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Book SynopsisJOHN BENINGTON is Emeritus Professor of Governance and Public Management, Warwick Business School, UK; formerly the Founding Director of the Local Government Centre and then of the Institute of Governance and Public Management (IGPM), Warwick Business School. MARK H. MOORE is the Hauser Professor of Nonprofit Organizations at the Kennedy School of Government, USA. He is also a Visiting Professor in the Social Enterprise Program at the Harvard Business School, Harvard University, USA.

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Book SynopsisUsing an analytical framework based on Foucault's concept of governmentality and through unique case-studies, this volume explores the ongoing transformations taking place in the Swedish welfare state. Trade Review'For many of us Sweden is the iconic social democratic welfare state. But this fascinating collection of essays from the University of Gothenberg, covering a wide range of aspects of contemporary Sweden, helps us to understand that the Swedish welfare state is certainly reconfiguring and may well be transforming'. - Jonathan Bradshaw, Professor at the Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, UK 'The plural in the title signals the break between this book and many others on the topic. Typically seen in monolithic terms, the Swedish Welfare State is invariably regarded as either a continuing marvel or in the 'neoliberal fairytale' alluded to in the Introduction as ineluctably broken. But what if a mix of social engineering by experts and public-private partnerships as much as central governmental administration by design was always intrinsic to the Swedish welfare state? Rather than state versus market versus civil society, the detailed chapters in this volume point to a variety of ways in which human welfare continues to be regarded as a collective political engagement in Sweden even as an emphasis on 'responsibility' represents a renegotiation of the old social contract.' - John Agnew, Professor in the Department of Geography, UCLA, USA 'This collective project of a new generation, the most circumspect and theoretically engaged attempt at grasping contemporary Sweden, is also a manifestation of the continuing vitality of the Sociology Department at Gothenburg University.' - Göran Therborn, Chair and Professor of Sociology, University of Cambridge, UKTable of ContentsList of Figures, Tables, and Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors PART I: APPROACHING THE SWEDISH MODEL Transformations of the Swedish Welfare State: Social Engineering, Governance and Governmentality – An Introduction; B.Larsson, M.Letell & H.Thörn Pathways of the Welfare State: Growth and Democracy; M.Peterson PART II: SECURITY AND CONTROL The Swedish 'Welfare-Warfare Nexus' and the New Security Architecture; H.Glimell Governing Unruly Technology: Swedish Politicians and Nuclear Power; G.Sundqvist Social Policy Reforms in Sweden: New Perspectives on Rights and Obligations; U.Björnberg Labour Market Policies in Transition: From Social Engineering to stand-by-ability; M.Bengtsson & T.Berglund Decentring Economic Regulation and Control: Reinforcing Trust through Self-regulation; B.Larsson & O.Engdahl Criminal Records: Governing Symbols; C.Backman PART III: PUBLIC HEALTH The Advanced Liberal Logic of Nicotine Replacement and the Swedish Invention of Smoking as Addiction; M.Elam and A.Gunnarsson From Medicine by Wire to Governing Wireless: Changing Geographies of Healthcare; J.Petersson Governance of End of Life: The Case of Sweden; N.Machado Governing by Drugs: The Denial of Subsidy for Viagra Use in Sweden; E.Sjögren & E.Johnson PART IV: THE CITY Governing Movements in Urban Space; H.Thörn From the Lonely Homophile in the Darkness to Rainbow Families in the Streets – A Story of Liberation?; C.Wasshede Real Estate Ownership Concentration and Urban Governance; M.Landzelius Homelessness as Politics and Market; C.Löfstrand Conclusions: Re-engineering the Swedish Welfare State; H.Thörn & B.Larsson Epilogue: Social Change, Scholarly Change, and Scholarly Continuity; G.Therborn References

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Book SynopsisMARTIN LODGE is Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.KAI WEGRICH is Professor of Public Policy and Administration at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin, Germany.Table of ContentsWhat is Regulation? Theories of Regulation Standard Setting Enforcement Alternatives to Regulation Regulation Inside Government International Regulation Infrastructure Regulation Franchising Better Regulation Risk and Regulation What is Good Regulation?

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Book SynopsisUsing a unique dataset spanning fifty years of policy-making in Britain, this book traces how topics like the economy, international affairs, and crime have shifted in importance. It takes a new approach to agenda setting called focused adaptation, and sheds new light on key points of change in British politics, such as Thatcherism and New Labour.Trade ReviewPolicy Agendas in British Politics presents a novel overview of British politics and policy making across the past two generations. The authors carefully assess different depictions of the policy process, including incrementalism, partisan control theories, policy network theory, punctuated equilibrium, and the impact of particular leaders, and confront these theoretical approaches with a comprehensive and novel database constructed with painstaking work over the past many years. The result is a new understanding of the dynamics of British politics, one that tests rather than assumes the impact of such things as changes in Prime Ministerial leadership, external shocks, or institutional design. Further, the work allows the dynamics of British policy development to be put into a broad comparative perspective. The result of this impressive theoretical and empirical work is a new understanding of how the British government has evolved from 1945 to 2010. The impressive empirical work, combined with careful theorizing and attention to previous works of many types will guarantee a wide and well deserved audience in Britain and beyond. Frank R. Baumgartner, Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA A new and innovative lens through which to analyse and understand policy prioritisation in the UK since 1945: new in its heuristic of 'focused adaptation', new in its dataset, new in its use of change point analysis, and new in its challenges to existing academic orthodoxies about policy stability and change. New is good. David Judge, Department of Government, University of Strathclyde, UK. This book is a very innovative and carefully executed piece of scholarship: a careful analysis of the Queen's Speech as a means of exploring policy agendas has not been undertaken before. The model of focused adaptation provides an interesting and potentially very useful addition to existing theoretical frameworks. It represents a valuable addition to the public policy literature. Wyn Grant, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, UK.Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements 1. The Policy Agenda and British Politics 2. Policy-Making and British Politics 3. Measuring the Policy Agenda: Policy, Public and Media in Britain 4. Change and Stability in Executive and Legislative Agendas 5. Policy Punctuations 6. Structural Shifts in British Political Attention 7. Public Opinion and the Policy Agenda 8. The Media 9. Budgets and Policy Implementation 10. Conclusion References List of Tables and Figures

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn this important book, Nattrass...deftly examines widespread misconceptions about the origin, transmission, and health effects of AIDS. Publishers Weekly A remarkably well argued case against unscientific approaches to AIDS and a brilliant defense of evidence-based medicine. Library Journal (starred review) The AIDS Conspiracy is essential reading for anyone who is curious about why some people will not accept scientific facts about the nature, origin and lethality of HIV. -- Robin A. Weiss Nature a highly accessible, impeccably referenced, scholarly work, which should be essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the role of conspiracy theories in the social and political history of the AIDS epidemic. -- Neil Bennet Lancet Nattrass lucidly examines the social and scientific stresses that confound the public when confronted with pseudoscientifc propaganda in life-threatening scenarios. Highly recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. The Conspiratorial Move Against HIV Science and Its Consequences 2. AIDS Origin Conspiracy Theories in the United States and South Africa 3. Who Believes AIDS Conspiracy Theories and Why Leadership Matters 4. Science 5. Science 6. Hero Scientists 7. Defending the Imprimatur of Science: Duesberg and the Medical Hypotheses Saga 8. The Conspiratorial Move and the Struggle for Evidence-based Medicine Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisStates have banned smoking in workplaces, restaurants, and bars. They have increased tobacco tax rates, extended clean air laws, and mounted dramatic antismoking campaigns. Yet tobacco use remains high among Americans, prompting many health professionals to seek bolder measures to reduce smoking rates, which has raised concerns about the social and economic consequences of these measures. Retail and hospitality businesses worry smoking bans and excise taxes will reduce profit, and with tobacco farming and cigarette manufacturing concentrated in southeastern states, policymakers fear the decline of regional economies. Such concerns are not necessarily unfounded, though until now, no comprehensive survey has responded to these beliefs by capturing the impact of tobacco control across the nation. This book, the result of research commissioned by Legacy and Columbia University's Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, considers the economic impact of reducing smoking rateTrade ReviewThis collection dealing with the economic 'fallout' of a nonsmoking society provides a solid scientific basis for understanding just what would be the costs, benefits, and consequences if all the hard-fought interventions against smoking succeeded. This should be mandatory reading for policy makers and public health professionals who need to fully understand and communicate the benefits of a smoke-free society to those who remain skeptical about these benefits. -- Thomas E. Novotny, former assistant United States surgeon general As these important essays so clearly show, if America became truly smoke free, the social, economic, and health consequences would be nothing short of profound. The essays collected here-representing diverse disciplinary approaches-point us toward the next critical phase of informed and effective tobacco control policies. -- Allan M. Brandt, Harvard University What would happen if smoking rates plummeted because of more vigorous application of proven policies such as increasing the taxes on tobacco products and expanding the range of smoke-free locations? After Tobacco rigorously examines the potential impact of greatly decreased tobacco use on myriad sectors. It is an important resource for those interested in public policy, public health, government, economics, and health care. -- Steven A. Schroeder, Director of the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, University of California The expansive overview here is distinctive, while the work's technical nature makes it useful primarily for academic and government libraries serving policy makers. The antismoking lobby will also love it. Library Journal A provocative book worthy of a careful read. Kirkus Reviews a welcome contribution to an important public health topic for students as well as policy makers. Health Affairs ...provides a full, scholarly, creative, interdisciplinary, and thoughtful analysis. -- Ross Koppel Contemporary Sociology

