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The Welfare State and Life Transitions
Edited by Dominique Anxo, Gerhard Bosch, Jill Rubery
This timely book reveals that new life courses are found to require more, and not less welfare support, but only Sweden has developed an active life course approach and only three more could be considered supportive, in at least some lif...eBook:Find out more$44.76
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Scientists and the Regulation of Risk
David Demortain
Risks are increasingly regulated by international standards, and scientists play a key role in standardisation. This fascinating book exposes the action of ‘invisible colleges’ of scientists – loose groups of prominent scientific experts...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Human Rights in Asia
Edited by Thomas W.D. Davis, Brian Galligan
Does the increasing prominence of Asia also mark a new era for human rights in the region? This timely book uncovers the political drivers behind both recent regional and country-based changes to the recognition, promotion and protection...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Academic Entrepreneurship and Community Engagement
Edited by Bruce Kingma
This poignant study presents a collection of research on entrepreneurship and community engagement. The context of this book is Syracuse University’s award winning model of Scholarship in Action with its emphasis on sustainable campus–co...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Performance Auditing
Edited by Jeremy Lonsdale, Peter Wilkins, Tom Ling
This state-of-the-art book examines the development of performance audit, drawing on the experience in a number of different countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, the Netherlands, and Belgium.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Policy, Performance and Management in Governance and Intergovernmental Relations
Edited by Edoardo Ongaro, Andrew Massey, Marc Holzer, Ellen Wayenberg
This innovative book presents a transatlantic comparison of governance and Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) policy, performance and management.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Democratizing Health
Edited by Hans Löfgren, Evelyne de Leeuw, Michael Leahy
This book examines the important role of consumer activism in health policy in different national contexts.eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Continuity and Change in Public Policy and Management
Christopher Pollitt, Geert Bouckaert
Combining theory development, international comparison and original case study analysis, two of Europe’s leading public policy and management scholars apply and develop some of the main models of policy change and offer a revealing long-...eBook:Find out more$36.76
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Human Rights
Andrew Fagan
This book offers both an introduction to and a critical analysis of enduring themes and issues in the contemporary theory and practice of human rights. The author argues that the moral authority and practical efficacy of human rights are...eBook:Find out more$32.76
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Civil Service Systems in Western Europe, Second Edition
Edited by Frits M. van der Meer
This thoroughly revised and updated second edition of Civil Service Systems in Western Europe presents a comprehensive overview of the important issues in modern bureaucracies and provides a comparative analysis of the civil service syst...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Handbook of Research on Nonprofit Economics and Management
Edited by Bruce A. Seaman, Dennis R. Young
Nonprofit organizations are arguably the fastest growing and most dynamic part of modern market economies in democratic countries. This Handbook explores the frontiers of knowledge at the intersection of economics and the management of t...eBook:Find out more$63.16
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Robust Political Economy
Mark Pennington
This important book offers a comprehensive defence of classical liberalism against contemporary challenges. It sets out an analytical framework of ‘robust political economy’ that explores the economic and political problems that arise fr...eBook:Find out more$44.76