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Book SynopsisThis open access book provides new conceptualisations on the networks of migrants and their descendants in accessing the labour market. Although references to social networks are common in discussions of migration, simplified ideas of co-ethnic networks often obscure the reality, for example confounding ties with co-ethnics and ‘strong ties’. This open access book addresses key questions about the role of networks in migration contexts, particularly in relation to how migrants and their descendants, access the labour market and develop their employment trajectories over time. Rather than adopting a narrow essentializing ethnic lens, the research presented in this book explores intersectional identities of class, generation and gender. By focusing on the kinds of capital circulating between ties, including the dark side of social capital, the book offers insights into power dynamics and the potentially exclusionary dimension of networks. Taking a long term view, across generations, the research in this book shows how migrants and their descendants mobilize resources to tackle discrimination and enhance their position within particular labour markets. Drawing on robust quantitative and rich qualitative data, this book provides a primary source to students, scholars and policy-makers focusing on issues of migration, social networks, social mobility as well as labour market inequalities.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Revisiting Networks: setting the conceptual and methodological scene.- Chapter 2. The direct and indirect role of migrants’ networks in accessing diverse labour market sectors: an analysis of the weak/ strong ties continuum.- Chapter 3. Are “weak ties” really weak? Social capital reliance among second generation Turkish lawyers in Paris.- Chapter 4. Context matters: the varying roles of social ties for professional careers of immigrants’ descendants.- Chapter 5. Access to employment of the second generations in France: unequal role of family and personal networks by Origins and Gender.- Chapter 6. Social capital, immigrants and their descendants - the case of Sweden.- Chapter 7.Activating Social Capital: Steep mobility of descendants of immigrants at the top of the corporate business sector.- Chapter 8. Reciprocity within Migrant Networks: The Role of Social Support for Employment.- Chapter 9. Networks in Migration Processes.- Chapter 10. Early-career academics’ transnational moves: The gendered role of vertical social ties in obtaining academic positions abroad.- Chapter 11: Epilogue. Where Did Weak and Strong Ties Go Wrong?.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book responds to the need for a specifically African focus on public policy. It outlines the fundamental principles of public policy research, and engages with major issues in the study of public policy from an African perspective, covering essential topics such as the location and centrality of social sciences in relation to public policy, leadership, methodology, institutions, governance, and gender. This book is essential for understanding the various aspects and dimensions of policy making in Africa that underscore quality research and are at the core of excellence in teaching and learning.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction: Research Capacity for Evidence Informed Policy Making in AfricaChapter 2: Policy Analysis and Innovation: Why Social Science matters for Public PolicyChapter 3: Social Science Foundations of Public PolicyChapter 4: Research Methods for Public PolicyChapter 5: Governance and Politics of Public Policy in AfricaChapter 6: Contemporary Issues in Public PolicyChapter 7: Political Economy of Public PolicyChapter 8: Leadership, Governance and Public Policy in AfricaChapter 9: Gender, Diversity and Public PolicyChapter 10: Global Context of Public PolicyChapter 11: From Research to Policy Action: Research Communication for Public Policy MakingChapter 12: Conclusion: Towards excellence in Research, learning and teaching Public Policy

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Book SynopsisThe book provides a pioneering overview of the evolution of the local government and urban policy in Cape Verde after independence, offering a multi-scale perspective of local governance in Cape Verde from 1970 - 2020. ​ It examines the process of urban development in the country, and in the capital city in particular, and explores the consequences and challenges for spatial planning, housing, urban heritage, and the environment, namely issues related to climate change in the post-independence period. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Urban Development in Cape Verde between 1970 and 2020.- Chapter 3. Local Government in Cape Verde 1970-2020.- Chapter 4. Spatial Planning and Socio-Spatial Cohesion in Cape Verde.- Chapter 5. Unification of the Land Cadastre with the Land Registry in Cape Verde: Challenges and Opportunities for Local and Urban Governance.- Chapter 6. Genesis and Urban Evolution of Cidade da Praia - Cape Verde.- Chapter 7. Urban Planning in the Municipality of Praia 1970 -2020.- Chapter 8. Urban Heritage in Ribeira Grande de Santiago - Cape Verde: Constraints, Opportunities and Challenges for Urban Governance.- Chapter 9. Housing Policies in Cape Verde, 1970 - 2020: Challenges and Opportunities for Urban Governance.- Chapter 10. Cidade da Praia, Floods and Inundations: Problems and Challenges for Urban Governance- Chapter 11. Cidade da Praia: Natural Risks and Spatial Planning.

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Book SynopsisThis book assesses the management and performance of networks in light of the rising popularity of collaborative approaches in public service delivery. It does so by examining the case of smoking-prevention networks in Switzerland. The book considers how network managers can be distinguished based on work-context related factors, and analyses how the interaction of these factors leads to either active or non-active network management within collaborative policy delivery arrangements. It also empirically investigates the effects that network management and other network-level and project-level factors have on the policy output performance of these networks. Adopting a multi-method approach combining a qualitative comparative analysis, case studies as well as Bayesian regressions, the book will appeal to academics and students of public policy, public administration, and public management. It will also be of use to practitioners responsible for the design and the management of policy delivery networks.Table of Contents1. Management and Performance in Collaborative Networks: A Review of the Literature and the Contribution of This Book.2. Linking Characteristics of Network Managers’ Work Context to Network Management and Project-Level Output.3. A Multi-method Approach to Analyze Network Management and Policy Outputs.4. Swiss Smoking Prevention Policies.5. Connecting Network Managers’ Work Contexts with Network Management.6. Linking Network-Level and Project-Level Factors to Policy Outputs.7. Drivers and Obstacles to Active Network Management and Their Influence on Network Performance.8. How to Improve Collaborative Policy Delivery within Networks: Theoretical and Practical Insights.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines knowledge and policy transfer from the perspectives of Brazil and China. It assesses how these two nations have emerged as providers of ideas and models that contribute to the global offer of public policies. With a variety of case studies in areas such as health, food security and infrastructure, the volume offers new insights into the distinct levels through which knowledge and policy transfers take place, including the local, regional, national and supranational. It develops a multidimensional framework of analysis that considers the agents, objects, and mechanisms for knowledge and policy transfer, as well as the structures and timings within which they operate. Unlike previous studies on policy transfer – which largely focus on North-North and North-South learning processes – this book offers an innovative approach to this area of study. By reflecting on the experiences of these two rising powers, it provides fresh insights on the future of knowledge and policy transfer as global power dynamics shift. This interdisciplinary study will appeal to students and scholars of policy transfer, development studies, international relations and public policy. Table of ContentsChapter 1. Knowledge and Policy Transfers from Brazil and China: Research Questions for a Promising Agenda (Osmany Porto de Oliveira and Giulia C. Romano).-Chapter 2. Policy diffusion and transfer as foreign policy instruments: a classification with evidence from Brazil and China (Carlos Aurélio Pimenta de Faria, Giulia C. Romano, Markus Taube).-Chapter 3. The rise and fall of Brazil as a “policy exporter”: from Lula da Silva to Jair Bolsonaro (Laura Trajber Waisbich, Juliana Ramos Luiz and Carlos Aurélio Pimenta de Faria).-Chapter 4. China’s global role: knowledge and policy diffusion (Jing Gu and Neil Renwick).-Chapter 5. Policy circulation and South-South Cooperation in Brazil-Africa relations: rise, fall and change (Laura Trajber Waisbich).-Chapter 6. China’s policy export to Africa – From the development-security nexus to knowledge-transfer (Georg Lammich).-Chapter 7. Social Policy Diplomacy: The Diffusion of Brazilian Instruments in the Fight Against Hunger (Osmany Porto de Oliveira).-Chapter 8. From Hard to Soft Power: Chinese Policy Diffusion in Pakistan in the Age of CPEC (Asma Faiz).-Chapter 9. Knowledge and policy transfers along the BRI: the case of Duisburg (Giulia C. Romano and Markus Taube).-Chapter 10. The diffusion of Brazilian public policies within international venues: the cases of Health and Rural Development (Juliana Ramos Luiz and Maria Berta Ecija)

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Book SynopsisThis open access regional reader examines emerging issues around new migration patterns in South America and their relationship with changing migration policies over the last twenty years. The first part of the book looks at conceptual discussions on mixed and survival migration, the link between migration and extractivism, and the specific character of transit migration. A second part examines how these debates have led to transformations in state policies, and the shift in government policies from a human rights-based approach towards more restrictive ones. Finally, the third section revisits the relationship between racism, xenophobia and colonialism in contemporary migrations. As such this book makes an interesting read to students, academics, policy makers and all those working in the field.Table of Contents1 Introduction: Emergent Issues of South American Migrations Gioconda Herrera and Carmen Gomez Part I Emerging Mobilities and Old Exclusions2 Extractive Economy and Mobilities? The Case of Large Copper Mining in the Antofagasta Region Carolina Stefoni, Fernanda Stang, and Pablo Rojas3 Between Hostility and Solidarity: The Production of the Andean Region–Southern Cone Transit Migratory Corridor Soledad Álvarez Velasco4 State and “Mixed Migrations”. Migration Policies towards Haitians, Colombians and Venezuelans in Ecuador Carmen Gómez and Gioconda HerreraPart II Law and Migration Policies: From Human Rights to Border Closures 5 A Decade of Growth in Migration in Brazil (2010–2020) and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic Tânia Tonhati, Leonardo Cavalcanti, and Antônio Tadeu de Oliveira6 Contradictions and Shifts in Discourse and Application of the Refugee System in a Mixed-Migration Context: The Ecuadorian Case 164Jennifer Moya, Consuelo Sánchez Bautista, and Jeffrey D. Pugh7 The Legality of (Im)mobilityMigration, Coyoterismo, and Indigenous Justice in Southern Ecuador. Ulla D. Berg and Lucía Pérez MartínezPart III Racism and Xenophobia and Struggles over Migrant’s Rights8 Institutional and social xenophobia towards Venezuelan migrants in the context of a racialized country: the case of Peru Cécile Blouin and Cristina María Zamora Gómez9 When Migrant Pain Does Not Deserve Attention: Institutional Racism in Chile’s Public Health System María Emilia Tijoux Merino and Constanza Ambiado Cortés10 Inequalities and The Social Process of Categorizing: Migrant Work in Argentina’s Garment Industry Sergio Caggiano

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Book SynopsisThis textbook provides theoretical and clinical knowledge needed by social workers and other practitioners involved in humanitarian emergency response. Social workers are well positioned to serve coordinating and leadership roles in this interdisciplinary field due to their holistic training. This book weaves together micro, mezzo, and macro levels of practice into integrated social work practice. Its historical account of humanitarian emergencies, coverage of social work frameworks and principles, and review of existing best practices at the clinical, community, and policy levels ground the reader in a field of social work that requires consideration of historical frameworks alongside innovative responses to the complexity of humanitarian emergencies.The contributors incorporate best practices as well as address gaps in awareness, knowledge, and skills that they have observed and studied worldwide. Some of the topics explored include: Social Work with Displaced Children, Women, LGBTQI+, Asylum Seekers Return and Reintegration of Displaced Populations and Reconstruction in Post-conflict Societies Culture, Trauma, and Loss: Integrative Social Work Practice with Refugees and Asylum Seekers Clinical Social Work Practice with Forcibly Displaced Persons Grounded in Human Rights and Social Justice Principles Integrative Social Work Practice with Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Other Forcibly Displaced Persons is adoptable as a primary text for MSW and doctoral elective courses on global social work or international social work practice with persecuted and forcibly displaced people. This textbook is targeted to clinical social work or policy courses as well, and can be supplemental reading for required courses for migration and forced displacement majors. It is also useful for social workers or interdisciplinary practitioners working around the globe with displaced populations.Trade Review“Beyond the high quality of information presented, some of the more helpful aspects of the text are the pedagogical tools found at the end of each chapter. Discussion questions, reflection prompts, case studies, and other resources help ensure that the content presented does not stay abstract or theoretical but can immediately be applied for deeper learning. … this text is a gift to social work students, practitioners, educators, and scholars that will be useful for years to come.” (Rachel Hagues, Affilia, October 30, 2023)Table of ContentsForeword by Silvana Martínez Part I: Contexts and FrameworksChapter 1: An Introduction to Integrative Social Work Practice with Survivors of Forced DisplacementAuthors: Nancy J. Murakami & Mashura Akilova Chapter 2: History of the Global Response to Forcibly Displaced PersonsAuthor: Karolina Łukasiewicz Chapter 3: International Treaties, Conventions, and Laws on Forced DisplacementAuthor: Daniel Naujoks Chapter 4: Humanitarian Coordination and Information ManagementAuthor: Sarah Harrison Chapter 5: Current Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Policies and Frameworks in Humanitarian SettingsAuthor: Merve Kan Chapter 6: Future Trends: The Challenges of Climate DisplacementAuthor: Susana B. Adamo Chapter 7: Durable Solutions: ResettlementAuthors: Dana Al Azzeh, Agnes Nzomene Kahouo Foda, and Ghazal Rezvani Chapter 8: Durable Solutions: Integration and Host Community ChallengesAuthor: Pinar Zubaroglu-Ioannides Chapter 9: Durable Solutions: Return and Reintegration of Displaced Populations and Reconstruction in Post-conflict SocietiesAuthors: Mashura Akilova, Klubosumo Johnson Borh, and Hatem Alaa Mazrouk Part II: Clinical Needs and Responses Chapter 10: Clinical Social Work Practice with Forcibly Displaced Persons Grounded in Human Rights and Social Justice PrinciplesAuthor: S. Megan Berthold Chapter 11: Practicing Internationally: Centering Refugee VoiceAuthors: Hadidja Nyiransekuye, Sarah Moore, Dhrubodhi Mukherjee, and Beverly Wagner Chapter 12: Culture, Trauma, and Loss: Integrative Social Work Practice with Refugees and Asylum SeekersAuthors: Mary Bunn, Nancy J. Murakami, and Andrea Haidar Chapter 13: Why Social Work Methodologies are so Important in Delivering Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Interventions for Refugees in Humanitarian SettingsAuthors: Peter Ventevogel & Claire Whitney Chapter 14: The Social Work Practitioner: Considerations for Working with Survivors of Forced DisplacementAuthor: Nancy J. Murakami Part III: Specific PopulationsChapter 15: Statelessness and Displacement: The Cause, Consequences, and Challenges of Statelessness and the Capabilities Required of Social WorkersAuthor: Jason Tucker Chapter 16: Social Work Practice with Asylum SeekersAuthor: Tanzilya Oren Chapter 17: Migration of LGBTQI+ People: Sexual and/or Gender Minority Migrants, Refugees, and Asylum-seekersAuthors: Edward Ou Jin Lee, Ahmed Hamila, Sophia Koukoui, Yann Zoldan, Renata Militzer, Sébastien Chehaitly, Catherine Baillargeon, and Annie Pullen Sansfaçon Chapter 18: Social Work with Displaced ChildrenAuthors: Sana Al-Hyari & Raghda Butros Chapter 19: Bridging Micro and Macro Practice to Respond to Violence against Women and Girls in Dynamic Contexts: Lessons Learned from the South Pacific ContextAuthors: Abigail Erikson, Doris Puiahi, and Karin Wachter Chapter 20: Lives in the Shadows: International Human Trafficking in the United StatesAuthors: Jessica Gorelick & Ileana Taylor Part IV: Looking ForwardChapter 21: The Role of Social Work in the Context of Forced Migration: A Global PerspectiveAuthor: Mashura Akilova Appendix: Glossary of TermsAuthor: Bethel Assefa

