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Governing the Metropolitan Region: America's New Frontier
ISBN: 9780765639844 / Angielski / Miękka / 273 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text is aimed at the basic local government management course (upper division or graduate) that addresses the structural, political and management issues associated with regional and metropolitan government. It also can complement more specialized courses such as urban planning, urban government, state and local politics, and intergovernmental relations.
This text is aimed at the basic local government management course (upper division or graduate) that addresses the structural, political and managemen...
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193,46 |
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Leading the Inclusive City: Place-Based Innovation for a Bounded Planet
ISBN: 9781447304968 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Growing global inequality is often at its most stark in cities--and cities themselves are often seen as powerless to affect the problem, which is driven more by national and global trends than by local policies. While acknowledging the difficulties cities face, Leading the Inclusive City mounts a powerful case that cities do have tools at their disposal for ameliorating inequality, advancing social justice, promoting environmental responsibility, and bolstering community empowerment. Using examples from cities around the world, Robin Hambleton educates and inspires, offering practical...
Growing global inequality is often at its most stark in cities--and cities themselves are often seen as powerless to affect the problem, which is driv...
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Leading the Inclusive City: Place-Based Innovation for a Bounded Planet
ISBN: 9781447304975 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Growing global inequality is often at its most stark in cities--and cities themselves are often seen as powerless to affect the problem, which is driven more by national and global trends than by local policies. While acknowledging the difficulties cities face, Leading the Inclusive City mounts a powerful case that cities do have tools at their disposal for ameliorating inequality, advancing social justice, promoting environmental responsibility, and bolstering community empowerment. Using examples from cities around the world, Robin Hambleton educates and inspires, offering practical...
Growing global inequality is often at its most stark in cities--and cities themselves are often seen as powerless to affect the problem, which is driv...
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411,22 |
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Imagined Regional Communities: Integration and Sovereignty in the Global South
ISBN: 9780415862646 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Imagined Regional Communities provides an original approach to thinking about the processes of regional integration. Focusing mostly on communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America, it develops detailed case studies based on archives, interviews and critical readings of existing texts. These case-studies are related to each other and the overall themes of the book, so that a set of narratives and theoretical elaborations emerge, that critically reformulate understandings of regional communities, statehold and sovereignty.
Imagined Regional Communities provides an original approach to thinking about the processes of regional integration. Focusing mostly on commu...
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222,50 |
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Running the Numbers: A Practical Guide to Regional Economic and Social Analysis: 2014: A Practical Guide to Regional Economic and Social Analysis
ISBN: 9780765641045 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through use of practical examples and a plainspoken narrative style that minimises the use of maths, this book demystifies data concepts, sources, and methods for public service professionals interested in understanding economic and social issues at the regional level. By blending elements of a general interest book, a textbook, and a reference book, it equips civic leaders, public administrators, urban planners, nonprofit executives, philanthropists, journalists, and graduate students in various public affairs disciplines to wield social and economic data for the benefit of their...
Through use of practical examples and a plainspoken narrative style that minimises the use of maths, this book demystifies data concepts, sources, and...
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870,82 |
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Running the Numbers: A Practical Guide to Regional Economic and Social Analysis: 2014: A Practical Guide to Regional Economic and Social Analysis
ISBN: 9780765641052 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through use of practical examples and a plainspoken narrative style that minimises the use of maths, this book demystifies data concepts, sources, and methods for public service professionals interested in understanding economic and social issues at the regional level. By blending elements of a general interest book, a textbook, and a reference book, it equips civic leaders, public administrators, urban planners, nonprofit executives, philanthropists, journalists, and graduate students in various public affairs disciplines to wield social and economic data for the benefit of their...
Through use of practical examples and a plainspoken narrative style that minimises the use of maths, this book demystifies data concepts, sources, and...
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270,87 |
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Town Twinning, Transnational Connections, and Trans-Local Citizenship Practices in Europe
ISBN: 9781349437658 / Angielski / Miękka / 249 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many Europeans think that town twinning has greatly contributed to integration in Europe after the Second World War. This book, based on observations and interviews with twinning practitioners in small towns, reveals the social and cultural processes that inform twinning as a transnational practice, its perspectives and its limits.
