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  • Leadership and Culture

    Comparative Models of Top Civil Servant Training

    Edited by A. Hondeghem, E. Schwella ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This collection examines the leadership training of public administration in 19 countries and provides information on where, what, and how the training occurs as well as the up-to-date cultural, political, economic background for each. Factors affecting perceived importance, quality and robustness of top civil servant training are examined. ... Read more

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  • Modernisation of the Criminal Justice Chain and the Judicial System

    New Insights on Trust, Cooperation and Human Capital

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book focuses on one part of the judicial system: the criminal justice chain. This involves all the activities and actors dealing with policing, prosecution, judgment, and sanctioning of crimes. In the last decades, reforms have been implemented in several European countries. In Belgium, for example, there was the so-called Octopus reform in 1998. The police was restructured, leading to an ... Read more

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    The aim of this short text is simply to introduce a reader to this topic. It is intended for a global audience and rather than being restricted to potential energy law students of a particular country. It is also written for students of other disciplines such as geographers, social scientists and engineers. It should also be engaging to those in a variety of professional practices who want an ... Read more

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    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
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    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
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  • Women in Governing Institutions in South Asia

    Parliament, Civil Service and Local Government

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    Edited by T. Blom, S. Vanhoonacker ...
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