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses major themes in twenty-first-century east African politics. Predominantly authored by researchers and academics from the region, it examines recent political developments, public policy and governance across east and southern African countries. The book advocates for a regionally-focused comparative approach across Africa, arguing that it provides a greater level of analysis than a complete continental study. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, it covers numerous topics relating to politics, public policy, state and nation-building in Africa. Filling an important void in current literature, the book will appeal to academics, practitioners, politicians and students of politics, public policy and governance.Chapter 16 and 20 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.Table of ContentsPart I: CONCEPTUALISING STATE POLITICS IN AfricaCHAPTER 1: Towards the Africa We Want! The changing state politics in AfricaCHAPTER 2: State Politics and Public Policy in Africa: A State Transformation PerspectiveCHAPTER 3: Divergent Identity and State Formation in Eastern Africa: Legitimacy and Policy PerformanceCHAPTER 4: The "Boomerang Effect": Lessons Learned from Power-Sharing in Kenya and ZimbabwePart II: State FORMATION AND POLITICS OF CONSOLIDATION IN EASTERNCHAPTER 5: Secessionist claims and state-building: The emergence and trends in Eastern AfricaCHAPTER 6: Ethio-Sudanese Relations: Revisiting Civil Wars, Refugeeism and Foreign Policy in Eastern AfricaCHAPTER 7: Confronting Terrorism and Violent Extremism in Eastern AfricaCHAPTER 8: The People's Defence Forces (Military) and State-Building Politics in Eastern AfricaCHAPTER 9: The Past and Present of Public Sector Reforms in Eastern AfricaCHAPTER 10: Imperilled Welfare States of Eastern Africa: A comparative analysis of the Policy legacies of Taxation politics in Kenya and UgandaPart III: POLITICS OF PARTICIPATION: CRAFTING PUBLIC POLICY AND CITIZENSHIP SPACESCHAPTER 11: Social Cohesion, Politics and Governance in East Africa: Evidence from Afrobarometer SurveysCHAPTER 12: Politics of Social Protection: The Visible, Invisible and Ignored CitizensCHAPTER 13: How and why women Legislators miss out on Legislative Leadership roles: Gender Equality Policies and Legislative influence in KenyaCHAPTER 14: Civil Society Organizations' Policy Entrepreneurship roles in Kenya and Uganda's Housing PoliciesCHAPTER 15: Science and Technology and Development in Eastern Africa – from rhetoric to actions: Citizens' agency in the implementation of STIs PoliciesCHAPTER 16: Climate Change Adoptions in Eastern Africa: The Challenges and Prospects of Climate Change Adaptation PoliciesPart IV: REGIONAL INTEGRATION, DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AND PUBLIC POLICY IN EASTERN AFRICACHAPTER 17: Intergovernmentalism vs State-centrism in supranational governance: The Eastern Africa Economic Integration in PerspectiveCHAPTER 18: Is the African Continental Fee-Trade Area (AfCFTA) a Friend or Foe of East African Development?CHAPTER 19: A Governance Discourse in Chinese's Development Finance Assistance in Eastern AfricaCHAPTER 20: The evolution of the political dimension of EU Co-operation with Eastern Africa

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Book SynopsisThis handbook compiles the most up-to-date research on transnational families. It employs a dialogue between classical approaches and cutting-edge directions in transnational family research to identify continuities and changes in terms of socioeconomic disparities and actors, and to analyze coexistence. Further, the volume adopts a twofold global and international comparative perspective. On the one hand, it focuses on different migratory flows around the world and describes their entangled logics; on the other, it is written by an international group of contributors, with a diverse range of professional backgrounds. Their contributions are based on sound empirical research, and explore geographical regions around the world. The handbook presents different thematic perspectives on transnational families, including an analytical focus on gender, global sociodemographic inequalities, power asymmetries, and border- and mobility regimes, as well as the organization of transnational care, transnational fatherhood, ageing, family reunions and return. It also includes a variety of methodological approaches to transnational family research, ranging from ethnography, biographical research, and life-course methods, to multi-sited approaches and quantitative surveys. Investigating an emergent debate, it sheds new light on migratory fluxes, their common and specific determinants, the types of actors involved, and ways to empirically and methodologically approach them. This is a must-read reference for social scientists interested in family research, migration, and gender studies. Chapter 7 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION: Entangled Logics in Transnational Families (Javiera Cienfuegos and Rosa Brandhorst).- PART I: The Importance (and Continuity) of Gender Inequalities.- Families, Female Heads of Household and Feminization of Migration in Central America (Ana Lucía Fernández Fernández).- Adult-Son and Father Relationships Across the Life Course: Reflections on the Korean American Package Deal (Allen Kim).- Raising a Family in the Distance: Family Practices in Contexts of Colombian Migration to Santiago De Chile (Adriana Zapata).- Power Asymmetry in Shared Mothering Arrangements: Filipino Migrant Mothers in France and their Co-Mothers in the Philippines (Asuncion Fresnoza-Flot).- International Marriage, Migration and Transnational Family Life: The Case of Japanese-Filipino Families (Jocelyn O. Celero).- PART II: New (Other) Actors on the Global Scale.- Cultural Identity and Cosmopolitan Attitudes in Zero -Second Generation Transnational Relationships via Materialities (Viorela Ducu & Áron Telegdi Csetri).- Facing Global Processes: Highly Qualified Migrants and their Struggles for Recognition (Javiera Cienfuegos).- Analyzing the Far-Reaching Impacts of the Out-Migration of Female Labor: Barrel Children, Migrant Jamaican Teachers and Dependent Families (Karen Thomas-Brown).- Moral Economies and Transnational Families of Central American Migrants in Mexico and the US (Kristin E. Yarris & Charles Watters).- ‘Familia En El Extranjero’: Transnational Families and the Reconfiguration of Social Inequalities in Cuba (Rosa Brandhorst).- Transnational Families: Brazilian Immigration to the United States, Education and Belonging (Gabrielle Oliveira & Mariana Lima Becker).- Older People and Transnational Family Configurations (Claudio Bolzman).- PART III: Reunification and its Possibilities: Deported and Returned.- Transnational Families and the Impact of Reintegration: Returned Bolivian Women from Spain in between of Social Suffering and Resilience (Sònia Parella & Alisa Petroff).- Uneven Borders: Regulating the Separation and Reunification of Migrant Families (Paola Bonizzoni, Milena Belloni).- Caring from a Distance: Aging Migrants and their Elderly Kin Back in the Homeland (Johanna O. Zulueta).- Transnational Families, Potentiality and being from Somewhen: The Case of an Afghan/Turkmen Family in Istanbul (Diana Ibáñez-Tirado).- The Deportation Experience: Vulnerability and Violence in the Social Reproduction of Transnational Families (Gioconda Herrera).- Dominican Transnational Families and the Impact of Deportation (Nina Nyberg Sorensen).- Legal Trajectories and Transnational Family Engagement of West African Migrants in The Netherlands (Kim Caarls).

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Book SynopsisThis open access book examines how and why the UK's approach towards increasing cultural participation has largely failed to address inequality and inequity in the subsidised cultural sector despite long-standing international policy discourse on this issue. It further examines why meaningful change in cultural policy has not been more forthcoming in the face of this apparent failure. This work examines how a culture of mistrust, blame, and fear between policymakers, practitioners, and participants has resulted in a policy environment that engenders overstated aims, accepts mediocre quality evaluations, encourages narratives of success, and lacks meaningful critical reflection. It shows through extensive field work with cultural professionals and participants how the absence of criticality, transparency, and honesty limits the potential for policy learning, which the authors argue is a precondition to any radical policy change and is necessary for developing a greater understanding of the social construction of policy problems. The book presents a new framework that encourages more open and honest conversations about failure in the cultural sector to support learning strategies that can help avoid these failures in the future.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Histories of failures.- Thinking about failing.- The failures of policy.- Failing at the frontlines.- Failing the participant.- A failure framework.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents new trends to optimize e-Government in various contexts. It aims to highlight new methods and approaches that unveil the potential of data for public services. The book also illustrates how public services can be mathematically modeled with many case studies. Then, algorithms are proposed to optimize their functioning and to better contribute to the general interest, such as education, health care, safety, security, or culture. The book also focuses on protecting citizens' personal data and obtaining their explicit consent. The book is suitable for students and academics aiming to build up their background on the usage of data and algorithms through various techniques, including artificial intelligence. The book is used as a reference book for teaching a graduate course on e-Government, Process Modeling, or Artificial Intelligence. Besides its use in academia, this book is used by civil servants of every domain and citizens who aim to understand the ongoing modernization of public services.Table of ContentsConceptual Model and Data algorithm for Modernization of E-governance towards Sustainable E-Government Services.- E-School Initiatives that Instigated the Digital Transformation of Education: A Case Study according to SABER-ICT Framework.- New Architecture to facilitate the expansion of E-Government.- Struggling against tax fraud, a holistic approach using artificial intelligence.- e-Government and Green IT: the intersection point.- Machine Learning Technique for Predicting the Rural Citizens’ Trust on using E-Governance Health Care Applications during COVID-19.- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Use for e-Governance in Agriculture: Exploring the Bioeconomy Landscape.- Enhancing government actions against Covid-19 using computer science.- From paper to digital: e-government's evolution and pitfalls in Brazil.- The role of public libraries in improving public literacy through Twitter social media in Indonesia.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book examines data governance and its implications for policymaking in Africa. Bringing together economists, lawyers, statisticians, and technology experts, it assesses gaps in both the availability and use of existing data across the continent, and argues that data creation, management and governance need to improve if private and public sectors are to reap the benefits of big data and digital technologies. It also considers lessons from across the globe to assess principles, norms and practices that can guide the development of data governance in Africa. The book will appeal to scholars and students of data governance, technology and public policy, as well as practitioners and policy makers. Table of ContentsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: A Prototype Data Governance Framework for AfricaChapter 3: A Value Chain Approach to Data Production, Use and Governance for Sound Policy Making in Africa Chapter 4: Data Protection Legal Regime and Data Governance in Africa: An OverviewChapter 5: Data Regulation in Africa: Free Flow of Data, Open Data Regimes and Cyber SecurityChapter 6: Digitalisation and Financial Data Governance in Africa: Challenges and OpportunitiesChapter 7: More Than Just a Policy - Day to Day Effects of Data Governance on the Data ScientistChapter 8: The Economics of Blockchain Within AfricaChapter 9: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisBuilding upon the concept of migration regime, this open access book brings together the works of scholars who have investigated logics and routines of action in the field of immigration control within a single and innovative theoretical framework. The chapters cover a wide range of policy domains, from visa policy to the externalisation of controls, labour migration to asylum, internal controls towards irregular migration to restrictions for intra-EU mobility. By unravelling organisational strategies and practices across Europe, the book does not only contribute to dismantling the very idea of the European North-South divide in migration but also shows how Europe really works in the field of migration in times of deep economic, asylum and health crises. In this perspective, the book questions the widespread understanding of migration control outcomes as simply the result of more or less effective state policies without considering the embeddedness of the national policy goals and strategies in the dynamic interplay of different economies, institutional cultures and geopolitical positions.Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisThis open access book assesses how the Covid-19 pandemic caught higher education systems throughout the world by surprise. It maps out the responses of higher education institutions to the challenges and strategic opportunities brought about by the pandemic, and examines the effects such responses may have. Bringing together scholars and case studies from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, the book is both comparative and global in nature. It also brings together researchers from a variety of disciplinary fields, including political scientists, historians, economists, sociologist, and anthropologists. In doing so, the book fosters an inter-disciplinary dialogue and inclusive methodological approach for unpacking the complexities associated with modern higher education systems and institutions.Table of ContentsSection 1: Setting the StageChapter 1: Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the institutional fabric of Higher EducationSection 2: The System's Responses to COVID-19Chapter 2: Evidence, stakeholders and decision making: managing COVID-19 in Irish Higher education Chapter 3: New actors, administrative measures and conflicting agendas: The impact of the pandemic on internationalisation of higher education in Poland and RussiaChapter 4: Highlighting systemic inequalities: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on French Higher Education Chapter 5: Higher education institutions responses to COVID-19 in Uganda: Regulatory tools and adaptive institutionsSection 3: Higher Education Institutions' Responses to COVID-19Chapter 6: Higher Education in Brazil: Institutional actions for the retention of students in public and private sectorsChapter 7: Higher Education in Brazil: Institutional actions for the retention of students in public and private sectorsChapter 8: Internationalization of higher education in Argentina upon the arrival of Covid-19: Reactions and lessons from the perspective of International Relations OfficeChapter 9: University-civic engagement in the time of the pandemicChapter 10: Public Service Resilience in a post-COVID-19 world: The Case of Digital Transformation in Higher EducationChapter 11: Entrepreneurial universities: From research groups to spin-off companies in a time of COVID-19.- Section 4: Actors' Responses to COVID-19Chapter 12: Challenges, Opportunities, and Coping Strategies when Faced with the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study of Academics in Mainland China and Hong KongChapter 13: “We shouldn’t let academia exhaust ourselves anymore!”: Pandemic practices and the changing psychological contract in twenty-first century academiaChapter 14: Moving beyond policy on digital transformation: Perceptions of digital transformation of teaching by academic staff and studentsChapter 15: Remote Universities? Impacts of COVID-19 as experienced by academic leaders in Finland between March 2020 and April 2021Chapter 16: Post-COVID-19: Renegotiating the scope, role, and function of support and development for students in higher education across the globeSection 5: Taking Stock and Moving ForwardChapter 17: Epilogue: COVID-19 and the institutional fabric of higher education.

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Book SynopsisThis volume provides an introduction to Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) for those in the public administration field. Revised and updated for the second edition, this book describes what an HRIS system is, what the functionality of such a system should be, and outlines the practical aspects of an HRIS.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book is one of the first academic works to comprehensively analyse the dilemma concerning global content governance on social media. To date, no single human rights standard exists across all social media platforms, allowing private companies to set their own rules, values and parameters. On the one hand, this normative autonomy raises serious concerns, primarily around whether companies should be permitted to establish the rules governing free speech online. On the other hand, if social media platforms simply adopted international law standards, they would be compelled to operate a choice on which model to follow, and put in place mechanisms to uphold these general standards. This book examines this topic from a multidisciplinary perspective, drawing from the expertise of the authors in law, political science and communication studies. It provides a carefully reconstructed theory of the content governance dilemma, as well as pragmatic solutions for companies and policymakers. In this way, the book not only benefits academics by advancing the debate on content moderation issues, but also informs new policies and regulatory strategies by offering an up-to-date overview of rules and tools for content moderation, as well as an evaluation of their current level of compliance with standards emerged in international human rights law and digital constitutionalism initiatives. Table of Contents1. Introduction2. The Content Governance Dilemma3. The International Law of Content Governance4. Shaping Standards from Below: Insights from the Civil Society5. Platform Policies vs Human Rights Standards6. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis open access book brings together storytelling and self-narrative, creative writing and narrative enquiry to explore a variety of topics in migration from an experiential lens. The volume is hybrid and multi-genre as it contains both scholarly chapters grounded in academic perspectives, as well as personal essays and creative non-fiction. In addition to critical reflections on key migration topics and concepts – like, identity and diversity, integration and agency, transnationalism and return – the scholarly chapters also propose a particular methodology for ‘workshopping’ migration narratives, and writing about (personal) lived experiences through iterations of scientific reflection, narrative enquiry, and creative imagination. The book explores the potential of a new conceptual paradigm and methodological process to learn more, and also `differently,’ about the migration experience. Finally, this volume asks a bigger question too – how do we define the boundaries of research; is it possible to entirely separate the spatial, temporal and methodological parameters in which projects are developed and pursued; and how can the specifics of these multiple contexts contribute to shaping the knowledge being produced?Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisThis open access Regional Reader describes population movement circulating within the Mediterranean area, for any reason or from any region, be them European, African, Asian or originating from any of the Mediterranean shores. It showcases a plurality of approaches to and applications of Mediterranean migration, contributing to a regional approach to migration studies, thereby defending this regional approach by scaling Mediterranean migration issues. This book covers a large set of questions related Mediterranean migrations to the migration research agenda, such as: market and economy, politics and policies, super-diversity and intersectionality, media, society, welfare and the environment through five main parts: Geo-political Mediterranean Relations, Governance, Policies and Politics, Mobility drivers and Agency, Cities, History and Social Transformations, and Economy and Labour Markets. This Regional Reader provides an interesting read to scholars, researchers, but also policy makers and civil society organizations’ high representatives, international foundations and institutions interested in linking the Mediterranean and migration.Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisThis book sheds new light on the future of e-governance in the European Union (EU). Drawing on the first-hand professional experience of practitioners, policymakers, and institutional stakeholders, combined with a sound academic foundation, it offers insights into successful implementation strategies and new tools necessary for efficient e-governance in the European Union.The authors present key topics, e.g. the development of e-services such as e-identity, e-health, e-democracy, as well as e-governance tools for the correct implementation of the Digital Single Market. Furthermore, they discuss the legal framework needed for the implementation of these services, such as data protection, digital competition law, as well as EU contracts in digital environments. Finally, the authors highlight efforts to include ethical standards and European values in the decision-making, while developing a vision for the future use of e-governance in the European Union. Understanding the tools and stra

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction: Human Dignity and Healthy Environments.- Part 1: Conceptualizing Human Dignity, Closing the Gap.- Chapter 2. Introducing the Human Dignity Gap.- Chapter 3. Living and Leading for Human Dignity.- Chapter 4. Systematic Thinking for Human Dignity.- Chapter 5. Knowledge of Dignity Concerns.- Chapter 6. Problem Orientation Understanding.- Chapter 7. Accounting for Social Dynamics.- Chapter 8. Connecting to Decision Making.- Part 2: Practicing Problem Solving for Human Dignity.- Chapter 9. Reflecting on Yourself and Others.- Chapter 10. Learning About Goal Values.- Chapter 11. Interactions and Communications.- Chapter 12. Influencing Decision-making.- Chapter 13. Understanding Institutions.- Chapter 14. Social Change.- Chapter 15. Improving Capacity and Agency.- Part 3: Illustrating Problem Solving for Human Dignity.- Chapter 16. Community Food Security as an Entry Point for FoodSystem Change: A Case by David Pelletier.- Chapter 17. Enhancing Health Professionals’ Competencies to Support Breastfeeding Mothers in Quebec, Canada: A Case by Isabelle Michaud-létourneau, Jacqueline Wassef, Julie Lauzière, Laura Rosa Pascual, Marion Gayard, and Micheline Beaudry.- Chapter 18. Wildfire Risk and the Problem of Insurability: A Case by Matthew Auer.- Chapter 19. The Prospects for Ethnic Minorities in Southeast Asia: Using Policy Sciences to Avoid Analytic Pitfalls and Poor Policies: A Case by William Ascher.- Chapter 20. Reconciling Different Perspectives on the Ivory Trade in China: A Case by Yufang Gao and Susan G. Clark.- Chapter 21. Changing Education to Meet Today’s and Tomorrow’s Challenges: A Case by Richard L. Wallace.- Chapter 22. Conclusion: Citizenship and Leadership in Our Challenging Times.

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Book Synopsis1. Introduction rationale for the book, theoretical framework, unfolding of the sections and themes.- Part 1: The study of PA in Italy as interdisciplinary science: key disciplines and selected functional themes.- 2. Law, administrative law and the debate on Kelsen’s pure theory of law ‘vs.’ juridical realism in Italy.- 3. Budgeting and accounting and their reform in Italy.- 4. Controlling Public Expenditure: the practice of spending reviews, the role of the General Accounts Office (RGS), the Office for Forecast for the State Budget and the Court of Auditors.- 5. Performance management, accountability and transparency in Italy.- 6. Management theory and the Italian school of public management.- 7. Public policy and PA reform as a policy: policy cycles, antecedents and consequences in Italy.- 8. Better regulation in Italy.- 9. Social psychology and applications to PA problems in Italy.- 10. Digitisation of Italian PA.- 11. Big Data and AI: applications and impact on PA in Italy.- 12. The procurement function in Italy.- 13. Crisis governance and management in Italy.- Part 2: The professions of PA in Italy: Perspectives.- 14. Features of public employment and the education and training of public servants in Italy.- 15. Italian Public Employment between laws and labour contracts.- 16. Trade unions and PA.- 17. Professionals in public services and profiling the public manager in Italy.- 18. Trends in personnel management in Italy.- 19. Competency management and organisational design in Italian PA.- 20. Public Leadership and territorial leadership in Italian governments.- 21. The Judiciary and administrative action.- 22. Conclusion: taking stock of the case of Italy for advancing the science and the profession of PA in Italy.

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Book SynopsisThis book reconsiders the fundamental principles of zoning and city planning over the course of the past one-hundred years, and the lessons that can be learned for the future of cities. Bringing together the contributions of leading scholars, representing diverse methodologies and academic disciplines, this book studies core questions about the functionality of cities and the goals that should be promoted via zoning and planning. It considers the increasing pace of urbanization and growth of mega cities in both developed and developing countries; changing concepts on the role of mixed-use and density zoning; new policies on inclusionary zoning as a way to facilitate urban justice and social mobility; and the effects of current macrophenomena, such as mass immigration and globalization, on the changing landscape of cities. The book’s twelve chapters are divided into four parts, each addressing different aspects of zoning and planning by combining theoretical analysis with a close observation of diverse case studies from North America and Europe to the Middle East and developing economies. Part I offers a critical analysis of the conventional account of zoning as a top-down form of land-use regulation starting with the 1916 NYC code. Part II studies how contemporary concepts of zoning, both substantive and procedural, impact the built environment across today’s cities. Part III revisits the economic foundations of zoning and urban policy in the context of domestic markets, as compared with the regulatory and market effects of interstate agreements on cross-border real estate investments. Part IV analyzes the dominant, yet often implicit social and political motives that are driving zoning policies across different countries. This volume’s focus on the ties between zoning policy and economics, politics, socioeconomic conditions, and the local-to-global scope of governance will appeal to scholars and students of political science, economics, law, planning, sustainability, geography, sociology, and architecture, as well as policy-makers and practitioners, especially those in developing countries and transitional and emerging economies.Table of ContentsChapter 1: History of US Zoning in Comparative Perspective.- Chapter 2: North American Zoning: Real Estate Regulation, Past and Present.- Chapter 3: Market Externalities and the Evolution of Zoning.- Chapter 4: Beyond Zoning: Making A Place for Community Well-Being.- Chapter 5: Poor Zoning: The World Bank and Urban Planning Reform in India.- Chapter 6: Community Benefits Agreements: Flexibility and Accountability in the Land-Use Regulation Matrix.- Chapter 7: Zoning After the Berlin Wall: A Place-Based Policy Evaluation.- Chapter 8: Why Did Regional Income Convergence in the US End: The Role of Zoning.- Chapter 9: TTIP and CETA - Frivolous Claims to Democratic Legitimacy of Urban Development and Bona Fide Land Policies.- Chapter 10: Social Topographies- Rethinking Zoning Strategies.- Chapter 11: Checks and Balances in Planning Decentralization: Lessons from the Ontario Planning System.- Chapter 12:Revitalizing Land Use Law.

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Book SynopsisIn the light of better and more detailed administrative databases, this open access book provides statistical tools for evaluating the effects of public policies advocated by governments and public institutions. Experts from academia, national statistics offices and various research centers present modern econometric methods for an efficient data-driven policy evaluation and monitoring, assess the causal effects of policy measures and report on best practices of successful data management and usage. Topics include data confidentiality, data linkage, and national practices in policy areas such as public health, education and employment. It offers scholars as well as practitioners from public administrations, consultancy firms and nongovernmental organizations insights into counterfactual impact evaluation methods and the potential of data-based policy and program evaluation. Trade Review“This book, edited by Nuno Crato and Paolo Paruolo, provides a thorough analysis of evaluation studies and is a valuable contribution for a reader seeking to gain an understanding of the literature on microdata issues and the use of the results related to policy evaluation. … the book could be very useful to scholars interested in regional development and regional policy effectiveness given the topics and the discussions included.” (Roberto Gabriele, Regional Studies, Vol. 53 (6), 2019)Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Part I: Microdata for Policy Research.- Part II: Microdata Access.- Part III: Counterfactual Studies.- Part IV: Use of Results.

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Book SynopsisDer „Nationalsozialistische Untergrund“ (NSU) ermordete bis zu seiner Selbstaufdeckung 2011 zehn Menschen und verletzte zahlreiche weitere. Zwischen 1999 und 2011 verübte die Gruppe zehn Mordanschläge und drei Sprengstoffanschläge. Während die Bundesanwaltschaft im NSU-Prozess das Bild eines isolierten und nur von einzelnen Neonazis unterstützten Trios zeichnete, dem auch das Gericht in seinem Urteil folgte, zeichnet diese Studie ein verzweigtes Netzwerk nach und betont die Rolle der neonazistischen Bewegung bei der Entstehung, Radikalisierung und Unterstützung des NSU. Unter Rückgriff auf Ansätze aus der Forschung zu sozialen Bewegungen wird neben der Bedeutung radikaler Milieus auch die gesellschaftlicher Kontextbedingungen herausgearbeitet. Zu diesen Gelegenheitsstrukturen zählen etwa das Protest Policing, insbesondere die Vertrauenspersonenpraxis der Verfassungsschutzämter, oder der Asyldiskurs in den frühen 1990er Jahren. Auf der Grundlage von empirischem Material aus der neonazistischen Bewegung wird zusätzlich der bewegungsinterne Gewaltdiskurs untersucht und die diskursive Konstruktion von Deutungs- und Handlungsrahmen in Bewegung und radikalen Milieus und ihre Bedeutung für die Gewaltpraxis des NSU analysiert. Damit zeigt diese Studie Perspektiven für die Erforschung des Rechtsterrorismus auf, die auch unabhängig vom NSU relevant sind.Table of ContentsRechtsextremismus, Rechtsradikalismus, extreme Rechte und Neonazismus. - Politische Gewalt und Terrorismus. - Erklärungsansätze für Terrorismus. - Rechtsterrorismus in Deutschland und Schweden 1990-2011.- Ideologie des Rechtsterrorismus.- Strategien politischer Praxis des Rechtsterrorismus.- Deutschland und Schweden: Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede.

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Book SynopsisDiese Publikation bietet keine vorgefertigten Lösungsmodelle, sondern führt von der Realität inspirierter Fallbeispiele aus dem Bereich der Wirtschafts- und Industriespionage an, welche mittels wissenschaftlicher Modelle / Methoden erläutert werden. Es wird bewusst ein interdisziplinärer Zugang gewählt, um den Themenkomplex Wirtschafts- und Industriespionage, insbesondere hinsichtlich der organisationstheoretischen Aspekte sowie der zunehmenden Internationalisierung der Unternehmen, zu skizzieren. Speziell die Rolle des Mitarbeiters wird, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung bestehender Konzepte des Personal- und Organisationsmanagements, einschließlich der psychologischen Aspekte, mit der Thematik Spionage in Kontext gebracht.Table of ContentsDie unterschätzte Gefahr.- Die Spionage-Pyramide.- Das Management-Problem.- Sicherheitsfaktor Standort.- Ausländisches Recht und Spionage.- Sicher aufgestellt.- Sicherheit mit Kultur.- Personal(management) am Prüfstand.- Need-to-…Prinzip und (Informationsfluss)membran.- Schlüssel für Schutz und Sicherheit.

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Book SynopsisVor dem Hintergrund der sprachlichen und strukturellen Vielfalt im deutschsprachigen Hochschulbereich und der Anforderung an die Hochschulen in der EU, die Bologna-Beschlüsse umzusetzen, befasst sich Marco Carolla mit der Frage, ob die Struktur der Datenbasis von Campus-Management-Systemen standardisierbar ist. Er konstruiert ein Referenz-Datenmodell für den – sowohl technisch als auch organisatorisch schwergewichtigen – Teilbereich „Lehre“ und evaluiert es auf Basis einer Stichprobe aus 10 der 60 großen deutschsprachigen Hochschulen.Table of Contents​Diskursbereich Studienmodellierung.- Grundbegriffe, Ansatz und Vorgehensweise-. Die Ontologie UFO.- Modellierungsmethode.- Referenz-Datenmodell.- Modellevaluation.

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Book SynopsisGemeinnützige oder Nonprofit-Organisationen (NPO) stehen aktuell vor vielfältigen Herausforderungen. Diese problematisiert der Sammelband, indem er die Perspektive der Fallstudie wählt. So wird anhand einer Vielzahl von Beispielen aufgezeigt, wie NPOs in unterschiedlichen Konstellationen auf veränderte Rahmenbedingungen reagieren können. Sie illustrieren, wie Probleme in der Praxis angegangen werden, welche Schwierigkeiten dabei auftreten und wie diese erfolgreich zu bewältigen sind. Dabei wird ein breites Spektrum an Tätigkeitsfeldern, Problematiken und Lösungsansätzen abgedeckt. Der Schwerpunkt liegt weniger auf den Großorganisationen des NPO-Sektors in Deutschland, sondern vielmehr auf den kleineren Organisationen und ihren Bedarfen, innovativen Ansätzen und Problemlösungsstrategien.Trade Review“... Die Kombination von Einführungsbeiträgen, Fallstudien und Interviews macht den Band sehr lesefreundlich. ... Das Buch eignet sich durch seinen Aufbau und den starken Praxisbezug sowohl für Dozierende im Rahmen von Fallbesprechungen im Unterricht, als auch für Fach- und Führungskräfte in Nonprofit Organisationen ...” (Peter Suter, in: VM Verbands-Management, Heft 2, 2016)Table of ContentsNPO heißt Veränderung.- Involvieren und mobilisieren: Freiwillige gewinnen.- Interessenvertretung durch NPOs.- Neue Wege der Mittelbeschaffung.- Auf die Sache kommt es an: Soziales unternehmen!

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch gibt Antworten auf die Frage, welche personellen und organisatorischen Faktoren die erfolgreiche Realisierung einer Innovation begründen. Der Autor wirft hierfür einen Blick auf die Motive der Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter, welche Änderungen umsetzen müssen. Am Beispiel der Reform des öffentlichen Haushalts- und Rechnungswesens des Stadtstaates Hamburg werden die Erfolgsfaktoren für die Implementierung öffentlicher Innovationsprojekte beschrieben und analysiert. Forschungsfragen aus der Privatwirtschaft werden dabei mit Instrumenten der empirischen Sozialforschung auf die öffentliche Verwaltung übertragen – mit überraschenden Ergebnissen.Table of ContentsNew Public Management.- Haushaltsreformen im Stadtstaat Hamburg.- Innovations- und Changemanagement.- Erfolgsfaktoren im Innovationsmanagement.

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Book SynopsisGemeinden haben es immer wieder mit Veränderungsprozessen zu tun, die für Beteiligte und Betroffene eine große Herausforderung darstellen und den gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt stören. Infrastrukturprojekte, Gemeindefusionen und -kooperationen, Betriebsansiedlungen und auch die Thematik der Asylbewerber und -berechtigten sind Beispiele dafür. Doch welches Konfliktpotential liegt in Veränderungsprozessen speziell im öffentlichen Bereich und wie gehen die Initiatoren damit am besten um?Das Buch richtet sich an Gemeindeverantwortliche und höhere Verwaltungsbeamte und stellt konkretes Handwerkszeug vor, mit dessen Hilfe sie konfliktbeladene Projekte selbst begleiten oder aber Moderationsbedarf von außen besser abschätzen können. Die Instrumente dazu stammen z. B. aus Prozessmanagement, Projektmanagement, Change Management und Strategieentwicklung. Die Autorin erläutert, welche Rolle Kommunikation und vor allem die richtigen Fragen für den konstruktiven Austausch spielen. Sie stellt Konfliktpräventionsmaßnahmen ebenso vor wie mediative Strategien, Interventionsmöglichkeiten und die Chancen, die Bürgerbeteiligungskonzepte bieten. Viele der theoretischen Grundlagen werden mit Beispielen aus der Praxis erläutert.Table of ContentsVeränderung ist leicht, man muss nur das Richtige tun!.- Veränderungsprozesse steuern – gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt gewährleisten: Was heißt das?.- Über Konflikte.- Komplexität und ihre Bedeutung im öffentlichen Bereich.- Interkulturelle Kompetenz.- Kommunikation.- Mediation und mediative Strategien.- Tipps aus der Verhaltensökonomie.- Führung im Wandel: Hilfestellung durch das „Ehrenamt“ in Belangen des öffentlichen Bereiches.

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Book SynopsisDie Besonderheit der Verkehrspolitik besteht darin, dass sie mit dem Querschnitts-Thema Verkehr in viele andere gesellschaftliche Themenfelder hineinragt und umgekehrt auch von diesen beeinflusst wird. Dem entsprechend versammelt dieser Band Expertinnen und Experten unterschiedlichster Disziplinen, die sich jeweils verschiedenen Dimensionen des Verkehrsthemas widmen. Das Ziel ist es, das komplexe Wirkungsgefüge Verkehr vorzustellen und ein Gefühl für die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen verkehrspolitischer Gestaltung zu vermitteln. Die wissenschaftliche Verkehrspolitik ist eine Domäne der Wirtschaftswissenschaften. Bisher fehlte eine Einführung in das Politikfeld Verkehr, die einen interdisziplinären Ansatz verfolgt und auch von Fachfremden und Studierenden benachbarter Disziplinen ohne Vorwissen genutzt werden kann. Der Band bietet erstmals eine allgemeinverständliche Einführung in die wissenschaftliche Verkehrspolitik, die fächerübergreifend angelegt ist und insbesondere ein Angebot für Studierende darstellt.Table of ContentsZur politischen Wissenschaft des Verkehrs.- Verkehrsdimensionen.- Zentrale Themenfelder.- Ausblicke

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Book SynopsisSeit den Hartz-Reformen stehen die Auswirkungen auf die Bezieher sozialer Dienstleistungen im Mittelpunkt des öffentlichen und wissenschaftlichen Interesses. Weitgehend unbeachtet blieb hingegen der – in Tradition des New Public Management interpretierbare – Wandel der Arbeitsbedingungen innerhalb der Arbeitsverwaltung selbst.Die vorliegende Abhandlung schließt diese Forschungslücke und rückt die Beschäftigten der Jobcenter in den personalwirtschaftlichen Fokus. Dirk Salmon erweitert dabei seinen theoretischen Rahmen, indem mit dem Konstrukt der Public Service Motivation ein angloamerikanisch geprägter Forschungsstrang für Deutschland adaptiert wird. Im Zentrum der Arbeit steht eine umfangreiche Mitarbeiterbefragung mit über 4.500 Teilnehmern. Mittels quantitativer Forschungsmethoden bringt der Autor mehr Licht in das komplexe Geflecht von motivationaler Orientierung, Passung zur Organisation und deren Hang zum intensiven Controlling.Das Buch richtet sich an Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftler, (Personal-)Praktiker des öffentlichen Dienstes sowie an Beschäftigte und Entscheidungsträger der deutschen Arbeitsverwaltung.Table of Contents1 Einleitung.- 2 Der Kulturwandel des Öffentlichen Dienstes.- 3 Theoretischer Bezugsrahmen.- 4 Empirische Analyse.- 5 Ergebnisse.- 6 Schlussbetrachtung.- Literaturverzeichnis.- Anlage 1.

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Book SynopsisThomas Breyer-Mayländer zeigt in diesem essential, wie Probleme sowohl bei der Rekrutierung von Kandidatinnen und Kandidaten für unterschiedliche Ämter als auch bei der Akquisition von Nachwuchskräften in Kommunalverwaltungen mithilfe einer klaren inhaltlichen Botschaft in Verbindung mit gezielten Kommunikations- und Partizipationsmaßnahmen reduziert werden können. Dabei kommt es neben einer gezielten Planung von PR- und Werbemaßnahmen auch auf die kreative Erschließung und Nutzung eigener, kommunaler Kommunikationskanäle an. Der Autor verdeutlicht, dass neben den Kommunikationsmaßnahmen auch aktivierende Formate der Beteiligung die gegenseitige Wahrnehmung von Bürgerinnen und Bürgern sowie Kommune/Kommunalpolitik verändern. Neben Partizipation geht es um Involvement, Identifikation und Commitment im Sinne einer selbstlosen Aktivität für das kommunale Gemeinwohl.Table of ContentsSachstand und Problemstellung: Das (Des)Interesse an kommunalen Themen.- Das Umfeld: Vom Individualisten bis zum Wutbürger.- Maßnahmen und Lösungsansätze.

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Book SynopsisDieses Buch ist Leitfaden, Ideenquelle und Nachschlagewerk für alle, die für die Gestaltung zukunftsfähiger Innenstädte und Ortszentren verantwortlich sind.Der Autor liefert praxisnahe Ideen und Handlungsoptionen für die Stärkung und Belebung von Innenstädten und Ortsmitten. Ziel ist es, die umfassenden Ursachen des Innenstadtsterbens zu erkennen, die Problemfelder zu identifizieren sowie Lösungsansätze und konkrete Maßnahmen abzuleiten. Checklisten für verschiedenste Citymanagement-Aufgaben und -Projekte machen das Buch zu einem wertvollen Alltagsbegleiter.Frank Manfrahs hat aus seiner langjährigen Praxis das 9K-Citymanagement-Modellentwickelt, welches das Management komplexer Innenstadtprozesse deutlich vereinfacht.Er ist der festen Überzeugung, dass ein Niedergang unserer oftmals wunderbaren Stadt- und Ortszentren nicht nur ein immenser wirtschaftlicher, sondern auch gesellschaftlicher Verlust wäre. Dem gilt es entgegenzuwirken. Das Buch bietet dafürkompetentes Fachwissen, zahlreiche Anregungen und praktische Anleitungen für diekonkrete Umsetzung.Aus dem Inhalt 16 Checklisten für die tägliche Arbeit Was Innenstädten den Todesstoß versetzt Citymanagement aufbauen und umsetzen Suchen und Finden eines erfolgreichen Citymanagers Profil- und Markenbildung für Innenstädte und Ortszentren Projektmanagement für Citymanagement-Starter Standortkommunikation Förderung von Einzelhandel und Gastronomie Leerstandsmanagement und Branchenmixsteuerung Veranstaltungsmanagement Aufenthaltsqualität und Stadtgestaltung Erreichbarkeit, Parken und Verkehr Baustellenmarketing Innenstadt-Tourismus Bonusteil: Praxisbericht Hohenlimburg, Erfolgsmusternutzung jenseits von Innenstädten sowie Expertengespräch „Lernen von Shopping Centern“ Table of Contents Was Innenstädten den Todesstoß versetzt Es muss was passieren: Citymanagement als Antwort auf die Krise der Innenstädte und Ortszentren Vom austauschbaren Produkt zum einzigartigen Markenerlebnis: Profilbildung für Innenstädte und Ortszentren Ergebnisorientiert und strukturiert arbeiten: Vorstellung eines einfachen Projektmanagement-Modells für Citymanagement-Starter Werben, informieren, im Gespräch sein: Innenstadt-Belebung durch gezielte Standortkommunikation Frischer Wind für leere Läden: Innenstadt-Belebung durch branchenorientiertes Leerstandsmanagement Immer was los: Innenstadt-Belebung durch den Aufbau zugkräftiger Veranstaltungen Ankommen, wohlfühlen, verweilen: Innenstadt-Belebung durch Schaffung von Aufenthaltsqualität „Endlich am Ziel!“ - Innenstadt-Belebung durch Schaffung einer optimalen Erreichbarkeit Zentrenumbau erfolgreich meistern: Innenstadt-Belebung mit Hilfe von Baustellenmarketing „Wir laden gern´ uns Gäste ein!“ - Innenstadt-Belebung durch touristische Potentialentwicklung Einblick in ein aktuelles Citymanagement-Projekt: Hohenlimburg-Report Blick über den Tellerrand: Erfolgsmuster und Mutmacher jenseits von Innenstädten Was Innenstädte von Einkaufszentren lernen können – Expertengespräch mit Michael Grundmann

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Book SynopsisIn diesem essential zeigen Birgit Schenk und Claudia Schneider praxisnah, wie das digitale Reifegradmodell auf dem Weg der digitalen Transformation einer Verwaltung verwendet werden kann. Dabei dient das Modell sowohl zur Bestimmung des Ausgangspunkts als auch zur ganzheitlichen Steuerung von strategischen Veränderungsprozessen. Anhand von Beispielen aus ausgewählten Kommunalverwaltungen stellen die Autorinnen das Modell vor und belegen, wie es damit gelingt, Strukturen und Geschäftsprozesse zu gestalten, die Organisationskultur zu entwickeln, das Lernen der Organisationsmitglieder zu organisieren und somit den Weg zur echten Smart City zu realisieren.Table of ContentsDer Startschuss für die Digitalisierung.- Die Messung der digitalen Reife.- Beispiele für strategische Steuerung auf der Basis von Reifegraddiagnostik.