Many Europeans think that town twinning has greatly contributed to integration in Europe after the Second World War. This book, based on observations ...
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201,24 |
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A Moment of Equality for Latin America?: Challenges for Redistribution
ISBN: 9781472446725 / Angielski / Twarda / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Unlike other regions around the world, several Latin American countries have managed to reduce income inequality over the last decade. Higher growth rates and growing employment, but also innovative wage policies and social programs, have contributed to reducing poverty and narrow income disparities. Yet, despite this progress, nation-states in the region demonstrate little capacity to substantially change their patterns of deeply rooted inequalities. Focusing on the limits and challenges of redistributive policies in Latin America, this volume synthesizes and updates the discussion of...
Unlike other regions around the world, several Latin American countries have managed to reduce income inequality over the last decade. Higher growth r...
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701,49 |
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The Short Guide to Urban Policy
ISBN: 9781447307990 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With an ever increasing proportion of the world s population inhabiting urban environments, the management of cities remains a perennial challenge for governments and policy makers. This concise but wide-ranging text makes sense of the multiple ways in which urban issues and problems have been defined and addressed in different places at different times. From initiatives that focus on social tensions within the urban realm, to those which seek to develop cities as economic entities, the book provides an accessible discussion and critique of some of the key approaches that have characterized...
With an ever increasing proportion of the world s population inhabiting urban environments, the management of cities remains a perennial challenge for...
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76,34 |
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Euro-Mediterranean Relations After the Arab Spring: Persistence in Times of Change
ISBN: 9781409455523 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Arab Spring triggered paradigmatic shifts but, despite these changes, much in the Euro-Mediterranean region remains the same. Utilising Logics of Action, an innovative theoretical framework designed to capture the complexity of political interaction in one of the fastest changing regions in the world, this book discusses developments in the region before and after the Arab Spring that can be characterised by a continuation of the norm. Expert contributors identify patterns of interaction between governmental institutions, economic entrepreneurs, religious groups and other diverse actors...
The Arab Spring triggered paradigmatic shifts but, despite these changes, much in the Euro-Mediterranean region remains the same. Utilising Logics of ...
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701,49 |
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Rural Community Libraries in Africa: Challenges and Impacts
ISBN: 9781466650435 / Angielski / Twarda / 277 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book investigates the relationship between local libraries and community development, from the historical roots of rural libraries to their influence on the literacy, economy, and culture of the surrounding region--
This book investigates the relationship between local libraries and community development, from the historical roots of rural libraries to their influ...
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882,24 |
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New Pathways in Microsimulation. by Gijs Dekkers, Marcia Keegan and Cathal O'Donoghue
ISBN: 9781409469315 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Microsimulation as a modelling tool in social sciences has increased in importance over the last few decades. Once restricted to a handful of universities and government departments, as a scientific field it has achieved a new dynamism during the last decade. As computing power increases and data availability becomes more widespread, microsimulation models can be put to hitherto unprecedented uses. Edited by leading experts in the field, this book illustrates recent advances, methodologies and uses of socioeconomic microsimulation in social sciences around the world. It does so by analysing...
Microsimulation as a modelling tool in social sciences has increased in importance over the last few decades. Once restricted to a handful of universi...
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725,69 |
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Public Universities and Regional Growth: Insights from the University of California
ISBN: 9780804790673 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Public Universities and Regional Growth examines evolutions in research and innovation at six University of California campuses. Each chapter presents a deep, historical analysis that traces the dynamic interaction between particular campuses and regional firms in industries that range from biotechnology, scientific instruments, and semiconductors, to software, wine, and wireless technologies. The book provides a uniquely comprehensive and cohesive look at the University of California's complex relationships with regional entrepreneurs. As a leading public institution, the UC... Public Universities and Regional Growth examines evolutions in research and innovation at six University of California campuses. Each chapte... |
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604,74 |
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Public Universities and Regional Growth: Insights from the University of California
ISBN: 9780804791359 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Public Universities and Regional Growth examines evolutions in research and innovation at six University of California campuses. Each chapter presents a deep, historical analysis that traces the dynamic interaction between particular campuses and regional firms in industries that range from biotechnology, scientific instruments, and semiconductors, to software, wine, and wireless technologies. The book provides a uniquely comprehensive and cohesive look at the University of California's complex relationships with regional entrepreneurs. As a leading public institution, the UC is an...
