Library of Public Policy and Public Administration – serie
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University-Industry R&D Collaboration in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan
Av D. Rahm, J. Kirkland m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
1098 kr
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Over the last several decades there has been a growing interest in Research & Development (R&D) policy. This is particularly so in advanced industrialized nations that have adopted science- and technology- based strategies for national economic competitiveness. The United States, the United …
Political Decisions and Agency Performance
Inbunden, 1999
1643 kr
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All over the world, many people who live in urban areas find themselves in an arduous social situation. In the third world, people in overcrowded metropolitan areas have a problem in maintaining even the slightest standards of living. But also richer parts of the world, the United States, Europe …
Images and Strategies for Autonomy
Explaining Swedish Security Policy Strategies in the 19th Century
Av Ole Elgström
Inbunden, 2000
1098 kr
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How do small states approach their security problems? What types of strategic instruments exist for small states, and when and why are certain strategies chosen rather than others? The security of "weak" states is problematic, demanding trade-offs in the decisions made. Using 19th-century Swedish …
Governance in Modern Society
Effects, Change and Formation of Government Institutions
Av Oscar van Heffen, Walter J.M. Kickert m. fl.
Inbunden, 2000
1643 kr
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This book is the immediate result of the co-operation of a great number of scholars in the Netherlands Institute of Government (NIG). NIG is an interuniversity research school. As such it has a double task. In addition to offering a Ph.D program to students in Public Administration it also is a …
Government Institutions: Effects, Changes and Normative Foundations
Inbunden, 2000
1098 kr
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Research on government institutions is one of the most exciting intellectual areas in political science and policy studies today. Increasingly it is recognized by scholars in these fields that effective and legitimate policies depend on the design and maintenance of complex institutional …
Creeping Transformation?
The European Commission and the Management of EU Structural Funds in Germany
Inbunden, 2001
1098 kr
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How can we approach the Commission's role as co-manager of policy implementation? Why should we expect the Commission to be pulled into domestic policy execution and to accumulate something like an implementation management capacity? How should we conceptualise the Commission's linkage with …
Rise of Interactive Governance and Quasi-Markets
Av S.A. Denters, Oscar van Heffen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2003
1101 kr
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It has taken a long time to make this book. Many initial drafts of the chapters published in this book were presented in November 2000 during a two-day conference on Interactive governance: towards a post-parliamentary democracy held in Enschede (The Netherlands). The Netherlands Institute of …
European Research Reloaded: Cooperation and Integration among Europeanized States
Av R. Holzhacker, Ronald Holzhacker m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
1101 kr
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The Three Waves of European Research European cooperation and integration has continued to progress forward over the past five decades, with an ever deepening impact on the member states. The first wave of research into these processes concerned European integration, the process of institution …
Charity Law & Social Policy
National and International Perspectives on the Functions of the Law Relating to Charities
Av Kerry O'Halloran, Myles McGregor-Lowndes m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
1516 kr
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Charity Law & Social Policy explores contemporary law, policy and practice in a range of modern common law nations in four parts and from the perspective of how this has evolved in the UK.As progenitor of a system bequeathed to its colonies and after centuries of leadership in developing the core …
Analyzing Violence Against Women
Av Wanda Teays
Inbunden, 2019
1534 kr
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This timely anthology brings into sharp relief the extent of violence against women. Its range is global and far reaching in terms of the number of victims. There are deeply entrenched values that need to be rooted out and laid bare.This text offers a philosophical analysis of the problem, with …
Achieving Justice in the U.S. Healthcare System
Mercy is Sustainable; the Insatiable Thirst for Profit is Not
Inbunden, 2019
552 kr
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This book focuses on justice and its demands in the way of providing people with medical care. Building on recent insights on the nature of moral perceptions and motivations from the neurosciences, it makes a case for the traditional medical ethic and examines its financial feasibility. The book …
Achieving Justice in the U.S. Healthcare System
Mercy is Sustainable; the Insatiable Thirst for Profit is Not
Häftad, 2020
552 kr
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This book focuses on justice and its demands in the way of providing people with medical care. Building on recent insights on the nature of moral perceptions and motivations from the neurosciences, it makes a case for the traditional medical ethic and examines its financial feasibility. The book …
Dividing Africa with Policy
The Influence of the Union for the Mediterranean on the Unity and Security of Africa
Av Lara Hierro
Inbunden, 2020
555 kr
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This book addresses timely concerns of rising African nationalism and the 2nd decolonisation in Africa. The wholesale rejection of all things considered ‘Western’ is seen to be a result of ‘integrationalism’, defined as the specific kind of methodology by which EU foreign policy engagement may be …
Dividing Africa with Policy
The Influence of the Union for the Mediterranean on the Unity and Security of Africa
Av Lara Hierro
Häftad, 2021
555 kr
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This book addresses timely concerns of rising African nationalism and the 2nd decolonisation in Africa. The wholesale rejection of all things considered ‘Western’ is seen to be a result of ‘integrationalism’, defined as the specific kind of methodology by which EU foreign policy engagement may be …
