This accessible introduction to the system of public administration uses a clear, country by country analysis to the contemporary system of public administration and management in a number of significant countries. This text examines the extent to which new public management, politicians and public opinion can influence bureaucracies in various countries; in addition, it explores the role of public administration systems within the wider political systems and democratic frameworks of their states.

The new edition revises and updates several of the original country studies including: the United States, France, the UK, the Republic of Ireland and Italy, and adds three more chapters on Greece, Russia, India and China. Each chapter is written to a common framework which makes comparison easier and covers the following issues:

Political culture

The Constitutional framework

The civil service

Public sector agencies

Federal and local government

Financing the system

Co-ordination of the system

Managing the system

Accountability, secrecy and openness

Democracy　

Further developments and the financial crash

This student-friendly volume is a highly valuable resource for students of Politics and Administration.

This textbook is essential reading for students of comparative public administration.

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1. Intoduction, J. A. Chandler 2. United Kingdom, John Kingdom 3. Ireland, Neil Collins, Aodh Quinlivan and Emmanuelle Schön-Quinlivan 4. France, J. A. Chandler 5. Greece, Howard Elcock 6. Italy, R. E. Spence 7. The United States, Howard Elcock 8. Russia, M. Nistotskaya 9. China, Thomas Johnson and Guohui Wang 10. India, David Pell 11. Conclusion, J. A. Chandler

The fifth edition of this innovative textbook introduces students to the main theories in International Relations. It explains and analyzes each theory, allowing students to understand and critically engage with the myths and assumptions behind them. Each theory is illustrated using the example of a popular film.

Key features of this textbook include:

Discussion of all the main theories: realism and neorealism, idealism and neoidealism, liberalism, constructivism, postmodernism, gender, globalization, neo-Marxism, modernization and development theory, environmentalism, anarchism, and queer theory.

A new chapter focused on global LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans) theory and queer theory, Hillary Clinton’s policy myth that "gay rights are human rights and human rights are gay rights," and the film Love is Strange.

Innovative use of narrative from films that students will be familiar with: Lord of the Flies, Independence Day, Wag the Dog, Fatal Attraction, The Truman Show, East Is East, Memento, WALL-E, The Hunger Games, and Love is Strange.

An accessible and exciting writing style, boxed key concepts, and guides for further reading.

A comprehensive Companion Website featuring a complete set of lectures for every major theory and film covered in the textbook, additional workshop and seminar exercises, slides to accompany each lecture, and an extensive bank of multiple-choice, short-answer, and essay questions and answers for every chapter.

This breakthrough textbook has been designed to unravel the complexities of international relations theory in a way that gives students a clearer idea of how the theories work, and of the myths associated with them.

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1 Introduction: culture, ideology, and the myth function in IR theory

2 Realism: is international anarchy the permissive cause of war?

3 Idealism: is there an international society?

4 Constructivism: is anarchy what states make of it?

5 Gender: is gender a variable?

6 Globalization: are we at the end of history?

7 NeoMarxism: is Empire the new world order?

8 Modernization and development theory: is there a clash of civilizations?

9 Environmentalism: is human-made climate change an inconvenient truth?

10 Anarchism: are we the 99 percent?

11 Global LGBT Studies: Are gay rights human rights, and are human rights gay rights?

12 Conclusion: what does it all mean?

Comprehensive yet accessible, this classic text, now in its thirteenth edition follows the evolution of political thought over 300 years. Organized chronologically, this text examines each ideology within a political, historical, economic, and social context. In addition to a thorough updating of examples and data, here’s what you’ll find in the new edition:

Analyses of President Trump’s rollback of Obamacare, trade war with China, and changes to immigration, taxation, and environmental policy.

Conservative justifications for supply-side economics and liberal rationale for drug legalization and "trigger-word" bans.

Brexit’s effects on the Scottish independence movement.

Resurgence of feminist protest, including the Me Too movement, alongside anarchist protest, following Trump’s election, including groups like Black Bloc and Antifa.

China’s rising environmental and social problems, including unrest among its heavily controlled Uighur population.

Cuba’s transfer of power from the Castros to President Díaz-Canel, and their fraught rapprochement with the U.S.

Russia’s disinformation campaigns, and alternating brinksmanship and détente between Trump and North Korea’s Chairman Kim Jong-un.

The ascent of the Alt-right in the U.S., and white supremacist influence on parties in the U.S. and Europe.

The continuing salience of Islamism, the teetering Iran deal, and ongoing degeneration of the Arab Spring to the Islamist Winter.

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1. Ideology

2. The Spectrum of Political Attitude

3. Nationalism

4. The Evolution of Democratic Theory

5. Liberal Democracy, Capitalism, and Beyond

6 The Liberal Democratic Process

7. Anarchism

8. Socialist Theory

9. Applied Socialism

10. Fascism and National Socialism

11. Ideologies in the Developing World

12. Feminism

13. Environmentalism

Public Administration and Public Affairs demonstrates how to govern efficiently, effectively, and responsibly in an age of political corruption and crises in public finance. Providing a comprehensive, accessible and humorous introduction to the field of Public Administration, this text is designed specifically for those with little to no background in the field. Now in its 13th edition, this beloved book includes:

Engaging, timely new sections designed to make students think, such as "Why Are So Many Leaders Losers?" and "Even Terrorists Like Good Government"

Comparisons throughout of the challenges and opportunities found in the nonprofit sector vs. the public sector (sections such as "The Dissatisfied Bureaucrat, the Satisfied Nonprofit Professional?")