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Book SynopsisAlexander Rhode investigates performance-oriented measures of Contracting Authorities in public tenders conducted within the EU. He finds that Contracting Authorities can improve their performance and attract more suppliers by publishing (as precise as possible) starting prices in the beginning of a tender. First, he reports that compared with private-sector negotiations, starting prices do not create entry barriers in public procurement. Second, he finds that increased numerical precision of starting prices is linearly correlated with better performance and a higher number of bids. In public procurement, suppliers tend to attribute increased credibility to precise starting prices which reduces their (perceived) entry risks. Table of ContentsDefinition of performance management in tenders.- Identification of Contracting Authorities’ scope of action.- Discussion of performance-oriented measures.- Investigation of starting price publication.- Analysis of starting price precision.- Derivation of managerial and regulative implications.

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Book SynopsisDas Prinzip Privat vs. Staat im Schwarz-Weiß-Verständnis von gut oder böse, effizient oder träge ist eine ideologische Mogelpackung. Das Buch zeigt erstmals die Realität und legt dabei den Fokus auf jenen Teil der Wirtschaft, der existenzielle Leistungen erbringt. Dafür stehen u.a. die Versorgung mit Wasser, die Entsorgung, das Recycling von Abfall oder der ÖPNV. In diesen Bereichen ist die Öffentlich-Private Kooperation, vor allem in gemeinsamen Unternehmen, seit Jahrzehnten ein Erfolgsmodell – unbeschadet von den Hoheliedern der 90er Jahre auf die Privatisierung sowie den neueren Tendenzen zur Rekommunalisierung.Das Buch ist ein Beitrag zu den großen gesellschaftspolitischen Zukunftsdiskussionen. Die existentiellen Herausforderungen können wir meistern, nicht zuletzt durch die Weiterentwicklung der sozialen Marktwirtschaft. Deren zentrales Bekenntnis lautet, dass Eigentum auch dem Gemeinwohl verpflichtet sein muss. Dazu gehört die Anerkennung der herausgehobenen Rolle der Daseinsvorsorge im Kanon wirtschaftlicher Betätigungen.Weitere zentrale Themen des Buches sind: ÖPP zwischen Daseinsvorsorge, Infrastrukturdefiziten und Gewinnorientierung - Die falsche Reduktion auf Vertragspartnerschaften - Erfolgsfaktoren von ÖPP-Daseinsvorsorgeunternehmen - „Öffentlich-Private Daseinsvorsorge“ – ein neuer Begriff.Table of ContentsKommunalwirtschaft, Daseinsvorsorge, ÖPP.- Öffentliche und private Wirtschaft – Komplexität und Abgrenzung.- ÖPP-Felder – Versuch einer Kategorisierung.- ÖPP – ein nationaler und internationaler Exkurs.- ÖPP auf staatlicher Ebene – Infrastrukturprojekte und gemeinsame Unternehmen.- ÖPP auf staatlicher Ebene: Warum die Bilanz vorwiegend Pleiten, Pech und Pannen aufweist und wir trotzdem nicht schwarz-weiß malen dürfen.- ÖPP auf kommunaler Ebene mit den Schwerpunkten Daseinsvorsorge, deren Infrastrukturen und gemischtwirtschaftliche Unternehmen.- ÖPP-Befragung für die kommunale Ebene mit dem Schwerpunkt gemischtwirtschaftliche Unternehmen.- ÖPP auf kommunaler Ebene: Infrastrukturprojekte und gemeinsame Unternehmen – Analyse von Fallbeispielen.- Erfolgsfaktoren von ÖPP-Unternehmen in der kommunalen Daseinsvorsorge und eine Handreichung für die Implementierung solcher Kooperationen.- Ein Besuch im Vatikan und die Einsicht, dass zwei päpstliche Weckrufe zur Bewahrung der Schöpfung auch in einem ÖPP-Kontext stehen.- ÖPP-Unternehmen, Remondis und die kommunale Daseinsvorsorge.- Ein ungewöhnliches Schlusswort: Eine semantische ÖPP-Präzisierung und weitere Schlussfolgerungen – vorgestellt, diskutiert und bewertet in einem Gespräch der Autoren mit Vera Gäde-Butzlaff.

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Book SynopsisDieser Sammelband beantwortet folgende Fragen - formuliert von einem interdisziplinären Team aus Forscher*innen und Praktiker*innen: Welche Herausforderungen für den gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt existieren aktuell – insbesondere in Ostdeutschland? Welche Lösungswege werden bereits in der politischen Praxis genutzt, und mit welchem Erfolg? Wie lässt sich gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt proaktiv gestalten – insbesondere unter den Bedingungen zunehmender Vielfalt? Welche Rolle spielen Bürgerdialoge im Erhalt des gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalts?Table of ContentsGesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt.- Kommunikation und Dialog.- Gestaltungsideen

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Book SynopsisDie Integration von Geflüchteten ist eine zentrale gesellschaftspolitische Aufgabe in Deutschland. Dieses essential geht auf Herausforderungen in der beschäftigungsorientierten Beratung und Vermittlung von Geflüchteten ein. Dazu werden acht Critical Incidents und drei Gesprächsleitfäden vorgestellt. Die Gesprächsleitfäden behandeln den Umgang mit wechselseitigen Erwartungen, die Suche nach beruflichen Zielen sowie die Vorteile einer Ausbildung bzw. Qualifizierung.Table of ContentsGestaltung des Integrationsprozesses in Ausbildung und Arbeit bei Geflüchteten.- Aufgaben von Integrationsfachkräften im Migrations- und Fluchtkontext.- Fallbeispiele mit Lösungsmustern für die Beratung und Integration

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Book SynopsisModerne Demokratien stehen vor fundamentalen Herausforderungen. Dazu zählt das Phänomen der Anomie, verstanden als Zustand systematischen Normen- und Ordnungsverlusts. Die Studie dokumentiert die weite Verbreitung anomischer Potentiale in westlichen Demokratien, belegt aber auch deren Ambivalenz: Denn aus solchen Gefahren können auch Lerneffekte resultieren, die eine politische Modernisierung begünstigen. Auf dieser breiten empirischen Erkenntnisgrundlage unternimmt die Studie eine interdisziplinäre theoretische Erklärung dieser faszinierend vielfältigen Herausforderung moderner Demokratien. Table of ContentsStrukturelle Annäherungen.- Funktionale Annäherungen.- Transversale Annäherungen.- Bilanz und Folgerungen.

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Book SynopsisDas Kürzel ÖPP darf nicht mehr das Synonym für Vertragspartnerschaften beim Bau und Betrieb von Infrastrukturprojekten und den dazu ständig kolportierten Geschichten des Scheiterns sein. Im Gegensatz zu diesen Klischees gibt es ein reales Erfolgsmodell. Das sind gemeinsame Unternehmen von Öffentlicher Hand und Privatwirtschaft in der kommunalen Daseinsvorsorge. Warum ist das so und worin liegen die konkreten Rahmenbedingungen für eine gedeihliche Kooperation? Antworten auf diese und weitere Fragen geben die Autoren Michael Schäfer und Ludger Rethmann in diesem essential.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Öffentlich-Private Daseinsvorsorge (ÖPD) und Öffentlich-Private Partnerschaften (ÖPP). Gemeinsamkeiten und grundlegende Unterschiede.- Gemischtwirtschaftliche Unternehmen als höchste Form öffentlich-privater Partnerschaften.- Öffentlich-Private Daseinsvorsorge. Fazit und Vorausschau

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses the interrelationship between practices of collective self-interpretation, in this case national identity construction, and integration policies, using the example of Denmark and Sweden. Though both countries are considered to be socially progressive and modern, not least by themselves, the author makes the novel and provocative argument that both Denmark and Sweden are caught in a (discourse) paradox when it comes to integration policy, which stands in the way of successful immigrant integration. The author uses an innovative approach to reconstruct the Danish and the Swedish national identity by using social studies schoolbooks and novels as research material, thereby adding an interdisciplinary dimension to the book. About the author Marilena Geugjes is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden, Germany. She earned her doctorate in Political Science at Heidelberg University. Her research focuses on migration and integration policy, local politics, and the role of the police. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Danishness and Swedishness in Academic Discourse.- Identity and Integration.- Methodology.- (Re-)Constructing Danishness and Swedishness.- Collective Identity and Integration Policy.- Conclusion.

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