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Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government
Appointed by George W. Bush as the chairman of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in 2006, Sheila Bair witnessed the
origins of the financial crisis and in 2008 became--along with Hank
Paulson, Ben Bernanke, and Timothy Geithner--one of the key public
servants trying to repair the damage to the global economy. "Bull
by the Horns" is her remarkable and refreshingly honest account of
that contentious time and the struggle for reform that followed and
continues to this day.
In recent years, the world has been changing considerably. Within
the many obstacles, barriers, and opportunities, three significant
challenges should be considered for the future planning of our
territories and cities: seeking to achieve Sustainable Development
Goals (SDG), facing climate change, and performing a shift towards
digitalization. Considering these three challenges, we can work
toward a more sustainable future for the environment. Sustainable
Development Goals, Climate Change, and Digitalization Challenges in
Planning elaborates on sustainability issues in the planning and
development field regarding the environment. This text promotes
understanding about the dynamics, challenges, and opportunities for
the new decade regarding our common future planning. Covering
topics such as circular economy, economic-ecological principles,
and sustainable resilience, this book is essential for
academicians, researchers, policymakers, environmentalists,
scientists, technicians, decision makers, practitioners, and
students.
Elgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given
area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject
in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of
travel. They are relevant but also visionary. This timely and
insightful Research Agenda for Federalism Studies brings together
comparative reflections from leading scholars across five
continents on the past, present and future of federalism research.
Addressing the research needs of federalism studies around the
world, contributors focus on political theory, constitutionalism,
self-rule, gender, diversity and conflict resolution, as well as
challenges for federalism in Africa, Asia and Europe, to identify
contemporary research lacunae and seek out new directions for
investigation. In a world where more than 40 percent of the world's
people live in federal systems, this impressive book provides
accessible guidance through a profuse and complex research terrain.
This rich source of ideas and research pathways offers critical
insight for graduate students of political science and comparative
government, as well as senior scholars seeking fresh perspectives
on federalism studies. Contributors include: N. Aroney, J. Bednar,
H. Bhattacharyya, P. Dardanelli, J. Dinan, A. Fenna, A.-G. Gagnon,
T.O. Hueglin, S. Keil, J. Kincaid, A. Lecours, S. Mueller, F.
Palermo, C. Saunders, N. Steytler, A. Tremblay, A. Valdesalici, J.
Vickers
The smart city is a driver of change, innovation, competitiveness,
and networking for businesses and organizations based on the
concept of the Sustainable Development Goals for the 2030 agenda.
The importance of a new paradigm regarding the externalities of the
environment, citizen welfare, and natural resources in cities as an
impact of urban ecosystems is the main objective for sustainable
development in cities through 2030. Smart Cities, Citizen Welfare,
and the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals provides
innovative insights into the key developments and new trends
associated with online challenges and opportunities in smart cities
based on the concept of the Sustainable Development Goals. The
content within this publication represents research encompassing
corporate social responsibility, economic policy, and city
planning. This book serves as a vital reference source for urban
planners, policymakers, managers, entrepreneurs, graduate-level
students, researchers, and academicians seeking coverage on topics
centered on conceptual, technological, and design issues related to
smart city development in Europe.
Select committees are generally faced by those at the very top of
their game: high-flying CEOs, powerful executives and industry
experts. Why, then, do the very words send shivers down the spines
of even our most senior representatives? Perhaps it is the
unblinking eye of the television cameras, the hawkish interrogation
of the committee chair or simply the knowledge of those Goliaths
who have fallen before. After twenty years of advising big-name
clients on how to take on this gruelling ordeal, Scott Colvin
argues that it needn't be this way. Based on interviews with those
on the front line, he offers a freshperspective on how the process
could be improved for committee members and witnesses alike.
Steeped in exclusive inside knowledge and expert tips, and with a
step-by-step manual on how to prepare for a hearing, this is the
essential guide to not only surviving but thriving in the hot seat.
Morcol argues that the objectivist and deterministic assumptions
of mainstream policy analysis, which are based on the
Newtonian/positivist worldview or mind-set, should be transcended.
After demonstrating that the favored methods of mainstream policy
analysis are based on Newtonian ontological and positivist
epistemological assumptions and that the connections between these
two are intimately and historically related, he critically assesses
and highlights the contributions of quantum mechanics, complexity
theory, and cognitive science to a new mind-set in scientific
knowledge, a post-Newtonian and postpositivist mind-set.
