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“kenneth rasmussen”

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  • Professionalism and Public Service

    Essays in Honour of Kenneth Kernaghan

    Edited by David Siegel, Kenneth Rasmussen ...
    Representing the leading scholars in the field, Professionalism and Public Service assesses the state of public administration in Canada while also moving the discipline forward both as a profession and an academic discipline.The contributors to this volume trace the evolution of public administration institutions and explore issues such as the protection and improvement of the public service, ... Read more

    $79.99 CAD

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  • No Return

    A novel of the Canadian election that vanished in Muskoka's backwoods

    by Gordon Aiken ...
    Canadians took politics seriously in the years following Confederation and Gordon Aiken’s novel about pioneer Muskoka and the fledgling nation’s capital shows why.Unique events in the Dominion’s second election, in 1872, inspired Aiken to write about Muskoka’s returning officer, Richard Bell, who refused to declare Liberal candidate A.P. Cockburn elected, even though he got the most votes. ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • One More 'Lost Peace'?

    Rethinking the Cold War After Twenty Years

    by Raffaele D'Agata, Lawrence Gray ...
    Were there any missed chances to build a more peaceful world than the present one after the Cold War? Were there any attempts at working out a more comprehensive and more cooperative way to overcome it? What was precisely at stake during the Cold War? What was really at stake for the 'losers' and what stakes did the 'winners' gain -- if there are any 'winners' at all? Those questions were raised ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD

  • Public Policies in Shared Societies

    A Comparative Approach

    by M. Fitzduff ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Communities throughout the world are increasingly diverse in their racial, ethnic and religious make up. Using examples drawn from over 50 countries in a variety of fields from economics to education, this book explores how governmental, economic and social institutions are adapting their policies to create more cohesive and peaceful societies. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Administrative Law and Politics

    Cases and Comments

    by Christine B. Harrington, Lief H. Carter ...
    Authors Christine B. Harrington and Leif H. Carter know that while bureaucratic government is no cure for the shortcomings of free enterprise, government oversight and regulation is crucial to keeping power within democratic boundaries. This Fifth Edition of Administrative Law and Politics shows the scope and power of administrative government and demonstrates how the legal system shapes ... Read more

    $175.99 CAD

  • Russia's Encounter with Globalisation

    Actors, Processes and Critical Moments

    Edited by J. Wilhelmsen, E. Wilson Rowe ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    An analysis of Russia's response to globalization. This book explores how Russian domestic politics shape this international engagement. Thematically, the focus is on Russia's external engagement with areas of policy relating to globalization, namely energy, climate, health, direct foreign investment, finance, and international terrorism. ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Monitoring Performance in the Public Sector

    Future Directions from International Experience

    by John Winston Mayne ...
    Series series Comparative Policy Evaluation
    A host of promising public sector reform efforts are underway throughout the world. In governments challenged by budget deficits and declining public trust, these reform efforts seek to improve policy decisions and public management. Along the way, program efficiency and effectiveness help rebuild public confidence in government. Whether through regular measurement of program inputs, activities, ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • Personnel Management in Government Agencies and Nonprofit Organizations

    by Dennis Dresang ...
    The long-awaited new edition of this highly praised text includes full coverage of policy issues and professional practice in nonprofit organizations, as well as at federal, state, and local levels of government. Retaining its accessible writing style, this sixth edition:examines the latest management theories (such as employee engagement and motivation) and current issues including disability, ... Read more

    $242.99 CAD

  • The Working World of International Organizations

    Authority, Capacity, Legitimacy

    by Xu Yi-chong, Patrick Weller ...
    International organizations (IOs) matter. This book uncovers the regular working world of IOs, examining whether, to what extent, and how these 'global governing bodies' can act independently of the will of states. This book explores this issue by asking who or what shapes their decisions; how and when decisions are made; how players interact within an IO; and how the interactions vary across IOs. ... Read more

    $83.99 CAD

  • Public Sector Reform in Ireland

    Countering Crisis

    by Muiris MacCarthaigh ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book provides a thematic case-study analysis of the wide-ranging public sector reforms introduced in one of the states most deeply affected by the global financial crisis: the Republic of Ireland. It presents a timely and apposite examination of how a crisis can be used to overcome barriers and facilitate new reform agendas. The study draws upon unique insider access to the centre of Irish ... Read more

    $141.99 CAD

  • The Institutional Effects of Executive Scandals

    by Brandon Rottinghaus ...
    Watergate, Iran-Contra, Lewinsky, Enron, Bridgegate: according to the popular media, executive scandals are ubiquitous. Although individual scandals persist in the public memory and as the subject of academic study, how do we understand the impacts of executive indiscretion or malfeasance as a whole? What effect, if any, do scandals have on political polarization, governance, and, most importantly ... Read more

    $122.99 CAD

  • Advances in Enterprise Engineering IX

    5th Enterprise Engineering Working Conference, EEWC 2015, Prague, Czech Republic, June 15-19, 2015, Proceedings

    Edited by Robert Pergl, Michal Valenta, David Aveiro ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This book constitutes the proceedings of the 5th Enterprise Engineering Working Conference, EEWC 2015, held in Prague, Czech Republic, during May 15–19, 2015. EEWC aims at addressing the challenges that modern and complex enterprises face in a rapidly changing world. The participants of the working conference share a belief that dealing with these challenges requires rigorous and scientific ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD