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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Staat, Rechtsstaat und Demokratie: Konzeptionelle
Book SynopsisIn diesem Sammelband werden aktuelle Ansätze und Entwicklungen zu grundlegenden Konzepten der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft diskutiert, insbesondere zu den Themengebieten Staat und Staatlichkeit, Demokratie sowie Rechtsstaatlichkeit und Governance. Damit wird ein breites Spektrum der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft abgedeckt. Mit einem besonderen Abschnitt zu Lateinamerika werden auch über Europa hinausgehende Themen angesprochen. Die Beiträge stammen von renommierten deutschen und europäischen Politikwissenschaftler*innen. Der Sammelband vermittelt so einen Überblick zu zentralen aktuellen Debatten der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Literatur.
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Springer The Battle for the White House: The US Presidential Election 2020 under the impression of Polarization, Coronavirus Pandemic and Social Tensions.
Book SynopsisThis book provides a concise and engaging analysis of the particularly unusual 2020 election year in the USA. The political science perspective illuminates societal tensions in the context of the Corona pandemic and elaborates election-deciding discourses. Larger socio-political trends such as ideological polarisation are addressed as well as the different campaign strategies of the two parties. In addition, the book offers insights into the election results of this landmark presidential election for American society and for the development of its democracy. The final evaluation of the resulting implications for transatlantic relations rounds off the book. Table of Contents1 Introduction2 Joe Biden on the road to the nomination2.1 The Democratic Party's system for nominating candidates2.2 Turning Points South Carolina and Super Tuesday2.3 Joe Biden and the Democratic electorate2.4 Summary3 Voting in the shadow of the pandemic3.1 Absentee voting in the USA in the face of partisan polarisation3.2 Who can vote? - Voter registration, voter ID laws and polling stations3.3 Summary4 Democrats versus Republicans4.1 The Southern Strategy as a precursor to asymmetric polarisation4.2 The radicalisation of political discourse4.3 Summary5 Polarisation and its manifestations5.1 Party affiliation and preferences in the American electorate5.2 The polarisation of members of Congress5.3 Summary6 Economic Policy as a Question of Fate: Elections in the Wake of the Recession6.1 The shadows of the pandemic6.2 Social inequality6.3 Public policy in times of crisis6.4 Priorities of the Trump administration6.5 The Economic Policy Concept of the Democrats6.6 Summary7 A society without a net: Social issues in the election campaign7.1 The Crisis in the Health System7.2 Social Justice: The Demands for Social Justice as a Controversial Issue7.3 The ideological balance in the Supreme Court and its socio-political consequences7.4 Summary8 Minorities in the USA: The Controversial Immigration Debate8.1 Contrasting conceptions of society8.2 Social development and political orientations of minorities8.2.1 The Hispanic minority8.2.2 The Asian-American minority8.2.3 The African-American Minority8.3 Summary9 The strategies in the 2020 election campaign9.1 Biden's classical approach as antithesis to Trump's populism9.2 Opposing Narratives: The Democratic and Republican Party Conventions9.3 The delegitimisation of the election and its consequences9.4 Summary10 The election results and their transatlantic implications10.1 The results of the 2020 presidential election in historical comparison10.2 Transatlantic relations under President Biden: A New Beginning?10.3 Summary11 Final considerations
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Gesellschaftliche Ausgangsbedingungen für
Book SynopsisSpätestens mit den Debatten zu einer zunehmenden Polarisierung der deutschen und anderer europäischer Gesellschaften rückt die Frage nach Prozessen der Radikalisierung in den Blick. Neben individuellen Radikalisierungen sind es vor allem gesellschaftliche Rahmenbedingungen, die für die Radikalisierung, manchmal sogar ganzer Gruppen, verantwortlich zeichnen. Im vorliegenden Buch werden unter Einbezug unterschiedlicher Perspektiven Prozesse der Radikalisierung und damit verbundenen Co-Radikalisierung auf rechtsextremer und muslimischer Seite untersucht und diskutiert.Table of ContentsEinleitung – Problemaufriss und Projektvorstellung RIRA..- Was Expert:innen sagen. Betrachtungen des Forschungsfeldes Radikalisierung.- Radikalisierung und Co-Radikalisierung in islamischen Kontexten.- Radikale in Not? Unbefriedigte soziale und psychologische Bedürfnisse als Motivatoren gruppenbasierter Radikalisierung..- Spielen auf der Außenbahn des Feldes der Demokratie – Gravitationszentren politisch-ideologischer, religiöser und weltanschaulicher Radikalisierung.- Rechtsextremismus als Endpunkt von Radikalisierung – und Vorurteile in der Bevölkerung als Brückenkonstrukte?.- Typisch muslimisch – typisch deutsch? Stereotype im Spannungsfeld religiöser und nationaler Identität.- Muslim:innenfeindliche Demokratieferne: Zur autoritären Dynamik antimuslimischer Einstellungen und ihrem gesellschaftlichen Radikalisierungspotenzial.- Diskriminiert-desintegriert-radikalisiert? Über einige Fallstricken der Opfer-Täter-Konstruktionen am Fallbeispiel junger türkeistämmiger Muslime..- Islam und Islamismus im Kontext von politischen Extremismus in aktuellen Schulbüchern für den Politikunterricht..- Antisemitismus unter Muslim:innen: Ein Problemfeld potentieller Radikalisierung oder nur ein Instrument rechter Akteure?.- Dark Social Capital und dschihadistische Radikalisierung in Deutschland. Eine Netzwerkanalyse.- Fazit – kurze Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse und Perspektiven des Projektes.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Politik und Regieren im Saarland
