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“stephen benedict dyson”

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  • Otherworldly Politics

    The International Relations of Star Trek, Game of Thrones, and Battlestar Galactica

    by Stephen Benedict Dyson ...
    A compelling look at the analogous political worlds of science fiction, fantasy, and international relations.In Otherworldly Politics, Stephen Benedict Dyson examines the fictional but deeply political realities of three television shows: Star Trek, Game of Thrones, and Battlestar Galactica.Dyson explains how these shows offer alternative histories and future possibilities for humanity. Fascinated ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Imagining Politics

    Interpretations in Political Science and Political Television

    by Stephen Benedict Dyson ...
    Imagining Politics critically examines two interpretations of government. The first comes from pop culture fictions about politics, the second from academic political science. Stephen Benedict Dyson argues that televised political fictions and political science theories are attempts at meaning-making, reflecting and shaping how a society thinks about its politics.By taking fiction seriously, and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • Watergate

    The Corruption of American Politics and the Fall of Richard Nixon

    by Fred Emery ...
    Here is the definitive history of the Watergate scandal—based on the most recently released tapes, in-depth interviews with many of the participants, and hundreds of official and unofficial documents, including notes Haldeman omitted from his own published diaries. Emery's comprehensive coverage and penetrating insights clear up many uncertainties that may still remain about the scandal and the ... Read more

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  • The Evolving Physiology of Government

    Canadian Public Administration in Transition

    Edited by O. P. Dwivedi, Tim A. Mau, Byron M. Sheldrick ...
    Series series Governance Series
    Canadian public administration has provided a rich ground for examining the changing nature of the state. Currents of political change have rippled through the administration of the public sector, often producing significant alterations in our understanding of how best to organize and administer public services. This volume brings together some of the leading Canadian and international scholars of ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Auditing and GRC Automation in SAP

    by Maxim Chuprunov ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    Over the last few years, financial statement scandals, cases of fraud and corruption, data protection violations, and other legal violations have led to numerous liability cases, damages claims, and losses of reputation. As a reaction to these developments, several regulations have been issued: Corporate Governance, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, IFRS, Basel II and III, Solvency II and BilMoG, to name ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • How Courts Impact Federal Administrative Behavior

    by Robert J. Hume ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in North American Politics
    What impact do federal courts have on the administrative agencies of the federal government? How do agencies react to the decisions of federal courts? This book answers these questions by examining the responses of federal agencies to the U.S. Courts of Appeals, revealing what happens inside agencies after courts rule against them. Robert J. Hume draws upon dozens of interviews with current and ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Indeterminate Sentence: A New Zealand World War Ii Conscientious Objector's Story

    by Allan Handyside ...
    Compelling story of a World War II conscientious objector captures a piece of New Zealand history that is not well known. The small group of people described here had a strong influence on the thinking of others as New Zealanders later grappled with the issues raised by the Vietnam War in the late 1960s and the nuclear ships issue more recently.Allan Handyside spent nearly four years in Rangipo ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Public Management in Israel

    Development, Structure, Functions and Reforms

    by Itzhak Galnoor ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics
    As government management in Israel is gradually replaced by private sector management, it is becoming apparent that the collective-oriented mission of government cannot be fulfilled by the private sector or by the non-profit organizations of civil society. This book provides an analysis of the machinery of government in Israel, highlighting the inadequacy of the private sector as an alternative ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Applied Policy Research

    Concepts and Cases

    by J. Fred Springer, Peter J. Haas, Allan Porowski ...
    Where many textbooks on policy research focus on methodological and statistical theories, leaving students to wonder how they will apply those theories to future policy positions, this innovative textbook takes theories of policy research and puts them into practice, demystifying the subject by translating it into real-world situations in which students can actively engage. Beginning with an ... Read more

    $94.99 USD

  • Policy Capacity and Governance

    Assessing Governmental Competences and Capabilities in Theory and Practice

    Edited by Michael Howlett, Xun Wu, M Ramesh ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book provides unique insights into the role of policy capacity in policymaking and policy change, as it is being uncovered at the research frontier in contemporary policy studies. The book is structured into a series of sections on policy capacity in theory and practice, each focusing on a specific aspect of policy capacity and its influence on policy formulation, decision-making, ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • The Crisis of Authority – Workforce Tensions

    A Desperate Call for Intervention

    by Myrah K. Mashigo-Tshabalala ...
    The public service in South Africa faces an enormous challenge in improving service delivery not only to meet the citizens expectations but to ensure quality life for the nation. The urgent need exists to establish what went wrong and how can the situation be turned around. The book established the root causes and the link between two key challenges identified by the government; management ... Read more

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  • The regeneration of east Manchester

    A political analysis

    by Georgina Blakeley, Brendan Evans ...
    East Manchester has been the site of one of the most substantial regeneration projects internationally. The initiative in east Manchester confirmed the tag that the city is the ‘regeneration capital’ of the United Kingdom.While the book focuses on a single project, it has wider relevance to national and international regeneration initiatives. The book assesses the outcomes of the regeneration, ... Read more

    $33.09 USD