Regional, state and other local government Books
University of Toronto Press Policy Work in Canada
Book SynopsisPolicy Work in Canada is an in-depth study into the levels of analytical capacity found within the federal and provincial governments as well as the non-governmental sector.Table of ContentsTable of Figures Table of Tables Part 1 - Introduction Chapter 1. - The Nature of Professional Policy Work in Canada: An Introduction and Overview - Howlett, Wellstead, & Craft Chapter 2. - Policy Analysts in the Bureaucracy Revisited: The Nature of Professional Policy Work in Contemporary Government. - Michael Howlett and Adam Wellstead Part 2 -Policy Work in Canadian Government Chapter 3. - Policy Capacity and Incapacity in Canada's Federal Government - Wellstead, Adam, Stedman, R and Lindquist, E. Chapter 4. - Policy Analysis and Policy work at the Provincial and Territorial Level: Demographics and Description - Michael Howlett and Joshua Newman Chapter 5. - The Policy Analytical Capacity of the Government of Quebec: Results from a Survey of Officials - Luc Bernier and Michael Howlett Chapter 6. - Differences in Federal and Provincial Policy Analysis - Michael Howlett and Adam Wellstead Chapter 7. - Intergovernmental Policy Capacities and Practices in Canada - Patricia L. O'Reilly, Gregory J. Inwood, and Carolyn M. Johns Chapter 8. - Public Managers and Policy Analytical Capacity in Canada - Howlett, Michael Chapter 9. - Policy Work and the Political Arm of Government: The Role of Ministerial Staffers - Jonathan Craft Part 3 -Policy Work Outside Government Chapter 10. - The Role of Policy Consultants: "Consultocracy" or Business as Usual - Michael Howlett and Andrea Migone Chapter 11. - Inside the black box of academic researchers/policy analysts' interactions - Ouimet, M., Bedard. P-O, Leon G Chapter 12. - Government Science and Policy Advice: Evidence-based policy making at the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and its implications for the practice of policy analysis - Nicole Klenk Chapter 13. - Mandates, Political Parties and Policy Capacity - Flynn, Greg. Chapter 14. - Policy Dialogue and Engagement Between Non-Government Organizations and Government: A Survey of Processes and Instruments of Canadian Policy Workers - Bryan Evans and Adam Wellstead Part 3 - Improving Canadian Policy Work Chapter 15. - Targeted Supply-Side Policy Capacity Dynamics: High Calibre Policy Worker Recruitment in Canada - Jonathan Craft and Siobhan Harty Chapter 16. - (Re)Scaling policy capacity between government and the voluntary sector in Canada - Karine Levasseur Chapter 17. - Towards Policy Analysis 2.0: Platforms for Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration Amongst Policy Analysts - Justin Longo Part 4 - Conclusion Chapter 18. - Policy Work System Dynamics: Implications for Practice, Pedagogy and Scholarship - Adam Wellstead, Jonathan Craft & Michael Howlett References List of Contributors Endnotes
£52.20
Princeton University Press Empowered Participation
Book SynopsisOffers a comprehensive empirical analysis of the ways in which participatory democracy can be used to effect social change. Using city-wide data and six neighborhood case studies, this book explores how determined Chicago residents, police officers, teachers, and community groups worked to banish crime.Trade Review"A wonderful book: theoretically compelling, analytically insightful, empirically careful. It is a highly-skilled merger of arguments in democratic theory and applications in real world situations. It is well-written, clean, (almost) jargon-free and compelling."--Mark Carl Rom, Democracy & Society "A judicious, thorough, and multifaceted study of important questions in democratic theory. It is well worth reading."--William Nelson, Ethics "[This] book masterfully dissects terms and rebuts claims of the unfeasibility or inadequacy of public participation in policy."--Richard A. Couto, Perspectives on Politics "Empowered Participation provides some much-needed empirical endeavor to a field that is mostly theoretical... [It is] an important work which anyone interested in community organization, civic engagement, community policing, and democratic theory should read."--Patrick J. Carr, American Journal of Sociology "Archon Fung makes an indispensable contribution to deliberative democratic theory."--Michael Rabinder James, Political TheoryTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables vii Preface ix Abbreviations xi 1. Democracy as a Reform Strategy 1 1.1. Empowered Participation as an Administrative Reform Strategy 2 1.2. Accountable Autonomy: An Institutional Design for Empowered Participation 5 1.3. Paths More Traveled: Markets and Public Hierarchies 8 1.4. Origins: Civic Engagement, Pragmatism, and Deliberative Democracy 14 1.5. Mechanisms of Effectiveness 18 1.6. Sources of Fairness 23 1.7. Exploring Accountable Autonomy, in Theory and Practice 26 2. Down to the Neighborhoods 31 2.1. Perils of Patronage: School Governance in the Machine Era 31 2.2. Progressive Reform and Bureaucratic Administration, 1947-980 37 2.3. Legitimation Crisis to Accountable Autonomy, 1980-1988 39 2.4. Progressive Reformers and Machine Policing 44 2.5. Building the Modern Police Bureaucracy in Chicago 47 2.6. Legitimation Crisis in Policing 51 2.7. Toward Community-Centered Policing 53 2.8. Administration as Pragmatic and Participatory Neighborhood Deliberation 56 2.9. Deliberative Problem-Solving in Chicago LCSs 61 2.10.Communities of Inquiry in Chicago Policing 63 2.11.Conclusion 68 3. Building Capacity and Accountability 69 3.1. Dilemmas of Devolution 70 3.2. Training: Schools of Democracy in the Chicago Reforms 73 3.3. Mobilization 74 3.4. Cognitive Templates for Deliberative Governance and Problem-Solving 76 3.5. Bottom-Up, Top-Down Accountability 79 3.6. Enhancing Institutional Background Conditions for Problem-Solving 83 3.7. Networking Inquiry 86 3.8. Redistribution to the Least Capable 89 3.9. Conflicts between Community and the Local State 91 4. Challenges to Participation 99 4.1. Three Stages of Empirical Investigation 99 4.2. The Strong Rational-Choice Perspective 101 4.3. Strong Egalitarianism 108 4.4. Social Capital 119 4.5. Unity and the Politics of Difference 122 4.6. Expertise 128 5. Deliberation and Poverty 132 5.1. Deliberation in Contexts of Poverty and Social Conflict 132 5.2. Initial Conditions: Six Cases in Three Neighborhoods 135 5.3. Southtown Elementary Becomes Harambee Academy 142 5.4. Central Beat: Nonsystematic Problem-Solving 151 5.5. Traxton School: Wealth and Embedded Agreement 159 5.6. Poverty and the Character of Pragmatic Deliberation 170 6. Deliberation in Social Conflict 173 6.1. Bridges across Race and Class in Traxton Beat 173 6.2. Translation and Trust in Southtown Beat 197 6.3. The Discipline of Self-Reflection: Central Elementary under Probation 210 6.4. Beyond Decentralization: Structured Deliberation and Intervention 217 7. The Chicago Experience and Beyond 220 7.1. Lessons from the Street 221 7.2. System-wide Democratic and Administrative Accomplishments 225 7.3. Incomplete Politics and Institutional Instability 228 7.4. Bringing Practice Back into Participatory and Deliberative Democratic Theory 231 7.5. Beyond Chicago 233 7.6. The Promise of Participatory-Deliberative Democracy 241 Notes 243 Selected Bibliography 253 Index 271
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Random House USA Inc Miami Vintage International
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University of Illinois Press Fixing Illinois
Book SynopsisPersistent problems have left Illinois the butt of jokes and threatened it with fiscal catastrophe. The authors use their four decades of experience as public servants, Springfield veterans, and government observers to present a program of almost one hundred specific policy ideas aimed at rescuing the state from its long list of problems.Trade Review"Jim Nowlan and Tom Johnson are two of the most knowledgeable people in understanding Illinois state government as a result of their many years in and around Illinois government. Their new book, Fixing Illinois, is an excellent overview of the many problems facing Illinois, and more importantly, how to fix those problems. Fixing Illinois is a must read for anyone who cares about the future of Illinois." --Governor Jim Edgar"Fixing Illinois by James Nowlan and Thomas Johnson is a prodigious effort to diagnose the ailments of a fundamentally strong state and prescribe a wide range of measures to improve the accountability of government and diminish widespread perceptions of corruption. It is objective and reflects extensive research and the real-world experience of its authors. Fixing Illinois should be read by all concerned Illinois citizens and especially those who seek and occupy public office." --Senator Adlai E. Stevenson III"We are truly in a sad state of affairs, and the authors mince no words in describing the problems we face. . . . But the authors are not in such despair that they don't have a bounty of suggestions as to how we can recover."--Ronald D. Michaelson, visiting professor of political studies at the University of Illinois at Springfield
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Oxford University Press The Oxford History of PolandLithuania
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Unfulfilled Aspirations: Middle Power Politics in
Book SynopsisThe concepts and theories of what constitutes a 'Middle Power' have played a key part in explaining the identity, behaviour and foreign policy roles of many states in the international system, including the United Kingdom, France, Australia and Brazil. But, with a few exceptions, these frameworks have failed to travel to scholarship on the Middle East, despite the theoretical and empirical potential that they offer for understanding regional dynamics. The first of its kind, this volume addresses that major gap by interrogating the conceptual, theoretical and empirical underpinnings of the concept of 'Middle Power' at a regional level. Composed of nine chapters, 'Unfulfilled Aspirations' offers the conceptual and theoretical tools to examine 'Middle Powerhood' in the Middle East, as well as insightful empirical analyses of both 'traditional' Middle Powers in the region (Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Algeria) and new, aspiring ones (Qatar, the UAE). The contributors reveal that the Middle Powers of the Middle East have failed, despite their best efforts, to fulfill their regional aspirations.Trade Review'The greatest strength of [Unfulfilled Aspirations] is its clear and in-depth conjunction of theory and case-studies. Saouli’s edited volume is a timely study of an important subject for Middle East studies.' -- International Affairs
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Oxford University Press Inc Institutionalizing Violence Strategies of Jihad
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewJerome Drevon's Institutionalizing Violence is a remarkable piece of scholarship. It advances our theoretical understanding of Salafi groups' radicalization and de-radicalization, and the centrality of institutionalization to groups' strategic choices. Its empirical chapters, focused on Egyptian Salafi-Jihadi groups, are fascinating, the result of exceptional access to important figures in these organizations. Drevon also has a unique ability to breathtakingly tell their story. This book is a must read for students of social movements, terrorism studies, and the Jihadi movement. * Barak Mendelsohn, Haverford University *If we want to find new and more constructive ways of managing the threat stemming from jihadist militancy, we need to understand how jihadist organizations function. In this excellent book, Jérôme Drevon draws on unique material gathered through extensive in-country research in Egypt, and convincingly shows how different types of jihadist organizational patterns influence the groups' trajectories, including the chances for conflict termination and political accommodation. A must-read for anyone interested in jihadist militancy and the sociology of violence more broadly. * Isak Svensson, Uppsala University *Richly researched, considered, and incisive, Institutionalizing Violence is a work that not only deserves wide readership, but is one with which all serious researchers of jihadist movements must contend. Jerome Drevon's excellent scholarship and exceptional access to historical figures in Egypt's most influential jihadist groups combine here in a new study that provides unique insight into strategic decision making within militant organizations. For these reasons, this book is essential reading. * Leah Farrall, former senior counterterrorism analyst with the Australian Federal Police *In his remarkable book, Drevon (Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland) advances a well-grounded theoretical understanding of the radicalization and de-radicalization of Salafi groups and the centrality of institutionalization to the groups' strategic choices. Drevon's excellent book draws on unique materials gathered through extensive, in-country research in Egypt, which convincingly shows how different types of jihadist organizational patterns influence the trajectories of the groups, including their chances for conflict termination and political accommodation. This richly researched project is excellent scholarship because of the exceptional access Drevon had to historical figures in Egypt's most influential jihadist groups, which provides unique insight into strategic decision-making within militant organizations. * Choice *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Acknowledgements List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Arabic Glossary Arabic Transliteration CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1.1. How Important are Jihadi Groups' Strategic Developments? 1.2. Jihad and its Aftermath in Egypt 1.3. The Concepts of Radicalization and Institutionalization 1.4. The First Argument: Jihadi Groups' Radicalization and Institutionalization 1.5. The Second Argument: Jihadi Groups' Institutionalization and Long-Term Strategic Evolution 1.6. The Scope of the Model and Contribution to Existing Research 1.7. Overview of the Chapters CHAPTER 2 Institutionalizing Violence 2.1. Jihadi Groups' Relational Radicalization 2.2. Comparative Mechanisms of Radicalization and Beyond 2.3. Jihadi Groups' Institutionalization 2.4. Radicalization and Institutionalization 2.5. Institutionalization and Long-Term Strategic Evolution CHAPTER 3 Two Trajectories to Jihad 3.1. The Seeds of Violence Before and After Nasser's Free Officers 3.2. Religion and Politics Under Sadat 3.3. Covert Jihad Group Mobilization 3.4. From Mass Movement Proselytization to Jihad 3.5. Towards an Armed Confrontation: Killing Pharaoh 3.6. Conclusion CHAPTER 4 Strategy Institutionalization 4.1. Cementing the Roots of Salafi Jihadi Opposition to the Regime in Prison 4.2. Early Institutionalization after Sadat's Assassination Trials 4.3. Denouncing Other Islamists and Religious Institutions 4.4. A Contentious Exile to Afghanistan and Pakistan and the Cradle of al-Qaeda 4.5. Ideological Radicalization in Exile? 4.6. A Strategic Deadlock and the Transnationalization of Jihad 4.7. Reinterpreting Salafi Jihadi Ideology 4.8. Conclusion CHAPTER 5 Confronting the Regime and Fighting the Far Enemy 5.1. Reacting to Repression 5.2. The Militarization of the Conflict 5.3. A Fight for Survival 5.4. Relocating Jihad Abroad 5.5. Conclusion CHAPTER 6 The Emergence of Non-Violent Political Alternatives 6.1. What Happened to the Other Islamists? 6.2. The Institutionalization of Jihadi Groups' Collective Identities 6.3. Responding to a Short-Lived Democratization 6.4. Conclusion CHAPTER 7 Conclusion 7.1. The Institutional Trajectories of the Islamic and Jihad Groups 7.2. Armed Violence Beyond Egypt 7.2.1. The Strategic Development of Al-Qaeda and Islamic State 7.2.2. Political Violence and Democracy 7.2.2. The Role of Ideas 7.3. Understanding Jihadi Groups as Groups Annex: Methodology and Field Research Bibliography
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Yale University Press Not in My Backyard
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Open University Press Providing Quality in the Public Sector
Book SynopsisThis book argues that if public services are to be âreformedâ or âimprovedâ, achieving the best possible quality of service is essential.It starts from the premise that citizens and users are the key âstakeholdersâ. They need to be consulted and involved at every stage. Within inevitable resource constraints, it is their needs, balanced with those of society, which must be met. Service providers need to change their culture and behaviour to make this happen.This book presents a straightforward and comprehensive model for understanding quality and putting it into practice. Existing quality philosophies and approaches are examined. Overviews of recent policy on quality in central and local government, in the health service, and in public service partnerships are included. Finally, five practitioners present practical âvignettesâ of citizen involvement, local partnerships, and quality improvement in health, housing and local government.Providing Quality in the Public SectorTable of ContentsPart I: Setting the scene1.Introduction2.The Public Policy contextPart II:The Theory3.The conceptual framework:stakeholders, values, objectives and definitions.4.Implementing quality5.Standards, monitoring and evaluationPart III: Learning from each other - overviews6.Quality in central government7.Quality in local government8.Quality in health9.Quality issues in partnership workingPart IV: Quality in Practice10.Quality from the citizen's perspective:campaigning, consultation and involvement11.Partnership and Participation:better government for older people in South Lanarkshire12.Making it work in health: a stakeholder model for quality management13.Making it work in housing:choice and need in social housing14. making it work in local government: experiences of Tameside MBCPart V: Conclusions15. Conclusions and ReflectionsAppendixBibliographyIndex