Book SynopsisDas Saarland verfügt als jüngstes westdeutsches Bundesland über eine wechselhafte und spannende Geschichte. Dabei ist der (bundes-)politische Einfluss des nach der Bevölkerungszahl zweitkleinsten Bundeslands nicht zu unterschätzen. So verfügt das Saarland nicht nur über die höchste Parteimitgliederdichte aller Bundesländer, sondern hat auch zahlreiche Politiker von bundespolitischer und -historischer Bedeutung hervorgebracht. Darüber hinaus steht es als (ehemaliges) traditionelles Kohle-, Stahl- und Industrieland mitten in einem bedeutsamen Transformationsprozess, den es u.a. als Teil der Großregion mit der höchsten grenzüberschreitenden Mobilität von Arbeitnehmer*innen innerhalb der Europäischen Union zu meistern versucht. Der Sammelband analysiert die Geschichte des Saarlands ebenso wie die Entwicklung des Parteiensystems und der Landesregierungen wie auch die Verortung des Saarlands in verschiedenen Politikfeldern im Vergleich.Table of Contents„Saarland: Schön, dass du da bist!“ - Einleitung „Politik und Regieren im Saarland“.- Zwischen zwei Welten: Die historische Entwicklung des Saarlands.- Verfassung und Verfassungsorgane des Saarlandes.- Parteien und Parteiensystem des Saarlandes.- Die Koalitionen, Koalitionsbildungsprozesse und Landesregierungen des Saarlands.- „Entscheidend ist die Stärke im Betrieb“. Historische Entwicklung und Aktuelle Herausforderungen für die Gewerkschaften im Saarland.- Politik der Inneren Sicherheit und Justiz im Saarland.- Bildungs- und Integrationspolitik.- Energiepolitik-, Klima- und Umweltpolitik im Saarland.- Beständiges Ringen um eine gute Zukunft - Die Finanz-, Wirtschafts- und Arbeitsmarktpolitik im Saarland.- Gesundheitspolitik im Saarland.- Transregionaler Kinderschutz und Kinderrechte - das Saarland in der Großregion.- Partizipationsverfahren und Bürgerbeteiligung im Saarland.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Integration in Kommunen: Bedeutung, aktuelle
Book SynopsisDieses Buch greift ein Thema auf, das sowohl für die kommunale Praxis als auch für die Forschung von aktueller Relevanz ist: die Integration in Kommunen. Neben Themen von allgemeiner Bedeutung wird auch die organisatorische Perspektive der Integration in Kommunen behandelt. Die Teilhabe und Partizipation bildet einen weiteren Themenschwerpunkt des Bandes. Nicht zuletzt wird die Integration in der kommunalen Praxis unter verschiedenen Blickwinkeln beleuchtet und diskutiert.Table of ContentsIntegration – eine Einführung.- Kommunale Bedeutung der Integration am Beispiel der Stadt Dormagen.- Rechtliche Grundlagen der Integration.- Die Bedeutung räumlicher Unterschiede im Kontext der Integration: Stadt und Land.- Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede zwischen Ost- und Westdeutschland im Kontext der Integration.- Die Bedeutung von Stadtteilen für Integration.- Kommunale Integrationspolitik.- Strategische Steuerung der Integration in Kommunen.- Interkulturelle Öffnung der Verwaltung – Dynamik und Perspektiven.- Interkulturelles Personalmanagement in Kommunen: Ziele – Handlungsfelder – Perspektiven.- Wirkungen eines kommunalen Integrationsmonitorings.- Rechtliche Aspekte der kommunalpolitischen Teilhabe von Migrant*innen am Beispiel der nordrhein-westfälischen Kommunalverfassung.- Deskriptive Repräsentation von Migranten bei den Bürgermeisterwahlen in NRW 2020.- Die Bedeutung bürgerschaftlichen Engagements für die Integration in Kommunen.- Das Programm „Kommunales Integrationsmanagement“ des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen.- Local Governance im Politikfeld Integration unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Kommunalen Integrationszentren in Nordrhein-Westfalen.- Programme zur Integration in der Kommune: „Miteinander in der StädteRegion Aachen“.- Berufliche Integration von Geflüchteten.- Kommunale Integrationspolitik aus internationaler Perspektive - Going Dutch?.- Diversity Management im Landesamt für Flüchtlingsangelegenheiten.- Kommunale Aufnahme von Geflüchteten aus der Ukraine – eine rassismuskritische Perspektive auf aktuelle Herausforderungen.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Europa von A bis Z: Taschenbuch der europäischen
Book SynopsisDieses Taschenbuch bietet Europa zum Nachschlagen: In über 100 Sachbeiträgen erklären renommierte EuropaexpertInnen wissenschaftlich fundiert und zugleich verständlich alle wichtigen Themen und Begriffe aus Politik, Wirtschaft und Geschichte der europäischen Einigung. Es erscheint in aktualisierter und erweiterter Fassung schon in der 16. Auflage und richtet sich an alle Europa-Interessierten, die sich gezielt und zuverlässig über den neuesten Stand in europapolitischen Fragen informieren wollen.Das Taschenbuch „Europa von A bis Z“ wird freundlicherweise vom Auswärtigen Amt gefördert. Das Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP) wird im Rahmen des Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programms 2021–2027 der Europäischen Union gefördert. Für die Inhalte zeichnet allein das IEP verantwortlich. Table of ContentsEine historische Einführung, die die Integration nachzeichnet und ihre Folgen bilanziert.- Das Europa zum Nachschlagen mit 103 Sachbeiträgen inkl. Vertragsgrundlagen und weiterführenden Literaturhinweisen.- Eine Chronologie, die detailliert Auskunft über die zentralen Etappen der europäischen Integration – von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart – gibt.- Ein Abkürzungsverzeichnis.- Ein Sachregister.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Regieren in der Transformationsgesellschaft:
Book SynopsisDer Band setzt sich mit den Krisen und Transformationsherausforderungen unserer Zeit, deren Management und der demokratischen Gestaltung mutiger Zukunftsvisionen auseinander. Ziel ist es, aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven das Verständnis für die anstehenden transformativen Herausforderungen zu schärfen und erste systematische Lösungsansätze zu skizzieren. Die Rahmenbedingungen und Charakteristika des Regierens in der Transformationsgesellschaft werden entlang der drei Transformationscluster Daseinsvorsorge, Demographie, Digitalisierung und dem übergeordneten Cluster Demokratie diskutiert. So richtet sich der Band nicht nur an einen wissenschaftlichen Leser*innenkreis, sondern adressiert auch dezidiert ein interessiertes Publikum außerhalb des wissenschaftlichen Betriebs.Table of ContentsDemokratie.- Daseinsvorsorge.- Digitalisierung.- Demographie
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Springer VS Demokratie Engagement und Systemvertrauen