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Book SynopsisStates have banned smoking in workplaces, restaurants, and bars. They have increased tobacco tax rates, extended clean air laws, and mounted dramatic antismoking campaigns. Yet tobacco use remains high among Americans, prompting many health professionals to seek bolder measures to reduce smoking rates, which has raised concerns about the social and economic consequences of these measures. Retail and hospitality businesses worry smoking bans and excise taxes will reduce profit, and with tobacco farming and cigarette manufacturing concentrated in southeastern states, policymakers fear the decline of regional economies. Such concerns are not necessarily unfounded, though until now, no comprehensive survey has responded to these beliefs by capturing the impact of tobacco control across the nation. This book, the result of research commissioned by Legacy and Columbia University's Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, considers the economic impact of reducing smoking rateTrade ReviewThis collection dealing with the economic 'fallout' of a nonsmoking society provides a solid scientific basis for understanding just what would be the costs, benefits, and consequences if all the hard-fought interventions against smoking succeeded. This should be mandatory reading for policy makers and public health professionals who need to fully understand and communicate the benefits of a smoke-free society to those who remain skeptical about these benefits. -- Thomas E. Novotny, former assistant United States surgeon general As these important essays so clearly show, if America became truly smoke free, the social, economic, and health consequences would be nothing short of profound. The essays collected here-representing diverse disciplinary approaches-point us toward the next critical phase of informed and effective tobacco control policies. -- Allan M. Brandt, Harvard University What would happen if smoking rates plummeted because of more vigorous application of proven policies such as increasing the taxes on tobacco products and expanding the range of smoke-free locations? After Tobacco rigorously examines the potential impact of greatly decreased tobacco use on myriad sectors. It is an important resource for those interested in public policy, public health, government, economics, and health care. -- Steven A. Schroeder, Director of the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, University of California The expansive overview here is distinctive, while the work's technical nature makes it useful primarily for academic and government libraries serving policy makers. The antismoking lobby will also love it. Library Journal A provocative book worthy of a careful read. Kirkus Reviews a welcome contribution to an important public health topic for students as well as policy makers. Health Affairs ...provides a full, scholarly, creative, interdisciplinary, and thoughtful analysis. -- Ross Koppel Contemporary Sociology

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Book SynopsisDespite the destabilizing potential of governing of a vast territory and a large multicultural population, the centralized government of the People’s Republic of China has held together for decades. By analyzing Beijing’s strategies for maintaining control, Centrifugal Empire reveals the thinking behind China’s approach to local governance.Trade ReviewCentrifugal Empire provides a wide-ranging, historically grounded, empirically rich, and intellectually challenging exploration of central-local relations in China and of various approaches to dealing with them. It greatly enriches our understanding of how issues in central-local relations are contouring both reforms and their likely outcomes in contemporary China. -- Kenneth Lieberthal, senior fellow in Foreign Policy and Global Economy and Development, The Brookings Institution Long one of our premier specialists on central-local relations in China, Jae Ho Chung has produced his most comprehensive, innovative, and definitive treatise yet on this often puzzling subject. He concludes that we can find much of the long historical past in the current regime's deep-seated urges and incessant struggles to remain atop efforts of lower-echelon striving for place and power. This book is meticulously researched, ripe with multiple analytical distinctions, and rich in nuance. It is the source to consult on this topic. -- Dorothy J. Solinger, University of California, Irvine Over recent years, Chung has established himself as probably the expert on central-local relations in China. This book is extremely comprehensive, and pulls together and extends the concerns Chung has developed elsewhere. It is well researched, contains a great deal of useful material, raises many questions, and should be widely read by specialists. -- Joseph Fewsmith, Boston University Chung gives a novel answer to the oldest problem in Chinese governance: how does Beijing-or the center-control local administrations? He draws a key conclusion: the center's ability to shape local outcomes has actually increased over time, in spite of marketization and new local interests. Instead of weakening the regime, local governance has become an asset to ensure its resilience. -- Francois Godement, director of the Asia and China Programme and senior policy fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations Chung is widely recognized as the leading scholar on the politics of central-local relations in China. This highly readable book, set in an historical context, draws on his expertise and insights to elucidate the Chinese national government's multifaceted efforts today to control regional and local governments. -- Jonathan Unger, editor of The China Journal Insightful and timely book... Overall, this comprehensive and definitive book on China's central-local relations is a must-read for scholars interested in related issues. Choice This is a short work, but one in which every sentence contirbutes something to the overall argument... A must read for anyone who wishes to understand precisely how China works. Asian Review of Books Page after page, Centrifugal Empire becomes a constant source of inspiration and thoughts on China's governance, and it reveals how the very evolution of the perpetual tension between the center and the provinces...is at the core of any possible speculation on China's future. Global Politics ReviewTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Preface 1. China as a Centrifugal Empire: Size, Diversity, and Local Governance 2. China Goes Local (Again): Assessing Post-Mao Decentralization 3. The Subnational Hierarchy in Time: Institutional Changes (and Continuities) 4. The Center's Perceptions of Local Bureaucracy in China: A Typological First-Cut 5. The Center's Instruments of Local Control 6. Determinants of Local Discretion in Implementation: Exploring Policy-Contingent Variations 7. The Political Economy of Vertical Support and Horizontal Networks 8. Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisDespite the destabilizing potential of governing of a vast territory and a large multicultural population, the centralized government of the People’s Republic of China has held together for decades. By analyzing Beijing’s strategies for maintaining control, Centrifugal Empire reveals the thinking behind China’s approach to local governance.Trade ReviewCentrifugal Empire provides a wide-ranging, historically grounded, empirically rich, and intellectually challenging exploration of central–local relations in China and of various approaches to dealing with them. It greatly enriches our understanding of how issues in central–local relations are contouring both reforms and their likely outcomes in contemporary China. -- Kenneth Lieberthal, senior fellow emeritus in foreign policy at the Brookings InstitutionLong one of our premier specialists on central–local relations in China, Jae Ho Chung has produced his most comprehensive, innovative, and definitive treatise yet on this often puzzling subject. He concludes that we can find much of the long historical past in the current regime's deep-seated urges and incessant struggles to remain atop efforts of lower-echelon striving for place and power. This book is meticulously researched, ripe with multiple analytical distinctions, and rich in nuance. It is the source to consult on this topic. -- Dorothy J. Solinger, University of California, IrvineOver recent years, Chung has established himself as probably the expert on central–local relations in China. This book is extremely comprehensive, and pulls together and extends the concerns Chung has developed elsewhere. It is well researched, contains a great deal of useful material, raises many questions, and should be widely read by specialists. -- Joseph Fewsmith, Boston UniversityChung gives a novel answer to the oldest problem in Chinese governance: how does Beijing—or the center—control local administrations? He draws a key conclusion: the center's ability to shape local outcomes has actually increased over time, in spite of marketization and new local interests. Instead of weakening the regime, local governance has become an asset to ensure its resilience. -- François Godement, director of the Asia and China Programme and senior policy fellow, European Council on Foreign RelationsChung is widely recognized as the leading scholar on the politics of central–local relations in China. This highly readable book, set in an historical context, draws on his expertise and insights to elucidate the Chinese national government's multifaceted efforts today to control regional and local governments. -- Jonathan Unger, coeditor of The China JournalThe most complete account available of China’s unique combination of centralized policy making and delegated implementation. * Foreign Affairs *Jae-Ho Chung’s Centrifugal Empire is that rarest of books, one that is rich with empirical and historical detail, structured along several illuminating analytical dimensions, and written in prose that is mercifully jargon-free and a pleasure to read. * China Quarterly *Insightful and timely.... Overall, this comprehensive and definitive book on China's central-local relations is a must read for scholars interested in related issues. * Choice *Centrifugal Empire is an excellent book—one of the most comprehensive accounts published on China’s central-local relations, and an important contribution to the field. It is highly recommended and suitable for sinologists and non-sinologists alike. Students may find this book a useful guide and a good starting point for delving into the complex world of Chinese governance. And it is definitely the kind of book that specialists want to have on their shelves. -- Lior Rosenberg, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel * Pacific Affairs *This is a short work, but one in which every sentence contributes something to the overall argument.... A must read for anyone who wishes to understand precisely how China works. * Asian Review of Books *Page after page, Centrifugal Empire becomes a constant source of inspiration and thoughts on China’s governance, and it reveals how the very evolution of the perpetual tension between the center and the provinces...is at the core of any possible speculation on China’s future. * Global Politics Review *Table of ContentsList of Figures and TablesPreface1. China as a Centrifugal Empire: Size, Diversity, and Local Governance 2. China Goes Local (Again): Assessing Post-Mao Decentralization3. The Subnational Hierarchy in Time: Institutional Changes (and Continuities)4. The Center's Perceptions of Local Bureaucracy in China: A Typological First-Cut5. The Center's Instruments of Local Control6. Determinants of Local Discretion in Implementation: Exploring Policy-Contingent Variations7. The Political Economy of Vertical Support and Horizontal Networks8. ConclusionNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisJanine A. Clark examines why Morocco decentralized while Jordan did not and evaluates the impact of their divergent paths in order to explain how authoritarian regimes can use decentralization reforms to consolidate power. Local Politics in Jordan and Morocco challenges our understanding of authoritarian regimes’ resilience.Trade ReviewClark’s pioneering study of municipal politics, decentralization, and democratization in Morocco and Jordan finally concentrates on the massively understudied yet critical arena of local politics. She explores whether decentralization reinforces state control, leads to elite capture, offloads social welfare costs, or allows new opposition forces to grow. The picture of Middle East politics is greatly enhanced by this exhaustively researched book. -- Diane Singerman, American UniversityIn this carefully designed and beautifully executed investigation into trajectories of centralization and decentralization in the Middle East, Clark provides a masterful account of why Morocco and Jordan diverged in their approach to municipal politics. Her book fills a gap in research literature between accounts of authoritarian politics at the level of regimes and the far sparser literature on local-level politics. It will be of interest to scholars and students of the Middle East, comparative authoritarianism, and municipal politics. Local Politics in Jordan and Morocco is a welcome and significant contribution. -- Steven Heydemann, Smith CollegeWith this fascinating work, Janine A. Clark fills a major gap in the understanding of the practice of decentralization. Featuring an excellent literature review and rich archival research and interviews, Local Politics in Jordan and Morocco makes a significant contribution to political science and policy literature. -- Mona Harb, American University of BeirutTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Coalition Building and the Social Relations That Support Authoritarian Regimes2. Centralization and “Decentralization” in Jordan3. Decentralization, Co-optation, and Regime Legitimation in Morocco4. The Destabilizing Effects of Centralization5. Elite Capture and Regime Stabilization in Morocco6. Morocco’s Opposition Party, the PJDConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisBrian Calfano and Valerie Martinez-Ebers examine the history and current efforts of human relations commissions in promoting positive intergroup outcomes and enforcing antidiscrimination laws. Drawing on a wide range of theories and methods, they assess policy approaches, successes, and failures in four cities.Trade ReviewHuman Relations Commissions provides historical and practical details on beginning, continuing, and expanding human relations commissions. Calfano and Martinez-Ebers aptly highlight the tools necessary for engaging and identifying potential partners to promote good relations in any community. -- Beverly Watts, former president of the International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies and executive director of the Tennessee Human Rights CommissionCalfano and Martinez-Ebers have provided needed focus on local policy making by turning to human relations commissions and examining the effects of their work—not just on the communities they are created to serve but also on the leaders themselves who invest so greatly in the effort of making our pluralistic society more congenial. This is important work. -- Gary Segura, dean of the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLAHuman Relations Commissions presents an important application of bureaucracy and public administration literatures. This in-depth assessment demonstrates that staffers embody values that are critical in making both governments and neighborhoods fair and responsive to diverse constituencies. This book should be required reading for those interested in equity, public values, and the role of local governments. -- Kenneth J. Meier, coauthor of The Politics of African American Education: Representation, Partisanship, and Educational EquityFilling a canyon-like void in political science, urban studies, policy and administration, and more, Human Relations Commissions opens a whole new world to the relationship of HRCs and municipal governments. The synthesis of the authors’ varied methodologies and research orientations has created a fascinating book. -- John Bretting, University of Texas at El PasoTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Too Big a Task?1. Human Relations Commissions: Creativity in Constraint2. The History of Intergroup Relations in America3. Origins and Development of Organized Human Relations Efforts4. The Humans Who Must Relate5. Experimenting with the Dynamics of Intergroup Identity6. Reporting and Responding to Community7. Imagining Human Relations for the FutureAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisBrian Calfano and Valerie Martinez-Ebers examine the history and current efforts of human relations commissions in promoting positive intergroup outcomes and enforcing antidiscrimination laws. Drawing on a wide range of theories and methods, they assess policy approaches, successes, and failures in four cities.Trade ReviewHuman Relations Commissions provides historical and practical details on beginning, continuing, and expanding human relations commissions. Calfano and Martinez-Ebers aptly highlight the tools necessary for engaging and identifying potential partners to promote good relations in any community. -- Beverly Watts, former president of the International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies and executive director of the Tennessee Human Rights CommissionCalfano and Martinez-Ebers have provided needed focus on local policy making by turning to human relations commissions and examining the effects of their work—not just on the communities they are created to serve but also on the leaders themselves who invest so greatly in the effort of making our pluralistic society more congenial. This is important work. -- Gary Segura, dean of the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLAHuman Relations Commissions presents an important application of bureaucracy and public administration literatures. This in-depth assessment demonstrates that staffers embody values that are critical in making both governments and neighborhoods fair and responsive to diverse constituencies. This book should be required reading for those interested in equity, public values, and the role of local governments. -- Kenneth J. Meier, coauthor of The Politics of African American Education: Representation, Partisanship, and Educational EquityFilling a canyon-like void in political science, urban studies, policy and administration, and more, Human Relations Commissions opens a whole new world to the relationship of HRCs and municipal governments. The synthesis of the authors’ varied methodologies and research orientations has created a fascinating book. -- John Bretting, University of Texas at El PasoTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Too Big a Task?1. Human Relations Commissions: Creativity in Constraint2. The History of Intergroup Relations in America3. Origins and Development of Organized Human Relations Efforts4. The Humans Who Must Relate5. Experimenting with the Dynamics of Intergroup Identity6. Reporting and Responding to Community7. Imagining Human Relations for the FutureAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisCities, counties, school districts and other local governments have suffered a long-lasting period of fiscal challenges since the beginning of the Great Recession. This book looks at the capacity of local governments to mobilize resources efficiently and effectively, and the overall effects of the long-term economic downturn on quality of life.Trade Review"Particularly important at a time when cities and metros are compelled to innovate and problem-solve on their own, given the absence of federal and often state leadership."--Bruce Katz, coauthor of The Metropolitan Revolution"This book reveals the potential of metropolitan regions to cure, but also to transcend, endemic impasses beyond their respective borders. This well-written and insightful book is a must-read for scholars as well as policy makers."--Political Studies Review "In this book, Michael A. Pagano brings together a stellar set of multidisciplinary and multigenerational scholars to reconsider the urban agenda in the post–Great Recession era. They offer a coherent focus on local capacities for adaptation and change in dealing with core issues such as infrastructure, pensions, economic vitality, social safety nets, and collaborative initiatives."--Susan E. Clarke, coeditor of The Oxford Handbook on Urban Politics

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Offers fresh and deep insight into the critical nuances that civic leaders need to develop and implement strategies to use information and communication technology to make next-generation cities that help their people thrive."--Jon Gant, Director of the Center for Digital Inclusion

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Book SynopsisCities, counties, school districts and other local governments have suffered a long-lasting period of fiscal challenges since the beginning of the Great Recession. This book looks at the capacity of local governments to mobilize resources efficiently and effectively, and the overall effects of the long-term economic downturn on quality of life.Trade Review"Particularly important at a time when cities and metros are compelled to innovate and problem-solve on their own, given the absence of federal and often state leadership."--Bruce Katz, coauthor of The Metropolitan Revolution"This book reveals the potential of metropolitan regions to cure, but also to transcend, endemic impasses beyond their respective borders. This well-written and insightful book is a must-read for scholars as well as policy makers."--Political Studies Review "In this book, Michael A. Pagano brings together a stellar set of multidisciplinary and multigenerational scholars to reconsider the urban agenda in the post–Great Recession era. They offer a coherent focus on local capacities for adaptation and change in dealing with core issues such as infrastructure, pensions, economic vitality, social safety nets, and collaborative initiatives."--Susan E. Clarke, coeditor of The Oxford Handbook on Urban Politics

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Offers fresh and deep insight into the critical nuances that civic leaders need to develop and implement strategies to use information and communication technology to make next-generation cities that help their people thrive."--Jon Gant, Director of the Center for Digital Inclusion

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"An important contribution to scholarship on the American presidency and American politics... [W]ill be of great interest to students and scholars, and likely will be a foundational text on understanding the Obama presidency." -Meena Bose, Hofstra University "The best comprehensive review of the Obama administration's policies available, written by an individual who is both knowledgeable in the policy sense and savvy in the political sense... [A] great reference source for information on Obama administration domestic policy and activities." -Daniel P. Franklin, author of Pitiful Giants: Presidents in their Final TermTable of Contents1. Barack Obama's Assets and Constraints2. Presidential Effectiveness When Congress is Polarized3. Preventing Collapse, Stimulating Recovery4. Promoting Long-Term Growth, Reducing Inequality5. The Affordable Care Act: Legislative Victory6. The Affordable Care Act: Implementation Nightmare7. Global Warming Warrior8. Driller in Chief9. Deporter in Chief?10. Midterm Massacres11. A Counterfactual Obama Presidency