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McGill-Queen's University Press Local Government and Metropolitan Regions in
Book SynopsisExamines local governments by drawing on case studies of Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Switzerland, Spain, South Africa, and United States.Table of ContentsContributors include Raoul Blindenbacher (Forum of Federations), Martin Burgi (Ruhr-University Bochum), Luis Cesar (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), Jaap de Visser (University of Western Cape), Habu Galadima (University of Jos), Sol Garson (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) Boris Graizbord (National College of Mexico), Rakesh Hooja (HCM Rajasthan State Institute of Public Administration, India), Andreas Kiefer (European Affairs Office of the Land Salzburg), Andreas Ladner (Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration), George Mathew (Institute of Social Sciences, India), Thomas Minger (Conference of Cantonal Governments, Switzerland), Mike Pagano (University of Illinois at Chicago), Chandra Pasma (Forum of Federations), Graham Sansom (University of Technology Sydney), Franz Schausberger (Salzburg University), Nico Steytler (University of Western Cape), Francisco Velasco Caballero (Universidad Autnoma de Madrid), and Robert Young (University of Western Ontario).
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Cambridge University Press Rural Politics in India
Book SynopsisThis book discusses the forms and dynamics of political processes in rural India with a special emphasis on West Bengal, the nation''s fourth-most populous state. West Bengal''s political distinction stems from its long legacy of a Left-led coalition government for more than thirty years and its land reform initiatives. The book closely looks at how people from different castes, religions, and genders represent themselves in local governments, political parties, and in the social movements in West Bengal. At the same time it addresses some important questions: Is there any new pattern of politics emerging at the margins? How does this pattern of politics correspond with the current discourse of governance? Using ethnographic techniques, it claims to chart new territories by not only examining how rural people see the state, but also conceiving the context by comparing the available theoretical frameworks put forward to explain the political dynamics of rural India.Table of ContentsList of tables; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Land, development and politics in West Bengal; 3. Changing landscape of two villages in West Bengal; 4. Seeing the state and governance in the grassroots; 5. Party and politics at the margin; 6. A narrative of peasant resistance: land, party and the state; 7. Caste and power in rural context; 8. Women and caste: in struggle and in governance; 9. Conclusion: a new kind of peasant mobilization?; Glossary; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Political Leadership in Africa
Book SynopsisDo political leaders matter for development in Africa? Political leaders south of the Sahara have taken centre stage since countries in the region gained independence in the 1960s, yet a ''leadership trap'' soon emerged with power-holders overstaying in office and chronic instability caused by coups resulting in decades of disappointing developmental performances. The beginnings of change are found in political reforms of the early 1990s, with many sub-Saharan countries introducing multiparty elections and an increasingly regular succession of leaders. But what impact did the new mechanisms for selecting leaders have on the political stabilization of African states, on the growth of their economies, and on the welfare of ordinary citizens? Drawing on a new dataset called the Africa Leadership Change (ALC), this innovative analysis of political leadership in Africa investigates the distinct leadership dynamics of development processes across the region from 1960 to 2018, revealing how, Trade Review'The end of the Cold War set off a worldwide wave of democratization whose effects are still being catalogued and analyzed. How have Africa's new arrangements for choosing rulers, checking their power, and removing them by the will of the majority worked out? This study is sure to be the go-to source for answers to these questions, analyzing how the acquisition and distribution of power has evolved under Africa's new multiparty regimes - the accompanying online database is an invaluable resource for students and scholars wanting to gather additional facts on particular African rulers.' Arthur A. Goldsmith, Emeritus Professor, University of Massachusetts, Boston'Carbone and Pellegata provide a powerful study on how leaders impact the success and failures of their countries in sub-Saharan Africa and how they reach power influences their behaviour and what they do too. Political Leadership in Africa is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the impact of leadership on democracy and development in sub-Saharan Africa today.' Alex Vines, Coventry University and Head of the Africa Programme, Chatham House'… empirically accomplished, well-researched study … this is an extremely impressive scholarly work … Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students and faculty. General readers.' C. E. Welch, Choice'… a significant achievement.' Kai M. Thaler, Journal of Interdisciplinary HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Leadership, politics and development; 2. Coming to power and using it: leaders' selection, change and government performance; 3. The Africa Leadership Change (ALC) dataset; 4. The changing dynamics of African leadership: rulers before and after 1990; 5. When the military strikes; 6. Lessening Africa's 'big men': term limits; 7. Leading for development? (I): economic growth; 8. Leading for development? (II): social welfare, state consolidation and corruption control; 9. Autocrats, hegemons, democrats and transients; 10. Leaders to come.
