Regionala och lokal självstyrelse

In From Mandate to Blueprint, Thomas Fingar offers a guide for new federal government appointees faced with the complex task of rebuilding institutions and transitioning to a new administration. Synthesizing his own experience implementing the mos...

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In From Mandate to Blueprint, Thomas Fingar offers a guide for new federal government appointees faced with the complex task of rebuilding institutions and transitioning to a new administration. Synthesizing his own experience implementing the mos...

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When General Porfirio Daz assumed power in 1876, he ushered in Mexico's first prolonged period of political stability and national economic growththough "progress" came at the cost of democracy. Indigenous Autocracy presents a new s...

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When General Porfirio Daz assumed power in 1876, he ushered in Mexico's first prolonged period of political stability and national economic growththough "progress" came at the cost of democracy. Indigenous Autocracy presents a new s...

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When General Porfirio Diaz assumed power in 1876, he ushered in Mexico's first prolonged period of political stability and national economic growth-though "e;progress"e; came at the cost of democracy. Indigenous Autocracy presents a new st...

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The number of Black state and federal judges has grown considerably in the post-Civil Rights Era. They are, in fact, the second most represented group of judges in the state and federal courts. Furthermore, historic appointments of Black men and w...

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The number of Black state and federal judges has grown considerably in the post-Civil Rights Era. They are, in fact, the second most represented group of judges in the state and federal courts. Furthermore, historic appointments of Black men and w...

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Managing Local Government: An Essential Guide for Municipal and County Managers offers a practical introduction to the changing structure, forms, and functions of local governments. Taking a metropolitan management perspective, authors Kimber...

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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press''s distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen ...

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Pennsylvania Government and Politics gives readers an overview of the government institutions and the politics of the keystone state. It explains how Pennsylvania compares to other states on a wide variety of demographic and economic areas, and ex...

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From Blacks to Brown and Beyond: The Struggle for Progressive Politics in Oakland, California, 1966-2017 examines Oakland social issues and politics from the inception of the Black Panther Party through the election of President Trump to answer th...

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From Kleptocracy to Democracy: How Citizens Can Take Back Local Government provides students with a critical examination of the large-scale political corruption that looted Bell, California between 1993 and 2010. For 17 years, some city officials ...

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A Wisconsin story that serves as a national warning UW Struggle provides an on-the-ground view of the smoldering attack on public higher education in Wisconsin. Chuck Rybak, who works in the University of Wisconsin System, provides important glimp...

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A pajama party at the MinneapolisSt. Paul International Airport inadvertently helped launch R.T. Rybaks political career (imagine a rumba line one hundred protesters long chanting, We deserve to sleep, hey!), but his earliest lessons in leadership...

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Tracing the erosion of democratic norms in the US and the conditions that make it possible Jonathan Beecher Field tracks the permutations of the town hall meeting from its original context as a form of democratic community governance in New Englan...

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Examines the complex ecology of quasi-public and privatized institutions that mobilize and administer many of the political, administrative, and fiscal resources of today's metropolitan regions In recent decades metropolitan regions in the United ...

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Examines the complex ecology of quasi-public and privatized institutions that mobilize and administer many of the political, administrative, and fiscal resources of today's metropolitan regions In recent decades metropolitan regions in the United ...

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Exploring the role of identitarian politics in the privatization of Newarks public school system In Expelling Public Schools, John Arena explores the more than two-decade struggle to privatize public schools in Newark, New Jerseya conflict that is...

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Exploring the role of identitarian politics in the privatization of Newarks public school system In Expelling Public Schools, John Arena explores the more than two-decade struggle to privatize public schools in Newark, New Jerseya conflict that is...

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Local government can be defined as a public entity acting as the sub-unit of a state or of a region, charged with the task of enforcing public policies. There have been many reforms of local government in recent years from the grassroots-led movem...

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In the era of globalization, comparative government and politics have come to the forefront due to the transformations of the social welfare state and the subsequent social, economic, political, cultural, technological and administrative changes. ...

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Despite increasing reports across the globe on renewable development and maintenance, little is known regarding what strategies are required for improved economic growth and prosperity in Africa. Improving an understanding of the methods for promo...

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With the emphasis on market-led development initiatives, sustainable urbanization is a challenge, especially in growing nations. Regional administrative efforts are crucial for cities to meet the planned city operations and specific targets and ob...

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Acima de tudo procuramos um presidente que dirija a nação, procurando fazer a vontade Deus. Com certeza milhões de americanos cristãos sempre votam para o cargo de mandatário maior da nação, visando a eleição do candidato que tenha um pro...

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This accessible book is about local democracy, civic engagement, political participation and community in Britain. It rejects the many pessimistic accounts that seek to dominate our political discourse with their talk of political apathy, communit...

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Greater Manchester and Liverpool were among the first areas of England to undergo urban devolution. Under the leadership of metro-mayors Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram, they were in the forefront of attempts to level up the north and to address t...

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In defence of councillors is an unashamed defence of local representative democracy and of those elected to serve as councillors from the often ill-informed, ill-judged and inaccurate criticism made by the media, government and public, of councill...

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Classic Books Library presents this brand new edition of "The Federalist Papers", a collection of separate essays and articles compiled in 1788 by Alexander Hamilton. Following the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776, the governing d...

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"Cheshire - Its Traditions and History" is a fascinating account of the history of Cheshire, a county in North West England. This concise history of the English county spans the earliest records to modern times, exploring the introduction of Chris...

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This book explores cities and the intra-regional relational dynamics often overlooked by urban scholars, and it challenges common representations of urban development successes and failures. Gathering leading international scholars from Europe, Au...

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