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  • Dark In The Day

    Dark in the Day - edited by Storm Constantine & Paul HoughtonIn the blink of an eye, around the corner, The Weird is everywhere. It's in the bird that turns out to be a fluttering newspaper, that white shoe left in a ploughed field, or the curdling smoke on the windscreen of a car, caused by the fast-moving reflection of clouds overhead. Normal is often weird and vice-versa. We're used to weird ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Public Service Efficiency

    Reframing the Debate

    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management
    The current economic and political climate places ever greater pressure on public organizations to deliver services in a cost-efficient way. Focused on the costs of service delivery, governments across the world have introduced a series of business like practices – from performance management to public-private partnership – in the belief that these will increase the efficiency of their public ... Read more

    $105.80 CAD

  • Comparative Public Management

    Why National, Environmental, and Organizational Context Matters

    While the field of public management has become increasingly international, research and policy recommendations that work for one country often do not work for another. Why, for example, is managerial networking important in the United States, moderately effective in the United Kingdom, and of little consequence in the Netherlands? Comparative Public Management argues that scholars must find a ... Read more

    $65.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Corporatisation in Local Government

    Context, Evidence and Perspectives from 19 Countries

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book provides a comprehensive comparison of municipally owned corporations in Europe. Municipal corporatisation is the act of delivering public services at arm’s length from local government through municipally owned corporations. Although it has become an increasing trend in recent years, we still know little about cross-country differences in what these municipally owned corporations look ... Read more

    $166.49 CAD

  • Footpath

    Tommy’S Book of Poetry

    I have written poetry for a decade now, all the poems that I have written, I have included in my book. My book is a way of explaining the thoughts that has been in my head throughout my life and I am ready for people to read my work and know the truth of who I am. I am still writing poetry now so I believe that this will not be the only book that I write, so from now until next time, hope you all ... Read more

    $13.59 CAD

  • Stepping Stones

    Tommy’S Book of Poetry Ii

    I have been writing poetry for the largest part of my life. In my work, I have included many different possible life-like situations through the use of imagination, truth, and creativity. If you enjoy reading about life, happiness, disaster, and questionable debatable topics whilst asking questions along the way during your journeys in and out of fantasy and reality, then youll enjoy this book. ... Read more

    $6.29 CAD

  • Crossroads

    Tommy’s Book of Poetry Iii

    Dreams, reality, memories, false memories, past lives and space time. These are all relative factors when you enter this realm of impossible possibilities. While this book contains over five hundred pieces of literature, the writings look at multiple debatable topics whilst taking a humorous approach to tackling issues that surround many occurrences. As the journey of understanding and knowledge ... Read more

    $6.29 CAD

  • Acquisition Trends, 2018

    Defense Contract Spending Bounces Back

    Series series CSIS Reports
    This report analyzes the current state of affairs in defense acquisition by combining detailed policy and data analysis to provide a comprehensive overview of the current and future outlook for defense acquisition. This analysis will provide critical insights into what DoD is buying, how DoD is buying it, from whom is DoD buying, and what are the defense components buying using data from the ... Read more

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  • The Army Modernization Imperative

    A New Big Five for the Twenty-First Century

    Series series CSIS Reports
    The U.S. Army currently faces a difficult truth: without changes to its modernization strategy, the Army risks losing qualitative tactical overmatch. A lost procurement decade and recent, significant modernization funding declines have resulted in an Army inventory that remains heavily leveraged on the “Big Five” programs, originally procured in the 1970s and 1980s. Meanwhile, technology ... Read more

    $65.49 CAD

  • Defense Acquisition Trends, 2015

    Acquisition in the Era of Budgetary Constraints

    Series series CSIS Reports
    This study examines contracting trends at the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). It relies on empirical analysis of DoD contracting transaction data from the open-source Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS). The authors seek to identify and study emergent trends in the contracting data and marry that analysis with discussion of changing goals and methods for the larger acquisition system. ... Read more

    $73.79 CAD

  • National Technology and Industrial Base Integration

    How to Overcome Barriers and Capitalize on Cooperation

    Series series CSIS Reports
    In light of Section 881 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, which expanded the legal definition of the National Technology and Industrial Base (NTIB) to include the United Kingdom and Australia, this report informs NTIB partners on barriers and opportunities for effective integration. The expansion of the NTIB is based on the principle that defense trade between the ... Read more

    $46.49 CAD

  • Measuring the Impact of Sequestration and the Drawdown on the Defense Industrial Base

    Series series CSIS Reports
    The presence of a technologically superior defense industrial base has been a foundation of U.S. strategy since 1945. While the implementation of the budget cuts in the Budget Control Act of 2011 has caused concerns for the industrial base, the resulting debate has been lacking in empirical analysis. The purpose of this research is to measure the impact of the current defense drawdown across all ... Read more

    $65.49 CAD