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  • Political Incompetence: What's Wrong With Our System and How To Fix It

    by Olin Bray ...
    Our political system is in trouble. Myths and opinions often override facts, data, and analysis in determining policy and elections. This book identifies one of our problems, political incompetence in both the electorate and officials. It identifies critical political competence skills, such as political mythbusting, and shows how they can be used to create a deeper more accurate understanding of ... Read more

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  • The Case for Centralized Federalism

    Edited by Gordon DiGiacomo, Maryantonett Flumian ...
    Series series Governance Series
    The Case for Centralized Federalism and its sister volume The Case for Decentralized Federalism are the outcome of the Federalism Redux Project, created to stimulate a serious and useful conversation on federalism in Canada. They provide the vocabulary and arguments needed to articulate the case for a centralized or a decentralized Canadian federalism.In The Case for Centralized Federalism, an ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Political Economy of Public Sector Governance

    by Anthony Michael Bertelli ...
    In The Political Economy of Public Sector Governance, Anthony Michael Bertelli introduces core ideas in positive political theory as they apply to public management and policy. Though recent literature that mathematically models relationships between politicians and public managers provides insight into contemporary public administration, the technical way these works present information limits ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • The Idea of Good Governance and the Politics of the Global South

    An Analysis of its Effects

    by Haroon A. Khan ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy
    One of the major objectives of good governance is human development. Many worry that without good governance, many developing countries may become failed states.Using one of the worst industrial disasters in Bangladesh to date, Haroon A. Khan helps further our understanding of the importance of bureaucratic capacity for achieving good governance and offers a new paradigm for a merit system to ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • A Quiet Evolution

    The Emergence of Indigenous-Local Intergovernmental Partnerships in Canada

    by Christopher Alcantara, Jen Nelles ...
    Series series IPAC Series in Public Management and Governance
    Much of the coverage surrounding the relationship between Indigenous communities and the Crown in Canada has focused on the federal, provincial, and territorial governments. Yet it is at the local level where some of the most important and significant partnerships are being made between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.In A Quiet Evolution, Christopher Alcantara and Jen Nelles look closely at ... Read more

    $31.69 USD

  • State Building in Latin America

    by Hillel David Soifer ...
    State Building in Latin America diverges from existing scholarship in developing explanations both for why state-building efforts in the region emerged and for their success or failure. First, Latin American state leaders chose to attempt concerted state-building only where they saw it as the means to political order and economic development. Fragmented regionalism led to the adoption of more ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Japan Decides 2014

    The Japanese General Election

    Edited by Robert J. Pekkanen, Ethan Scheiner, Steven R. Reed ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Collecting original and high-quality analysis by top scholars from Japan, the United States, Australia, and Europe, this volume analyzes the results of the 2014 election, examining each of the major political parties, central policy issues, campaign practices, and considers how the results were used as a mandate for massive policy reform. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Ethics for Governance

    Reinventing Public Services

    by B. P. Mathur ...
    This book provides a comprehensive overview of India’s public services and bureaucratic systems, and explores why widespread corruption and inefficient delivery have slowed development. It:discusses the underlying reasons for the prevailing inefficiency in public servicesexamines the complex linkages between ethics-based public service, India’s cultural and spiritual heritage, and its current ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The Political Ethics of Public Service

    by Vera Vogelsang-Coombs ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book provides a defense of democratic politics in American public service and offers the political ethics of public service as a realistic and optimistic alternative to the cynical American view toward politics and public service. The author’s alternative helps career public servants regain public trust by exercising constitutionally centered moral and political leadership that balances the ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Nonpartisan Primary Election Reform

    Mitigating Mischief

    by R. Michael Alvarez, J. Andrew Sinclair ...
    Over the years, observers of American politics have noted the deleterious effects of party polarization in both the national and state legislatures. Reformers have tried to address this problem by changing primary election laws. A theory underlies these legal changes: the reformers tend to believe that 'more open' primary laws will produce more centrist, moderate, or pragmatic candidates. The 'top ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • National Policy in a Global Economy

    How Government can Improve Living Standards and Balance the Books

    by I. Budge, S. Birch ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This study offers an analysis of the UK's current economic policy options and a plan for improving life for ordinary citizens via a sensible and realistic understanding of governments' limited ability to manage economic performance. It provides a manifesto which political parties could immediately adopt to make life better for all. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Evidence for Public Policy Design

    How to Learn from Best Practice

    by P. Coletti ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Learning from the successes and failures of others is a necessity in the field of public sector innovation. This book develops guidelines for policymakers, practitioners and policy analysts to understand what drives policy success and to transfer innovations from a source case to a target case with a view to assisting effective policy design. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD