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This innovative Handbook presents a comprehensive overview of the significance of complexity theory for understanding institutions. Eminent scholars cover the key tools and concepts of the field, including emergence, networks, ergodicity...
In this comprehensive Handbook, Kenneth Couch brings together expert contributors to provide insights into the impact of COVID-19 on new and pre-existing inequalities in health, work, and education. While sharper impacts on pre-existing ...
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This Handbook explores the transformative power of trust for relations within and between political, legislative, administrative, regulatory and judicial actors, as well as societal actors and citizens. Adopting a multi-actor and multi-l...
Conducting sensitive research in the social sciences requires meticulous attention to ethical considerations, methodological rigour, and emotional intelligence. In this comprehensive Handbook, Pranee Liamputtong brings together a diverse...
Edited by Mila Gascó-Hernandez, Aryamala Prasad, J. R. Gil-Garcia, Theresa A. Pardo
This Research Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of scholarship on open government, with insights into novel concepts, approaches, and trends. Expert editors and contributing authors explore how the emergence of digital technolog...
This timely book introduces causal knowledge analytics as a pioneering methodology to enhance scholarly productivity through the systematic digitization and analysis of causal knowledge. It presents a five-level framework for organizing ...
Edited by Edoardo Ongaro, Giovanni Orsina, Lorenzo Castellani
This perceptive book is a much-needed exploration of the contribution of the humanities to the study of public administration, public governance, public management, and public policy. Expert authors advocate for reintegrating the humanit...
Andreas Ladner, Nicolas Keuffer, Alexander Bastianen, Harald Baldersheim, Nikos Hlepas, Carmen Navarro, Kristof Steyvers, Paweł Swianiewicz
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. This book explores local autonomy as measured by the updated and extended Local Autonomy Ind...
Edited by Sarah Giest, Bram Klievink, Alex Ingrams, Matthew M. Young
Merging governance studies and data science, this Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of how these fields interact with each other, driving a greater understanding of and guidance for the data-driven transformation of government.
This Handbook provides a contemporary perspective on public diplomacy scholarship and practice, showcasing the growing diversity of the field. Expert contributing authors identify the challenges involved in implementing successful public...
This book presents 13 pioneering essays on policy over- and underreaction by Moshe Maor, a leading authority on disproportionate policy responses. Maor construes disproportion in an empirical rather than normative manner to improve our u...
Edited by Vasilis Galis, Helene O.I. Gundhus, Antonis Vradis
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. Taking a critical approach, this book advances understanding of the social, legal and ethica...