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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “hellmut wollmann”
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  • Local Government and Governance in Germany

    Challenges, Responses and Perspectives

    by Hellmut Wollmann ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The book aims at outlining key political, functional, administrative and financial features of Germany’s local government system and at placing them in a (European) comparative perspective. In pursuing an “institutionalist” approach it focuses on discussing whether, how and why the position and activities of local government in the intergovernmental (“multi-level”) setting have changed vis-à-vis ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Evaluating Reforms of Local Public and Social Services in Europe

    More Evidence for Better Results

    Edited by Hellmut Wollmann, Gérard Marcou, Ivan Koprić ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book explains the increasing demand for evaluation as a result of the increasing frequency of reforms to local services, influenced by the New Public Management doctrine, the severe austerity policy in many European countries, and the wish to increase quality and reduce costs of public services, especially at the local (sub-national) level. Positioned at the interface of local services and ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • Public and Social Services in Europe

    From Public and Municipal to Private Sector Provision

    Edited by Hellmut Wollmann, Ivan Koprić, Gérard Marcou ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book presents comparative analyses and accounts of the institutional changes that have occurred to the local level delivery of public utilities and personal social services in countries across Europe. Guided by a common conceptual frame and written by leading country experts, the book pursues a “developmental” approach to consider how the public/municipal sector-centred institutionalization ... Read more

    $166.99 CAD

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  • Great Debates in EU Law

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  • Globalization

    Prerequisites, Effects, Resistances

    by Joachim Betz, Wolfgang Hein ...
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  • Transparency in International Law

    Edited by Andrea Bianchi, Anne Peters ...
    While its importance in domestic law has long been acknowledged, transparency has until now remained largely unexplored in international law. This study of transparency issues in key areas such as international economic law, environmental law, human rights law and humanitarian law brings together new and important insights on this pressing issue. Contributors explore the framing and content of ... Read more

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  • Swiss Public Administration

    Making the State Work Successfully

    Edited by Andreas Ladner, Nils Soguel, Yves Emery, Sophie Weerts, Stéphane Nahrath ...
    Series series Governance and Public Management
    Swiss citizens approve of their government and the way democracy is practiced; they trust the authorities and are satisfied with the range of services Swiss governments provide. This is quite unusual when compared to other countries. This open access book provides insight into the organization and the functioning of the Swiss state. It claims that, beyond politics, institutions and public ... Read more

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  • International Organization

    by Volker Rittberger, Bernhard Zangl, Andreas Kruck, Hylke Dijkstra ...
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    Still a Just City?

    Edited by Yuri Kazepov, Roland Verwiebe ...
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    Annulment Proceedings and Multilevel Judicial Conflict

    by Christian Adam, Michael W. Bauer, Miriam Hartlapp, Emmanuelle Mathieu ...
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    The Changing Face of European Party Politics

    by Florian Hartleb ...
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