Book SynopsisDas Konzept der Demokratischen Integration: Hintergrund, Anlage, Herausforderungen.- Aktuelle Krisen und ihr Einfluss auf die Einstellungen und Verhaltensweisen der Bevölkerung: Vorstudien des Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach.- Das Monitoring Demokratische Integration 2.0: Methodische Anlage, Berechnungen, Diskussionen.- Das Konzept der Demokratischen Integration in Zeiten zunehmender Polarisierungen.- Diskussionsbeiträge (angefragt): Thomas Krüger (BpB), Steffen Mau (HU Berlin), Oliver Decker (Uni Leipzig).
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Springer VS Varianzen der Transformation
Book SynopsisEinleitung: Varianzen der Transformation Ursprünge, Widersprüche und Perspektiven der sozialökologischen Transformation.- Ostdeutsche Strukturbruch-Erfahrungen als Transformationsbremse.- Transformationserfahrungen aus dem Ruhrgebiet.- Wie hältst Du's mit der Transformation? Wie Alter und Wohnort die Haltung zur sozial-ökologischen Transformation bestimmen und warum eine verbindende Erzählung gut täte..- Transformationsnetzwerke in der Industriepolitik.- Industriepolitik als Beitrag zum Klimaschutz.- Der europäische Instrumentenmix für eine sozial gerechte Energiewende.- Die Rolle der Wissenschaft in der Großen Transformation.- Verkehrswende: Mehr als nur ein neuer Antrieb.- Die Ökologisierung der gebauten Umwelt steht an.- Steuerpolitische Eckpunkte einer sozial-ökologischen Transformation.
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Springer VS Politik und Regieren in Berlin
Book SynopsisEinleitung: Politik und Regieren in Berlin: Rahmenbedingungen, Strukturmerkmale und Entwicklungen.- Politisches System: Politische Kultur, Akteure, Institutionen.- Landespolitisch wichtige Politikfelder.
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Springer VS Attraktive Pflegeberufe durch Tarifautonomie
Book SynopsisEinleitung.- Altenpflege: Herausforderung einer alternden Gesellschaft.- Individuelle Bedingungen kollektiven Handelns in der Altenpflege.- Kollektives Beschäftigtenhandeln in der Altenpflege.- Kollektive Akteure in der Altenpflege: Die Perspektive der Beschäftigten.- Gewerkschaften: Ressourcenmangel und Konkurrenzangebote.- Die Interessenvertretung der Arbeitgeber.- Resümee.
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Springer Die sizilianische Mafia
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Universitatsverlag Winter Important Speeches by American Presidents After
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Universitatsverlag Winter The American Presidency: Multidisciplinary
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Universitatsverlag Winter Obama and the Paradigm Shift: Measuring Change
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Universitatsverlag Winter Presidential Unrealities: Epistemic Panic,
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Lit Verlag Contemporary Nomadisms: Relations Between Local
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V&R Unipress Polyphone Herrschermessen (15001650): Kontext und
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Verlag Barbara Budrich Political Elites in East Central Europe: Paving
Book SynopsisThis monograph is a major survey of East Central European (ECE) political elites and concentrates on Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland. It is grounded within classic elite theory slightly adapted to ECE necessities. More practically, the book examines political elite composition and identifies political elite fragmentation in ECE. The author questions that East Central European political elites have incorporated democratic values and conduct. The main argument is that there is a significant gap between the formal democratic ECE institutions and political elite behaviour. This gap has different dimensions which are relevant at the domestic level and also cause problems at the EU level. Ultimately, the political elite-institution gap questions democratic political achievements after 1989. In providing a major analysis of ECE political elite structure and conduct the book points to the most urgent challenges of ECE political systems – the reform of the political elite. From the content: The Importance of Analysing ECE Elites Forms of Political Elite Formation and Activity Political Elite Fragmentation in ECE Elite Formation and Reproduction in East Central Europe Patterns of Political Elite Behaviour Influencing Political Elite Behaviour Institutional Change after 1989 The Relationship between Europeanisation and Euroscepticism Elite Systems in East Central Europe Case Studies: Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary Implications of Elite Attitudes for Europeanisation Political Elites: Incapable Europeanisers?Trade ReviewNicole Gallina stellt sich in ihrem Buch die Frage, ob sich die politischen Eliten Ostmitteleuropas seit dem Fall der kommunistischen Regime verändert haben. Dabei interessiert sie sich nicht nur für den Elitenwechsel, sondern hauptsächlich dafür, ob die formal existierenden demokratischen Institutionen zur Verinnerlichung von demokratischen Werten bei den Eliten geführt haben. SÜDOSTEUROPA Mitteilungen 2/2010
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Gyan Publishing House Central Government Budgets in India: An Analysis
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Gyan Publishing House Public Administration: Emerging Perspectives
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Gyan Publishing House Public Administration in India: Case Study
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Manohar Publishers and Distributors Policy, Technocracy & Development: Human Capital
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Deep & Deep Publications Public Sector Road Corporation: A Comparative
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Deep & Deep Publications Public Financial Administration
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Deep & Deep Publications Advance Public Administration
Book SynopsisEfforts to advance public administration as a discipline and profession are ongoing globally, with a focus on tailoring theory and practice to specific needs. A comprehensive book on advanced public administration covers various aspects with case studies and data, benefiting students, teachers, researchers, civil servants, and political elite.
