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61 produkter
Blame Game
Spin, Bureaucracy, and Self-Preservation in Government
Häftad, 2013
376 kr
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The blame game, with its finger-pointing and mutual buck-passing, is a familiar feature of politics and organizational life, and blame avoidance pervades government and public organizations at every level. Political and bureaucratic blame games and blame avoidance are more often condemned than …
When the Party's Over
The Politics of Fiscal Squeeze in Perspective
Av HOOD ET AL, Christopher Hood m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1126 kr
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The politics of cutting public spending or raising taxes (or both) has dominated politics in many democracies in recent years. A new era of conflict has developed, with old political alignments being tested and new battles emerging over whose expectations are to be disappointed and who should be …
Century of Fiscal Squeeze Politics
100 Years of Austerity, Politics, and Bureaucracy in Britain
Av Rozana Himaz, Christopher Hood
E-bok, 2017
1174 kr
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This volume identifies and compares ''fiscal squeezes'' (major efforts to cut public spending and/or raise taxes) in the UK over a century from 1900 to 2015. The authors examine how different the politics of fiscal squeeze and austerity is today from what it was a century ago, how (if at all) …
Century of Fiscal Squeeze Politics
100 Years of Austerity, Politics, and Bureaucracy in Britain
Av Rozana Himaz, Christopher Hood
E-bok, 2017
1174 kr
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This volume identifies and compares ''fiscal squeezes'' (major efforts to cut public spending and/or raise taxes) in the UK over a century from 1900 to 2015. The authors examine how different the politics of fiscal squeeze and austerity is today from what it was a century ago, how (if at all) …
Forging a Discipline
A Critical Assessment of Oxford's Development of the Study of Politics and International Relations in Comparative Perspective
Av Gillian Peele, Desmond King m. fl.
E-bok, 2014
1485 kr
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Forging a Discipline analyses the growth of the academic discipline of politics and international relations at Oxford University over the last hundred years. This century marked the maturation and professionalization of social science disciplines such as political science, economics, and sociology …
Government that Worked Better and Cost Less?
Evaluating Three Decades of Reform and Change in UK Central Government
Av Ruth Dixon, Christopher Hood
E-bok, 2015
789 kr
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The UK is said to have been one of the most prolific reformers of its public administration. Successive reforms have been accompanied by claims that the changes would make the world a better place by transforming the way government worked. Despite much discussion and debate over government …
Government of Risk
Understanding Risk Regulation Regimes
Av Robert Baldwin, Henry Rothstein m. fl.
E-bok, 2001
929 kr
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Why does regulation vary so dramatically from one area to another? Why are some risks regulated aggressively and others responded to only modestly? Is there any logic to the techniques we use in risk regulation? These key questions are explored in The Government of Risk . This book looks at a …
Politics of Public Service Bargains
Reward, Competency, Loyalty - and Blame
Av Martin Lodge, Christopher Hood
E-bok, 2006
1668 kr
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The traditional understandings that structure the relationships between public servants and the wider political system are said to have undergone considerable change. But what are these formalized and implicit understandings? What are the key dimensions of such bargains? In what conditions do …
Paradoxes of Modernization
Unintended Consequences of Public Policy Reform
Av Christopher Hood, Perri 6 m. fl.
E-bok, 2010
686 kr
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This book explores the unintended and unanticipated effects associated with ''modernization'' projects and tackles the key question that they provoke - why do policy-makers persist in such enterprises in the face of evidence that they tend to fail?Paradoxes of Modernization first discusses what is …
Paradoxes of Modernization
Unintended Consequences of Public Policy Reform
Av Christopher Hood, Perri 6 m. fl.
E-bok, 2010
701 kr
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This book explores the unintended and unanticipated effects associated with ''modernization'' projects and tackles the key question that they provoke - why do policy-makers persist in such enterprises in the face of evidence that they tend to fail?Paradoxes of Modernization first discusses what is …
Way the Money Goes
The Fiscal Constitution and Public Spending in the UK
Av Barbara Maria Piotrowska, Iain McLean m. fl.
E-bok, 2023
1283 kr
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The Way the Money Goes traces out what happened to the UK''s fiscal constitution - the framework for planning and controlling public spending - under three different governments (Conservative, Labour, Conservative/Liberal Democrat) from the early 1990s to the mid-2010s. The book tells the story of …
Way the Money Goes
The Fiscal Constitution and Public Spending in the UK
Av Barbara Maria Piotrowska, Iain McLean m. fl.
E-bok, 2023
1283 kr
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The Way the Money Goes traces out what happened to the UK''s fiscal constitution - the framework for planning and controlling public spending - under three different governments (Conservative, Labour, Conservative/Liberal Democrat) from the early 1990s to the mid-2010s. The book tells the story of …
Transparency: The Key to Better Governance?
The Key to Better Governance?
Av HEALD HOOD, Christopher Hood m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
954 kr
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'Transparency' is widely canvassed as a key to better governance, increasing trust in public-office holders. But transparency is more often preached than practised, more often referred to than defined, and more often advocated than critically analysed. This volume exposes this fashionable doctrine …
The Art of the State
Culture, Rhetoric, and Public Management
Inbunden, 1998
2581 kr
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Why does public management - the art of the state - so often go wrong, producing failure and fiasco instead of public service? What are the different ways in which control or regulation can be applied to government? Why do we find contradictory recipes for the improvement of public services? Are …
Regulation Inside Government
Waste-Watchers, Quality Police, and Sleazebusters
Av Christopher Hood, Oliver James m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
3491 kr
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Regulation Inside Government analyses the army of inspectors, auditors, grievance-chasers, standard-setters and other bodies overseeing contemporary public organizations. Based on an unprecedented two-year inside study of British government by a team of leading scholars, this book provides an …
The Art of the State
Culture, Rhetoric, and Public Management
Häftad, 2000
1096 kr
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Why does public management–the art of the state–so often go wrong, producing failure and fiasco instead of public service? What are the different ways in which control or regulation can be applied to government? Why do we find contradictory recipes for the improvement of public services? Are the …
A Reader on Regulation
Av BALDWIN, Robert Baldwin m. fl.
