Public Affairs category: 1291 books
by Vaine Iriano Wichman
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
A 2001 report by the Australian Agency for International Development and the New Zealand Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade marked the beginning of efforts by both governments to increase their emphasis on aid harmonization in the Pacific. This was followed by a decision to pilot a cofunded program...
Women's Work in East and West: The Dual Burden of Employment and Family Life
The Dual Burden of Employment and Family Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Unmasking Administrative Evil discusses the overlooked relationship between evil and public affairs, as well as other fields and professions in public life.
by Ramesh Kumar Tiwari, Sujata Sing
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2012
Since Independence, organisational and procedural issues have occupied centre stage in the litarature on Public Administration in India. The challenges involved in the reorganisation of the Government of India has at the same time been a major concern of the government. Several Committees/Commissions...
Canada’s Department of External Affairs, Volume 3
Innovation and Adaptation, 1968–1984
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
Volume three of the official history of Canada’s Department of External Affairs offers readers an unparalleled look at the evolving structures underpinning Canadian foreign policy from 1968 to 1984. Using untapped archival sources and extensive interviews with top-level officials and ministers,...
Public Administration & Public Management
The Principal-Agent Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2006
A perspective on the public sector that presents a concise and comprehensive analysis of exactly what it is and how it operates.
Governments in any society deliver a large number of services and goods to their populations. To get the job done, they need public management in order to steer...
Public Values and Public Interest
Counterbalancing Economic Individualism
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2007
Economic individualism and market-based values dominate today's policymaking and public management circles—often at the expense of the common good. In his new book, Barry Bozeman demonstrates the continuing need for public interest theory in government. Public Values and Public Interest offers a direct...
by James L. Perry, Robert K. Christensen
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2015
The fundamentals of public administration, from the world's leading practitioners
Handbook of Public Administration is the classic, comprehensive guide to the field, featuring original writings from the world's foremost public administration thought leaders and practitioners. Intended to help...
Politics of Public Money
Spenders, Guardians, Priority Setters, and Financial Watchdogs inside the Canadian Government
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2007
Public money is one of the primary currencies of influence for politicians and public servants. It affects the standards by which they undertake the nation's business and it impacts on the standard of living of the nation's citizens. The Politics of Public Money examines the extent to which the Canadian...
The New Public Service
Serving, Not Steering
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
The New Public Service: Serving, not Steering provides a framework for the many voices calling for the reaffirmation of democratic values, citizenship, and service in the public interest. It is organized around a set of seven core principles: (1) serve citizens, not customers; (2) seek the public...
Leadership and Change in Public Sector Organizations
Beyond Reform
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Successful change in the public sector can be supported or hindered by political and administrative leadership, individual and group motivation, and the public’s perception of the effectiveness of public officials and government structures. But do the very characteristics of public sector organizations...
by Odugbemi,Sina; Lee,Taeku
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2011
Accountability has become a buzzword in international development. Development actors appear to delight in announcing their intention to ?promote accountability??but it is often unclear what accountability is and how it can be promoted. This book addresses some questions that are crucial to understanding...
American Public Administration
Public Service for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
American Public Administration has been the go-to introductory textbook for Public Administration courses with a focus on civil society for the last decade. Now in an extensively revised and updated second edition, authors Cropf and Wagner weave the most recent and compelling research throughout every...
Public Service Efficiency
Reframing the Debate
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2014
The current economic and political climate places ever greater pressure on public organizations to deliver services in a cost-efficient way. Focused on the costs of service delivery, governments across the world have introduced a series of business like practices – from performance management to...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2015
Governments and nonprofits exist to create public value. Yet what does that mean in theory and practice?This new volume brings together key experts in the field to offer unique, wide-ranging answers. From the United States, Europe, and Australia, the contributors focus on the creation, meaning, measurement,...