Extensive new material on e-governance, performance management, HRM, intersectoral and intergovernmental administration, government contracting, public budgeting, and ethics.

The 13th edition is complete with an Instructor’s Manual, Testbank, and PowerPoint slides for instructors, as well as Learning Objectives and Self-test Questions for students, making it the ideal primer for public administration/management, public affairs, and nonprofit management courses.

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Part 1. In Defense of Governing Well

1. Big Democracy, Big Bureaucracy

2. Paradigms of Public Administration

Part 2. Public and Nonprofit Organizations

3. The Threads of Organizations: Theories

4. The Fabric of Organizations: Forces

5. The Fibres of Organizations: People

Part 3. Public Management: Curbing Corruption, Enhancing Efficiency

6. Clarifying Complexity: The Public’s Information Resource

7. The Constant Quest: Effective and Efficient Governance

8. The Public Trough: Financing and Budgeting Governments

9. Managing Human Capital in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors

Part 4. Implementing Public Policy

10. Understanding and Improving Public Policy

11. Intersectoral Administration

12. Intergovernmental Administration

13. Toward a Bureaucratic Ethic

Liberalism: The Basics is an engaging and accessible introduction to liberalism. The author provides a comprehensive overview of liberal practices, liberal values and critically analyses liberal theories, allowing for a richer understanding of liberalism as a whole.

The book is divided into three parts:

Liberal practices: the rule of law, free speech, freedom of association and movement, economic freedom and sexual freedom.

Liberal values: freedom, autonomy, equality, and the universal values of political societies – the communal identity – and well-being of their members.

Liberal theories: natural rights, utilitarianism, Kant's rationalism and the contemporary theories of John Rawls and the post-Rawlsians.

Presented in a clear and concise way, this book will be an ideal introduction for students and scholars of liberalism, political philosophy, political theory and political ideology.

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Introduction

Part I: Liberal Practices

1. The Idea of a Practice and the Initial Distinction between Liberal and Illiberal Societies

2. The Rule of Law

3. Free Speech

4. Freedom of Association and Movement

5. Economic Freedom

6. Sexual Freedom

Part II: Liberal Values

Introduction

7. The Idea and Value of Freedom

8. The Equality of the Participants

9. Community

10. Liberalism and Human Well-being

Part III: Liberal Theories

Introduction

11. Libertarian Theories

12. Utilitarian Theories of Liberalism

13. Kant's Idea of Freedom as Rational Self-determination

14. Contemporary Theories of Liberalism

Public administration is the set of instruments – the rules, incentives, organizations, information, systems and people – to implement public policy. Public Administration: The Basics is a reader-friendly and up-to-date synthesis of the subject, complete with relatable examples, analogies, and real-world illustrations.

The book offers practical insight without jargon and covers all major topics. The first three chapters describe the functions and organizational structure of government; the next three focus on the core issues of the management of public finances, government personnel, and public procurement; the final three chapters address government regulation, the provision of public services, and the interaction between government and the private sector. Public Administration: The Basics is an ideal first book for introductory public administration courses, as well as complementary reading for courses in political science, public economics, and international affairs. The book also serves as an accessible reference for busy policymakers, civil servants, and engaged citizens.

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1. Public Administration and Government

2. Policy Support and The Organization of Central Government

3. Decentralization and the Organization of Subnational Government

4. Managing the Money: Taxation, Budgeting and Expenditure Management

5. Managing the People: Government Employment, Wage Policy, and Administration

6. Managing the Purchases and Contracts: Public Procurement

7. Government Regulation

8. Public Service Provision

9. Interaction With Private Business

The administrative sciences have been dominated by a turn to managerial perspectives in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and in the spirit of this turn, 'New Public Management' (or NPM) promises to produce efficient, responsible and client-oriented public services. The reforms carried out in the pursuit of New Public Management are often accompanied by great optimism and rapid, enthusiastic steps toward implementation. Even in highly developed industrial countries, however, these fundamental reforms often overlook the political and cultural contexts of the implementing country. New Public Management in Africa: Emerging Issues and Lessons provides much-needed theoretical foundations for NPM reforms in the African context and reflects on the success of existing reforms in the development of several African states.

The individual contributions in this timely volume provide important analyses of academic discourse, practical policy, achievements, and desiderata. The book as a whole, however, provides a valuable impetus for public administration research in and on African states, sharing findings on the results of reforms to date and adjustments required for these reforms to succeed. For public administration researchers outside of Africa, this book offers a review of New Public Management case studies that are unavailable or difficult to find elsewhere, contributing much to the exchange between African and Western administration science research, and demonstrating that African administrative research is well-prepared to help resolve global challenges.

