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Ministers, Minders and Mandarins - An International Study of Relationships at the Executive Summit of Parliamentary Democracies... Ministers, Minders and Mandarins - An International Study of Relationships at the Executive Summit of Parliamentary Democracies (Hardcover)
Richard Shaw, Chris Eichbaum
R3,331 Discovery Miles 33 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Ministers, Minders and Mandarins brings together the leading academics in this specialty to rigorously assess the impact and consequences of political advisers in parliamentary democracies. The ten contemporary and original case studies focus on issues of tension, trust and tradition, and are written in an accessible and engaging style. Using new empirical findings and theory from a range of public policy canons, the authors analyze advisers' functions, their differing levels of accountability and issues of diversity between governments. Cases include research on the tensions in the UK, the possible unease in Swedish government offices and the role of trust in Greece. Established operations in Australia, Canada, Ireland and New Zealand are compared to relative latecomers to advisory roles, such as Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark. A key comparative work in the field, this book encourages further research into the varied roles of political advisers. Offering an excellent introduction to the complex role political advisers play, this book will be of great interest to upper undergraduate and postgraduate students studying political science and policy administration, as well as researchers and scholars in public policy. Contributors include: A. Blick, P.M. Christiansen, B. Connaughton J. Craft, C. Eichbaum, T. Gouglas, H. Houlberg Salomonsen, T. Hustedt, M. Maley, P. Munk Christiansen, B. Niklasson, P. Ohberg, R. Shaw, C. van den Berg

The New Politics of Sex - The Sexual Revolution, Civil Liberties, and the Growth of Governmental Power (Hardcover): Stephen... The New Politics of Sex - The Sexual Revolution, Civil Liberties, and the Growth of Governmental Power (Hardcover)
Stephen Baskerville
R884 Discovery Miles 8 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Making Policies Work - First- and Second-order Mechanisms in Policy Design (Hardcover): Giliberto Capano, Michael Howlett, M... Making Policies Work - First- and Second-order Mechanisms in Policy Design (Hardcover)
Giliberto Capano, Michael Howlett, M Ramesh, Altaf Virani
R3,143 Discovery Miles 31 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Policy design efforts are often hampered by an inadequate understanding of how policy tools and actions promote effective policies. This book addresses this gap by proposing a causal theory of the linkages between policy actions and policy effects. Adopting a mechanistic perspective, it identifies the causal processes that activate policy effects and help achieve policy goals. Bringing together established and emerging scholars in the field, Making Policies Work introduces new concepts of first- and second- order policy mechanisms developed from epistemological and theoretical perspectives, and considers how they can be activated through design. Theoretical concepts are explored through empirical cases from different policy arenas and contemporary policy issues such as partnerships in healthcare, food waste prevention, retirement savings, EU regulations and public sector reform. Graduate students in public policy, public administration and political science will find the powerful analytical tools offered in this book useful in exploring the theoretical elements of effective policy design. Policymakers and practitioners in governmental and non-governmental organisations interested in the practical applications will also benefit from reading this timely book. Contributors include: S. Busetti, G. Capano, M.E. Compton, B. Dente, C.A. Dunlop, M.T. Galanti, S. Giest, M. Guidi, M. Howlett, E. Lindquist, E. Ongaro, C.M. Radaelli, M. Ramesh, P. 't Hart, A. Virani, R.K. Weaver, A. Wellstead

Handbook on Asian Public Administration (Hardcover): M.S. Haque, Wilson Wong, Kilkon Ko Handbook on Asian Public Administration (Hardcover)
M.S. Haque, Wilson Wong, Kilkon Ko
R5,865 Discovery Miles 58 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Providing context-specific regional and national perspectives, this novel Handbook sets out to disentangle the considerable intellectual ambiguities that surround Asian public administration and Asia's diverse applications of Western administrative models. Building a holistic understanding of public administration systems across East, Southeast and South Asia, chapters explore the various historical formations, contemporary changes, and impacts of local contexts. It also covers social accountability, performance and human resource management, and the role of local governments. An international range of leading scholars track the gradual embrace of market-driven reforms in Asian public policy and administration, including privatisation, agencification, outcome-based performance, and customer choice. With its cross-regional and cross-national comparisons finding divergences in these reforms, the Handbook's most significant revelation highlights the impacts of national political contexts and actors on bureaucracy. Illustrating a clear overarching picture of the divergences in Asian public administration, the comparative focus of this Handbook will prove invaluable to students and scholars of Asian politics, public policy and administration. It will also be a useful point of reference to Asian policy makers and bureaucrats dealing with national administrative reforms who are looking to innovate the public sector.

