Public administration books

Leadership expert Geoff Smart wrote off government as hopeless. He saw what you see. Governments are failing. Everywhere. But something happened that sparked a year-long journey of discovery. And changed his perspective forever....

Threats to federal information technology (IT) infrastructure and systems continue to grow in number and sophistication. The ability to make federal IT infrastructure and systems secure depends on the knowledge, skills, and...

Complexity theory has become popular in the natural and social sciences over the last few decades as a result of the advancements in our understanding of the complexities in natural and social phenomena. Concepts and methods of...

This book analyzes the different approaches to regional governance utilized by Canada and the United States. It identifies four basic approaches to regional governance and features in-depth analysis of the pros and cons of each...

Outlines practical advice to both usability specialists and government technology professionals. This title covers: open government, design of voting systems, biometrics, ethics, internal vs external systems and cross-cultural...

Al-Rodhan sheds new light on the debate about the geopolitics of outer space, going beyond applying traditional International Relations approaches to space power and security by introducing a multidimensional spatial framework....

A Publication of the American Society for Public AdministrationEthics in public service is a hot topic in today's headlines. This detailed guide provides public managers with the practical tools and techniques they need to make...

This book provides a framework for analysing labour immigration and public policy. It looks at the changing role of migrant workers and the demand for labour across six sectors: health, social care, hospitality, food production,...

For over a century, American have created laws, processes, objectives, priorities, and rules for federal land management that often conflict, contradict, and undermine each other. We now find ourselves with inconsistent laws,...

Land policy is the interface between spatial planning and private property. This book offers an understanding of land policy in the context of land law and land markets, illustrating issues in question with examples from Germany.

A major new introduction to the theories and methods of public policy analysis and the changing nature of the policy process. Comprehensive, up-to-date and truly international in scope, it provides accessible yet sophisticated...

A practical guide to efforts to understand how knowledge, policy and power interact to promote or prevent change. It offers an analysis perspective on the knowledge-policy process, illustrated with empirical examples from the...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-fiction 2003 A shattering history of the last hundred years of genocidal war that itemises in authoritative, persuasive manner exactly what the West knew and when, and what it chose to do, and...

In this pathbreaking interrogation of the last century of American history, Power draws upon her own reporting from the modern killing fields to tell the story of American indifference and American courage in the face of the worst...

In this pathbreaking interrogation of the last century of American history, Power draws upon her own reporting from the modern killing fields to tell the story of American indifference and American courage in the face of the worst...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Non-fiction 2003 A shattering history of the last hundred years of genocidal war that itemises in authoritative, persuasive manner exactly what the West knew and when, and what it chose to do, and...

This book explores what becomes of faiths when seen as social capital. In the grip of the current debt crisis, where the social and capital seem increasingly unbalanced, this book examines whether faiths can help rebalance society...