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Foreword. 1. Public Sector Management: An Introduction [Benon C. Basheka] 2. New Public Management Reform in Africa: Theoretical Review [Lukamba-Muhiya. Tshombe and Maurice Oscar Dassah] 3. New Public Management Issues in Botswana [Thekiso Molokwane and Kaelo Molefhe] 4. New Public Management Issues in Cameroon [Loraine Boitumelo Tumi Mzini] 5. New Public Management Issues in Democratic Republic of Congo [Lukamba-Muhiya. Tshombe] 6. New Public Management Issues in Ghana [Maurice Oscar Dassah] 7. New Public Management Issues in South Africa [Costa Hofisi and Tshukudu Pooe] 8. New Public Management Issues in Tanzania [John S. Kihamba] 9. New Public Management Issues in Zambia [Ilyayambwa Mwanawina] 10. New Public Management Issues in Zimbabwe [Gideon Zhou and Hardlife Zvoushe]

Building on the success of the first edition, this revised volume re-invigorates the conversation between foreign policy analysis and international relations. It opens up the discussion, situating existing debates in foreign policy in relation to contemporary concerns in international relations, and provides a concise and accessible account of key areas in foreign policy analysis that are often ignored. Focusing on how foreign policy decision making affects the conduct of states in the international system, and analysing the relationship between policy, agency and actors, the volume examines:

foreign policy and bureaucracies

domestic sources of foreign policy

foreign policy and the state

foreign policy and globalization

foreign policy and change.

Features of the second edition include:

a wider range of contemporary case studies and examples from around the globe

analysis of new directions in foreign policy analysis including foreign policy implementation and the changing media landscape

fully updated material across all chapters to reflect the evolving research agenda in the area.

This second edition builds on and expands the theoretical canvas of foreign policy analysis, shaping its ongoing dialogue with international relations and offering an important introduction to the field. It is essential reading for all students of foreign policy and international relations.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Foreign Policy Decision Making

Chapter 3: Bureaucracies and Foreign Policy

Chapter 4:The Domestic Sources of Foreign Policy

Chapter 5: FPA and the State

Chapter 6: Foreign Policy, Globalization and the Study of FPA

Chapter 7: Foreign Policy and Change

Chapter 8: Conclusion

This book investigates civil society regionalization in Southern Africa. The point of departure is the study of 'new regionalism', which refers to the wave of regional integration globally since the 1980s. However, whilst the current regionalism studies undoubtedly contributes to a deeper understanding of regional processes, important gaps remain, in particular the relatively scant emphasis given to civil society. This particularly relates to regions in the global South, including Southern Africa. The overarching aim of this book is therefore to analyse the dynamics of civil society regionalization in Southern Africa, both empirically and from a theoretical perspective, through analysing the cases of trade and HIV/AIDS. The study finds that CSOs can be more active in regional governance than has previously been conceptualized and are also highly active in terms of constructing regionalization through framing issues and, to a less extent, making identities 'regional'. Furthermore, the book enhances knowledge of the heterogeneous nature of civil society regionalization. Lastly, it is demonstrated that 'going regional' is only partly an autonomous process and also has to be understood as under the influence of the deeper statist and capitalist social structures marking the regional order in Southern Africa.

Table of Contents

1.Introduction

2. Theoretical considerations

3. The Statist-Capitalist Regional Order in Southern Africa

4. Civil society Regionalization in the Trade Sector in Southern Africa

5. Civil Society Regionalization in the HIV/AIDS Sector in Southern Africa

6. Conclusion

Updated in its 3rd edition, Basic Methods of Policy Analysis and Planning presents quickly applied methods for analyzing and resolving planning and policy issues at state, regional, and urban levels.

Divided into two parts, Methods which presents quick methods in nine chapters and is organized around the steps in the policy analysis process, and Cases which presents seven policy cases, ranging in degree of complexity, the text provides readers with the resources they need for effective policy planning and analysis. Quantitative and qualitative methods are systematically combined to address policy dilemmas and urban planning problems. Readers and analysts utilizing this text gain comprehensive skills and background needed to impact public policy.

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Part 1 Methods 1. The Need for Simple Methods of Policy Analysis and Planning 2. The Policy Analysis Process 3. Crosscutting Methods 4. Verifying, Defining, and Detailing the Problem 5. Establishing Evaluation Criteria 6. Identifying Alternatives 7. Evaluating Alternative Policies 8. Displaying Alternatives and Distinguishing among Them 9. Monitoring and Evaluating Implemented Policies Part 2 Cases 10. Downtown Development 11. Defending against Accusations of Discriminatory Housing Practices 12. Municipal Garbage. Solid-Waste Collection Methods 13. University On Campus Parking Policies 14. Emergency Aid for Home Heating Fuel. Developing an Allocation Formula 15. A State Tax on Plastic Shopping Bags 16. Public-Private Redevelopment Projects: The Case of Underground Atlanta

Now in an extensively revised tenth edition, Introducing Public Administration provides students with the conceptual foundation they need, while introducing them to important trends in the discipline. This classic textbook—blending historical accounts with contemporary events—examines the most important issues in the field of public administration through the use of examples from various disciplines and modern culture. Its approach of using extensive case studies at the end of each chapter encourages students to think critically about the nature, purpose, and public value of public administration today.

Refreshed and revised throughout, the tenth edition contains a number of critical updates for the field:

All-new case studies at the end of each chapter to address various challenges, including social justice, climate change action, smart cities, transforming governmental institutions, and economic responses to the global pandemic. The case studies—many with legal dimensions as well—cover emerging issues and are well suited for further research by students.