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Kalpaz Publications Revitalised Urban Administration in India
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial El mundo tal y como es / The World As It Is : A Memoir of the Obama White House
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UNITED NATIONS PUBN United Nations egovernment survey 2022
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SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd Federal Fiscal Relations in India: Imperatives
Book SynopsisFederal fiscal management involves the sharing and distribution of financial and economic powers among different layers of government, and restructuring of public finances, among others. Countries such as India, that adopted the federal form of government, have guidelines in their Constitutions for such division of economic and financial powers. Even with all such institutional arrangements, the federal fiscal management is not without snags and hitches. Countries vary in their choice of federal system, welfare objectives, approaches to ensure balanced regional development and equity in economic growth, and the overall economic management approach. India with its diverse social, economic and cultural background is an ideal case of adopting the federal form of government. This fact was well-recognized even before Independence and so a system of federal fiscal sharing – sharing of revenues between various layers of government, using transfer processes referred to as inter-governmental transfers – had been put in place. Yet even after six decades the system remains thorny. To correct the imbalances, the tax system is under extensive revision and many other changes in the state level tax systems are planned. Further, the economic planning process is under complete revision with the replacement of the Planning Commission by the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog that might lead to further fundamental changes. All this might alter the revenue shares of the central, state and local governments, which calls for complete revamping of the federal fiscal arrangements for inter-governmental transfers in India. This book aims to analyze the federal fiscal sharing system for India and recommend suitable reforms, taking into account the impending changes in the structure of the economy and the potential for revenue generation at different levels of government. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Federal Form of Governance Federal Fiscal System: Broad Requirements The Indian Federal Fiscal System Major Issues of the Federal Fiscal Transfer System Guidelines for Restructuring Scientific and Rational Methods for Vertical and Horizontal Sharing Conclusions and Recommendations Appendix A: Fiscal Federal Management— Country Experiences Appendix B: Evolution of the Federal Fiscal Relations in India Appendix C: Vertical Fiscal Imbalance Appendix D: Measurement of HFI— An Illustration of the NMBF Method Appendix E: Criteria Used for Horizontal Tax Sharing in India by Successive Finance Commissions Bibliography Index
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City University of Hong Kong Press Evaluation of the C. Y. Leung Administration
Book Synopsis“Did C. Y. Leung achieve his goals? Did he perform his duty to the Hong Kong people as their third Chief Executive?” To answer these questions, this book presents a rational, research-based critique of the C. Y. Leung Administration that governed in Hong Kong from 2012 to 2017. It is a sweeping and original publication that covers various aspects of governance, including politics, economics, healthcare, human rights, civil service, housing, urban planning, youth, and legislative council elections as well as Hong Kong’s relationship with Taiwan, Mainland China, and Western countries. Written by a team of expert authors from various fields, this book is one of the first comprehensive academic discourses on issues facing the Administration. The first chapter sets the tone of the book, with the subsequent chapters providing additional details confirming the general conclusions of the authors concerning the C. Y. Leung Administration. Written for scholars and community members interested in Hong Kong governance, this book is an anthology of articles that present a complex and comprehensive critique of one specific Chief Executive’s period of influence and how his administration’s policies still affect the Hong Kong community today.
