Beyond Paradigms: Analytic Eclecticism in the Study of World Politics
ISBN: 9780230207967 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While paradigm-bound research has generated powerful insights in international relations, it has fostered a tunnel vision that hinders progress and widens the chasm between theory and policy. In this important new book, Sil and Katzenstein draw upon recent scholarship to illustrate the benefits of a more pragmatic and eclectic style of research.
While paradigm-bound research has generated powerful insights in international relations, it has fostered a tunnel vision that hinders progress and wi...
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212,77 zł |
Governance of Public Sector Organizations: Proliferation, Autonomy and Performance
ISBN: 9780230238206 / Angielski / Twarda / 343 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Governance of Public Sector Organizations a nalyzes recent changes in government administration by focusing on organizational forms and their effects. Contributors to this edited volume demonstrate how generations of reform result in increased complexity of government organizations, and explain this layering process with multiple theories.
Governance of Public Sector Organizations a nalyzes recent changes in government administration by focusing on organizational forms and their effects....
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194,97 zł |
The Politics of Party Policy: From Members to Legislators
ISBN: 9780230283459 / Angielski / Twarda / 259 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examining the complexities and tensions in relations between party members and parliamentarians through an in-depth analysis of the processes that shape the development of party policy in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, this book Presents new evidence on the challenges facing parties in encouraging citizen participation in policy development.
Examining the complexities and tensions in relations between party members and parliamentarians through an in-depth analysis of the processes that sha...
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194,97 zł |
Parliament in British Politics
ISBN: 9780230291935 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This fully revised new edition includes expanded coverage of Parliament's relationship with the courts, devolved assemblies and the European Union. Distinctively, the book goes beyond the usual focus of Parliament-Government relations to encompass policy-makers beyond Whitehall and Parliament's broader relationship with citizens.
This fully revised new edition includes expanded coverage of Parliament's relationship with the courts, devolved assemblies and the European Union. Di...
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192,51 zł |
Educational Policy in an International Context: Political Culture and Its Effects
ISBN: 9780230340411 / Angielski / Twarda / 259 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Provides a provocative examination of the interplay between political culture and educational policy. The goal is to provide a better understanding of how different countries are responding to the global exchange of policy ideas that includes 'the standards movement' and 'new public management' or accountability in the public sector.
Provides a provocative examination of the interplay between political culture and educational policy. The goal is to provide a better understanding of...
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194,97 zł |
Policy Agendas in British Politics
ISBN: 9780230390423 / Angielski / Miękka / 241 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using a unique dataset spanning fifty years of policy-making in Britain, this book traces how topics like the economy, international affairs, and crime have shifted in importance. It takes a new approach to agenda setting called focused adaptatio n, and sheds new light on key points of change in British politics, such as Thatcherism and New Labour.
Using a unique dataset spanning fifty years of policy-making in Britain, this book traces how topics like the economy, international affairs, and crim...
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194,97 zł |
Public Management in the United Kingdom: A New Introduction
ISBN: 9780230576292 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book surveys the evolution of public management, assesses the core theories and approaches and goes on to examines all aspects of public management in the UK today, including strategic management, performance management, financial management, and human resources management.
The book surveys the evolution of public management, assesses the core theories and approaches and goes on to examines all aspects of public managemen...
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202,64 zł |
Intelligence and U.S. Foreign Policy: Iraq, 9/11, and Misguided Reform
ISBN: 9780231157926 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A career of nearly three decades with the CIA and the National Intelligence Council showed Paul R. Pillar that intelligence reforms, especially measures enacted since 9/11, can be deeply misguided. They often miss the sources that underwrite failed policy and misperceive our ability to read outside influences. They also misconceive the intelligence-policy relationship and promote changes that weaken intelligence-gathering operations. In this book, Pillar confronts the intelligence myths Americans have come to rely on to explain national tragedies, including the belief that intelligence...
A career of nearly three decades with the CIA and the National Intelligence Council showed Paul R. Pillar that intelligence reforms, especially measur...
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448,06 zł |
Media and Public Policy
ISBN: 9780275943035 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Political scientists and media specialists accept the commonplace assumption that the mass media have a profound and direct impact on virtually every aspect of the political process, yet remarkably few systematic studies examining the relationship between media and policy exist. "Media and Public Policy" brings together 15 prominent scholars who focus analytic attention on the underexamined connection between the media and public policymaking. Part I, which addresses theoretical perspectives, includes a chapter on media impact on the political status quo by leading expert Doris A.... Political scientists and media specialists accept the commonplace assumption that the mass media have a profound and direct impact on virtually eve... |
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Local Government Economics: Principles and Practice
ISBN: 9780333669082 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Local Government Economics progresses on from the author's earlier book, Public Sector Economics, addressing many of the same themes but at a more advanced level, and specifically within the context of local government. Suitable for both UK and international readerships, it reflects the multidisciplinary nature of local government and is aimed at final year and postgraduate students on economic or multidisciplinary degrees.
Local Government Economics progresses on from the author's earlier book, Public Sector Economics, addressing many of the same theme...
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329,32 zł |
The Politics of Urban Governance
ISBN: 9780333732687 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This broad-ranging new text analyses the shape of urban politics and governance in the 21st century. The author identifies 4 main 'models' of urban governance - 'management', 'corporatist'. 'pro-growth' and 'welfare' - and assesses their different implications for the major issues, interests and problems in the contemporary urban arena.
This broad-ranging new text analyses the shape of urban politics and governance in the 21st century. The author identifies 4 main 'models' of urban go...