Two chapters by contributing authors on 1) Social equity and justice, covering contemporary challenges in the US, from police reform to voting rights and homelessness, and 2) Public budgeting, contrasting government fiscal efforts between two recessions, illuminating successes and failures with a case study on the federal government shutdown in 2019 over border wall funding.

Keynotes at the start of each chapter to help introduce students to historical figures, contemporary dilemmas, and examples of public service in action, including subjects such as diversity and inclusion, marijuana legalization, organizational effects of remote work, and examining scenarios for the future.

A completely rewritten concluding chapter on leadership, followership, and leading teams with a discussion of destructive leadership types and a flipped case study on defining what leadership effectiveness is.

Complete with a fully updated companion website containing instructor slides for each chapter, a chapter-by-chapter instructor’s manual and sample syllabus, student learning objectives, and self-test questions, Introducing Public Administration is the ideal introduction to the discipline for first year masters students, as well as for the growing number of undergraduate public administration courses and programs.

Table of Contents

1. Defining Public Administration 2. The Political, Economic and Social Environment of Public Policy & its Administration 3. The Social Equity Imperative in Public Administration (Author: J. Shea) 4. The Architecture and Institutions of Government 5. Intergovernmental Relations 6. Honor, Ethics, and Accountability 7. Public Administration and Organization Theory 8. Organizational Behavior 9. Public Management and Information Technology 10. Futuring, Planning and Government Regulation 11. Human Resources Management and Labor Relations 12. Public Budgeting and Financial Management (Author: C Simms) 13. Program Evaluation and Audit 14. Leadership and Followership in Public Administration

This provocative book is anchored on the insurgent and resurgent spirit of decolonization of the twenty-first century. The author calls upon Africa to turn over a new leaf in the domains of politics, economy, and knowledge as it frees itself from imperial global designs and global coloniality.

With a focus on Africa and its Diaspora, the author calls for a radical turning over of a new leaf, predicated on decolonial turn and epistemic freedom. The key themes subjected to decolonial analysis include: (1) decolonization/decoloniality – articulating the meaning and contribution of the decolonial turn; (2) subjectivity/identity – examining the problem of Blackness (identity) as external and internal invention; (3) the Bandung spirit of decolonization as an embodiment of resistance and possibilities, development and self-improvement; (4) development and self-improvement – of African political economy, as entangled in the colonial matrix of power, and the African Renaissance, as weakened by undecolonized political and economic thought; and (5) knowledge – the role of African humanities in the struggle for epistemic freedom.

This groundbreaking volume opens the intellectual canvas on the challenges and possibilities of African futures. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of Politics and International Relations, Development, Sociology, African Studies, Black Studies, Education, History Postcolonial Studies, and the emerging field of Decolonial Studies.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Beyond the European game

2. The Decolonial Turn

3. The Bandung Spirit

4. The Problem of Blackness

5. African Political Economy

6. African Renaissance

7. African Humanities

8. Conclusion: Turning Over A New Leaf

Genocide: The Basics is an engaging introduction to the study of a controversial and widely debated topic. This concise and comprehensive book explores key questions such as; how successful have efforts been in the prevention of genocide? How prevalent has genocide been throughout history? and how has the concept been defined? Real world case studies address significant issues including:

The killing of indigenous peoples by colonial powers

The Holocaust and the question of "uniqueness"

Peacekeeping efforts in the 1990s

Legal attempts to create a genocide-free world

With suggestions for further reading, discussion questions at the end of each chapter and a glossary of key terms, Genocide: The Basics is the ideal starting point for students approaching the topic for the first time.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Defining Genocide 2. Colonial Genocides 3. The Christians of the Ottoman Empire 4. The Holocaust 5. Genocide, Asia, and the Cold War 6. Genocide in the 1990s 7. South Sudan and Darfur: Genocide Again 8. Other Cases: Problems of Classification 9. The Dilemmas of Prevention and Intervention 10. International Justice 11. The Future Glossary References Index

Gender Matters in Global Politics is a comprehensive textbook for advanced undergraduates studying politics, international relations, development and similar courses. It provides students with an accessible but in-depth account of feminist methodologies, gender theory and feminist approaches to key topics and themes in global politics.

This textbook is written by an international line-up of established and emerging scholars from a range of theoretical perspectives, bringing together cutting-edge feminist scholarship in a variety of areas.

This fully revised and updated third edition:

introduces students to feminist and gender theory and explains the relevance to contemporary global politics;

explains the insights of feminist theory for a range of fields of study, including international relations, international political economy and security studies;

presents feminist approaches to key contemporary issues such as climate change, digital politics, war and militarism, disability and global health; and

features pedagogical tools and resources, including discussion questions, suggestions for further reading and online resources.

This text enables students to develop a sophisticated understanding of the work that gender does in policies and practices of global politics.