The Politics and Challenges of Achieving Health Equity (Paperback): Alan B. Cohen, Colleen M. Grogan The Politics and Challenges of Achieving Health Equity (Paperback)
Alan B. Cohen, Colleen M. Grogan
R434 Discovery Miles 4 340 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The existence of health inequities across racial, ethnic, gender, and class lines in the United States has been well documented. Less well understood have been the attempts of major institutions, health programs, and other public policy domains to eliminate these inequities. This issue, a collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research Program, brings together respected historians, political scientists, economists, sociologists, and legal scholars to focus on the politics and challenges of achieving health equity in the United States. Articles in this issue address the historical, legal, and political contexts of health equity in the United States. Contributors examine the role of the courts in shaping health equity; document the importance of political discourse in framing health equity and establishing agendas for action; look closely at particular policies to reveal current challenges and the potential to achieve health equity in the future; and examine policies in both health and nonhealth domains, including state Medicaid programs, the use of mobile technology, and education and immigration policies. The issue concludes with a commentary on the future of health equity under the Trump administration and an analysis of how an ACA repeal would impact health equity. Contributors. Alan B. Cohen, Keon L. Gilbert, Daniel Q. Gillion, Colleen M. Grogan, Mark A. Hall, Jedediah N. Horwitt, Tiffany D. Joseph, Alana M.W. LeBron, Julia F. Lynch, Jamila D. Michener, Vanessa Cruz Nichols, Francisco Pedraza, Isabel M. Perera, Rashawn Ray, Jennifer D. Roberts, Sara Rosenbaum, Sara Schmucker, Abigail A. Sewell, Deborah Stone, Keith Wailoo

On War Volume II (Hardcover): Carl Von Clausewitz On War Volume II (Hardcover)
Carl Von Clausewitz; Translated by Colonel J. J. Graham; Introduction by Colonel F M Maude
R761 Discovery Miles 7 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Politics and Policy of Wellbeing - Understanding the Rise and Significance of a New Agenda (Paperback): Ian Bache, Louise... The Politics and Policy of Wellbeing - Understanding the Rise and Significance of a New Agenda (Paperback)
Ian Bache, Louise Reardon
R1,064 Discovery Miles 10 640 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Government interest in wellbeing as an explicit goal of public policy has increased significantly in recent years. This has led to new developments in measuring wellbeing and initiatives aimed specifically at enhancing wellbeing, that reflect new thinking on 'what matters' and challenge established notions of societal progress. The Politics and Policy of Wellbeing provides the first theoretically grounded and empirically informed account of the rise and significance of wellbeing in contemporary politics and policy. Drawing on theories of agenda-setting and policy change, Ian Bache and Louise Reardon consider whether wellbeing can be described as 'an idea whose time has come'. The book reflects on developments across the globe and provides a detailed comparative analysis of two political arenas: the UK and the EU. Offering the first reflection grounded in evidence of the potential for wellbeing to be paradigm changing, the authors identify the challenge of bringing wellbeing into policy as a 'wicked problem' that policymakers are only now beginning to grapple with. This pioneering account of wellbeing from a political science perspective is a unique and valuable contribution to the field. The authors' theoretical and empirical conclusions are of great interest to scholars of politics and wellbeing alike.