£83.59
Cambridge University Press Judges and Generals in the Making of Modern Egypt
Book SynopsisWhy do authoritarian regimes survive? How do dictators fail? What role do political institutions play in these two processes? Many of the answers to these questions can be traced to the same source: the interaction between institutions and preferences. Using Egypt as a case study, Professor Mahmoud Hamad describes how the synergy between judges and generals created the environment for the present government and a delicate balance for its survival. The history of modern Egypt is one of the struggle between authoritarian governments, and forces that advocate for more democratic rights. While the military has provided dictatorial leaders, the judiciary provides judges who have the power to either support or stymie authoritarian power. Judges and Generals in the Making of Modern Egypt provides a historically grounded explanation for the rise and demise of authoritarianism, and is one of the first studies of Egypt''s judicial institutions within a single analytical framework.Trade Review'Mahmoud Hamad's Judges and Generals in the Making of Modern Egypt constitutes a well-told and well-argued story of how political institutions, especially courts whose independence should define their function, can be manipulated and coopted by autocratic forces. This insightful analysis provides a road map for comprehending the power of courts to legitimize authoritarian regimes and the limits of judicial empowerment.' Mary L. Volcansek, Executive Director, Center for Texas Studies at Texas Christian University'The book is a fascinating account of the role of the judiciary in modern Egyptian politics. As well as being of interest to those wanting to understand more about the particular history of the judiciary in Egypt, Judges and Generals in the Making of Modern Egypt provides more generalizable insights into the ways in which a degree of judicial independence can lend credibility to non-democratic governments. In particular it persuasively argues that the judiciary can be useful for an autocratic regime in providing an institutional foundation as a base for its longer-term survival. This book is an important point of reference for anyone interested in the relationship between judges and politicians in the context of non-democratic regimes.' Kate Malleson, Queen Mary, University of LondonTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The historical legacies and the institutional culture of the Egyptian judiciary; 3. Nasser's Egypt: charisma, populism, and the attacks on judicial independence; 4. The years of Sadat: crisis, regime survival, and the awakening of judicial activism; 5. Judicial politics under Mubarak: judges and the fall of the Pharaoh; 6. The scaf, the courts, and Islamists: judges and the political transition; 7. Mursi and the judiciary: the self-fulfilling prophecy; 8. Patricians and plebeians: the chief justice paves the road to the general; 9. Old wine in a new bottle: Ssisi, judges, and the restoration of the ancien régime; References; Index.
£95.00
Cambridge University Press Political Leadership in Africa
Book SynopsisDo political leaders matter for development in Africa? Political leaders south of the Sahara have taken centre stage since countries in the region gained independence in the 1960s, yet a ''leadership trap'' soon emerged with power-holders overstaying in office and chronic instability caused by coups resulting in decades of disappointing developmental performances. The beginnings of change are found in political reforms of the early 1990s, with many sub-Saharan countries introducing multiparty elections and an increasingly regular succession of leaders. But what impact did the new mechanisms for selecting leaders have on the political stabilization of African states, on the growth of their economies, and on the welfare of ordinary citizens? Drawing on a new dataset called the Africa Leadership Change (ALC), this innovative analysis of political leadership in Africa investigates the distinct leadership dynamics of development processes across the region from 1960 to 2018, revealing how, Trade Review'The end of the Cold War set off a worldwide wave of democratization whose effects are still being catalogued and analyzed. How have Africa's new arrangements for choosing rulers, checking their power, and removing them by the will of the majority worked out? This study is sure to be the go-to source for answers to these questions, analyzing how the acquisition and distribution of power has evolved under Africa's new multiparty regimes - the accompanying online database is an invaluable resource for students and scholars wanting to gather additional facts on particular African rulers.' Arthur A. Goldsmith, Emeritus Professor, University of Massachusetts, Boston'Carbone and Pellegata provide a powerful study on how leaders impact the success and failures of their countries in sub-Saharan Africa and how they reach power influences their behaviour and what they do too. Political Leadership in Africa is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the impact of leadership on democracy and development in sub-Saharan Africa today.' Alex Vines, Coventry University and Head of the Africa Programme, Chatham House'… empirically accomplished, well-researched study … this is an extremely impressive scholarly work … Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students and faculty. General readers.' C. E. Welch, Choice'… a significant achievement.' Kai M. Thaler, Journal of Interdisciplinary HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Leadership, politics and development; 2. Coming to power and using it: leaders' selection, change and government performance; 3. The Africa Leadership Change (ALC) dataset; 4. The changing dynamics of African leadership: rulers before and after 1990; 5. When the military strikes; 6. Lessening Africa's 'big men': term limits; 7. Leading for development? (I): economic growth; 8. Leading for development? (II): social welfare, state consolidation and corruption control; 9. Autocrats, hegemons, democrats and transients; 10. Leaders to come.