Support material for this book can be found at: www.routledge.com/9780367477608.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Cynthia Enloe

SECTION 1

Introduction

Laura J. Shepherd and Caitlin Hamilton

Feminist International Relations

Cristina Masters and Marysia Zalewski

Creativity and Feminist Knowledge

shine choi

Feminist Methodology

Roxani Krystalli

Intersectionality

Celeste Montoya

(Why) Gender Matters in Global Politics

Laura J. Shepherd

SECTION 2

Advocacy, Activism and Resistance

Valentine M. Moghadam

Art and Aesthetics

Roland Bleiker and Emma Hutchison

Body Politics

Wendy Harcourt

Care Work

Christina Gabriel

Development

Alba Rosa Boer Cueva

Digital Politics

William Clapton

Disability

Ana Bê

Ecology/Environment

Emma Foster

Global Governance

Penny Griffin

Global Health

Sara E. Davies

International/Global Political Economy

V. Spike Peterson

International Law

Sara Bertotti

Land, Water and Food

Monika Barthwal-Datta and Soumita Basu

Migration and Displacement

Lucy Hall

Militarism and Security

Megan MacKenzie and Nicole Wegner

Nationalism and Populism

Dibyesh Anand

Peace

Catia C. Confortini and Annick T. R. Wibben

Queer Politics

Rahul Rao

‘Race’ and Coloniality

Columba Achilleos-Sarll

Religion

Katherine E. Brown

Terrorism and Political Violence

Caron Gentry and Laura Sjoberg

Violence

Swati Parashar

　

With contributions from leading regional scholars,Public Administration in Africa: Performance and Challenges examines the complexities of the art of governance from the unique African perspective. The editors bring together a cohesive study of the major issues and regions by taking an analytic approach with the strong problem-solution application. Regions addressed range from South Africa, Congo, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius, and Botswana. Themes include colonialism, reform, poverty, economy, decentralization, financing, media, political structures, and more.

Beginning with an analysis of the relationship of policy design and its destination, service delivery, the book discusses the historical development of a state that has gone through upheavals in government and explores a decayed political economy that ultimately results in a need for sweeping measures. The text examines the issues emerging policy-makers in Africa must tackle, namely poverty and the denial or lack of resources to keep a dignified human life. It highlights how the media can be a catalyst for good governance and provides analytical aspects of implementing good governance reforms.

The book concludes with an examination of the concepts of decentralization and devolution in measuring service delivery performance and an exploration of Africa’s economic success story. It also details the African Peer Review Mechanisms in selected African countries and provides a holistic analysis of local government functioning in Africa. These features and more make it an interdisciplinary reference for diverse social, economic, political, and administrative issues.

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Governance apparaturs in South Africa: From policy design to service delivery; Van Der Walt

Public administration in the Democratic Republic of Congo; Tshombe

Public sector reforms in Nigeria; Banjo

Combating poverty in South Africa: Understanding the informal sector in the context of scarce opportunities; Mzini

Media as a catalyst for good governance in South Africa: An expanded vision of public administration in the 21st Century; Vyas-Doorgapersad

Implementing good governance reforms: Issues, experiences, and challenges in Ghana; Haruna

Overview of the African peer review mechanism in selected African countries; Ababio

Mauritus, Africa’s economic success story: An analysis of best practice and lessons learned; Meyer

A comparative analysis of local government in Ghana and South Africa; Ababio

Integrating traditional leadership structures with contemporary public administration machinery for innovative governance and improved service delivery; Sharma

This exciting new textbook challenges the implicit notions inherent in most existing International Relations (IR) scholarship and instead presents the subject as seen from different vantage points in the global South.

Divided into four sections, (1) the IR discipline, (2) key concepts and categories, (3) global issues and (4) IR futures, it examines the ways in which world politics have been addressed by traditional core approaches and explores the limitations of these treatments for understanding both Southern and Northern experiences of the "international." The book encourages readers to consider how key ideas have been developed in the discipline, and through systematic interventions by contributors from around the globe, aims at both transforming and enriching the dominant terms of scholarly debate.

This empowering, critical and reflexive tool for thinking about the diversity of experiences of international relations and for placing them front and center in the classroom will help professors and students in both the global North and the global South envision the world differently. In addition to general, introductory IR courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels it will appeal to courses on sociology and historiography of knowledge, globalization, neoliberalism, security, the state, imperialism and international political economy.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: International Relations from the Global South

Karen Smith and Arlene B. Tickner

PART I: DISCIPLINE

2. The Global IR Debate in the Classroom

Wiebke Wemheuer-Vogelaar, Ingo Peters, Laura Kemmer, Alina Kleinn, Luisa Linke-Behrens, and Sabine Mokry

3. Where, When and What is IR?

David L. Blaney

4. IR and the Making of the White Man’s World

Peter Vale and Vineet Thakur

PART II: CONCEPTS

5. Order, Ordering and Disorder

Karen Smith

6. The International

Amy Niang

7. War and Conflict

Arlene B. Tickner

8. State and Sovereignty

Navnita Chadha Behera

9. Religion, Secularism and Nationalism

Aparna Devare

10. Security

Pinar Bilgin

11. Foreign Policy

Asli Calkivik

PART III: ISSUES

12. Globalization

John M. Hobson

13. Inequality

Joao Pontes Nogueira

14. Migration

Nizar Messari

15. Resistances

Carolina Cepeda Másmela

16. Socio-Environmentalism

Cristina Inoue and Matias Franchini

PART IV: FUTURES

17. South-South Talk

L.H.M. Ling and Carolina M. Pinheiro

The disproportional loss of individuals to HIV/AIDS in their most productive years raises concerns over the welfare of surviving members of affected families and communities. One consequence of the rapid increase in adult mortality is the rise in the proportion of children who are orphaned. Sub-Saharan Africa, accounts for about 90 percent of these. Mainly due to the staggering toll of HIV/AIDS, research effort has focused on treatment and prevention. Children have received attention primarily in relation to 'mother to child transmission' and paediatric AIDS. These issues are important and compelling but fail to capture the whole story - the unprecedented surge in the number of children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. In this book we reflect on the plight of children classified as vulnerable, review interventions implemented to improve their welfare and grapple with the concept of vulnerability as it relates to human rights and the African child.