Media Corruption in the Age of Information
Inbunden, 2021
1321 kr
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This book provides an applied model of corruption to identify, analyse, and assess the ethics of major types of corruption in the media involving practices such as cash-for-comment, media release journalism, including video news releases (VNRs), fake news, deep fakes, and staged news. The book …
Media Corruption in the Age of Information
Häftad, 2022
1212 kr
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This book provides an applied model of corruption to identify, analyse, and assess the ethics of major types of corruption in the media involving practices such as cash-for-comment, media release journalism, including video news releases (VNRs), fake news, deep fakes, and staged news. The book …
Climate of Justice: An Ethical Foundation for Environmentalism
Inbunden, 2021
555 kr
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This open access book helps readers combine history, politics, and ethics to address the most pressing problem facing the world today: environmental survival. In A Climate of Justice, Marvin Brown connects the environmental crisis to basic questions of economic, social, and racial justice. Brown …
Generative Power of Hope
Anticipating Possibilities in Times of Crises
Inbunden, 2022
1212 kr
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This book analyses how and why we are living at a critical moment in the history of human life on earth and explores how we find grounds for the hopes that will enable us to address the challenges and crises of our time. The author analyses hope both practically and philosophically as a generative …
Generative Power of Hope
Anticipating Possibilities in Times of Crises
Häftad, 2023
1212 kr
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This book analyses how and why we are living at a critical moment in the history of human life on earth and explores how we find grounds for the hopes that will enable us to address the challenges and crises of our time. The author analyses hope both practically and philosophically as a generative …
Ontology of Well-Being in Social Policy and Welfare Practice
Inbunden, 2022
1321 kr
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This book provides important philosophical insights concerning the kind of creatures we are such that we can experience something we understand as well-being, with these insights then being applied to various areas of social policy and welfare practice. The author defends what he calls The Ontology …
Ontology of Well-Being in Social Policy and Welfare Practice
Häftad, 2023
1321 kr
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This book provides important philosophical insights concerning the kind of creatures we are such that we can experience something we understand as well-being, with these insights then being applied to various areas of social policy and welfare practice. The author defends what he calls The Ontology …
Transparency in Science and the Effects on Public Policy
Inbunden, 2024
1321 kr
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This book argues that, in the development of science, three principles have been used; transparency of results; transparency of procedures; financial transparency. Though the topic of transparency has been researched from various angles by many academics, none have made a comparison between the …
Transparency in Science and the Effects on Public Policy
Häftad, 2025
1321 kr
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This book argues that, in the development of science, three principles have been used; transparency of results; transparency of procedures; financial transparency. Though the topic of transparency has been researched from various angles by many academics, none have made a comparison between the …
Solitary Confinement
Philosophical Perspectives
Av Wanda Teays
Inbunden, 2025
1319 kr
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This book journeys into the dark territory of solitary confinement. It examines its practice in prisons, jails, immigration detention facilities, and even schools. It looks at international ethics codes such as that of the World Medical Association, the World Health Organization, and the …
Solitary Confinement
Philosophical Perspectives
Av Wanda Teays
Häftad, 2026
1319 kr
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This book journeys into the dark territory of solitary confinement. It examines its practice in prisons, jails, immigration detention facilities, and even schools. It looks at international ethics codes such as that of the World Medical Association, the World Health Organization, and the …
Happiness is the Wrong Metric
A Liberal Communitarian Response to Populism
Häftad, 2018
225 kr
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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This timely book addresses the conflict between globalism and nationalism. It provides a liberal communitarian response to the rise of populism occurring in many democracies. The book highlights the role of communities next to that of the state and …
Workplace Equality
International Perspectives on Legislation, Policy and Practice
Av C. Agocs
Inbunden, 2002
1010 kr
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University-Industry R&D Collaboration in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan
Av D. Rahm, J. Kirkland m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
1067 kr
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Over the last several decades there has been a growing interest in Research & Development (R&D) policy. This is particularly so in advanced industrialized nations that have adopted science- and technology- based strategies for national economic competitiveness. The United States, the United …
Images and Strategies for Autonomy
Explaining Swedish Security Policy Strategies in the 19th Century
Av Ole Elgström
Häftad, 2010
1098 kr
Lägg i varukorg
How do small states approach their security problems? What types of strategic instruments exist for small states, and when and why are certain strategies chosen rather than others? The security of `weak' states is problematic, demanding trade-offs in the decisions made. Using 19th century Swedish …
Governance in Modern Society
Effects, Change and Formation of Government Institutions
Av Oscar van Heffen, Walter J.M. Kickert m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
1643 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book is the immediate result of the co-operation of a great number of scholars in the Netherlands Institute of Government (NIG). NIG is an interuniversity research school. As such it has a double task. In addition to offering a Ph.D program to students in Public Administration it also is a …