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202,64 zł |
Reforming Britain's Economic and Financial Policy: Towards Greater Economic Stability
ISBN: 9780333966112 / Angielski / Miękka / 401 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years the UK's macroeconomic policy framework has undergone a period of radical reform so as to deliver the economic stability necessary to achieve high levels of growth and employment. This book provides a comprehensive account of these reforms, which constitute a new and innovative approach to policy making. Radical changes to the monetary policy framework, the fiscal policy framework, the regime for public spending and financial regulation are presented. Together they represent a coherent strategy to deliver economic stability and benefits to the wider economy. As well as...
In recent years the UK's macroeconomic policy framework has undergone a period of radical reform so as to deliver the economic stability necessary to ...
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194,97 zł |
Comparing Local Governance: Trends and Developments
ISBN: 9780333995556 / Angielski / Twarda / 293 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a broad-ranging assessment of continuities and change in the condition of local governance in the western industrialized world; leading experts from a wide range of countries demonstrate the whole spectrum of types and models of local government systems and networks. A central focus is on the impact of public management reforms, new forms of community governance and changes in central-local relations.
This book provides a broad-ranging assessment of continuities and change in the condition of local governance in the western industrialized world; lea...
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760,10 zł |
Providing Quality in the Public Sector
ISBN: 9780335209552 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work argues that if public services are to be reformed or improved, achieving the best possible quality of service is essential. It starts from the premise that citizens and users are the key stakeholders. They need to be consulted and involved at every stage. With inevitable resource constraints, it is their needs, balanced with those of society, which must be met. Service providers need to change their culture and behaviour to make this happen. The book presents a straightforward and comprehensive model for understanding quality and putting it into practice. Existing quality...
This work argues that if public services are to be reformed or improved, achieving the best possible quality of service is essential. It starts from t...
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229,92 zł |
Ethics and Politics in Early Childhood Education
ISBN: 9780415280426 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The early childhood services of Reggio Emilia in Northern Italy has gained worldwide interest and admiration. Drawing on the Reggio approach, and others, this book explores the ethical and political dimensions of early childhood services and argues the importance of these dimensions at a time when they are often reduced to technical and managerial projects, without informed consideration for what is best for the child. Extending and developing the ideas raised in Beyond Quality in Early Childhood Care and Education the successful team of authors make a wide range of... The early childhood services of Reggio Emilia in Northern Italy has gained worldwide interest and admiration. Drawing on the Reggio approach, and o... |
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Culture and Politics
ISBN: 9780415673266 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This concise, accessible text presents an overview of the relevance of culture for politics. Culture figures prominently in the theories of the great classics such as Marx, Durkheim and Weber. Recently, the cultural approach to politics has developed quickly, and the concept of political culture has played a role in these developments, particularly given the emergence of large-scale survey research into political value orientations. Seeking to outline this rapid development, the book is divided into three sections:
This concise, accessible text presents an overview of the relevance of culture for politics. Culture figures prominently in the theories of the gre... |
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217,84 zł |
Chinese Security Policy: Structure, Power and Politics
ISBN: 9780415777865 / Angielski / Miękka / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume provides a coherent and comprehensive understanding of Chinese security policy, comprising essays written by one of America's leading scholars. Chinese Security Policy covers such fundamental areas as the role of international structure in state behavior, the use of force in international politics (including deterrence, coercive diplomacy, and war), and the sources of great-power conflict and cooperation and balance of power politics, with a recent focus on international power transitions. The research integrates the realist literature with key issues in Chinese... This volume provides a coherent and comprehensive understanding of Chinese security policy, comprising essays written by one of America's leading s... |
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238,11 zł |
Buying National Security: How America Plans and Pays for Its Global Role and Safety at Home
ISBN: 9780415954402 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The tools of American statecraft--defense, diplomacy, foreign and security assistance, homeland security and intelligence--are rarely examined together. Adams and Williams fill this gap by examining how these tools work, how they are planned for, and how they are budgeted. Seeing policy through the lens of the budget can help decision makers and ordinary citizens discern the genuine priorities of national leaders from the oftentimes illusory ones portrayed in rhetoric. Simply put, policies and strategies cannot be carried out without a corresponding allocation of resources. ...The tools of American statecraft--defense, diplomacy, foreign and security assistance, homeland security and intelligence--are rarely examined toge... |
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263,45 zł |
The Politics of Citizenship in Europe
ISBN: 9780521691277 / Angielski / Miękka / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this book, Marc Morje Howard addresses immigrant integration, one of the most critical challenges facing European countries today, the resolution of which will in large part depend on how foreigners can become citizens. Howard s research shows that despite remarkable convergence in their economic, judicial, and social policies, the countries of the European Union still maintain very different definitions of citizenship. Based on an innovative measure of national citizenship policies, the book accounts for both historical variation and contemporary change. Howard s historical explanation...
In this book, Marc Morje Howard addresses immigrant integration, one of the most critical challenges facing European countries today, the resolution o...
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126,63 zł |
Untying the Knot: Marriage, the State, and the Case for Their Divorce
ISBN: 9780691126678 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Marriage is at the center of one of today's fiercest political debates. Activists argue about how to define it, judges and legislators decide who should benefit from it, and scholars consider how the state should protect those who are denied it. Few, however, ask whether the state should have anything to do with marriage in the first place. In Untying the Knot, Tamara Metz addresses this crucial question, making a powerful argument that marriage, like religion, should be separated from the state. Rather than defining or conferring marriage, or relying on it to achieve legitimate... Marriage is at the center of one of today's fiercest political debates. Activists argue about how to define it, judges and legislators decide who s... |
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186,69 zł |