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City University of Hong Kong Press Can Hong Kong Exceptionalism Last? Dilemmas of
Book SynopsisHong Kong under British rule was a prime example of exceptionalism in many aspects - economic, political, and even social. It was governed under a colonial structure and yet had enjoyed a large degree of social and economic freedom, as well as fiscal self-sufficiency and autonomy from London. After returning to Chinese rule in 1997, Hong Kong has continued to thrive as a relatively resilient city state still known for efficiency and effectiveness despite tensions and scepticism about its political future. This book carries decades of academic observations and the author's personal political experience. It reviews and reflects on the past trajectory of governance and administration, identifying strengths and capabilities as well as constraints and vulnerabilities of Hong Kong as a polity and society, while charting its course of 'exceptionalism' within a new context and under changing conditions. As this book concludes, the exceptionalism of Hong Kong not only hinges on institutional arrangements and historical inheritance but also on the statecraft of the administration of the day.Trade Review… This is a text for deep reading, reflection, and deliberation."– Professor Lui Tai-lok Chair Professor of Hong Kong Studies, Director of the Academy of Hong Kong Studies, Director of the Centre for Greater China Studies, and Former Vice President (Research & Development) at Education University of Hong Kong"… a gem … whatever your political stand is, you have to admire Professor Cheung's thorough observations and profound ideas on what made this city tick…"– Mr Lam Woon-kwong Former Secretary for the Civil Service and Secretary for Home Affairs, and Former Convenor of Non-Official Members of the Executive Council (2012–2017)Table of ContentsIntroduction Exceptionalism and HybridityPart I The Legacy 1 The Making of an Administrative State 2 Administrative Modernisation 3 Public Sector Reform Part II Transition and Change 4 Regime Transition and Institutional Changes 5 A New Ministerial System 6 The Civil Service System and Reform 7 Government Capacity and Policy System 8 From Positive Non-Interventionism to Proactive Government 9 Government Performance and Trust Part III Tensions and Challenges 10 The Quest for Democracy 11 A Government Without Parties or Votes 12 Two Systems, Two Existentialisms 13 The Rise of Identity Politics 14 The Wider Governance Debates Epilogue Hong Kong Exceptionalism at a CrossroadsPostscript
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Ian Randle Publishers,Jamaica Beyond Westminster in the Caribbean
Book SynopsisThe challenges faced by Commonwealth Caribbean democracies particularly in the past 20 years has forced a reckoning with how the Westminster model of government has served the needs of these small states. Crime, corruption and struggling economies operating in a globalised world have brought into sharp relief the threat to once-stable democracies.Beyond Westminster in the Caribbean analyses Westminster governance in the post-independence Caribbean and reflects on the weaknesses of the model, the absence of a will to change despite the deficiencies and proposals for the way forward. Drawing on the contributions of distinguished scholars, prominent serving politicians and a sitting prime minister, the book offers a critical review of the state of Caribbean constitutions and a frank discussion of whether these small states can weather the threats that have presented themselves since the end of the Cold-War and the rise of neoliberalism. Can the Westminister model survive and thrive in the contemporary Caribbean, or is it time to move beyond Westminster?
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd America's Future: Biden And The Progressives
Book SynopsisThis book is about a choice President Biden must make that will determine the future of America. His choice is between being a partisan politician or a non-partisan statesman. However, to be a statesman, he must contend with the progressive wing of his party. Today's progressives have become revolutionaries whose purpose is to remake America by canceling their opponents. Biden has a tiger by the tail. As in all such situations, the problem is how to let go. In this book, we suggest how Biden can free himself from the danger posed by the progressives and simultaneously benefit America dramatically.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd America's Future: Biden And The Progressives
This book is about a choice President Biden must make that will determine the future of America. His choice is between being a partisan politician or a non-partisan statesman. However, to be a statesman, he must contend with the progressive wing of his party. Today's progressives have become revolutionaries whose purpose is to remake America by canceling their opponents. Biden has a tiger by the tail. As in all such situations, the problem is how to let go. In this book, we suggest how Biden can free himself from the danger posed by the progressives and simultaneously benefit America dramatically.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Friedrich Engels and the Foundations of Socialist Governance
Book SynopsisThis book states that the political systems of China, Vietnam, Cuba and other socialist countries are showing distinct maturity and ability to deal effectively with challenges – the most recent being the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to understand how they have developed their structures, it is time to return to the roots of the Marxist tradition and re-examine the question of socialist governance. It was Friedrich Engels (and less so Marx) who laid out some of the theoretical foundations for socialist governance. On the basis of extensive research in 1870s and 1880s, Engels developed his analysis of the nature of hitherto existing states as a ‘separated public power’; the role of the dictatorship of the proletariat and its exercise of power; the actual meaning of the ‘withering away of the state’, which would be one of the very last outcomes of socialist construction; and the nature of socialist governance itself. On this matter, he proposed a de-politicised public power that would stand in the midst of society and focus on managing the processes of production for the sake of the true interests of society.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Chapter 1. Separated Public Power: On Hitherto Existing States.- Chapter 2. Socialist Gewalt and the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.- Chapter 3. Abolition or Dying Away of the State?.- Chapter 4. Towards Enmeshed Socialist Governance.- Conclusion
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Revisiting National Security: Prospecting
