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  • The Future of Local Self-Government

    European Trends in Autonomy, Innovations and Central-Local Relations

    Edited by Tomas Bergström, Jochen Franzke, Sabine Kuhlmann, Ellen Wayenberg ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book presents new research results on the challenges of local politics in different European countries, including Germany, the Netherlands, the Nordic countries and Switzerland, together with theoretical considerations on the further development and strengthening of local self-government. It focuses on analyses of the most recent developments in local democracy and administration. ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

  • New Perspectives on Intergovernmental Relations

    Crisis and Reform

    Edited by Sabine Kuhlmann, Martin Laffin, Ellen Wayenberg, Tomas Bergström ...
    Series series Palgrave Studies in Sub-National Governance
    This open access book assesses the consequences of contemporary economic and political crises for intergovernmental relations in Europe. Focusing on the crises arising from the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, surges in migration, and the resurgence of regional nationalist movements, it explores the shifting power balances within intergovernmental relations’ systems. The book takes a comparative ... Read more

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  • Public Management Reform

    A Comparative Analysis - Into The Age of Austerity

    by Christopher Pollitt, Geert Bouckaert ...
    Since the third edition of this authoritative volume, most of Western Europe and North America have entered an era of austerity which has pervasive effects on programmes of public management reform. Even in Australasia extensive measures of fiscal restraint have been implemented. In this fourth edition the basic structure of the book has been retained but there has been a line-by-line rewriting, ... Read more

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  • How to Do Public Policy

    by Anke Hassel, Kai Wegrich ...
    How to Do Public Policy offers a guide to students and practitioners on how to improve problem-solving with policies in a political world. It integrates insights from applied policy analysis and studies of the policy process to develop a framework that conceives policy-making as structured by two spheres of action - the 'engine room' of specialists and experts in government agencies, NGOs, ... Read more

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  • Diploma Democracy

    The Rise of Political Meritocracy

    by Mark Bovens, Anchrit Wille ...
    Lay politics lies at the heart of democracy. Political offices are the only offices for which no formal qualifications are required. Contemporary political practices are diametrically opposed to this constitutional ideal. Most democracies in Western Europe are diploma democracies - ruled by those with the highest formal qualifications. Citizens with low or medium educational qualifications ... Read more

    $82.79 USD

  • The Palgrave Handbook of Development Cooperation for Achieving the 2030 Agenda

    Contested Collaboration

    Edited by Sachin Chaturvedi, Heiner Janus, Stephan Klingebiel, Xiaoyun Li, André de Mello e Souza, Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, Dorothea Wehrmann ...
    This open access handbook analyses the role of development cooperation in achieving the 2030 Agenda in a global context of ‘contested cooperation’. Development actors, including governments providing aid or South-South Cooperation, developing countries, and non-governmental actors (civil society, philanthropy, and businesses) constantly challenge underlying narratives and norms of development. The ... Read more

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  • Environmental Policy in the EU

    Actors, Institutions and Processes

    Edited by Andrew Jordan, Viviane Gravey ...
    The European Union (EU) has a hugely important effect on the way in which environmental policies are framed, designed and implemented in many parts of the world, but especially Europe. The new edition of this leading textbook provides a state-of-the-art analysis of the EU’s environmental policies.Comprising five parts, Environmental Policy in the EU covers the rapidly changing context in which EU ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • European E-Democracy in Practice

    Edited by Leonhard Hennen, Ira van Keulen, Iris Korthagen, Georg Aichholzer, Ralf Lindner, Rasmus Øjvind Nielsen ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This open access book explores how digital tools and social media technologies can contribute to better participation and involvement of EU citizens in European politics. By analyzing selected representative e-participation projects at the local, national and European governmental levels, it identifies the preconditions, best practices and shortcomings of e-participation practices in connection ... Read more

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  • Steering from the Centre

    Strengthening Political Control in Western Democracies

    Edited by Jon Pierre, Carl Dahlström, B. Guy Peters ...
    Governments face new challenges in an era marked by globalization, shifting economic and national security policies, pervasive electronic media, and policy reform. Steering from the Centre details how chief executives in ten Western democracies have responded to governance challenges in the wake of reform ideas such as the New Public Management which stress deregulation and decentralization.This ... Read more

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  • Migrants and Refugees in Europe

    Work Integration in Comparative Perspective

    by Dino Numerato, Anna Triandafyllidou, Irina Isaakyan, Christos Bagavos, Quivine Ndomo, Nathan Lillie, Maria Mexi, Ilona Bontenbal, Karel Čada, Karina Hoření, Veronica Federico, Tom Montgomery, Panayotis G. Michaelides, Kostantinos Konstantakis, Theocharis Marinos ...
    EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.The motivations of migrants for travelling to Europe vary, and the quality of the processes involved in their settlement and contribution to social and economic development are inextricably linked to their prospects of finding and sustaining good-quality work.This book explores the labour market integration of migrants, refugees and ... Read more

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  • Comparative Media Policy, Regulation and Governance in Europe

    Unpacking the Policy Cycle

    Edited by Leen d'Haenens, Helena Sousa, Josef Trappel ...
    This book offers a comprehensive overview of the current European media in a period of disruptive transformation. It maps the full scope of contemporary media policy and industry activities while also assessing the impact of new technologies and radical changes in distribution and consumption on media practices, organizations and strategies. Combining a critical assessment of media systems with a ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • Analysing Knowledge Networks in Higher Education Policymaking

    Uncovering the Power of Networks in the Finland–EU Context

    Edited by Katri Eeva, Jaakko Kauko ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Higher Education
    Looking at higher education policy actors connecting the Finnish and the European Union (EU) contexts, this volume explores the power and influence of networks on decision-making and the utilisation of knowledge within higher education policy. It is unique in providing a new understanding of how European higher education policies are shaped and implemented in day-to-day policymaking.Building on ... Read more

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