The Legends of the Iroquois (Hardcover): William Walker Canfield, Seneca Chief Cornplanter The Legends of the Iroquois (Hardcover)
William Walker Canfield, Seneca Chief Cornplanter
R897 Discovery Miles 8 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Working, Housing - Urbanizing: The International Year of Global Understanding - IYGU (Hardcover): Jennifer Robinson, Allen J.... Working, Housing - Urbanizing: The International Year of Global Understanding - IYGU (Hardcover)
Jennifer Robinson, Allen J. Scott, Peter J. Taylor
R1,242 Discovery Miles 12 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Two Faces of Institutional Innovation - Promises and Limits of Democratic Participation in Latin America (Hardcover):... The Two Faces of Institutional Innovation - Promises and Limits of Democratic Participation in Latin America (Hardcover)
Leonardo Avritzer
R2,779 Discovery Miles 27 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Many democratic theorists have viewed the recent innovations adopted throughout Latin America in a positive light. This evaluation has engendered the idea that all innovations are democratic and all democratic innovations are able to foster citizenship. Presenting a realistic analysis of both the positive and negative aspects of innovation, this book argues that these innovations ought to be examined at the intersection between design and the political system. The Two Faces of Institutional Innovation offers a new perspective on developments such as participatory budgeting, the National Electoral Institute (INE) and the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) in Mexico and comites de vigilancia in Bolivia, and evaluates the extent to which, in reality, citizens were involved in decision-making, distributive policies and citizen education. Further chapters also examine the expansion of innovation to the field of judicial institutions - one of the key areas in which innovation took place in Latin America, showing that the role of legal corporations in democracy cannot be compared with the role of engaged citizens. Contemporary and astute, this book will captivate students and scholars researching in the areas of innovation policy and regulatory governance. Its analysis of the positive and negative aspects of democratic innovation will also benefit democratic theorists and policy-makers alike.

The Failed Promise of Sentencing Reform (Hardcover): Michael O'Hear The Failed Promise of Sentencing Reform (Hardcover)
Michael O'Hear
R2,263 Discovery Miles 22 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Despite 15 years of reform efforts, the incarceration rate in the United States remains at an unprecedented high level. This book provides the first comprehensive survey of these reforms and explains why they have proven to be ineffective. After many decades of stability, the imprisonment rate in the United States quintupled between 1973 and 2003. Since then, nearly all states have adopted multiple reforms intended to reduce imprisonment, but the U.S. imprisonment rate has only decreased by a paltry two percent. Why are American sentencing reforms since 2000 been largely ineffective? Are tough mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent drug offenders the primary reason our prisons are always full? This book offers a fascinating assessment of the wave of sentencing reforms adopted by dozens of states as well as changes at the federal level since 2000, identifying common themes among seemingly disparate changes in sentencing policy and highlighting recent reform efforts that have been more successful and may point the way forward for the nation as a whole. In The Failed Promise of Sentencing Reform, author Michael O'Hear exposes the myths that American prison sentencing reforms enacted in the 21st century have failed to have the expected effect because U.S. prisons are filled to capacity with nonviolent drug offenders as a result of the "war on drugs," and because of new laws that took away the discretion of judges and corrections officials. O'Hear then makes a convincing case for the real reason sentencing reforms have come up short: because they exclude violent and sexual offenders, and because they rely on the discretion of officials who still have every incentive to be highly risk-averse. He also highlights how overlooking the well-being of offenders and their families in our consideration of sentencing reform has undermined efforts to effect real change. Clearly identifies the real reasons that the wave of post-2000 sentencing reform has had minimal impact on reducing national imprisonment rates Explains why reforms must target the excessive sentences imposed on violent and sexual offenders, even though the members of these offender groups are considered "justifiably punished" by long prison terms in the public eye Enables readers to understand why increased consideration for the well-being of offenders and their families is likely a prerequisite to the acceptance of more fundamental changes to the U.S. sentencing system