Book SynopsisThis book examines the evolving concept of national security and how human systems could be governed in an ever turbulent and dynamic world. It takes a revised look at the concept of national security, previously researched and identified by the author, based on the present context but with a futuristic appreciation of governance, primarily national but extended to global perspectives, in the modern and dynamically shifting world. The book emphasises the need for governments to maximise national security for the well-being of their people. The concept of national security is taken as the key subject of national governance which is extendable to global governance wherein national security is not only the physical or military security alone but also the overall well-being of the people of a nation. This book explores how national security can be achieved by balancing its various elements in different terrains where the game of governance is played in national as well as global perspective. It also presents additional findings and observations to show that the approach is transformative, redefining the key knowledge paradigms. This book is relevant for policy makers, students, researchers and academics who wish to explore and rethink their approach towards governing the human systems, whose well-being is the responsibility of governments.Table of ContentsPart I In Quest of National Security: World of Sapiens.- 1. Humans and Human Systems: Shifting Centroid of National Security.- 2. National Security: Concept, Evolution and Descriptive Stasis.- 3. National Security: Definitions and Manifestations.- 4. Threats, Risks and Uncertainty: Triad of Chaotic Balance in a Chancy, Chancy World.- 5. Terrains and Terrain Specificity.- 6. Elements of National Security: Gravity Centres.- 7. Convolution of Apparent Security and Perceived Security in Governance.- 8. Rule of Law and Role of Government —Law Making, Enforcing and National Security.- Part II Elements of National Security.- 9. #1 Military Security (Milsec) (ms).- 10. #2 Economic Security (Econosec) (es1).- 11. #3 Resource Security (Resourcesec) (rs).- 12. #4 Border Security (Bordersec) (bs1).- 13. #5 Demographic Security (Demosec) (ds1).- 14. #6 Disaster Security (Disastersec) (ds2).- 15. #7 Energy Security (Energysec) (es2).- 16. #8 Geostrategic Security (Geosec) (gs1).- 17. #9 Informational Security (Infosec) (is).- 18. #10 Food Security (Foodsec) (fs).- 19. #11 Health Security (Healthsec) (hs).- 20. #12 Ethnic Security (Ethnicsec) (es3).- 21. #13 Environmental Security (Envirosec) (es4).- 22. #14 Cyber Security (Cybersec) (cs).- 23. #15 Genomic Security (Genomesec) (gs2).- 24. #16 Microbiomic Security (Microbiomicsec) (ms2).- Part III Strategising National Security.- 25. Trendlines in National Security.- 26. Strategic National Security and National Security Strategy.- 27. Tradeoffs in National Security Governance.- Part IV Examining National Security.- 28. Research Purpose—National Security Governance.- 29. Research Factors and Questions—National Security Governance.- 30. Assessing and Indexing National Security.- Part V Future of Governance and Human Well-being.- 31. Beyond National Security—Global Perspective.- 32. Will Sapiens End? Premising Governance….- 33. Human Well-being—Visions in Dark and Grey.- Part VI Conclusions.- 34. Present Imperfect—Future Perfect.- 35. Capsuling National Security.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore The Change of Global Economic Governance and
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on global economic governance covering the following five areas: the theoretical and historical evolution of global economic governance, international financial governance, international trade and investment governance, global climate change and sustainable development governance, and international macroeconomic policy coordination. On the one hand, this book aims to provide a general analytical framework for studying global economic governance. On the other hand, the study on global economic governance involves understanding its historical development, exploring its emergence and evolution, analyzing what challenges global economic governance faces in the context of a new globalization, looking into its future development trends, and proposing the direction of the reform of global economic governance system on the above basis, and finally providing theoretical references and policy advice for China’s better participation in global economic governance. Table of ContentsConnotation of Global Governance.- Definition of Global Economic Governance.- Historical Evolution of the Global Economic Governance Structure.- Impetus for Evolution of the Global Economic Governance Structure.- Reform Orientation of Global Economic Governance.- Overview of the Evolution and Reform of International Financial Governance.- Factors Influencing the Evolution of International Financial Governance.- Defects and Challenges of Current International Financial Governance.- Reform Direction of International Financial Governance.- Countermeasures for China’s Better Participation in International Financial Governance.
£116.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore Mainstreaming the Tribal Areas (ex-FATA) of
Book SynopsisThe book addresses why the Pakistani state is facing persistent challenges in extending and consolidating its governance (authority) throughout its territories, especially in the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (ex-FATA)? Even after the de jure merger, the question still remains valid that how Pakistani state could establish its governance in these tribal areas? Through multi-dimensional approaches and multi-pronged analysis of state-centric (top-down), society-centric (bottom-up) and state-in-society (mixed-horizontal) approaches, the book explains factors and dimensions that pose challenges to Pakistani state governance in ex-FATA. The main hypothesis is that societies, where state governance is absent, turn to informal governance and create informal institutions as a substitute for the weak central state governance thereby challenging the domination and control/authority of the state. The book presents policy recommendations for bringing these tribal areas into the mainstream governance system of Pakistan.Table of ContentsChapter 1: State Governance in the Ungoverned Territories of Developing States: The Conceptual Framework.- Chapter 2: Geography, Socio-economic and Political set up of FATA: An Overview.- Chapter 3: Challenges to State Governance in FATA: Society-centred Approach.- Chapter 4: Challenges to State Governance in FATA: ‘State-in-Society’ Approach.- Chapter 5: Challenges to State Governance in FATA: State-centred Approach.- Chapter 6: Extension of State Governance (Authority) in FATA: Prospects.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.- Index.
£104.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore Natural Law & Government: After the COVID-19
Book SynopsisSince the dawn of civilisation philosophers and sages alike have been concerned about the potential for government to become a Leviathan-like monster. In this book Professor Drew shows how a careful application of natural law principles can mitigate this threat of Leviathan and also contribute to the flourishing of people. To do so Natural Law and Government examines the trade-off between human dignity and the common good during the public policy response to COVID-19. Specifically, Professor Drew details his concerns regarding the emergence of concentrations of power and competence in government – changes that have sadly given rise to the repression of the vitality of citizens. This ground-breaking work explains the changes to thinking, institutions and public management that are necessary for people to reclaim their right to thrive as humans. In sum, this is a handbook for what needs to be done after the COVID-19 revolution.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Natural Law and Government, or, After the (COVID) Revolution?.- Chapter 2. Human Flourishing.- Chapter 3. Moral Government.- Chapter 4. Sortition – A Partial Defence of Human Dignity.- Chapter 5. Structure, Remit, and Size of Government.- Chapter 6. Evaluating Policy Success: COVID Response and Human Flourishing.- Chapter 7. Funding Moral GovernmentChapter 8. Education.- Chapter 9. Can We Have Government and Human Flourishing?