Newtonian/positivist and post-Newtonian/postpositivist
worldviews are conceptualized as fuzzy mind-sets, that is they are
not mutually exclusive and that they share assumptions at varying
degrees. Cognitive science shows that some of the fundamental
concepts and assumptions of the Newtonain/positivist
philosopy--such as the concept of causality and the tendency to
categorize reality (reductionist thinking)--are the products of the
evolutionary adaptation of the human mind and they have become its
built-in defaults. As Morcol suggests, we cannot change the
biological defaults of our minds, but we can change our way of
thinking, to an extent, through a cultural evolution. He argues
that conscious efforts can be made in policy analysis education to
help move our thinking toward a post-Newtonian and postpositivist
policy analysis. Of particular interest to scholars and advanced
students dealing with policy analysis, public administration, and
political science, especially those concerned with epistemology and
methodology.
Based on a survey of more than 6,700 top civil servants in 17
European countries, this book explores the impacts of New Public
Management (NPM)-style reforms in Europe from a uniquely
comparative perspective. It examines and analyses empirical
findings regarding the dynamics, major trends and tools of
administrative reforms, with special focus on the diversity of top
executives' perceptions about the effects of those reforms.
Resulting from research funded by the European Commission, this
book is an ambitious, comprehensive portrait of public
administration in the central European bureaucracies after more
than three decades of NPM reforms and in the aftermath of the 2008
financial crisis. The chapters present extensive data on single
countries but invaluably take a comparative approach, presenting a
broad, explorational perspective. Public Administration Reforms in
Europe is an indispensable resource for researchers, practitioners
and students in a variety of social science areas, especially
public administration, public policy and public management.
Contributors include: J. M. Alonso, R. Andrews, P. Bezes, R. Boyle,
M.E. Cardim, J. Clifton, D. Diaz-Fuentes, J. Downe, N. Ejersbo, F.
Ferre, D. Galli, C. Greve, V. Guarneros-Meza, G. Hajnal, G.
Hammerschmid, K. Huxley, G. Jeannot, S. Jilke, P. Laegreid, S.
Leixnering, F. Longo, R.E. Meyer, L. Mota, V. Nakrosis, S.A.
OEberg, E. Ongaro, A. Oprisor, L. Pereira, T. Randma-Liiv, R.
Rauleckas, L.H. Rykkja, K. Sarapuu, L. Sarkute , R. Savi, A.
Schikowitz, R. Snapstiene, T. Steen, V. Stimac, S. Van de Walle, J.
van der Voet, T. Virtanen, U. Weske, H. Wockelberg
Sustainable development has always been a contested concept and has
been extensively debated over the last 30 years with new
classifications arising since then. There was a previous push for
the radical transformations of the market economy to downscale
production and consumption that would increase human well-being and
enhance ecological conditions. Because of this conflict, there was
a need for a new model that challenges and could be the alternative
for the liner economy; this new model is called the circular
economy. A circular economy aimed at eliminating waste and the
continual use of resources. It gained its ground in the era of
disruptive technological advancement and a dynamic global value
chain. By supporting resource-efficient industrial models, the
circular economy preserves and improves natural capital, optimizes
the value of resources, and abolishes negative environmental
externalities such as pollution. Examining the Intersection of
Circular Economy, Forestry, and International Trade explores the
link between the circular economy and various aspects of the
business and environment to understand the usage and viability of
adapting the circular economy from a business perspective. The
chapters highlight the transition to the circular economy, its
implementation across society, its intersection with forestry and
international trade, and the solutions and challenges of the
circular economy. This book is aimed at researchers in the field of
business management, economics, and environmental studies along
with practitioners, stakeholders, researchers, academicians, and
students looking for more information on the various fields
impacting the circular economy as well as the implementation,
usage, and viability of a widespread adoption of a circular
economy.
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) have excited the political world
over the past few decades. Few books, however, have viewed them as
both a phenomenon of politics as well as a technical matter aiming
to better deliver public infrastructure. Through fiercely
independent scholarship, this book investigates the various logics
of PPPs. In doing so, it challenges those involved in delivering
public infrastructure to think more about power, language and
politics in decision-making. The Logic of Public-Private
Partnerships takes a cross-disciplinary perspective on PPPs. It
notes their global popularity, and considers the varying
definitions used and policy positions taken by different
governments. It discusses the contemporary, international evidence
supporting and opposing the formation of these partnerships, with
reference to efficiency, value-for-money and governance. The
simultaneous growth of PPPs in some countries is observed along
with their demise in others. The book also articulates the solid
reasons for which governments might adopt PPPs, before pointing to
continuing research priorities. This book will be useful for
academics interested in PPPs and infrastructure governance, as well
as professionals in the infrastructure sector and practitioners
seeking to understand the PPP phenomenon. It will also be an
invaluable tool for undergraduate students with an interest in
infrastructure projects, and postgraduate students studying PPPs
and the issues surrounding them.
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