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Contents: Preface; Introduction. Section One Overview of the Issue: AIDS related vulnerabilities among children in Sub-Saharan Africa: an overview, Lyndsey McMahan, Chiedza Mufunde and Margaret Lombe. Section Two The Living Arrangement of Orphaned and Vulnerable Children in Sub-Saharan Africa: Fostered children in Botswana, Tapologo Maundeni, Naomi Seboni and Ogar Rapinyana; Experiences of children in residential care: the case of Kenya, Protus Lumiti, Alex J. Ochumbo and Nicholas Syano; The living arrangements of vulnerable children in Zambia, Margaret Lombe and Theresa Lungu. Section Three Responding to Orphaned and Vulnerable Children: An Overview of Public and Private Initiatives: Responses to orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) in Botswana, Naomi Seboni, Tapoplogo Maundeni, Ogar Rapinyana and Mosidi Tseleng Cynthia Mokotedi; Responding to orphaned and vulnerable children in Kenya, Alex Ochumbo, Protus Lumiti, and Nicholas Syano; Responding to orphaned and vulnerable children in Zambia, Theresa Lungu, Chrisann Newransky and Aakanksha Sinha. Section Four Children Speak Out: Children speak out: is anyone listening?, Margaret Lombe and Alex Ochumbo. Section Five Making Children Matter: Vulnerability among children and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Margaret Lombe and Harriet Mabikke; Conclusion: closing thoughts, Margaret Lombe, Harriet Mabikke and Alex Ochumbo. Index.

The Public Administration Theory Primer explores how the science and art of public administration is definable, describable, replicable, and cumulative. The authors survey a broad range of theories and analytical approaches—from public institutional theory to theories of governance—and consider which are the most promising, influential, and important for the field. This book paints a full picture of how these theories contribute to, and explain, what we know about public administration today.

The third edition is fully revised and updated to reflect the latest developments and research in the field including more coverage of governments and governance, feminist theory, emotional labor theory, and grounded research methodology. Expanded chapter conclusions and a brand-new online supplement with sample comprehensive exam questions and summary tables make this an even more valuable resource for all public administration students.

Table of Contents

Preface

1. Introduction: The Possibilities of Theory 

2. Theories of Political Control of Bureaucracy 

3. Theories of Bureaucratic Politics 

4. Public Institutional Theory 

5. Theories of Public Management 

6. Postmodern Theory 

7. Decision Theory 

8. Rational Choice Theory and Irrational Behavior 

9. Theories of Governance 

10. Conclusion: A Bright Future for Theory? 

References

Index/

Most books on environment law focus on the law first, and then look at how environmental problems are dealt with in relation to the law. Taking a fresh approach, Environmental Law from the Policy Perspective: Understanding How Legal Frameworks Influence Environmental Problem Solving examines environmental problems first, followed by an examination of legal frameworks and how they impact environmental issues. This approach provides a clearer understanding of the relationship between the law and environment by examining environmental issues from an applied perspective.

By first focusing on environmental problems without constraining the analysis to a particular legal framework, this book fosters a more holistic discussion of environmental issues that include scientific, social, economic, and political contexts. It examines how laws affect the adaptation of policy, how policy is legitimized into statutory law, and how the law is impacted in practice. The text then underscores how interpretation of the law affects its application to different factual settings.

Written by an environmental law expert who teaches environmental law to those not trained in legal theory, the book provides insights into the way environmental issues are "ingested" into a legal process. The author demystifies environmental law as a concept by applying it through the lens of environmental problem solving. Once you have a clear picture of the role legal frameworks have in managing environmental issues, you will be able to take a deeper policy-oriented approach to environmental problems.

Table of Contents

Introduction

References

Understanding the Subject Matter

Introduction

The Environment

Environmental Problems

Role of Law in Environmental Problems

Conclusion

References

Legal Frameworks in Environmental Law

Introduction

Types of Law

Hierarchy of Law

Legislative Frameworks

Executive Frameworks

Judicial Frameworks and the Role of Judicial Review

Conclusion

References

Applications of Environmental Law

Introduction

Preventive versus Reactionary Considerations

Planning for Environmental Harm: National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

Externalization as the Cause of Environmental Harm: Pollution

Mitigating the Impacts of Environmental Harm: Biodiversity Protection

Environmental Harm and Spatial Considerations: Land Use

Conclusion

References

Index

With over 20 million people on its payroll, the government is the largest employer in the country. Managing people who do the nation’s work is of critical importance to politicians, government leaders, and citizens alike. Personnel Management in Government: Politics and Process, eighth edition, examines the progress and innovations that public personnel professionals are making to address changes in the political, legal, and managerial environment of government. It provides students with a comprehensive understanding of human resource management within its historical and political context in the public sector.