£104.49
Springer Verlag, Singapore Society 5.0, Digital Transformation and
Book SynopsisThis book presents the evolution of the science technology paradigm in Japan and analyzes the critical community and local governance issues from the perspectives of the changing risk landscape, Society 5.0, and digital transformation. It also provides suggestions for the future development of a resilient society and community, by drawing lessons from other countries.Advancements in science technology in recent decades in Japan and the world might have increased our capacity to tackle the adverse human consequences of various kinds of disasters and environmental issues. However, the accompanied and interlinking phenomena of urbanization, climate change, rural to urban migration, population decreases, and aged population have posed new challenges, especially in the small, medium-sized cities, and in rural areas of Japan. This is also enhanced by the risk of cascading, complex and systemic risk, which is defining a new normal as “living with uncertainties”.Society 5.0 is defined as "A human-centered society that balances economic advancement with the resolution of social problems by a system that highly integrates cyberspace and physical space." Society 5.0 was proposed in the 5th Science and Technology Basic Plan as a future society that Japan should aspire to. Society 5.0 achieves a high degree of convergence between cyberspace (virtual space) and physical space (real space), compared with the past information society (Society 4.0) that people would access a cloud service (databases) in cyberspace via the Internet and search for, retrieve, and analyze information or data.In Japan, in the initial stage, a great deal of confusion about the number of people infected with coronavirus occurred. Not only made it inefficient, but it did not produce the accurate data needed for critical decisions.Japan may have unique disadvantages compared with other countries. Trying to drive digitization without thoroughly understanding these disadvantages and addressing them head-on will only lead to failed digital transformations.With these three pillars of changing risk landscape, Society 5.0, and Digital transformation drive, the book will analyze the evolution of the science technology paradigm in Japan, will go deeper into the critical community and local governance issues, and will provide suggestions for future development of resilient society and community, by drawing lessons from overseas disaster risk reduction.Table of Contents1. Science technology and People centered society 2. Science, Technology, Innovation and Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 3. Systemic risk and system-based approach for Society 5.0 4. Emerging issues and Japan’s milestones in science and technology in disaster risk reduction 5. Evidence Based Policy Making of Smart City: The Case of Challenge in Maebashi City, Japan 6. Personal life records for health decision making in disaster situation 7. Digital transformation and disaster risk reduction 8. xR and implications to DRR: challenges and prospects 9. Open governance and disaster risk reduction 10. Open Governance and Disaster Planning, Recovery, and Response: Lessons from the USA 11. Technology landscape in post COVID-19 era: Example from China 12. Jugaad innovation: concept and lessons of social innovation in India 13. Towards a People centric technology driven society
£98.99
Springer Verlag, Singapore EdgeAI for Algorithmic Government
Book SynopsisThe book provides various EdgeAI concepts related to its architecture, key performance indicators, and enabling technologies after introducing algorithmic government, large-scale decision-making, and computing issues in the cloud and fog. With advancements in technology, artificial intelligence has permeated our personal lives and the fields of economy, socio-culture, and politics. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into decision-making for public services is changing how governments operate worldwide. This book discusses how algorithms help the government in various ways, including virtual assistants for busy civil servants, automated public services, and algorithmic decision-making processes. In such cases, the implementation of algorithms will occur on a massive scale and possibly affect the lives of entire communities. The cloud-centric architecture of artificial intelligence brings out challenges of latency, overhead communication, and significant privacy risks. Due to the sheer volume of data generated by IoT devices, the data analysis must be performed at the forefront of the network. This introduces the need for edge computing in algorithmic government. EdgeAI, the confluence of edge computing and AI, is the primary focus of this book. It also discusses how one can incorporate these concepts in algorithmic government through conceptual framework and decision points. Finally, the research work emphasizes some design challenges in edge computing from applications viewpoint. This book will be helpful for data engineers, data scientists, cloud engineers, data management experts, public policymakers, administrators, research scholars and academicians.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Algorithmic Government 1.1 Concept of Algorithmic Government 1.2 Motivation & Benefits 1.3 Large Scale Decision Making 1.4 Computing Issues in Algorithmic Government 1.5 Technological Solutions Chapter 2: Edge Computing 2.1 Concept of Edge Computing 2.2 Benefits of Edge Computing 2.3 Comparative Analysis for Edge, Fog & Cloud 2.4 AI for Edge Computing 2.5 Benefits of Edge Intelligence Chapter 3: EdgeAI 3.1 Concept of EdgeAI 3.2 Levels of Edge Intelligence 3.3 Model Training at Edge 3.4 Model Inferencing at Edge 3.5 Comparative analysis of Model Training and Inferencing at Edge Chapter 4: EdgeAI Cases for Algorithmic Government 4.1 Facial recognition for suspects at crowded places 4.2 Social Network Analysis for Citizen Behavior 4.3 Healthcare Management 4.4 Voice Enabled personal assistant 4.5 Industrial Safety and Planning 4.6 Border Security and Military planning 4.7 Citizen’s safety and support 4.8 Summary of EdgeAI Techniques Chapter 5: Design Challenges & Future Scope 5.1 Network Integration and Resource Management 5.2 Cloud & Edge Coexistence 5.3 Reliability of Edge Devices 5.4 Future Scope 5.5 Conclusion
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Democratic Recession, Autocratization, and Democratic Backlash in Southeast Asia
