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  • Public Value and Public Administration

    par John M. Bryson, Barbara C. Crosby, Laura Bloomberg, John Alford, Jean Hartley, Owen Hughes, Jodi Sandfort, Kathryn Quick0, George Richardson1, David Andersen2, Luis F. Luna-Reyes3, Clive R. Belfield4, Mark Moore5, Jennie Welch6, Heather Rimes7, Barry Bozeman8, Timo Meynhardt9, John Clayton Thomas0, Theodore Poister1, Min Su2, Donald P. Moynihan3, Alexander Kroll4, Anthony M. Cresswell5, Meghan Cook6, Natalie Helbig7, Enrico Guarini8 ...
    Collections series Public Management and Change series
    Governments and nonprofits exist to create public value. Yet what does that mean in theory and practice?This new volume brings together key experts in the field to offer unique, wide-ranging answers. From the United States, Europe, and Australia, the contributors focus on the creation, meaning, measurement, and assessment of public value in a world where government, nonprofit organizations, ... En savoir plus

    $47.29 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Balancing Control and Flexibility in Public Budgeting

    A New Role for Rule Variability

    par Michael Di Francesco, John Alford ...
    Collections series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This work explores how reshaping budget rules and how they are applied presents a preferred means of public sector budgeting, rather than simply implementing fewer rules. Through enhanced approaches to resource flexibility, government entities can ensure that public money is used appropriately while achieving the desired results.The authors identify public budgeting practices that inhibit ... En savoir plus

    $64.99 CAD

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  • Why Presidents Fail And How They Can Succeed Again

    par Elaine C. Kamarck ...
    At the beginning of the century, the majority of Americans were satisfied with the way things were going in the United States. And then a slow decline began, seemingly uninterrupted by changes in party or achievements by the White House. As the campaigning for the next president begins, the question we ask ourselves now is who will be the most competent leader? In Why Presidents Fail and How They ... En savoir plus

    $20.99 CAD

  • Value and Virtue in Public Administration

    A Comparative Perspective

    Modifié par P. Kim ...
    Collections series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    A multidisciplinary analysis of the role of values and virtue in public administration, this book calls for a rediscovery of virtue. It explores ways of enabling the public sector to balance the values that are presently dominant with classic values such as accountability, representation, equality, neutrality, transparency and the public interest. ... En savoir plus

    $115.99 CAD

  • Infrastructure Public-Private Partnerships

    Decision, Management and Development

    par Carlos Oliveira Cruz, Rui Cunha Marques ...
    Collections series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Economic development and social welfare depend on the existence of effective and efficient infrastructure systems, particularly in health, energy, transportation and water, many of which are developed and managed through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). However, empirical evidence suggests some pitfalls in the use of these PPP arrangements.This book addresses these issues, focusing on mostly ... En savoir plus

    $64.09 CAD

  • No Return

    A novel of the Canadian election that vanished in Muskoka's backwoods

    par Gordon Aiken ...
    Canadians took politics seriously in the years following Confederation and Gordon Aiken’s novel about pioneer Muskoka and the fledgling nation’s capital shows why.Unique events in the Dominion’s second election, in 1872, inspired Aiken to write about Muskoka’s returning officer, Richard Bell, who refused to declare Liberal candidate A.P. Cockburn elected, even though he got the most votes. ... En savoir plus

    $8.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Foundations of Digital Government

    Leading and Managing in the Digital Era

    par Daniel Veit, Jan Huntgeburth ...
    Collections series Business and Management (R0)
    Digital government consists in the purposeful use of information and communication technologies (ICT), in particular the internet, to transform the relationship between government and society in a positive manner. This book focuses on the current status, prospects and foundations of digital government. Integrating examples and cases from administrative practice, it covers all important aspects of ... En savoir plus

    $64.09 CAD

  • Public Sector Enterprises in India

    The Impact of Disinvestment and Self Obligation on Financial Performance

    par P.K. Jain, Seema Gupta, Surendra S. Yadav ...
    Collections series Economics and Finance (R0)
    The book examines the various aspects of non-financial central public sector enterprises (PSEs) in India, for a period from 1986-87 to 2010-11. The analysis is based on all the key financial ratios; namely, profitability, efficiency, liquidity, leverage and productivity.Liberalization and globalization have caused competition in India and have lowered the profit margins. At the same time, Indian ... En savoir plus

    $115.99 CAD

  • Understanding EU Decision-Making

    par Edward Best ...
    Collections series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book presents in a concise and accessible way why the EU institutional system exists in its present form, how the EU fits into the world as a system of governance, and who is involved in EU policy processes. It outlines the historical context which has shaped the EU system, gives a summary of the system's basic principles and structures, and describes its actors, procedures and instruments. ... En savoir plus

    $76.89 CAD

  • One More 'Lost Peace'?

    Rethinking the Cold War After Twenty Years

    par Raffaele D'Agata, Lawrence Gray ...
    Were there any missed chances to build a more peaceful world than the present one after the Cold War? Were there any attempts at working out a more comprehensive and more cooperative way to overcome it? What was precisely at stake during the Cold War? What was really at stake for the 'losers' and what stakes did the 'winners' gain -- if there are any 'winners' at all? Those questions were raised ... En savoir plus

    $47.99 CAD

  • International Public Procurement

    Innovation and Knowledge Sharing

    Modifié par Khi V. Thai ...
    Collections series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Using a comparative framework, this volume presents case studies of issues of public procurement and discusses how procurement professionals and policy makers in different regions are responding to these challenges. This book discusses current issues in public procurement. Over the past few decades, public procurement has had to evolve conceptually and organizationally in the face of unrelenting ... En savoir plus

    $166.99 CAD

  • Environmental Ethics

    From Theory to Practice

    par Professor Marion Hourdequin ...
    Environmental Ethics offers an up-to-date and balanced overview of environmental ethics, focusing on theory and practice. Written in clear and engaging prose, the book provides an historical perspective on the relationship between humans and nature and explores the limitations and possibilities of classical ethical theories in relation to the environment. In addition, the book discusses major ... En savoir plus

    $39.99 CAD