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis ambitious volume repositions the field of folklore in the context of numerous emerging perspectives including queer theory, intersectionality, feminism, (de)colonization, and anti-racism. . . . This dizzying array of topics reveals the complexities of folkloristics and the considerable intellectual and ethical affordances of working in a transdisciplinary manner to highlight the meaning-making processes of vernacular culture(s) and their practitioners. The end of this foray is hardly an end at all, but rather a road map for the future of the discipline. -- T. R. Tangherlini * Choice *Inspired by presentations and discussions at the 2017Future of American Folkloristics Conference held at Indiana University, the essays in this collection discussand, in some cases, illustrate ways to build a strongpath forward for the discipline and those who are (orare studying to be) practicing folklorists in public and academic contexts. . . . Overall, the collection will be thought-provoking for practicing folklorists, as well asthose teaching and training aspiring folklorists. -- Martha Sims * Journal of Folklore and Education *Table of ContentsForeword: Challenges and Possibilities across Boundaries, by Margaret A. MillsAcknowledgmentsEnvisioning a Future Folkloristics, by Jesse A. Fivecoate, Kristina Downs, and Meredith A. E. McGriff1. Deep Folklore/Queer Folkloristics, by Kay Turner 2. "An Epidemic of Meanings": The Tenuous Nature of Public Intellectualism, Reflexivity, and Belief Scholarship, by Andrea Kitta3. Expanding the Territory, by Jeanmarie Rouhier-Willoughby 4. The Politics of Trivialization, by Jesse A. Fivecoate, Kristina Downs, and Meredith A. E. McGriff5. The Folklorization of Queer Theory: Public Spaces, Pride, and Gay Neoliberalism, by Cory W. Thorne and Guillermo De Los Reyes6. Yemayá's Fury: Residual Flows, Ecological Disaster, and Folklore Futures, by Solimar Otero 7. Infusing Public Folklore Work into Academe: Experiencing the In-Between, by Gregory Hansen 8. Folklorists as Curators: Exploring the Four Cs, by Betty J. Belanus 9. Culturally Conscious Collaborations at the Nexus of Folklore, Education, and Social Justice: Lessons and Questions for Folkloristic Praxis, by Phyllis M. May-Machunda 10. The Power of Folkloristics at the Intersection of Affect, Narrative, and Performance in the College Classroom, by Anthony Guest-Scott 11. The Folkloristic Diaspora: On Being a Folklorist in a Black Studies Department, by Anika Wilson 12. Standing with Others: Folklorists in the Midst of Home, by Wanda G. Addison 13. Disruptive Folklore, Debra Lattanzi Shutika 14. Talking Folklore: Getting Others to Take the Discipline Seriously while Remaining a Serious Folklorist, by Andrea Kitta, Lynne S. McNeill, and Trevor J. BlankAfterword: Advancing Folkloristics, by Norma E. Cantú Index

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Book SynopsisAn unprecedented number of folklorists are addressing issues of class, race, gender, and sexuality in academic and public spaces in the US, raising the question: How can folklorists contribute to these contemporary political affairs? Since the nature of folkloristics transcends binaries, can it help others develop critical personal narratives?Advancing Folkloristics covers topics such as queer, feminist, and postcolonial scholarship in folkloristics. Contributors investigate how to apply folkloristic approaches in nonfolklore classrooms, how to maintain a folklorist identity without a folklorist job title, and how to use folkloristic knowledge to interact with others outside of the discipline. The chapters, which range from theoretical reorientations to personal experiences of folklore work, all demonstrate the kinds of work folklorists are well-suited to and promote the areas in which folkloristics is poised to expand and excel. Advancing Folkloristics presents a clear picture of folkTrade ReviewThis ambitious volume repositions the field of folklore in the context of numerous emerging perspectives including queer theory, intersectionality, feminism, (de)colonization, and anti-racism. . . . This dizzying array of topics reveals the complexities of folkloristics and the considerable intellectual and ethical affordances of working in a transdisciplinary manner to highlight the meaning-making processes of vernacular culture(s) and their practitioners. The end of this foray is hardly an end at all, but rather a road map for the future of the discipline. -- T. R. Tangherlini * Choice *Inspired by presentations and discussions at the 2017Future of American Folkloristics Conference held at Indiana University, the essays in this collection discussand, in some cases, illustrate ways to build a strongpath forward for the discipline and those who are (orare studying to be) practicing folklorists in public and academic contexts. . . . Overall, the collection will be thought-provoking for practicing folklorists, as well asthose teaching and training aspiring folklorists. -- Martha Sims * Journal of Folklore and Education *Table of ContentsForeword: Challenges and Possibilities across Boundaries, by Margaret A. MillsAcknowledgmentsEnvisioning a Future Folkloristics, by Jesse A. Fivecoate, Kristina Downs, and Meredith A. E. McGriff1. Deep Folklore/Queer Folkloristics, by Kay Turner 2. "An Epidemic of Meanings": The Tenuous Nature of Public Intellectualism, Reflexivity, and Belief Scholarship, by Andrea Kitta3. Expanding the Territory, by Jeanmarie Rouhier-Willoughby 4. The Politics of Trivialization, by Jesse A. Fivecoate, Kristina Downs, and Meredith A. E. McGriff5. The Folklorization of Queer Theory: Public Spaces, Pride, and Gay Neoliberalism, by Cory W. Thorne and Guillermo De Los Reyes6. Yemayá's Fury: Residual Flows, Ecological Disaster, and Folklore Futures, by Solimar Otero 7. Infusing Public Folklore Work into Academe: Experiencing the In-Between, by Gregory Hansen 8. Folklorists as Curators: Exploring the Four Cs, by Betty J. Belanus 9. Culturally Conscious Collaborations at the Nexus of Folklore, Education, and Social Justice: Lessons and Questions for Folkloristic Praxis, by Phyllis M. May-Machunda 10. The Power of Folkloristics at the Intersection of Affect, Narrative, and Performance in the College Classroom, by Anthony Guest-Scott 11. The Folkloristic Diaspora: On Being a Folklorist in a Black Studies Department, by Anika Wilson 12. Standing with Others: Folklorists in the Midst of Home, by Wanda G. Addison 13. Disruptive Folklore, Debra Lattanzi Shutika 14. Talking Folklore: Getting Others to Take the Discipline Seriously while Remaining a Serious Folklorist, by Andrea Kitta, Lynne S. McNeill, and Trevor J. BlankAfterword: Advancing Folkloristics, by Norma E. Cantú Index

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive assessment of George W. Bush's domestic policy recordTrade Review[A] worthwhile project written in an accessible style ... readers ... will come away from this work with a better knowledge of the realities of policymaking in twenty-first-century Washington.Spring, 2011 * Political Science Quarterly *Table of ContentsContentsPreface and Acknowledgments 1. Ambiguous Mandate, Polarized Congress 2. Lower Taxes, More Spending 3. The Social Security Debacle 4. Making Sure Kids Learn 5. Drug Coverage for Seniors 6. Producing More Energy 7. Consuming Less Energy 8. Cleaner Air, Warmer Climate 9. Illegal Immigration: Punishment or Amnesty? 10. Tort and Regulatory Reform 11. Meltdown and Bailouts 12. Taking Stock, with Lessons for Future PresidentsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisScholars from a range of disciplines discuss research methods, theories, and conceptual approaches in the study of internet governance.The design and governance of the internet has become one of the most pressing geopolitical issues of our era. The stability of the economy, democracy, and the public sphere are wholly dependent on the stability and security of the internet. Revelations about election hacking, facial recognition technology, and government surveillance have gotten the public's attention and made clear the need for scholarly research that examines internet governance both empirically and conceptually. In this volume, scholars from a range of disciplines consider research methods, theories, and conceptual approaches in the study of internet governance.

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Book SynopsisReforming the Administration of Justice in Mexico examines the challenges Mexico faces in reforming the administration of its justice system, which Cornelius sees as critical for the consolidation of democracy, the well-being of Mexican citizens, and successful U.S.-Mexican relations. . . . In addition, the book presents sources of empirical data, case studies evaluating state and local level challenges, and analyses of best practices.Contributors: David A. Shirk, Alejandra Ríos Cázares, Robert Buffington, Pablo Piccato, Elena Azaola, Marcelo Bergman, Benjamin Nelson Reames, Guillermo Zepeda Lecuona, Sigrid Arzt, Carlos Silva, Sara Schatz, Hugo Concha, Ana Laura Magaloni Kerpel, Elisa Speckman Guerra, Héctor Fix-Fierro, Jeffrey K. Staton, Robert M. Kossick, Jr., Rubén Minutti Z., Pablo Parás, Kathleen Staudt, Irasema Coronado, Rosalva Aída Hernández, Héctor Ortiz Elizondo, Robert O. Varenik, Mario Arroyo Juárez, Allison Rowland, Marcos Pablo Moloeznik, John J. Bailey, Trade Review“The number one issue in Mexico today is crime. This edited work is the most comprehensive volume to date examining all facets of public security, ranging from the judicial system, to the practice of law, to the militarization of the police. It is an outstanding contribution theoretically and substantively on understanding an essential but little explored condition in Mexico, having implications for U.S. security, deserving a wide readership on both sides of the border.“ —Roderic Ai Camp, McKenna Professor of the Pacific Rim, Claremont McKenna College“This book will interest academics and policy makers concerned with the sorry state of the administration of justice in Latin America at large, and Mexico more specifically. The chapters leave almost no controversial issues surrounding the justice system untouched. From diverse legal, criminal, social, and political perspectives the justice system is held under scrutiny and found to be wanting. The end result is a number of well-thought-out suggested solutions to a long-standing problem.” —Nibaldo H. Galleguillos, McMaster University“Essays on such topics as the militarization of the Mexican police, access to justice for indigenous peoples, and the role of the Supreme Court in the process of federal judicial reform.” —The Chronicle of Higher Education“Cornelius and Shirk present 21 chapters exploring the current status and reform potentialities of the Mexican judicial system.” —Research Book News“This book examines the challenges Mexico faces in reforming the administration of its justice system, which Cornelius sees as critical for the consolidation of democracy, the well-being of Mexican citizens, and successful U.S.-Mexican relations. Contributors cover such topics as: policing, judicial reform, and oversight in the justice system. In addition, the book presents sources of empirical data, case studies evaluating state and local level challenges, and analyses of best practices.” —Law and Social Inquiry“This study examines the challenges Mexico faces in reforming the administration of its justice system. The contributors cover five themes: crime and criminology, policing & police reform, legal actors and judicial reform, civic mobilization and oversight in the justice system, and practical policy recommendations.” —Sociological Abstracts“For those of us who live on the U.S.-Mexico border and travel in Mexico, it's important to know how the justice system works. The question is, how has the justice branch of government unfurled as democracy has flourished in Mexico.” —El Paso Times

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Book SynopsisIn this first volume in the Contending Modernities series, Inclusive Populism: Creating Citizens in the Global Age, Angus Ritchie claims that our current political upheavals, exemplified by the far-right populism of billionaire Donald Trump, reveal fundamental flaws in secular liberalism. Ritchie maintains that both liberalism and this fake populism resign citizens to an essentially passive role in public life.Ritchie argues instead for an inclusive populism, in which religious and nonreligious identities and institutions are fully represented in the public square, engaging the diverse communities brought together by global migration to build and lead a common life. Drawing on twenty years of experience in action and reflection in East London, Ritchie posits that the practice of community organizing exemplifies a truly inclusive populism, and that it is also reflected in the teaching of Pope Francis.Speaking to our political crisis and mapping out a way forward,Trade Review“The book is well written and a good read. Angus Ritchie asks good questions and keeps the attention of the reader with the many examples he uses and the clear statements he makes. Inclusive Populism demonstrates Ritchie's high intellectual and analytical skills, experience with community organizing, and a very good sense of the East London context.”—Clemens Sedmak, professor of social ethics, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame"Angus Ritchie’s book stands at the cutting edge of political theology and at the crossroads of public life in both the United States and Europe. His compelling critiques of secularizing liberalism and 'fake populism' is supplemented by a powerful argument for an 'inclusive populism' that builds democratic consensus from the ground up. Drawing upon his own long experience in community organizing in inner-city London, Ritchie vividly demonstrates that religious diversity can invigorate and stabilize liberal democracies." —Cathleen Kaveny, Darald and Juliet Libby Professor of Law and Theology, Boston College"[W]e live in an increasingly polarized political climate. The rise in the strength of ‘populism’ is often talked about in relation to this, and there’s no shortage of academic analysis about what that might mean for us. . . . but there aren’t many books like this one: Angus Ritchie’s Inclusive Populism: Creating Citizens in the Global Age both discusses the issues and presents an alternative possibility." —Process North"Ritchie presents us with an admirably detailed, honest, and self-critical study of a grounded, concrete, and realistic movement whose successes and failures have much to teach us." —Church Times”A very accessible work that not only discusses building relationships but demonstrates some of the listening that is required for such work to be accomplished.” —Reading Religion"What Angus Ritchie calls 'inclusive populism' is precisely what Pope Francis is urging in Let us Dream. Ritchie's book shows, in concrete terms, how this might be realised in the British and American contexts." —Austen Ivereigh, author of The Great Reformer and collaborator with Pope Francis on Let us Dream: The Path to a Better Future“In his recent book [Inclusive Populism], Rev. Angus Ritchie calls this politics that you do ‘inclusive populism’; I like to use the term ‘popularism’ to express the same idea. But what matters is not the name but the vision, which is the same: it is about finding the means to guarantee a life for all people that is worthy of being called human, a life capable of cultivating virtue and forging new bonds.” —Pope FrancisTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. A Populist Moment 2. Engaging the Theoretical Debate I: A Critique of Liberalism 3. Community Organizing as Inclusive Populism 4. Community Organizing: Six Challenges 5. Integration, Islam and Immigration 6. Engaging the Theoretical Debate II: Traditions, Pluralism & Populism 7. Beyond “Fake Populism”: Community Organizing and the Renewal of Politics

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Book SynopsisIn this first volume in the Contending Modernities series, Inclusive Populism: Creating Citizens in the Global Age, Angus Ritchie claims that our current political upheavals, exemplified by the far-right populism of billionaire Donald Trump, reveal fundamental flaws in secular liberalism. Ritchie maintains that both liberalism and this fake populism resign citizens to an essentially passive role in public life.Ritchie argues instead for an inclusive populism, in which religious and nonreligious identities and institutions are fully represented in the public square, engaging the diverse communities brought together by global migration to build and lead a common life. Drawing on twenty years of experience in action and reflection in East London, Ritchie posits that the practice of community organizing exemplifies a truly inclusive populism, and that it is also reflected in the teaching of Pope Francis.Speaking to our political crisis and mapping out a way forward,Trade Review“The book is well written and a good read. Angus Ritchie asks good questions and keeps the attention of the reader with the many examples he uses and the clear statements he makes. Inclusive Populism demonstrates Ritchie's high intellectual and analytical skills, experience with community organizing, and a very good sense of the East London context.”—Clemens Sedmak, professor of social ethics, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame"Angus Ritchie’s book stands at the cutting edge of political theology and at the crossroads of public life in both the United States and Europe. His compelling critiques of secularizing liberalism and 'fake populism' is supplemented by a powerful argument for an 'inclusive populism' that builds democratic consensus from the ground up. Drawing upon his own long experience in community organizing in inner-city London, Ritchie vividly demonstrates that religious diversity can invigorate and stabilize liberal democracies." —Cathleen Kaveny, Darald and Juliet Libby Professor of Law and Theology, Boston College"[W]e live in an increasingly polarized political climate. The rise in the strength of ‘populism’ is often talked about in relation to this, and there’s no shortage of academic analysis about what that might mean for us. . . . but there aren’t many books like this one: Angus Ritchie’s Inclusive Populism: Creating Citizens in the Global Age both discusses the issues and presents an alternative possibility." —Process North"Ritchie presents us with an admirably detailed, honest, and self-critical study of a grounded, concrete, and realistic movement whose successes and failures have much to teach us." —Church Times”A very accessible work that not only discusses building relationships but demonstrates some of the listening that is required for such work to be accomplished.” —Reading Religion"What Angus Ritchie calls 'inclusive populism' is precisely what Pope Francis is urging in Let us Dream. Ritchie's book shows, in concrete terms, how this might be realised in the British and American contexts." —Austen Ivereigh, author of The Great Reformer and collaborator with Pope Francis on Let us Dream: The Path to a Better Future“In his recent book [Inclusive Populism], Rev. Angus Ritchie calls this politics that you do ‘inclusive populism’; I like to use the term ‘popularism’ to express the same idea. But what matters is not the name but the vision, which is the same: it is about finding the means to guarantee a life for all people that is worthy of being called human, a life capable of cultivating virtue and forging new bonds.” —Pope FrancisTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. A Populist Moment 2. Engaging the Theoretical Debate I: A Critique of Liberalism 3. Community Organizing as Inclusive Populism 4. Community Organizing: Six Challenges 5. Integration, Islam and Immigration 6. Engaging the Theoretical Debate II: Traditions, Pluralism & Populism 7. Beyond “Fake Populism”: Community Organizing and the Renewal of Politics

