Public Policy

Corruption, Grabbing and Development

Edited by Tina Søreide, Aled Williams

All societies develop their own norms about what is fair behaviour and what is not. Violations of these norms, including acts of corruption, can collectively be described as forms of ‘grabbing’. This unique volume addresses how grabbing ...

Paperback (2015)

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Hardback (February 2014)

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Quality of Government and Corruption from a European Perspective

Nicholas Charron, Victor Lapuente, Bo Rothstein

In this book the authors tackle the concept of ‘quality of government’ (QoG) both conceptually and empirically and apply their focus to EU countries and regions. In a pioneering empirical effort, they map out regional QoG for the first t...

Paperback (2015)

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Hardback (2013)

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Size and Local Democracy

Bas Denters, Michael Goldsmith, Andreas Ladner, Poul Erik Mouritzen, Lawrence E. Rose

How large should local governments be, and what are the implications of changing the scale of local governments for the quality of local democracy? These questions have stood at the centre of debates among scholars and public sector refo...

Hardback (November 2014)

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State and Local Financial Instruments

Craig L. Johnson, Martin J. Luby, Tima T. Moldogaziev

The ability of a nation to finance its basic infrastructure is essential to its economic well-being in the 21st century. This book covers the municipal securities market in the United States from the perspective of its primary capital fi...

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Handbook of Innovation in Public Services

Edited by Stephen P. Osborne, Louise Brown

Leading researchers from across the globe review the state of the art in research on innovation in public services, providing an overview of key issues from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Topics explored include: context for innovatio...

Paperback (2014)

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The Political Economy of Ageing and Later Life

Edited by Alan Walker, Liam Foster

This timely new collection presents the most important and influential articles and papers on ageing and later life of the past half century. The editors examine policy creation and implementation, practice and critical gerontology inclu...

Hardback (October 2014)

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Police Corruption: Essential Readings

Edited by Leslie Holmes

Police corruption is unquestionably one of the worst forms of corruption, as it can become a serious security issue and undermine a state’s legitimacy. This single volume brings together the most informative scholarly and practitioner ...

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International Handbook on Whistleblowing Research

Edited by A. J. Brown, David Lewis, Richard E. Moberly, Wim Vandekerckhove

In the modern age of institutions, whistleblowing is now established as one of the most important processes – if not the single most important process – by which governments and corporations are kept accountable to the societies they are...

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Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Urban Economies

Edited by Peter Karl Kresl, Jaime Sobrino

In this timely Handbook, seventeen renowned contributors from Asia, the Americas and Europe provide chapters that deal with some of the most intriguing and important aspects of research methodologies on cities and urban economies.

Paperback (2014)

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Introduction to Comparative Public Administration

Sabine Kuhlmann, Hellmut Wollmann

This innovative textbook provides an in-depth analysis and account of the state of public administration and recent administrative reforms in European countries. It introduces key features of public administration in six European count...

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The Changing Role of Law in Japan

Edited by Dimitri Vanoverbeke, Jeroen Maesschalck, David Nelken, Stephan Parmentier

The Changing Role of Law in Japan offers a comparative perspective on the changing role of law in East Asia, discussing issues such as society, cultural values, access to the legal system and judicial reform. This innovative book places ...

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