Transforming Economies Through Microfinance in Developing Nations (Hardcover): Yahaya Alhassan, Uzoechi Nwagbara Transforming Economies Through Microfinance in Developing Nations (Hardcover)
Yahaya Alhassan, Uzoechi Nwagbara
R6,723 Discovery Miles 67 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Following the positive impact of microfinance on poverty reduction, women empowerment, and microenterprise development in some countries in Asia and Africa, a huge amount of time has been devoted by researchers to understanding how this concept can be used as a catalyst for transforming and sustaining the economies of developing and emerging countries. Though there are a few books on the role of microfinance in reducing poverty in developing countries across world, there is no specific book that explores the role of microfinance in transforming and sustaining economies of developing and emerging countries. Transforming Economies Through Microfinance in Developing Nations seeks to explore how the provision of microfinance to individuals and groups can contribute to the economic transformation and sustainability of the economies of developing and emerging countries. Covering key topics such as climate change, entrepreneurship, and rural development, this reference work is ideal for government officials, entrepreneurs, policymakers, researchers, academicians, practitioners, scholars, instructors, and students.

Leading Cities (Hardcover): Leonora Grcheva, Elizabeth Rapoport, Michele Acuto Leading Cities (Hardcover)
Leonora Grcheva, Elizabeth Rapoport, Michele Acuto
R1,058 Discovery Miles 10 580 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
I Think, Therefore I May Become - Devolution or Realization, the Choice is Yours (Hardcover): Mark M Bell I Think, Therefore I May Become - Devolution or Realization, the Choice is Yours (Hardcover)
Mark M Bell
R726 R684 Discovery Miles 6 840 Save R42 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Economic Reason and Political Reason: Deliberation  and the Construction of Public Space in the Socie ty of Communication... Economic Reason and Political Reason: Deliberation and the Construction of Public Space in the Socie ty of Communication (Hardcover)
Ythier
R3,817 Discovery Miles 38 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The public space of democracies is constructed in a context that is marked by the digital transformation of the economy and society. This construction is carried out primarily through deliberation. Deliberation informs and guides both individual and collective action. To shed light on the concept of deliberation, it is important to consider the rationality of choice; but what type of rationality is this? References to economic reason are at once widespread, crucial and controversial. This book therefore deals with arguments used by individuals based on the notions of preferential choice and rational behavior, and also criticizes them. These arguments are examined in the context of the major themes of public debate that help to construct the contemporary public space: "populism", social insurance, social responsibility and environmental issues. Economic Reason and Political Reason underlines the importance of the pragmatist shift of the 2000s and revisits, through the lens of this new approach, the great utilitarian and Rawlsian normative constructs that dominated normative political economics at the end of the 20th century. Alternative approaches, based on the concept of deliberative democracy, are proposed and discussed.

Through Ramona's Country (Hardcover): George Wharton James Through Ramona's Country (Hardcover)
George Wharton James
R1,113 Discovery Miles 11 130 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Jerry Ellig on Dynamic Competition and Rational Regulation - Selected Articles and Commentary (Hardcover): Jerry Ellig Jerry Ellig on Dynamic Competition and Rational Regulation - Selected Articles and Commentary (Hardcover)
Jerry Ellig; Edited by Susan E. Dudley, Patrick A Mclaughlin
R1,017 R879 Discovery Miles 8 790 Save R138 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Virginia Report of 1799-1800, Touching the Alien and Sedition Laws; Together with the Virginia Resolutions of December 21,... The Virginia Report of 1799-1800, Touching the Alien and Sedition Laws; Together with the Virginia Resolutions of December 21, 1798, the Debate and Proceedings Thereon in the House of Delegates of Virginia, and Several Other Documents Illustrative of the Repor (Hardcover)
James Madison, Thomas Jefferson
R954 Discovery Miles 9 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
COVID-19 Pandemic In America - A Blueprint For Healthcare, Profit, And Needless Death (Hardcover): Marteaux X COVID-19 Pandemic In America - A Blueprint For Healthcare, Profit, And Needless Death (Hardcover)
Marteaux X
R1,024 Discovery Miles 10 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Dilemmas of Ethnic Policy - A Global Perspective (Hardcover): John Gaffar La Guerre The Dilemmas of Ethnic Policy - A Global Perspective (Hardcover)
John Gaffar La Guerre
R3,167 R2,235 Discovery Miles 22 350 Save R932 (29%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Dilemmas of Ethnic Policy: A Global Perspective argues that ethnic conflict increases or decreases in relation to changes in the social structure and the location and distribution of political power. Ethnic grievances derive from lack of access to valued resources, and elites play a crucial role in allocating those resources. This book examines the experiences of five countries with a history of ethnic conflict: former Yugoslavia/Bosnia-Herzegovina, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States. It finds that in many cases, solutions adopted to mitigate ethnic conflict have unintended consequences. Often, supposed solutions confuse cause and effect and in fact worsen ethnic conflict. Attempts to address identity issues by pandering to them often led to further ethnic demands. This book argues that, based on the experiences of the countries under examination, the best course is to adopt policies that encourage alliances between and among ethnic groups.