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Book SynopsisIncludes studies of the traditional leadership of the Yi dynasty as well as twentieth-century legislative, party, and bureaucratic leadership, and an evaluation of views of political leaders in South Korea, as well as two studies of the Communist system in North Korea.Trade Review"[This book] is the product of an impressive array of scholars and sponsoring organizations . . . the book comes off as a significant contribution to the understanding of contemporary Korean politics and government." * Korea Journal *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One | Traditional Perspectives 1. Political Leadership in the Yi Dynasty, by James B. Palais Part Two | Institutional Context of Leadership 2. Legislative Leadership and Democratic Development, by Chong Lim Kim and Byong-Kyu Woo 3. Party Bureaucrats and Party Development, by Bae-Ho Hahn and Ha-Ryong Kim Part Three | Bureaucratic Elite and Popular Perceptions 4. Bureaucratic Elite and Development Orientations, by Dong-Suh Bark and Chae-Jin Lee 5. Popular Perceptions of Political Leadership, by Sung-Chick Hong and Young Ho Lee Part Four | Political Leadership in the Communist System 6. Communist Party Leadership, by Dae-Sook Suh 7. The 1972 Constitution and Top Communist Leaders, by Chong-Sik Lee Part Five | Concluding Observations 8. Toward a Theory of Korean Political Leadership Behavior, by Glenn D. Paige Appendix: Toward a Political Leadership Profile for a Changing Society, by Glenn D. Paige Index

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Book SynopsisDrawing from personal experiences and theoretical perspectives in such varied fields as sociology, political science, literature, and media studies, nineteen scholars assess recent shifts in Scandinavian societies and how they intertwine with broader transformations in Europe and beyond.Table of Contents Acknowledgements / Eric Einhorn, Sherrill Harbison & Markus Huss1. Introduction / Eric Einhorn, Sherrill Harbison & Markus HussThe Politics of Immigration 2. Immigration to Scandinavian Welfare States in the Time of Pluralism / Grete Brochmann 3. Folkhemmet: “The People’s Home” as an Expression of Retrotopian Longing for Sweden Before the Arrival of Mass Migration / Andreas Önnerfors 4. Racing Home: Swedish Reception of Black/White Identity Politics in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election / Benjamin R. Teitelbaum 5. Racist Resurgences: How Neo-Liberal and Anti-Racist Lefts Make Space for the Far Right in Sweden and the United States / Carly Elizabeth Schall On the Ground 6. Coming to Terms with Belonging: Unemployed Migrants and Sociocultural Incorporation in Norway / Kelly Mckowen 7. Crisis and Pattern During the 2015-6 “Refugee Crisis” in Sweden / Admir Skodo 8. Contesting National Identity as a Racial Signifier: Mixed-race Identity in Norway and Sweden / Sayaka Osanami TÖrngren and Tony Sandset 9. Managing Multicultural Tenants: Rental Agreements and Feminist Qualms in AuÐur JÓnsdÓttir’s Deposit and Vigdis Hjorth’s A House in Norway / Elisabeth Oxfeldt 10. Swedish Identity and the Literary Imaginary / Peter Leonard 11. The Issue of Land Rights in Contemporary SÁmi Literature, Art and Music / Anne Heith 12. Afro-Swedish Renaissance / Ryan Thomas SkinnerInheritance 13. Within our Borders: SÁmi Mobilization, the Scandinavian Response, and World War II / Ellen Ahlness 14. Denmark in Miniature: The Interplay of Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, and Exoticismin Copenhagen’s Tivoli / Julie K. Allen 15. “Musicians Find ‘Utopia’ In Denmark”: African American Jazz Expatriates / Ethelene Whitmire 16. Finnish War Children in Sweden after World War II and Refugee Children of Today / Barbara Mattsson17. Afterword / Sherrill Harbison

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Book SynopsisAn important interdisciplinary history of Russia’s agriculture and food systems that documents far-reaching changes on farms, along with their effects on ordinary people and for successive political regimes.Trade Review“Who eats what? Susanne A. Wengle’s important and gripping book recasts a century of Russian history as a series of revolutionary transformations of the country’s food system. Answers to problems of food production and consumption are central pillars of political power and legitimacy for communist and post-communist regimes alike.”—Henry Thomson, Arizona State University“This eminently readable book, based on fascinating research, serves as an urgent reminder that techno-scientific projects in agriculture have deep histories and variegated geographies, and thus are hardly an invention of Silicon Valley start-up culture.”—Julie Guthman, University of California, Santa Cruz“A comprehensive and very refreshing technopolitical history of Russia’s agrifood system. Wengle’s nuanced account of Russia’s remarkable rise from a Soviet-era food importer to a rising global powerhouse has resulted in a timely book—a tour de force that is nonetheless narrated in an extremely concise and lively way.”—Oane Visser, International Institute for Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam“Challenges you to think beyond the confines of your respective specialty and consider big themes in agricultural history and policy. . . . Wengle should be commended for her lucid prose and sharp analysis, as well as the inclusion of several maps created by the author herself.”—H-Net Reviews“Offers a novel approach to the transformations of Soviet and post-Soviet agriculture, emphasizing the connections between the state, production, and technology, as well as consumers and nature, the latter two often neglected in political science.”—Foreign AffairsTable of Contents List of Illustrations Introduction: Setting the Table 1 Governance; or, How to Solve the Grain Problem? 2 Production 3 Consumption; or, The Perestroika of the Quotidian 4 Nature Conclusion: Vulnerabilities Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisPresents a concise and timely history of energy production, trade, and consumption in the Nordic world, starting with a review of the regional energy mix - from wind, solar, tide and wave, geothermal, biomass, nuclear, coal, and gas sources.

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Book SynopsisEvery government must make unpopular demands of its citizens, from levying taxes to enforcing laws and monitoring compliance to regulations. The challenge, the author argues, is that power is not enough; the populace must also be willing to be led. He addresses this political conundrum unabashedly, using the US and Britain as his prime examples.Trade Review“This is a terrific book that I can imagine readers turning back to again and again. It is a major contribution to the literature of political science. One of Ringen's greatest accomplishments here is that he reminds readers why this field was interesting in the first place."—Alan Wolfe, Boston College -- Alan Wolfe“Nation of Devils crackles with dry epigrams. It reminds readers of how the supply-side of politics—law and government—is often neglected for the noisy demand-side that is the purview of voters and lobbyists”—The Economist * The Economist *“Cast[s] fresh light on a tired subject. . . . Nation of Devils crackles with dry epigrams. It reminds readers of how the supply-side of politics—law and government—is often neglected for the noisy demand-side that is the purview of voters and lobbyists. Demanding and idealistic, yes. But also a democracy for grown-ups.”—The Economist * The Economist *".. lively and thoughtful .. crisp and no-nonsense. Ringen's thesis is that better political leadership is possible."—Mark Mazower, Financial Times -- Mark Mazower * Financial Times *

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Book SynopsisThe first available textbook on the rapidly growing and increasingly important field of government analyticsTrade Review“This book is well written and an essential aid for work in this realm, and gives advanced students many tools with which to design projects and draw conclusions from them.”—Choice * Choice *

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Book SynopsisIn the running debate we call the culture wars, there exists a great feud over religious diversity. One side demands that only their true religion be allowed in the public square; the other insists that no religions ever belong there. The Right to Be Wrong offers a solution, drawing its lessons from a series of stories--both contemporary and historical--that illustrates the struggle to define religious freedom. The book concludes that freedom for all is guaranteed by the truth about each of us: Our common humanity entitles us to freedom--within broad limits--to follow what we believe to be true as our consciences say we must, even if our consciences are mistaken. Thus, we can respect others'' freedom when we''re sure they''re wrong. In truth, they have the right to be wrong.

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Book SynopsisThis is a new kind of book on public management. Using conversations, cases and original sources, it engages, in a challenging and amusing way, with the key themes and problems of the field. After writing many conventional books and articles Christopher Pollitt has turned to this novel approach in order to offer students, teachers and practitioners alike a refreshing introduction to both the 'classic' and the most fashionable issues in public management.The book provides a vigorous overview of such crucial topics as the differences and similarities between public and private sector management, the nature of the 'New Public Management', the development of networks and partnerships, the impacts of politics and citizen participation on public administration, changes in the ethics and value climate for public servants, and the fundamental question of what kind of advice academics can (and cannot) offer to practising managers. It is international in its scope and draws upon examplesTable of ContentsIntroductionPublic sector, private sectorwhere would we be without a few good stereotypes?The New Public Managementrevolution or fad?Partnerships, networks, joined-up governance, the information age (and all that)Politicians, citizens, participation and accountabilitypublic managers facing every which way?Evaluationhow do we measure success?Values, ethics and motiveswhat makes public managers tick?Getting and giving advice on public managementReferencesIndex.