£29.44
Cambridge University Press Democracy at Work
Book SynopsisOne of the greatest challenges in the twenty-first century is to address large, deep, and historic deficits in human development. Democracy at Work explores a crucial question: how does democracy, with all of its messy, contested, and, time-consuming features, advance well-being and improve citizens'' lives? Professors Brian Wampler, Natasha Borges Sugiyama, and Michael Touchton argue that differences in the local robustness of three democratic pathways - participatory institutions, rights-based social programs, and inclusive state capacity - best explain the variation in how democratic governments improve well-being. Using novel data from Brazil and innovative analytic techniques, the authors show that participatory institutions permit citizens to express voice and exercise vote, inclusive social programs promote citizenship rights and access to public resources, and more capable local states use public resources according to democratic principles of rights protections and equal accesTrade Review'This important book documents the existence of a significant 'democracy advantage' in the form of Brazilian municipalities that have been able to improve a number of key social indicators by expanding participatory institutions, adopting rights-based social programs, and building local state capacity. Given the multiple crises that have beset Brazil's national-level politics in recent years, the publication of Democracy at Work is especially timely as a reminder that local actors can construct their own pathways to well-being.' Kent Eaton, University of California, Santa Cruz'Democracy at Work convincingly demonstrates that 'thicker democracy' really does improve social outcomes. The authors deploy the analytical leverage of the subnational comparative method, grounded in extraordinary empirical evidence, to show both the independent and interactive effects of participatory public institutions, inclusive safety nets and capable local governments.' Jonathan Fox, Accountability Research Center, School of International Service, American University'Democracy at Work is an impressive, even exemplary, piece of scholarship.' Jared Abbott and Benjamin Goldfrank, Comparative Politics'Wampler, Sugiyama, and Touchton's exciting book Democracy at Work promises a deep dive into the black box of democracy with all of its 'messy, contested, and time-consuming features' … Democracy at Work is sure to become essential reading for any student of participatory democracy and developmental studies, as well as anyone seeking to understand the micro-level pathways that cultivate well-being beyond the broad stroke of economic growth and regime type.' Maggie Shum, The Developing EconomiesTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Democracy at work; 2. Building pathways for change; 3. Research design, methods, and variables; 4. Reducing poverty: broadening access to income; 5. Improving health: saving lives; 6. Empowering women: saving mothers and enhancing opportunities; 7. Educating society: promoting public education and learning; 8. Pathways at work: lessons from Brazil's poor Northeast; Conclusion: how democracy improves well-being.
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Cambridge University Press Epicentre to Aftermath
Book SynopsisInsisting on the importance of fine-grained cultural, political, and historical context, this book dramatically expands the field of knowledge relevant to understanding disasters, their outcomes and appropriate interventions. In so doing, it shows that disaster aftermaths are never inevitable but are the outcomes of situated human agency.Table of ContentsPart I. Contextualizing Disaster: Preface; 1. Reconstituting pasts and futures: contextual agency in a disaster aftermath Mark Liechty and Michael Hutt; 2. Earthquakes in Nepali history John Whelpton; Part II. Rebuilding Lives: 3. Expertise, labour and mobility in Nepal's post-conflict, post-disaster reconstruction: Law, construction and finance as domains of social transformation Sara Shneiderman, Dan Hirslund, Jeevan Baniya, Philippe Le Billon, Bina Limbu, Bishnu Pandey, Katharine Rankin, Nabin Rawal, Prakash Chandra Subedi, Manoj Suji, Deepak Thapa and Cameron Warner; 4. Labour and the humanitarian present: thinking through the 2015 Nepal Earthquakes Shyam Kunwar, Elsie Lewison and Katharine N. Rankin; 5. Disaster, deceptions, dislocations: reflections from an integrated settlement project in Nepal Jeevan Baniya; 6. Humanitarian responses of I/NGOs after the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake: empirical evidence from Gorkha, Sindhupalchok and Southern Lalitpur Amrita Gurung and Jeevan Baniya; 7. Policies, politics and practices of landslide risk management in post-earthquake Nepal: perspectives from above and below Katie Oven, Shubheksha Rana, Gopi K. Basyal, Nick Rosser and Mark Kincey; Part III. Rebuilding Structures: 8. The politics of participatory disaster governance in Nepal's post-earthquake reconstruction Nimesh Dhungana; 9. Changing perspectives on international aid in Nepal since the 2015 earthquakes Shobhit Shakya; 10. Reclaiming heritage: the politics and poetics of Newar urbanism Sabin Ninglekhu, Patrick Daly and Pia Hollenbach; 11. Kathmandu Durbar Square: heritage reconstruction as a political process of negotiating ownership and authority by Stefanie Lotter; Part IV. Building Memory: 12. Cultural heritage display after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal: the architecture galleries, Patan Museum Katharina Weiler; 13. Art as participation, gift and resource: Nepali artists' engagement in post- earthquake Kathmandu Valley Christiane Brosius; 14. Gathering absences and presences: memory work, photographs and affective recovery in the Langtang Valley Austin Lord and Jennifer Bradley; 15. Bhukampa: Nepali recitations of an earthquake aftermath Michael Hutt.