Book SynopsisThis book presents a new organizing framework for studying democratic recession and autocratization in Southeast Asia. By introducing a new concept, “democratic backlash,” the book details how democratic recession inevitably provokes resistance that often forms the nucleus of new democratic movements, and in doing so, argues that it is important to identify these reverse trends that may eventually become dominant.The book contributes to current literature which thus far has sought to understand the causes and consequences of the decline in democracy around the world. Previous literature has focused primarily on advanced democracies, or alternatively, on large scale quantitative comparison. As such, this book helps fill a research gap with its focus on Southeast Asia, employing a comparative case study approach.Chapter authors are experts on Southeast Asia, a region that has experienced democratic recession and autocratization in a variety of ways, from rising populism to military coups.Table of ContentsIntroductionDemocratic Decline and Rising Autocratization in Southeast Asia: A Framework for AnalysisPart One: Democratic Recession in Southeast AsiaThe Sharp Edge of Power: China’s Power and Democratic Erosion in the PhilippinesChallenging the Surveillance State: The Anti-Terrorism Act and the Decline of Philippine DemocracyAnies Baswedan and Sub-State Populism in Jakarta IndonesiaIn Limbo: Islamist Populism and Democratic Stagnation in MalaysiaPart Two: Autocratization and Authoritarian TechniquesThe ‘Backdoor’ Government and Executive Aggrandisement: Democratic Backsliding in MalaysiaThailand’s Authoritarian Innovation and Its Resistance: The Case of Propaganda in ‘ROTC Cyber’ ActivityPart Three: Reinforcing Norms and Democratic StructuresRural Grassroots Governance-Building in MyanmarDemocratization of rural Indonesia through village head election: A glimpse of hope from IndramayuNot So Great Transformation: Democratization and Social Conflict in Timor-LestePart Four: Democratic BacklashRegimes, Repression, Repertoires: Student Protest Movements and the Repertoires of Contention in the Philippines and IndonesiaA Time for Change: From a Hybrid Authoritarian Regime to the Creation of a New Federal Myanmar ArmySocial Media and Democratic Recession in Southeast Asia
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Reform And Development In China: After 40 Years
Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive review of China's experience in reform and opening up from political, social, and economic perspectives. It attempts to engage existing scholarly debates in three areas — first, how the party-state has evolved in the past four decades and whether it remains a Leninist system or has departed from this system; second, how public attitudes, values and behavior have been intertwined with institutional change, and how the state is expanding its welfare coverage to enhance regime legitimacy. Second, how China has attempted to explore new engines for its growth, with consideration towards environmental protection and technological progress.Chapters in this book are selected from three years of conference presentations co-organized by the Institute of Public Policy (IPP) at the South China University of Technology and UNESCO. Since 2014, IPP and UNESCO have co-hosted a series of annual international conferences and invited leading scholars from China, Europe, and the US to discuss the major challenges to China and the world.
£90.00
ISEAS From Aquino II to Duterte (2010 – 2018): Change,
Book SynopsisThe Duterte administration is often considered a rupture in Philippines’ politics. But how different is Duterte’s programme of change from the past governments, particularly from its predecessor, the Aquino II administration? Is there a shift in regime orientation and policy preferences from Aquino II to Duterte? What will this mean to the future direction of Philippine democracy, its economic development, peace and security, and relations with other countries?This volume focuses on four critical areas — politics and governance, economic governance, the Mindanao peace process, and international relations — to illustrate continuities or discontinuities in the policies and governance of institutions, and to explain the dynamics of change in the Philippines. It pays particular attention to the crucial period between Aquino II and the early years of Duterte. The reason is that Aquino II represents an important period for rebuilding and consolidating institutions of governance and accountability after two previous tumultuous administrations. Yet Aquino II also demonstrates the inherent flaws of Philippine democracy and unravels the contradictory forces vying for state power that sets the scene for Duterte’s rise. Reflecting on the crucial transition period between the two presidencies, while also providing a much-needed update on the most noteworthy policy changes since Duterte’s inauguration, the book fills an important scholarly gap in understanding Asia’s oldest and most puzzling democracy.
£25.46
ISEAS Living with Myanmar
Book SynopsisSince 2011, Myanmar has experienced many changes to its social, political and economic landscape. The formation of a new government in 2016, led by the National League for Democracy, was a crucially important milestone in the country’s transition to a more inclusive form of governance. And yet, for many people everyday struggles remain unchanged, and have worsened in recent years. Key economic, social and political reforms have stalled, conflict persists, and longstanding issues of citizenship and belonging remain. The wide-ranging challenges of living with Myanmar are the subject of this volume. Each other offers a different perspective on the socio-political and economic mutations occurring in the country and the challenges that still remain. The book is divided into six sections, and covers critical issues ranging from gender equality and identity politics to agrarian reform and the representative role parliament. Collectively, these voices raise key questions concerning the institutional legacies of military rule and their ongoing role in subverting the country’s reform process. However, they also offer insights in the creative and productive ways the Myanmar’s activists, civil society, parliamentarians, bureaucrats and everyday people attempt to engage with and reform those legacies.
£26.96
ISEAS Democracy in Indonesia: From Stagnation to
Book SynopsisIndonesia has long been hailed as a rare case of democratic transition and persistence in an era of global democratic setbacks. But as the country enters its third decade of democracy, such laudatory assessments have become increasingly untenable. The stagnation that characterized Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s second presidential term has given way to a more far-reaching pattern of democratic regression under his successor, Joko Widodo. This volume is the first comprehensive study of Indonesia’s contemporary democratic decline. Its contributors identify, explain and debate the signs of regression, including arbitrary state crackdowns on freedom of speech and organization, the rise of vigilantism, deepening political polarization, populist mobilization, the dysfunction of key democratic institutions, and the erosion of checks and balances on executive power. They ask why Indonesia, until recently considered a beacon of democratic exceptionalism, increasingly conforms to the global pattern of democracy in retreat.
£29.95
ISEAS Infiltrating Society: The Thai Military's
Book SynopsisTrade Review“A truly monumental work about Thailand’s military from the 1960s until today, this solid study focuses upon the armed forces’ internal security role across Thai society, how the military has succeeded in legitimizing itself and boosting its power as a counterinsurgency force, guardian of monarchy and engine of development. The book also valuably looks at the military’s establishment of mass organizations beginning during the Cold War and mobilization of royalists since 2006. The book thus illustrates how the military has been able to enhance and sustain its overwhelming influence and is thus a valuable study for anyone wanting to understand key power-brokers in Thailand.” —Dr Paul Chambers, Center of ASEAN Community Studies, Naresuan University, Thailand
£24.95