A number of new developments are addressed in the eighth edition, including discussion of:

Human resource management in nonprofit organizations in an all-new, dedicated chapter

Current and future challenges to recruitment and hiring, including the use of social media in recruitment

Privatization and contracting out

The rise of employment "at will" policies

Digital technology or "digitalization" in HRM and the need to enhance cybersecurity

Managing performance with human capital analytics

Increased reliance on telework

States’ attacks on public sector labor unions

HRM changes under the Trump administration

Since publication of the first edition in 1977, Personnel Management in Government has addressed issues not yet considered mainstream, but that have proven central to the development of the field over time. This long-standing but no less innovative textbook is required reading for all students of public, government, and non-profit personnel management.

Table of Contents

Part I The History and Environment of Public Personnel Management

1. Civil Service Reform Through the Lens of History

2. The Legal Framework of Public Personnel Management

Part II The Processes of Human Resource Management

3. Human Resources Planning

4. Classification and Compensation

5. Pensions and Benefits in Public Sector Employment

6. Recruitment and Selection

7. Performance Management

Part III Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, and Diversity in Government

8. Equal Employment Opportunity, Affirmative Action, and Diversity in Government

9. Diversity in the Workforce

Part IV Labor Relations in Government

10. Labor–Management Relations

11. Managing Human Resources for Nonprofits

Index

Writers, observers, and practitioners of international politics frequently invoke the term "geopolitics" to describe, explain, or analyze specific foreign policy issues and problems. Such generalized usage ignores the fact that geopolitics as a method of understanding international relations has a history that includes a common vocabulary, well-established if sometimes conflicting concepts, an extensive body of thought, and a recognized group of theorists and scholars. In Geopolitics, Francis P. Sempa presents a history of geopolitical thought and applies its classical analyses to Cold War and post-Cold War international relations.

While mindful of the impact of such concepts as "globalization" and the "information revolution" on our understanding of contemporary events, Sempa emphasizes traditional geopolitical theories in explaining the outcome of the Cold War. He shows that, the struggle between the Western allies and the Soviet empire was unique in its ideological component and nuclear standoff, the Cold War fits into a recurring geopolitical pattern. It can be seen as a consequence of competition between land powers and sea powers, and between a potential Eurasian hegemonic power and a coalition of states opposed to that would-be hegemony.

The collapse of the Soviet empire ended the most recent threat to global stability. Acting as a successor to the British Empire, the United States organized, funded, and led a grand coalition that successfully countered the Soviet quest for domination. No power or alliance posed an immediate threat to the global balance of power. Indeed, the end of the Cold War generated hopes for a "new world order" and predictions that economics would replace geopolitics as the driving force in international politics. Russian instability, the nuclear dimension of the India-Pakistan conflict, and Chinese bids for dominance have turned the Asia-Pacific region into what Mahan called "debatable and debated ground." Russia, Turkey, Iran, India, Pakistan, China, Japan, the Koreas, and the United States all have interests that collide in one or more of the areas of this region.

Table of Contents

1: Geopolitical Perspectives; 1: Introduction; 2: Mackinder’s World; 3: The Geopolitics Man; 4: The First Cold Warrior; 2: Geopolitics from the Cold War to the Twenty-First Century; 5: Geopolitics and American Strategy in the Cold War; 6: The Geopolitics of the Post-Cold War World; 7: Why Teach Geopolitics; 8: Geopolitics in the Twenty-First Century

Using an integrative approach to international relations, the second edition of Reordering the World returns the ?geo? to geopolitical analysis of current global issues. The contributors focus on key emerging world issues, such as spatial data technology, IGOs/NGOs, gender and world politics, boundary disputes, refugee flows, ecological degradation, and UN intervention in civil wars. They also assess the redefinition of international relations by instantaneous, worldwide financial and telecommunication linkages and explore the struggles of new multinational and nongovernmental organizations to define their roles. Using current real-world examples, this group of eminent geographers challenges the reader to rethink international relations and reorder the world political map.

Table of Contents

Political Geography: Recurring IssuesNew Perspectives * Introduction: Political Geography for the Next Millennium William B. Wood and George J. Demko * Changing Times, Changing Scales: World Politics and Political Geography Since 1890 Colin Flint * Geopolitics in the New World Era: A New Perspective on an Old Discipline Saul B. Cohen * International Boundaries: Lines in the Sand (and the Sea) Bradford L. Thomas * The Power and Politics of Maps Alan K. Henrikson * Electoral Geography and Gerrymandering: Space and Politics Richard Morrill Political Geographies Of People And Resources * Population, Politics, and Geography: A Global Perspective G. J. Demko * International Migration: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back W. B. Wood * Exploiting, Conserving, and Preserving Natural Resources Susan L. Cutter * GeoAnalysis for the Next Century: New Data and Tools for Sustainable Development W. B. Wood International Processes Of Geopolitical Change * People Together, Yet Apart: Rethinking Territory, Sovereignty, and Identities David B. Knight * International Law and the Sovereign State System: Challenges to the Status Quo Alexander B. Murphy * Global Ecopolitics Phyllis Mofson * Nongovernmental Organizations on the Geopolitical Front Line Marie D. Price * Global Hegemony Versus National Economy: The United States in the New World Economy John Agnew * Geopolitical Information and Communications in the Twenty-First Century Stanley D. Brunn, Jeffery A. Jones, and Shannon OLear.

