781403323033 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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89,87 zł |
Civilizational Identity: The Production and Reproduction of 'Civilizations' in International Relations
ISBN: 9781403975447 / Angielski / Twarda / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume focuses on the constitutive politics of civilizational identity, examining the practices through which notions of civilizational identity are produced and reproduced in different contexts, including the global credit regime, modernity debates, and the "war on terrorism."
This volume focuses on the constitutive politics of civilizational identity, examining the practices through which notions of civilizational identity ...
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469,06 zł |