Citizen Science (Hardcover): Aletta Bonn, Zen Makuch, Johannes Vogel Citizen Science (Hardcover)
Aletta Bonn, Zen Makuch, Johannes Vogel
R1,706 Discovery Miles 17 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
What Is Life Worth? - The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11 (Paperback, New Ed): Kenneth Feinberg What Is Life Worth? - The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11 (Paperback, New Ed)
Kenneth Feinberg
R415 R386 Discovery Miles 3 860 Save R29 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Just days after September 11, 2001, Kenneth Feinberg was appointed to administer the federal 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, a unique, unprecedented fund established by Congress to compensate families who lost a loved one on 9/11 and survivors who were physically injured in the attacks. Those who participated in the Fund were required to waive their right to sue the airlines involved in the attacks, as well as other potentially responsible entities. When the program was launched, many families criticized it as a brazen, tight-fisted attempt to protect the airlines from lawsuits. The Fund was also attacked as attempting to put insulting dollar values on the lives of lost loved ones. The families were in pain. And they were angry. Over the course of the next three years, Feinberg spent almost all of his time meeting with the families, convincing them of the generosity and compassion of the program, and calculating appropriate awards for each and every claim. The Fund proved to be a dramatic success with over 97% of eligible families participating. It also provided important lessons for Feinberg, who became the filter, the arbitrator, and the target of family suffering. Feinberg learned about the enduring power of family grief, love, fear, faith, frustration, and courage. Most importantly, he learned that no check, no matter how large, could make the families and victims of 9/11 whole again.

Canadian Agriculture in the 21st Century - Change and Challenge (Hardcover): Marvin S Anderson Canadian Agriculture in the 21st Century - Change and Challenge (Hardcover)
Marvin S Anderson
R1,510 R1,262 Discovery Miles 12 620 Save R248 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Souls of Black Folk (Hardcover): William Edward Burghardt Du Bois The Souls of Black Folk (Hardcover)
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
R935 Discovery Miles 9 350 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Getting Past Capitalism - History, Vision, Hope (Hardcover): Cynthia Kaufman Getting Past Capitalism - History, Vision, Hope (Hardcover)
Cynthia Kaufman
R3,667 R2,581 Discovery Miles 25 810 Save R1,086 (30%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Getting Past Capitalism begins with a critique of the impacts of capitalism on human society and the environment. It looks in new ways at what capitalism is and at how it is reproduced. That investigation opens the door to fresh ways of looking at how to challenge it. Cynthia Kaufman looks at some fundamental questions about how capitalism comes to look like a system that is unbeatable, and how people come to have desires that work to reinforce capitalism. Kaufman uses this analysis to develop ideas about how to challenge capitalism. She argues that rather than looking for the fulcrum point in a system that will make it able to be overthrown, we should try to understand what kinds of practices open more spaces for stopping the reproduction of capitalist processes, and what kinds of structures need to be developed to make capitalism a less important part of our world. Getting Past Capitalism includes a critique of capitalism and presentation of alternatives to capitalism, many of which already exist. It explores strategies for developing and strengthening those alternatives.

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