This book explores what happened to the homelands – in many ways the ultimate apartheid disgrace – after the fall of apartheid. This research contributes to understanding the multiple configurations that currently exist in areas formerly declared "homelands" or "Bantustans". Using the concept of frontier zones, the homelands emerge as areas in which the future of the South African postcolony is being renegotiated, contested and remade with hyper-real intensity. This is so because the many fault lines left over from apartheid (its loose ends, so to speak) – between white and black; between different ethnicities; between rich and poor; or differentiated by gender, generation and nationality; between "traditions" and "modernities" or between wilderness and human habitation – are particularly acute and condensed in these so-called "communal areas". Hence, the book argues that it is particularly in these settings that the postcolonial promise of liberation and freedom must face its test. As such, the book offers highly nuanced and richly detailed analyses that go to the heart of the diverse dilemmas of post-apartheid South Africa as a whole, but simultaneously also provides in condensed form an extended case study on the predicaments of African postcoloniality in general. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Southern African Studies.

Table of Contents

1. South African Homelands as Frontiers: Apartheid’s Loose Ends in the Postcolonial Era – An Introduction

Steffen Jensen and Olaf Zenker

2. Fragments of the Past: Homeland Politics and the South African Transition, 1990–2014

Jason Robinson

3. Material Remains: Artifice versus Artefact(s) in the Archive of Bantustan Rule

Shireen Ally

4. This House Is Not My Own …! Temporalities in a South African Homeland

Steffen Jensen

5. Custom, Normativity and Authority in South Africa

Hylton White

6. South African Land Restitution, White Claimants and the Fateful Frontier of Former KwaNdebele

Olaf Zenker

7. ‘Women Use their Strength in the House’: Savings Clubs in an Mpumalanga Village

Deborah James

8. Moralising Magic? A Brief History of Football Potions in a South African Homeland Area, 1958–2010

Isak Niehaus

9. City Slums, Rural Homesteads: Migrant Culture, Displaced Urbanism and the Citizenship of the Serviced House

Leslie Bank

10. ‘Keeping Land for Their Children’: Generation, Migration and Land in South Africa’s Transkei

Derick A. Fay

11. Epilogue

Joost Fontein

This book explores what happened to the homelands – in many ways the ultimate apartheid disgrace – after the fall of apartheid. This research contributes to understanding the multiple configurations that currently exist in areas formerly declared "homelands" or "Bantustans". Using the concept of frontier zones, the homelands emerge as areas in which the future of the South African postcolony is being renegotiated, contested and remade with hyper-real intensity. This is so because the many fault lines left over from apartheid (its loose ends, so to speak) – between white and black; between different ethnicities; between rich and poor; or differentiated by gender, generation and nationality; between "traditions" and "modernities" or between wilderness and human habitation – are particularly acute and condensed in these so-called "communal areas". Hence, the book argues that it is particularly in these settings that the postcolonial promise of liberation and freedom must face its test. As such, the book offers highly nuanced and richly detailed analyses that go to the heart of the diverse dilemmas of post-apartheid South Africa as a whole, but simultaneously also provides in condensed form an extended case study on the predicaments of African postcoloniality in general. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Southern African Studies.

Table of Contents

1. South African Homelands as Frontiers: Apartheid’s Loose Ends in the Postcolonial Era – An Introduction

Steffen Jensen and Olaf Zenker

2. Fragments of the Past: Homeland Politics and the South African Transition, 1990–2014

Jason Robinson

3. Material Remains: Artifice versus Artefact(s) in the Archive of Bantustan Rule

Shireen Ally

4. This House Is Not My Own …! Temporalities in a South African Homeland

Steffen Jensen

5. Custom, Normativity and Authority in South Africa

Hylton White

6. South African Land Restitution, White Claimants and the Fateful Frontier of Former KwaNdebele

Olaf Zenker

7. ‘Women Use their Strength in the House’: Savings Clubs in an Mpumalanga Village

Deborah James

8. Moralising Magic? A Brief History of Football Potions in a South African Homeland Area, 1958–2010

Isak Niehaus

9. City Slums, Rural Homesteads: Migrant Culture, Displaced Urbanism and the Citizenship of the Serviced House

Leslie Bank

10. ‘Keeping Land for Their Children’: Generation, Migration and Land in South Africa’s Transkei

Derick A. Fay

11. Epilogue

Joost Fontein

In the last two decades, various states from the Global South have emerged as important players in international relations. Most popular among them is China. Brazil, India and South Africa have also taken essential roles in global and regional politics. Compared to traditional great powers, they can be labelled ’regional great powers’ or ’regional powers’ because their influence is - with the exception of China - concentrated on their neighbourhood. The impact of regions, meaning the impact of geography, on the economics and politics of regional powers is surprisingly understudied. This book analyses how geographical conditions influence the regional economics and politics of South Africa, allowing the author to delineate its region of influence.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Theoretical and Methodological Framework; Chapter 3 Location and Physical Geography in Southern Africa; Chapter 4 Transport and Socioeconomic Aspects in Southern Africa; Chapter 5 Key Projects of Regional Integration; Chapter 6 The Economics and Politics of South African Regional Powerhood; Chapter 7 Conclusion;