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Book SynopsisIn a recent paradigm shift, local governments find themselves shouldering more responsibility for day-to-day governance and crisis management, thanks to regulations and federal spending cuts. While 20 years ago a book on local government administration might have been considered complete with chapters on budgeting, public personnel management, productivity and responsivity, and community engagement, any discussion of local government must now also include resilience, emergency management, climate change, smart cities, social media, and infrastructure funding. Bringing together key voices from the academic and public sectors, Local Government Management offers techniques and insight into how local government can most effectively lead and manage their resources in an evolving politicalâand environmentalâlandscape.Featuring examples from expert contributorsâ own decades of public service and research, this forward-thinking book explores the rapid speed of change in local communities and the need for local government to not only adapt but also proactively plan for the future. Local Government Management is essential reading for local government officials, public stakeholders, practitioners, and students of public administration and management.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2.Elected Officials and City Managers 3.The City Manager’s Perspective 4.Civic Engagement, Policy and Management through Digital Strategy and Communication Networks 5. Budgeting and Financial Management 6. Human Resources 7. Economic Development, Land Use, and Resilience Impact on Growth Policy 8.E-Government, Privacy, Technology, and Innovation 9. The Sharing Economy: A Disruptive Innovator for City Government 10. Business Stakeholders in Local Government and the Community 11. Local Government Management and Paramedicine 12. Municipal Government Relations 13. School Districts 14. Local Government and Nonprofit Relationships 15. Urban Planning and Affordable Housing 16. Homelessness and Affordable Housing in the Urban Areas 17. Immigration and the American City 18. Green Movement: Environmental Concerns 19. Accountability 20. Strategic Planning and Non-Routine Management Challenges: Homeland Security and Emergency Management, e.g. COVID-19 21. Epilogue: Trends and Current Issues

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the convergence of law and public policy. Drawing on case studies from Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Australia, it examines how judicial and political institutions are closely linked to the socio-economic concerns of the citizens. The essays argue for the utilization of both legislative and executive, private and public spheres of society as vehicles for transformative social change and to safeguard against violations of socio-economic rights.The volume will be of great interest to both public and private stakeholders, as well as professionals, including NGOs and think tanks, working in the areas of law, government, and public policy. It will also be immensely useful to academics and researchers of constitutionalism, policymaking and policy integration, social justice and minority rights.Trade Review‘Ranging from the local to the global, the contributions collected in this remarkable volume make a persuasive case for the alignment of public policy and law demonstrating that the notions of justice underpinning them are not revealed but constructed.’—Armando Barrientos, Professor Emeritus of Poverty and Social Justice, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, U.K.‘Grounded in empirical research and rooted in theories of social justice, Transformative Law and Public Policy explores the shifting intersections between law and public policy in the developing world. Its detailed case studies and reflective essays provide an engaging view of how those two realms can come together to address poverty and build more inclusive societies.’—Joan Dassin, Professor, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University ‘The weaving together of different public policy areas and the application of the law offers a deeper understanding of the realities on the ground that resonates with many countries in the Global South. The book is a great resource not only for academia but public policy architects and implementers as well.’—Grace Bantebya-Kyomuhendo, Professor, Makerere University‘Critically important book to social scientists and legal scholars interested in current debates about international public policy and law. It contains up to date information and discerning commentaries that will be of value to scholars everywhere. It deserves to be widely read.’—James Midgley, Professor of the Graduate School, University of California, BerkeleyTable of ContentsPreface. 1. Why is law central to policy processes in Global South? Babu Mathew, Sony Pellissery and Arvind Narrain 2. The rise of an anti- global doctrine and strikes in public services Lilach Litor 3. Scrutiny of Sovereign Border Policy for ‘Operational Matters’: A New Political Role for an Old Legal Dichotomy in Australia? Suzanne Bevacqua and John Bevacqua 4. Sovereign Debt Restructuring: Locating Indian Law and Jurisprudence in the Contemporary International Legal Order Ansari Salamah 5. The Legal and Policy Questions in Foreign Direct Investment: An Assessment using Indian Case Priya Misra and Praveen Tripathi 6. Politics of Making and Unmaking of the Indian Planning Commission: Destiny of non-statutory institutions Sony Pellissery, S. Sharada and Anusha Chaitanya 7. Constitutional Promise vs Practices of Participation and Representation of Minorities in South Asia Mushtaq Malla 8. Growing up in families with low income – the state’s legal obligation to recognize the child’s right to adequate standard of living Julia Köhler-Olsen 9. Implementers of law or policymakers too? A study of street-level bureaucracy in India Amrutha Jose Pampackal 10. Production of space in Urban India: Legal and Policy challenges of land assembly Varun Panickar 11. Rawls, Nozick and Dworkin in an Indian village: Land alienation and multiple versions of distributive justice Naivedya Parakkal, Sony Pellissery and Rajesh Sampath 12. Concluding Reflections: Transformative Constitutionalism as a framework for law and policy integration in the global south Avinash Govindjee. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn the many studies that have been conducted on the provision of financial services for consumers, regulation has emerged as one of the most important factors. The impact of regulation on financial service industries is a major focus of this comprehensive bibliography of relevant source materials in the field of regulatory economics. The bibliograp

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Book SynopsisPublic Sector Strategy explores how strategic decisions are developed and implemented in the public sector, and examines the psychology underpinning strategic decision-making.Combining knowledge from traditional perspectives with contemporary insights on strategic management, this book considers how managers make their decisions and provides key concepts and practical tools to aid delivery of strategy within highly institutionalised settings. This book provides theoretical grounding, real-life global cases, and practical examples of strategic decisions in an international public-sector context by working through the underpinnings of strategy, the influencing factors of strategic decision-making, strategic implementation, and strategic tools in practice.It should be a core textbook for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying public sector strategy and strategic management more broadly. It will also be of benefit for public sector managers, conTrade Review"This book fills a much-needed gap in the market by combining strategic management and the public sector. Its uniqueness lies in the exploration of psychology within strategic decision making and extensive guidance to practitioners It builds upon the work of seminal authors and shows how theory derived from the private sector can be adapted to the public sector. It will be a valuable book to UG and PG students and public sector managers." Maria Mouratidou, Institute of Business, Industry & Leadership, University of Cumbria, UK"The book provides a well-balanced coverage of theories and applications of strategy and strategic decision-making in the public sector. The authors explain the role of institutional, cognitive and behavioural processes in making strategic decisions. Case studies and tools like, for example, cognitive mapping and strategic workshops will help practitioners develop strategy in public sector organisations." Alberto Asquer, School of Finance and Management, SOAS University of London, UKTable of ContentsSection 1: The Public Sector 1.1. What is the ‘public sector?’ Section 2: Theoretical Underpinnings of Strategy 2. Approaches to developing strategy in the public sector 3. Traditional approaches to strategy and value creation Section 3: Factors that Influence Strategic Decision-Making 4. Influences on strategy development: Classical Models 5. Influences on strategy development: Neo-institutional theory & organisational fields 6. The psychology of decision-making 6. The use of cognitive heuristics in strategic decision-making Section 4: Strategic Tools in Practice 8. Current debates in Strategy as Practice, neo-institutional theory, and workshops 9. Revealed Cognitive Causal Mapping: Theoretical underpinning and approaches to analysis 10. Running a strategy workshop - a practical guide 11. Case studies and insights from public sector strategy sessions Section 5: Summary 12. Summary and Conclusions

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Book SynopsisStrategic Management in Public Services Organizations takes a comparative and international view on the appropriate use of strategic management models that are affecting the way public services organizations are managed. In an era of New and post New Public Management reforms, public managers at all levels are expected to respond to these new approaches, which profoundly affect their work practices, skills, and knowledge bases. Choosing a promising strategic management model and implementing it in a way that works for the organization or inter-organizational network in question also depends on an understanding of local politico-administrative and cultural contexts: this book helps the readers identify how to successfully tailor strategic management approaches to their specific circumstances and needs. This second edition builds upon the successes of the well-received first edition. Thoroughly updated to help public managers meet the challenges of a new decade, it hasTrade Review"I have been using this esteemed book for years for executive master's students in strategic public management. The second edition enriches the importance of 'context' for understanding public organizations by new mini-cases, and adds a very relevant chapter on collaborative governance, making the book even more topical."Nicolette van Gestel, Tilburg University, The Netherlands"The encyclopedic coverage of decades of research makes Ferlie and Ongaro's contribution an invaluable resource for scholars. The mini-cases, drawn from a variety of organizational and policy environments enrich the book and bring the subject of strategic management to life."Jeffrey D. Straussman, University at Albany, USA"Ferlie and Ongaro are to be congratulated on producing this exemplary volume. It is set to become the standard reference point for students and researchers alike."Stephen P Osborne, University of Edinburgh, UK"the authors have made a major contribution to the literature on public and nonprofit strategic management. Their book will be a must-read, must-cite resource for any serious scholar or doctoral student studying public and nonprofit strategic management."John M. Bryson, University of Minnesota, USA"In summary, this is a book that focuses on different schools of thought about strategic management. It addresses some very important topics: notably, the impact of strategic management on organisational performance and how lessons about successful strategic management can be transferred from one context to another. It stresses the need to look at the context of strategic management, and thereby points to a need to recognise that strategic management varies in practice. The book is, therefore, a warning against oversimplifying the nature of strategic management. Finally, it is a book that is upbeat about the future of strategic management as a subject of academic study and as a useful development in public administration."Paul Joyce, Local Government Studies"The book serves two main audiences. On one hand, it can be an excellent manual for graduate students in Public Management programs, especially sections 2 and 3, where the authors provide a complete overview of the schools of SM. On the other hand, it is also an advanced contribution for scholars in the field; they may be most interested in reading and discussing sections 6 (about the role of context(s)), 7 (the relationship between strategy and performance), and 9 (conclusions, where the SM in public sector is described as a "science" and "art and profession")."Tommaso Agasisti, MIP Milan Polytechnic University, Italy"One of the unique strengths of Ferlie’s and Ongaro’s work is that they make an, in our view largely successful, attempt at integrating and accommodating these diverse and somewhat controversial ambitions in a single – modestly sized – volume…. A second major strength of Ferlie’s and Ongaro’s book emanates from the emphasis it puts on illustrating theoretical deliberations by concrete and well-elaborated, in-depth examples…. Finally, the book provides a broad reflection with a conclusion chapter, which considers the nature of public strategic management in the public sector."György Hajnal, Local Government Studies "This book presents significant advances in the theoretical and practical understanding of public sector strategic management in its context. The book provides a contemporary public sector strategic perspective that is geared to comprehend the current and future challenges and provide sign posts for scholars and public sector actors to strategically act on the many contemporary challenges."Giuseppe Grossi, Kristianstad University, SwedenTable of Contents1. Introduction: our core argument and overview 2. Schools of strategic management and their implications for contemporary public services organizations - part 1: from structure to culture 3. Further proliferation of schools of strategic management - part 2: the 1980s onwards 4. Collaborative and network based forms of strategy 5. Strategy making and governance in the third sector 6. Strategy as process: a review and prospective agenda 7. Framing the context: managing strategically public services organisations in different politico-administrative ‘houses’ 8. Strategy and performance 9. Strategic management, the quest for excellence, and the ‘best practices’ research in public management 10. Conclusion: strategic management in the public sector as both ‘science’ and ‘art and profession’