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform How To Run For Local Office: 10 Steps To Run a
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Nova Science Publishers Inc State & Local Government in the United States
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Senate of the United States
Book SynopsisThe Senate is one of the two houses of the Congress, created in Article I, Section 1 of the US Constitution. The Senate has 100 members, who serve for 6-year terms with one-third of the seats up for re-election every two years. Every state has two Senators. Senators were originally elected by state legislatures, but the Seventeenth Amendment to the US Constitution, adopted in 1913, changed the system so that Senators would be elected by the people. The vice-president serves as the presiding officer over the Senate, although he does not serve on any committees and is restricted to voting only in the event of a tie. The structure of the Senate, its longer term than the 2 years of Representatives and its history have resulted in a very powerful political structure. This new book sheds light on the structure and operating procedures of this very important deliberative yet dynamic body.
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University of Alberta Press Indigenous Legalities Pipeline Viscosities
Book SynopsisMcCreary explores how colonial forces seek to control Indigenous claims, and how the Wet'suwet'en resist.
£26.09
Granville Island Publishing UBCM (Union of British Columbia Municipalities):
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Australian Scholarly Publishing Northern Dreams: The Politics of Northern Development in Australia
Book SynopsisNorthern Australia is rediscovered by each new generation of Australian politicians. Dams, mines, large transport projects, a food bowl for Asia and many other projects are promised and sometimes delivered, but then the political momentum fades away and the focus of attention turns to other issues. What is often missing in discussion is the region’s long history of nation-building initiatives and proposals, stretching back to 1901. Without this knowledge we are likely to repeat the mistakes of the past.Northern Dreams brings to life the passionate arguments about Northern Australia’s national significance and analyses the political debates that have periodically drawn the public’s attention northwards. It also highlights the role that Australian politicians such as Gough Whitlam, Ben Chifley, Robert Menzies and Bob Hawke played in shaping northern development policies to suit their times. Northern Dreams is the definitive history of the politics of northern development in Australia.
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Transcript Verlag Staying in Life – Paving the Way to
Book SynopsisWe are constantly growing older, and there are an increasing number of elderly people living with dementia who are merely being "taken care of". There is no question that we need alternatives to the established procedures.What can we do to create spaces where we can stay in life - rather than just staying alive? How can we turn the individual environments of people with and without dementia into "places of human warmth"?In Germany, initiatives attempting to answer these questions are on the rise: Committed individuals from politics, art, churches, social and volunteer work etc. are creatively working towards dementia-friendly communities. In this book, three authors, intimately familiar with the topic, explore initial movements, obstacles, and first approaches.
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Anmol Publications Pvt Ltd Women in Panchayati Raj Institutions
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Concept Publishing Co Capacity Building for Local Body Leaders
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Manohar Publishers and Distributors State Formation, Agrarian Growth & Social Change
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Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark's Social Democratic Government & the
Book SynopsisThe implementation of the Marshall Plan in Denmark gave rise to serious conflicts between the Social Democratic government and the opposition -- and between the government and the business community. Vibeke Sørensen portrays the deep disagreement that existed regarding Danish economic policy in the post-war period, analysing also how this political disagreement characterised the Danish implementation of the plan. On the basis of thorough source studies, Sørensen questions the up until now appreciatory evaluation of the importance of the Marshall Plan for the Danish society. On one hand, the implementation played a role in initiating structural changes in the Danish economy, with the plan itself complementing the social democratic reconstruction policy during the first few post-war years. On the other hand, the social democratic government failed in its effort to create consensus regarding more stringent control of economic policy and recognition of the necessity of an industrialisation policy. As a result, the Marshall Plan had only limited success in Denmark.
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HarperCollins India Aadhaar: A Biometric History of India's 12-Digit
Book SynopsisAadhaar was born in July 2009, yoking modern technology and management expertise to political will. The biometric-based unique identification system, built by tech czar Nandan Nilekani and his team of innovators, was designed to enable subsidies and social spends reach their true destination, plug institutional corruption and save trillions of tax-rupees. In July 2017, Aadhaar is 1.15 billion identities and growing.In Aadhaar: A Biometric History of India''s 12-digit Revolution, senior journalist Shankkar Aiyar traces the history of this ambitious, controversial undertaking. He speaks with President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Manmohan Singh, P. Chidambaram, Yashwant Sinha, Rahul Gandhi and others to document how politicians with diametrically opposed ideologies were equally determined to propel Aadhaar.
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Manohar Publishers and Distributors Understanding Governance in South Asia
Book SynopsisThe concept of good governance in South Asia poses a challenge at the implementation level, mainly due to ethnocentricity, regional disparities, division between poor and rich, and rural and urban division among the people. Concepts such as decentralization, citizen engagement, lean public service, privatization, autonomy, public-private partnership may work well in developed countries but may not produce the same results in the region where the majority of poor people expect their government to fulfill their basic needs. Governance in South Asia needs to be reformed to ensure that poverty can be reduced, if not completely eradicated. Poor governance and the various means by which governance has fallen short, has led to lack of development and continuance of poverty in South Asian societies. South Asian countries have more or less similar objectives, structures, value systems, cultures, and standards of governance despite different forms of government.