Public Universities and Regional Growth examines evolutions in research and innovation at six University of California campuses. Each chapter p...
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145,09 |
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Chinese City and Regional Planning Systems
ISBN: 9780754674993 / Angielski / Miękka / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While the Chinese planning system is vitally important to the rapid development which has been taking place over the past three decades, this is the first text to provide a comprehensive examination and critical evaluation of this system. It sets the current system in historical context and explains the hierarchy of government departments responsible for planning and construction, the different types of plans produced and recent urban planning innovations which have been put into practice. Illustrated with boxed empirical case studies, it shows the problems faced by the planning system in...
While the Chinese planning system is vitally important to the rapid development which has been taking place over the past three decades, this is the f...
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222,50 |
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Iraqi Federalism and the Kurds: Learning to Live Together
ISBN: 9781409451112 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Iraq today faces a whole gamut of problems associated with post-war recovery and state-rebuilding compounded by age old mistrust and suspicion. The situation in Iraq resembles a huge experiment in which social scientists can observe the consequences of actions taken across an entire country. Can Western ideas take route and flourish in non-western societies? Can constitutionalism take hold and work in a traditional religious and deeply divided society? Is Iraqi federalism a solution to the country s severe disunity or a temporary fix? Iraqi Federalism and the Kurds: Learning to Live Together...
Iraq today faces a whole gamut of problems associated with post-war recovery and state-rebuilding compounded by age old mistrust and suspicion. The si...
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701,49 |
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Innovation in Public Transport Finance: Property Value Capture. Shishir Mathur
ISBN: 9781409462606 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With all levels of governments currently, and for the foreseeable future, under significant fiscal stress, any new transit funding mechanism is to be welcomed. Value capture (VC) is one such mechanism, which involves the identification and capture of a public infrastructure-led increase in property value. This book reviews four major VC mechanisms: joint development projects; special assessment districts; impact fees; and tax increment financing; all of which are used to fund transit in the United States. Through the study of prominent examples of these VC mechanisms from across the US, this...
With all levels of governments currently, and for the foreseeable future, under significant fiscal stress, any new transit funding mechanism is to be ...
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725,69 |
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Municipal Shared Services and Consolidation: A Public Solutions Handbook
ISBN: 9780765637239 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "
Municipal Shared Services and Consolidation" provides a comprehensive and clear review of the theories and practices of structuring and managing complex local government services. Intended for both students and practitioners, this volume in the "Public Solutions Handbook Series" addresses concepts and processes of shaping collaborative arrangements in public service with goals of effectiveness and efficiency in mind. The "Handbook" begins with a review of theories of shared services and consolidation, highlighting conceptual foundations, practical barriers, and cultural considerations... "
Municipal Shared Services and Consolidation" provides a comprehensive and clear review of the theories and practices of structuring and managing ... |
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Oklahoma Politics: A History
ISBN: 9780806146225 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Oklahoma Politics might well be the best general history of a Western state." Western Historical Quarterly "Thoroughly researched and well written, this book is a solid study of the evolution of Oklahoma's political system." Southwestern Historical Quarterly Oklahoma Politics offers a thorough and accurate history of the state's government. Beginning with the elections of the territorial era, the authors progress through the early 1980s, covering every major election in the state's history and including biographical sketches of promintent political figures, discussion of controversies in the...
"Oklahoma Politics might well be the best general history of a Western state." Western Historical Quarterly "Thoroughly researched and well written, t...
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82,19 |
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Linking Networks: The Formation of Common Standards and Visions for Infrastructure Development
ISBN: 9781409439202 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presenting recent research on the international integration of infrastructures in Europe, this book combines general and methodological chapters and examples from different a variety of sectors such as transport, electricity and communication networks. Particular focus is on the contrast between the 'Europe of nation states' of the nineteenth century (up to 1914) and the emerging 'integrated Europe' after World War II. Additional contributions provide perspectives from beyond Europe. The wide range of topics gives a good overview of the different challenges posed and the strategies employed...
Presenting recent research on the international integration of infrastructures in Europe, this book combines general and methodological chapters and e...
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