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Book SynopsisDesign for Policy is the first publication to chart the emergence of collaborative design approaches to innovation in public policy. Drawing on contributions from a range of the worldâs leading academics, design practitioners and public managers, it provides a rich, detailed analysis of design as a tool for addressing public problems and capturing opportunities for achieving better and more efficient societal outcomes. In his introduction, Christian Bason suggests that design may offer a fundamental reinvention of the art and craft of policy making for the twenty-first century. From challenging current problem spaces to driving the creative quest for new solutions and shaping the physical and virtual artefacts of policy implementation, design holds a significant yet largely unexplored potential. The book is structured in three main sections, covering the global context of the rise of design for policy, in-depth case studies of the application of design to policy making, and a guide to concrete design tools for policy intent, insight, ideation and implementation. The summary chapter lays out a future agenda for design in government, suggesting how to position design more firmly on the public policy stage. Design for Policy is intended as a resource for leaders and scholars in government departments, public service organizations and institutions, schools of design and public management, think tanks and consultancies that wish to understand and use design as a tool for public sector reform and innovation.Trade Review'This book masterfully combines cutting-edge research, findings from practice, and real-world examples of how design approaches are being used to improve societal outcomes across the globe. It introduces new avenues for pursuing design-based policies and is an essential resource for anyone exploring social innovation and design processes as a tool for meaningful public sector reform. Christian Bason has successfully delivered a volume that captures the essence of design and social innovation in policy development and offers useful lessons for those faced with the challenge of serving in the twenty-first century.' Jocelyne Bourgon, President, Public Governance International 'Design for Policy is a valuable and fresh insight into policymaking. It underscores the urgent need to bring design to the very heart of modern public policy. Through highly pertinent and illuminating examples from a variety of fields, this book shows that it is possible to transform the policy making process and make it much more innovative. I hope that policymakers across Europe will read it, so that they can become policy designers - and we can shape together the future we aspire to.’ Maire Geoghegan-Quinn, European Commissioner, Research, Innovation & Science ’Can design improve the ways we address such 'super-wicked' challenges as climate change, energy precarity, or public health? It's a big ask, but this highly intelligent book makes a convincing case. Its succinct case studies show the ways that design has become a powerful tool for public administrations around the world. Design for Policy does not over-promise. Its clear and well-balanced texts illustrate the potential but also the limits of design when societal issues are massive, integrated and highly complex - all at the same time. Design, it emerges, is helping to drive transformation in the ways we govern. This important book marks a shift in models of public policymaking: from problem-solving, to envisioning; from service dTable of ContentsDesign for Policy

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Book SynopsisONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW''S 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2022From the historian Dan Bouk, a lesson in reading between the lines of the U.S. census to uncover the stories behind the data.The census isn't just a data-collection process; it's a ritual, and a tool, of American democracy. Behind every neat grid of numbers is a collage of messy, human storiesyou just have to know how to read them.In Democracy's Data, the data historian Dan Bouk examines the 1940 U.S. census, uncovering what those numbers both condense and cleverly abstract: a universe of meaning and uncertainty, of cultural negotiation and political struggle. He introduces us to the men and women employed as census takers, bringing us with them as they go door to door, recording the lives of their neighbors. He takes us into the makeshift halls of the Census Bureau, where hundreds of civil servants, not to mention machines, labored with pencil and paper to divide an

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Book SynopsisHANDBOOK OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN GOVERNMENT, THIRD EDITION The practice of public human resource management has evolved significantly in recent years due to increased outsourcing, privatization, and the diminution of public employee rights. This thoroughly revised and updated edition of the classic reference Handbook of Human Resource Management in Government offers authoritative, state-of-the-art information for public administrators and human resource professionals. The third edition features contributions from noted experts in the field, including Donald E. Klingner, Mary E. Guy, Jonathan P. West, Jeffrey L. Brudney, Montgomery Van Wart, J. J. Steven Ott, Norma M. Riccucci, and many more. Praise for the Handbook of Human Resource Management in Government This third edition of the Handbook of Human Resource Management in Government is an essential resource for scholars, practitioners, and general readers in need oTable of ContentsTables, Figures, and Exhibits xi Preface xv Acknowledgments xix The Editor xxi The Contributors xxiii Introduction: Toward Relevant Human Resource Management xxxix PART ONE: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT 1 1 The Changing Roles of the Human Resource Office 5Carolyn Ban, Charles W. Gossett 2 Human Resource Management in a Human Capital Environment 27R. Paul Battaglio Jr., Jared J. Llorens 3 Beyond Civil Service: The Politics of the Emergent Paradigms 45Dahlia Lynn, Donald E. Klingner 4 Civil Service Reform in the United States: Patterns and Trends 73J. Edward Kellough, Lloyd G. Nigro PART TWO: THE PUBLIC SECTOR WORKFORCE 95 5 Staffing the Bureaucracy: Employee Recruitment and Selection 99Steven W. Hays, Jessica E. Sowa 6 Managing the Flexible Public Workforce: Issues and Implications 129Sharon H. Mastracci, James R. Thompson 7 Valuing Diversity in the Changing Workplace 149Mary E. Guy, Meredith A. Newman 8 Managing an Aging Workforce: Trends, Issues, and Strategies 171Jonathan P. West 9 Managing Technology in the Context of Public Human Resources 199David H. Coursey 10 Using Volunteers in the Workplace 231Jeffrey L. Brudney PART THREE: MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES 257 11 Going Beyond Human Resource Management Technique 261David G. Carnevale, Kay Ham 12 Developing Practical Strategies for Maintaining Ethical Behavior 279Mark D. Bradbury, Rex L. Facer II 13 Increasing Organizational Investment in Employee Development 299Montgomery Van Wart 14 Understanding Organizational Climate and Culture 323J. Steven Ott, Abdul M. Baksh 15 Conflict in the Workplace: Strategic Choices, Great Outcomes 349Margaret S. Herrman 16 Working with Employee Unions 379Robert M. Tobias 17 Managing Local Government Human Resources Around Catastrophic Events 403Doug Goodman, P. Edward French, Stacey Mann PART FOUR: THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 419 18 The Legal Issues in Human Resource Management 423Jerry Hartman, Gregory W. Homer, Alisa H. Reff 19 Affirmative Action 455Norma M. Riccucci 20 Sexual Harassment 475Michele M. Hoyman, Jamie R. McCall 21 The Americans with Disabilities Act 491Christine B. Ledvinka PART FIVE: EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION, ASSESSMENT, AND COMPENSATION 515 22 Motivating Employees: The Role of the Manager 519Arie Halachmi, Theo van der Krogt 23 Designing Effective Performance Appraisal Systems 555Dennis M. Daley 24 Applying Effective Job Analysis Methods 587Mark R. Foster 25 Conducting Assessment Centers 615C. R. Swanson, Mark R. Foster 26 Using Work Management and Job Evaluation Systems 635Gilbert B. Siegel 27 Designing and Creating an Effective Compensation Plan 663Gilbert B. Siegel PART SIX: TOOLS FOR INTEGRATING HUMAN RESOURCES INTO THE ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION 687 28 Benchmarking Performance 691David N. Ammons 29 Strategic Planning 715Roger G. Brown 30 Conducting Practical Human Resource Management Research 735Gary E. Roberts 31 Contracting for Human Resource Services: Outsourcing, Privatization, and Using Consultants 769Glenn W. Rainey Jr. 32 Managing Employee Benefi ts: From Health Care to Pensions 817N. Joseph Cayer 33 The Budgeting Process: The Role of the Human Resource Professional 835Catherine C. Reese, Douglas J. Watson Conclusion: Toward Effective Human Resource Management 861Stephen E. Condrey Online Resources 867 References 893 Name Index 983 Subject Index 989

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