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Westland Publications Limited Contested Lands :: India, China and the Boundary
Book SynopsisThe India-China border dispute, dating back over a century, centers on Aksai Chin ownership and the acceptance of the McMahon Line as the border. Despite talks, no resolution due to trust issues and historical aggression. Maroof Raza's "Contested Lands" delves into the history of the conflict.
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HarperCollins Publishers The Arab Lobby
Book SynopsisOffers a compendium of the greatest sad songs and artists of the modern era and a collection of essays that attempts to explain what exactly draws us to sad music, and how sad music actually makes us happy.
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HarperCollins They Came for the Schools
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Oxford University Press Inc Legacies and Memories in Movements
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OUP Oxford The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe analyses the state of play of democracy at the subnational level in the 27 member states of the EU plus Norway and Switzerland. It places subnational democracy in the context of the distinctive Anglo, the French, the German, and Scandinavian state traditions in Europe asking to what extent these are still relevant today. The Handbook adapts Lijphart''s theory of democracy and applies it to the subnational levels in all the country chapters. A key theoretical issue is whether subnational (regional and local) democracy is derived from national democracy or whether it is legitimate in its own right. Besides these theoretical concerns it focuses on the practice of democracy: the roles of political parties and interest groups and also how subnational political institutions relate to the ordinary citizen. This can take the form of local referendums or other mechanisms of participation. The Handbook reveals a wide variety of practiTable of ContentsPART I THE BRITISH ISLES; PART II THE RHINELANDIC STATES; PART III THE NORDIC STATES; PART IV THE SOUTHERN EUROPEAN STATES; PART V THE NEW DEMOCRACIES; PART VI CONCLUSIONS
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Civil Society Organizations Unemployment and Precarity in Europe Between Service and Policy Work and Welfare in Europe
Book SynopsisThis book provides a Europe-wide comparative analysis of the role of civil society organizations active in the field of unemployment and precarity. It illustrates how crucial civil society organizations are for the inclusion of the young unemployed, mainly in two ways: by delivering services and by advocating policy.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Simone Baglioni and Marco Giugni PART I: RESOURCES AND ACTIVITIES 1. The Political Role of Civil Society in the Policy Field of Youth Unemployment and Precarious Working Conditions; Simone Baglioni, Jasmine Lorenzini, and Lorenzo Mosca 2. Addressing Unemployment in Different Welfare Regimes: Civil Society Organizations and Their Strategies; Jennifer Hobbins, Birgitta Erkisson, and Ewa Bacia 3. Between Passion and Money: Human and Financial Resources and Patterns of Professionalization of Civil Society Organisations; Luis Mota and Vitória Mourão 4. The Impact of Political Opportunity Structures on the Politicization of Civil Society Organizations in the Field of Unemployment and Precarity; Manlio Cinalli and Marco Giugni PART II: NETWORKS 5. Networks within the Multi-Organizational Field of Unemployment: A Tale of Seven Cities in Europe; Matteo Bassoli and Manlio Cinalli 6. Local Civil Societies in the Field of Labor Market Issues: Cliques, Cleavages, and Conflicts in the Organizational Networks of Cologne and Turin; Christian Lahusen and Bettina Grimmer 7. Who Are the Powerful Actors? An Analysis of Brokerage in the Networks of Organizations Dealing with Unemployment and Precarity; Matteo Bassoli, Manlio Cinalli, and Marco Giugni 8. Inheriting Divisions? The Role of Catholic and Leftist Affiliation in Local Cooperation Network: The Case of Italy and Poland; Matteo Bassoli and Maria Theiss 9. Mind the Gap: Local Civil Society Organizations and the European Union; Christian Lahusen Conclusion; Simone Baglioni and Marco Giugni
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Yale University Press Bureaucratic Justice
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Yale University Press The Politics of Public Management
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Palgrave Macmillan Developments in Swedish Social Policy
Book SynopsisFor many decades, Sweden was seen as a model welfare state. Detailed accounts of changes to welfare services and benefits are included alongside specialist chapters devoted to areas where Sweden itself has claimed to be something of a leader - the care of the elderly, gender equality, employment issues and substance.Trade Review'...this unusually well-written, broad, and detailed examination of Swedish social policy is essential reading...' - Choice '...Gould's book is - with is wealth of material and wide-ranging considerations - a substantial contribution to the ongoingdebate about Sweden as a uniqu and important case of a modern welfare state.' - Wolfgang Zank, Aalborg University, Journal of Contemporary European Studies '...an extremely well-informed and creative analysis of Swedish social policy from the outside that produces many important reflections for students, scholars and not least Swedish politicians.' - Lennart Nygren, Professor of Social Work at Umeä University, Sweden, Social PolicyTable of ContentsList of Tables Preface Acknowledgements Glossary Postmodern World..... ......Modern Society The 'People's Home' Political and Economic Change Social Insecurity: Benefits and Services Grey Policies: Caring for the Elderly The State of Women Responses to Unemployment The Restrictive Line: Alcohol and Drugs Apollo versus Dionysus Bibliography Index
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iUniverse Lethal American Confusion How Bush and the Pacifists Each Failed in the War on Terrorism
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MP-KAN Uni Press of Kansas Revitalizing Urban Neighborhoods
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