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The State of Accountability in the Global South
Edited by Sylvia I. Bergh, Sony Pellissery, C. Sathyamala
Political leaders and institutions across the Global South are continually failing to respond to the needs of their citizens. This incisive book sets out to establish the pathways to and outcomes of accountability in a development contex...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Assessing the Performance Advantage of Public-Private Partnerships
Edited by Stefan Verweij, Ingmar van Meerkerk, Carter B. Casady
This timely book questions the premise that Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) have a performance advantage over traditionally procured projects, an assumption that motivates policymakers worldwide to enter into such contracts. Taking st...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Politics of the Public Encounter
Edited by Peter Hupe
On the ground floor of government, citizens interact with teachers, medical staff, police officers and other professionals in public service. It is during these encounters that laws, public policies and professional guidelines gain furth...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Norms, Gender and Corruption
Edited by Ina Kubbe, Ortrun Merkle
Building upon the body of existing literature that has established the importance of norms in understanding why genders interact with social phenomena differently, and how gender plays a role in most aspects of corruption, this cutting-e...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Speaking Truth to Power
Benjamin Ginsberg, Collin Paschall
Truth and power have a difficult relationship. Decision makers are often required to make judgements that depend upon specialized knowledge and thus reluctantly surrender power. They are apt to reject advice inconsistent with their perce...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Role of Cities in International Relations
Agnieszka Szpak, Robert Gawłowski, Joanna Modrzyńska, Paweł Modrzyński, Michał Dahl
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Concerns about the position and function of nation-states in the international arena have le... -
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The Institutional Context of Public–Private Partnerships
Mhamed Biygautane
Based on original empirical data collected from three Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, this engaging book offers comprehensive insights into the institutional environment of public–private partners...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Ways out of the European Housing Crisis
Edited by Christoph U. Schmid
This timely book provides readers with a detailed comparative survey of tenure innovation and diversification in Europe. Alternative and intermediate tenures, i.e., housing options beyond tenancy and homeownership, are examined as remedi...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Protected Area Regulation and Tourism
Valentina Dinica
This innovative book proposes a conceptual framework to integrate the ecological and tourism aspects of Protected Area regulation, assisting decision-makers to develop contextually effective laws and management plans that avoid over-regu...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Politics of Meaning Struggles
Philippe Zittoun, Sébastien Chailleux
Working to demystify the enigmatic process behind enacting public policies, The Politics of Meaning Struggles uses the case of the 2011 prohibition of hydraulic fracturing by the French government to address the wider phenomenon of gover...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Governing Complexity in Times of Turbulence
Edited by Jarle Trondal, Robyn Keast, David Noble, Rómulo Pinheiro
This book aims to understand how public organizations adapt to and manage situations characterized by fluidity, ambiguity, complexity and unclear technologies, thus exploring public governance in times of turbulence.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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How to Get Published in the Best Political Science and International Relations Journals
Marijke Breuning, John Ishiyama
Providing an insightful and comprehensive introduction to the world of journal publishing within the fields of political science and international relations, this book offers in-depth guidance to maximize the likelihood of publishing suc...eBook:Find out more$24.76