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  • William Armstrong and British Policy Making

    by Kevin Theakston, Philip Connelly ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book offers a detailed account of the life and career of William Armstrong, the most influential civil servant in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s, and one of the most powerful and significant Whitehall officials in the post-1945 period. He was at the centre of the British government policy-making machine for over 30 years – the very incarnation of the ‘permanent government’ of the country. He ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

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    Exploring Accountability Processes in an Era of European Transformation

    by Johan P. Olsen ...
    Ongoing transformations of the political organization of Europe, where both the nation-state and the European Union are challenged, make it possible to explore phenomena that are difficult to see in stable periods. An upsurge in accountability-demands, where political leaders are required to explain and justify what they are doing, is one such phenomenon. Mainstream approaches to democratic ... Read more

    $95.99 CAD

  • The End of British Party Politics?

    by Roger Awan-Scully ...
    Elections ask voters to choose between political parties. But voters across the UK are increasingly being presented with fundamentally different, and largely disconnected, sets of political choices. This book is about this hollowing out of a genuinely British democratic politics: how and why it has occurred, and why it matters.Electoral choices across Britain became increasingly differentiated ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lobbying in the European Parliament

    The Battle for Influence

    by Maja Kluger Dionigi ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book explains when and how interest groups are influential in the European Parliament, which has become one of the most important lobbying venues in the EU. Yet we know little about the many ways in which interest groups and lobbyists influence parliamentary politics. The author offers insights on four key cases of lobbying, based on the analysis of EU documents, lobbying letters, and 150 ... Read more

    $154.99 CAD

  • The Palgrave Handbook of Public Administration and Management in Europe

    Edited by Edoardo Ongaro, Sandra Van Thiel ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This Handbook offers a systematic review of state-of-the-art knowledge on public administration in Europe. Covering the theoretical, epistemological and practical aspects of the field, it focuses on how public administration operates and is studied in European countries. In sixty-three chapters, written by leading scholars, this Handbook considers the uniqueness of the European situation through ... Read more

    $628.99 CAD

  • Local Government in England

    Centralisation, Autonomy and Control

    by Mark Roberts, Rachel Wall, Colin Copus ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    The book explores the claim that English local government exists in one of the most centralised relationships with national government. Such a position fundamentally undermines any notion of local self-government and makes the term ‘government’ in local government a misnomer. The book will examine how the erosion of the autonomy, powers, roles, functions and responsibilities of English local ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • Political Leaders and Changing Local Democracy

    The European Mayor

    Edited by Hubert Heinelt, Annick Magnier, Marcello Cabria, Herwig Reynaert ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book studies political leadership at the local level, based on data from a survey of the mayors of cities of more than 10,000 inhabitants in 29 European countries carried out between 2014 and 2016. The book compares these results with those of a similar survey conducted ten years ago. From this comparative perspective, the book examines how to become a mayor in Europe today, the attitudes of ... Read more

    $154.99 CAD

  • European Union External Environmental Policy

    Rules, Regulation and Governance Beyond Borders

    Edited by Katja Biedenkopf, Camilla Adelle, Diarmuid Torney ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book considers the environmental policies that the EU employs outside its borders. Using a systematic and coherent approach to cover a range of EU activities, environmental issues, and geographical areas, it charts the EU’s attempts to shape environmental governance beyond its borders. Key questions addressed include: What environmental norms, rules and policies does the EU seek to promote ... Read more

    $192.99 CAD

  • The Impact of Networks on Unemployment

    by J. M. Hurst ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book investigates why networks, some with joined-up governance remits, appeared ineffective in handling neighbourhood unemployment even in periods when the national unemployment levels dropped. It deploys a multi-theoretical and methodological framework to investigate this empirical puzzle, and to test and analyse the causal factors influencing network outcomes. Chapters examine network ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Regional Representations in the EU: Between Diplomacy and Interest Mediation

    by C. Rowe ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    Offices in Brussels representing the interests of regional actors in the EU have carved out a niche position within Europe's expanding multi-level political system. They are now the most visible indicators of the growing role played by EU regions. How can we understand their contribution to EU governance? What do they deliver to Europe's regions? ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Outsourcing Border Control

    Politics and Practice of Contracted Visa Policy in Morocco

    by Federica Infantino ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book explores the everyday practices of border control and implementation of mobility policy in the European Schengen area by analyzing consular visas services on the edges of the territory. Using an original case study, private contractors that implement EU visa policy on governments’ behalf, the author focuses on visa application centers located in Morocco and run by the two major ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

  • Policy Capacity and Governance

    Assessing Governmental Competences and Capabilities in Theory and Practice

    Edited by Michael Howlett, Xun Wu, M Ramesh ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book provides unique insights into the role of policy capacity in policymaking and policy change, as it is being uncovered at the research frontier in contemporary policy studies. The book is structured into a series of sections on policy capacity in theory and practice, each focusing on a specific aspect of policy capacity and its influence on policy formulation, decision-making, ... Read more

    $192.99 CAD