Inbunden, 1998
2164 kr
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Regulation has become a key form of state activity and an area of burgeoning academic concern, both in Public Law and Economics. This collection makes available to the reader a number of indispensable readings. The text considers the central topics of regulation and looks to theory as well as …
A Century of Fiscal Squeeze Politics
100 Years of Austerity, Politics, and Bureaucracy in Britain
Av Christopher Hood, Rozana Himaz
Inbunden, 2017
1772 kr
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This volume identifies and compares 'fiscal squeezes' (major efforts to cut public spending and/or raise taxes) in the UK over a century from 1900 to 2015. The authors examine how different the politics of fiscal squeeze and austerity is today from what it was a century ago, how (if at all) fiscal …
The Way the Money Goes
The Fiscal Constitution and Public Spending in the UK
Av Christopher Hood, Maia King m. fl.
Inbunden, 2023
1402 kr
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The Way the Money Goes traces out what happened to the UK's fiscal constitution - the framework for planning and controlling public spending - under three different governments (Conservative, Labour, Conservative/Liberal Democrat) from the early 1990s to the mid-2010s. The book tells the story of …
The Government of Risk
Understanding Risk Regulation Regimes
Av Christopher Hood, Henry Rothstein m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
2994 kr
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Why does regulation vary so dramatically from one area to another? Why are some risks regulated aggressively and others responded to only modestly? Is there any logic to the techniques we use in risk regulation? These key questions are explored in The Government of Risk. This book looks at a number …
The Politics of Public Service Bargains
Reward, Competency, Loyalty - and Blame
Av Christopher Hood, Martin Lodge
Inbunden, 2006
2948 kr
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The traditional understandings that structure the relationships between public servants and the wider political system are said to have undergone considerable change. But what are these formalized and implicit understandings? What are the key dimensions of such bargains? In what conditions do …
The Government of Risk
Understanding Risk Regulation Regimes
Av Christopher Hood, Henry Rothstein m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
1351 kr
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Why does regulation vary so dramatically from one area to another? Why are some risks regulated aggressively and others responded to only modestly? Is there any logic to the techniques we use in risk regulation? These key questions are explored in The Government of Risk. This book looks at a number …
Paradoxes of Modernization
Unintended Consequences of Public Policy Reform
Av Helen Margetts, Perri 6 m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
2352 kr
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This book explores the unintended and unanticipated effects associated with 'modernization' projects and tackles the key question that they provoke - why do policy-makers persist in such enterprises in the face of evidence that they tend to fail? Paradoxes of Modernization first discusses what is …
Paradoxes of Modernization
Unintended Consequences of Public Policy Reform
Av Margetts, Helen Margetts m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
1253 kr
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This book explores the unintended and unanticipated effects associated with 'modernization' projects and tackles the key question that they provoke - why do policy-makers persist in such enterprises in the face of evidence that they tend to fail? Paradoxes of Modernization first discusses what is …
Forging a Discipline
A Critical Assessment of Oxford's Development of the Study of Politics and International Relations in Comparative Perspective
Av Christopher Hood, Desmond King m. fl.
Inbunden, 2014
1718 kr
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Forging a Discipline analyses the growth of the academic discipline of politics and international relations at Oxford University over the last hundred years. This century marked the maturation and professionalization of social science disciplines such as political science, economics, and sociology …
A Government that Worked Better and Cost Less?
Evaluating Three Decades of Reform and Change in UK Central Government
Av Christopher Hood, Ruth Dixon
Inbunden, 2015
1133 kr
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The UK is said to have been one of the most prolific reformers of its public administration. Successive reforms have been accompanied by claims that the changes would make the world a better place by transforming the way government worked. Despite much discussion and debate over government …
Tools of Government in the Digital Age
Av Christopher Hood, Helen Margetts
Inbunden, 2007
2125 kr
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This important new work updates the arguments of Christopher Hood's classic work The Tools of Government for the Twenty-First century. Comprehensively revised throughout, it includes increased coverage of how government gets information and an assessment of how the tools available to government …
Tools of Government in the Digital Age
Av Christopher Hood, Helen Margetts
Häftad, 2007
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628 kr
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This important new work updates the arguments of Christopher Hood's classic work The Tools of Government for the Twenty-First century. Comprehensively revised throughout, it includes increased coverage of how government gets information and an assessment of how the tools available to government …
Osutaka: A Chronicle of Loss In the World's Largest Single Plane Crash
E-bok, 2018
15 kr
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The loss of a loved one is a traumatic event. If the loved one is your child, the emotions are further tested. Imagine having to cope with all of these feelings when also adding into the mix the challenges when the death happens on the other side of the planet in a country with a different language …
Telecommunications Regulation
Culture, Chaos and Interdependence Inside the Regulatory Process
Av Clare Hall, Christopher Hood m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
2524 kr
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Using unprecedented access to the key actors inside the UK Office of Telecommunications (OFTEL) and supporting interviews, this book explores how telecommunications regulation works from the inside.
