In recent years governance has become an increasingly significant source of debate within political theory. This series provides detailed analysis of the exercise of power in institutional contexts and within the public sector. Subjects covered include:
* legitimacy and ethics
* accountability
* decentralization
* political management and public affairs
* management of public resources
By Richard Nadeau, Éric Bélanger, François Pétry, Stuart N Soroka, Antonia Maioni
August 03, 2016
Heated debate surrounds the topic of health care in both the US and in Canada. In each country, these debates are based in some measure on perceptions about health care in their neighboring country. The perceptions held by Canadians about the US health care system, or those held by Americans about ...
By Mark Matthews
June 29, 2016
Transformational Public Policy examines how governments can more effectively handle uncertainty and risk in an uncertain and changing world. Unpredictable and changing circumstances often bring nasty surprises that can increase waste in governance and public debt. This book illustrates how new ...
By Denise M. Horn
July 16, 2015
This book explores the connection between strong democracy and neoliberal development schemes based on the concept of ‘social entrepreneurship’ in Thailand and Southern India. With an original approach, this book addresses the intersection between emerging approaches to development; namely ...
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By Noel Preston, Charles Sampford
June 08, 2015
This study, with contributions from both scholars and practitioners, examines the theory and practice of public sector ethics across a broad range of environments....
By Lina Svedin
September 11, 2014
This book examines how efforts to exert accountability in crises affect public trust in governing institutions. Using Sweden as the case study, this book provides a framework to analyse accountability in crises and looks at how this affects trust in government. Crises test the fabric of governing ...
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By John Benington, Mike Geddes
May 29, 2001
This book explores local partnership-based initiatives to tackle European-wide problems of poverty and social exclusion. A major comparative study of the fast developing theme of social exclusion, the contributors look at its causes, effects and at the ways it might be combatted. Based on in-depth,...
By Peter Somerville
January 24, 2001
Examining the rational individual, this book develops a new approach to the theory of social relations. It explores how far we make sense of society on the assumption that people act as independent and free individuals, exercising rational choice. Re-examining the family, community, workplace and ...
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By Noel Preston, Charles Sampford
October 01, 1999
Scrutinizing the practice of legislators and politicians from an ethical perspective, this work looks closely at various methods to facilitate ethical conduct....
By Mika Aaltola
August 10, 2011
Reactions to pandemics are unlike any other global emergency; with an emphasis on withdrawal and containment of the sight of the infected. Dealing with the historical and conceptual background of diseases in politics and international relations, this volume investigates the global political ...
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By Bruno Jobert, Beate Kohler-Koch
June 09, 2010
Civil society has become one of the key parts of the reference framework for governance, seeking to replace traditional public action in which representative democracy is combined with bureaucratic implementation. The success of the civil society myth contrasts with and consequently manifests ...
By Hubert Heinelt
February 25, 2010
Is the ‘golden age’ of democracy really over due to the pressures of globalisation and the erosion of the nation state? Within this book, Heinelt seeks to address the democratic deficit in political systems linked to limited Citizen Participation reflecting on the notion of democracy and ...
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By M. Ramesh, Eduardo Araral, Xun Wu
February 25, 2010
After two decades of dominating the public sector reform agenda, privatization is on the wane as states gradually reassert themselves in many formerly privatized sectors. The change of direction is a response to the realization that privatization is not working as intended, especially in public ...