Politics and Public Policy
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Varieties of Capital Cities
David Kaufmann
The political and symbolic centrality of capital cities has been challenged by increasing economic globalization. This is especially true of secondary capital cities; capital cities which, while being the seat of national political power...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Islamic Education in the United States and the Evolution of Muslim Nonprofit Institutions
Sabith Khan, Shariq Siddiqui
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License thanks to generous funding support from The International institute of Islamic Thought (https://iiit.org/en/home/). It is free to read, download and shar...eBook:Find out more$29.56
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Knowledge, Policymaking and Learning for European Cities and Regions
Edited by Nicola F. Dotti
This book provides theories, experiences, reflections and future directions for social scientists who wish to engage with policy-oriented research in cities and regions. The ‘policy learning’ perspective is comprehensively discussed, foc...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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China’s Eurasian Dilemmas
R. J. Ferguson
Providing a timely analysis of China’s engagement with Eurasia, R. James Ferguson focuses on the challenges obstructing China’s path to becoming a sustainable global power. Engagement across Eurasia presents China, its leaders and policy...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Regulation, Governance and Convergence in the Media
Peter Humphreys, Seamus Simpson
Media convergence is often propounded as inevitable and ongoing. Yet much of the governance of the media sector’s key parts has developed along discrete evolutionary paths, mostly incremental in character. This volume breaks new ground ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Expanding Human Rights
Edited by Alison Brysk, Michael Stohl
The 21st century demands expanding rights, as the established human rights regime is necessary but not sufficient. This project will analyze the global dynamics of the mobilization of new actors, claims, institutions and modes of account...eBook:Find out more$39.16
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Research Handbook on Quality, Performance and Accountability in Higher Education
Edited by Ellen Hazelkorn, Hamish Coates, Alexander C. McCormick
As higher education becomes a key determinant for economic competitiveness, institutions face increasing pressure to demonstrate their fitness to meet the needs of society and individuals. Blending innovative research with richly context...eBook:Find out more$65.00
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Policy Problems and Policy Design
B. Guy Peters
Public policy can be considered a design science. It involves identifying relevant problems, selecting instruments to address the problem, developing institutions for managing the intervention, and creating means of assessing the design...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Teaching Leadership
Gama Perruci, Sadhana W. Hall
We can teach leadership. The authors share their personal experiences of how they have bridged theory and practice in curricular and co-curricular settings to set the pace and tone for leadership development and life-long learning. Start...eBook:Find out more$46.36
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Gender and Generational Division in EU Citizenship
Edited by Trudie Knijn, Manuela Naldini
Family law, gender equality, care arrangements and the consequences of demographic change have long been on the agenda of the European Union. However, these are coloured by national and cultural factors more than any other disputes, and ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Economic Crisis and the Resilience of Regions
Edited by Gillian Bristow, Adrian Healy
The economic crisis of 2008-9 heralded the most severe economic downturn in the history of the European Union. Yet not all regions experienced economic decline and rates of recovery have varied greatly. This has raised new questions abou...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Performance Goals in Public Management and Policy
Chan S. Jung
Chan Su Jung provides a thorough review of goal ambiguity in the public sector, exploring the general assertions, arguments and empirical evidence regarding performance goal ambiguity, particularly highlighting its causes, consequences, ...eBook:Find out more$40.00