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  • The Government of Disasters

    State Formation and Disaster Management In South Africa

    by Lydie Cabane ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book examines the history of disaster management in South Africa, showing how experts, professionals and policymakers have crafted and implemented disaster policies from the mid-twentieth century to the present day. It assesses the ways in which states become concerned with disasters, the extent to which disaster management contributes toward state formation, and who and what disaster ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

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  • The Evolving Physiology of Government

    Canadian Public Administration in Transition

    Edited by O. P. Dwivedi, Tim A. Mau, Byron M. Sheldrick ...
    Series series Governance Series
    Canadian public administration has provided a rich ground for examining the changing nature of the state. Currents of political change have rippled through the administration of the public sector, often producing significant alterations in our understanding of how best to organize and administer public services. This volume brings together some of the leading Canadian and international scholars of ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Migration in Southern Africa

    IMISCOE Regional Reader

    Edited by Pragna Rugunanan, Nomkhosi Xulu-Gama ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access Regional Reader proposes new ways of theorizing migration in Southern Africa by arguing that traditional western forms of theorizing do not adequately fit the South-South migration context. It explores the existing definitions of a ‘migrant’ with a view to conceptualise a definition which will speak to the complexities, envisioning a more inclusive Southern African region. The ... Read more

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  • Planning and Transformation

    Learning from the Post-Apartheid Experience

    by Philip Harrison, Alison Todes, Vanessa Watson ...
    Series series RTPI Library Series
    Planning and Transformation provides a comprehensive view of planning under political transition in South Africa, offering an accessible resource for both students and researchers in an international and a local audience.In the years after the 1994 transition to democracy in South Africa, planners believed they would be able to successfully promote a vision of integrated, equitable and sustainable ... Read more

    $91.99 USD

  • Humanitarian Action and Ethics

    Edited by Ayesha Ahmad, James Smith ...
    From natural disaster areas to conflict zones, humanitarian workers today find themselves operating in diverse and difficult environments. While humanitarian work has always presented unique ethical challenges, such efforts are now further complicated by the impact of globalization, the escalating refugee crisis, and mounting criticisms of established humanitarian practice.Featuring contributions ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • A Different Kind of State?

    by Gregory Albo, Leo Panitch ...
    A large factor in the appeal of neo-conservatism in the early 1980s was its sustained attack on the welfare state. Even those most dependent on public services were frustrated by a system that allowed them no say in decisions directly affecting their lives. A decade later, the alternative offered by the new right—free market competition—has only deepened the need for effective state assistance. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Rethinking Governance

    The Centrality of the State in Modern Society

    by Stephen Bell, Andrew Hindmoor ...
    Several problems plague contemporary thinking about governance. From the multiple definitions that are often vague and confusing, to the assumption that governance strategies, networks and markets represent attempts by weakening states to maintain control. Rethinking Governance questions this view and seeks to clarify how we understand governance. Arguing that it is best understood as 'the ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Governing

    Essays in Honour of Donald J. Savoie

    by James Bickerton, B. Guy Peters ...
    To honour the distinguished career of Donald Savoie, Governing brings together an accomplished group of international scholars who have concerned themselves with the challenges of governance, accountability, public management reform, and regional policy. Governing delves into the two primary fields of interest in Savoie's work - regional development and the nature of executive power in public ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Opting Out of the European Union

    Diplomacy, Sovereignty and European Integration

    by Rebecca Adler-Nissen ...
    European integration continues to deepen despite major crises and attempts to take back sovereignty. A growing number of member states are reacting to a more constraining EU by negotiating opt-outs. This book provides the first in-depth account of how opt-outs work in practice. It examines the most controversial cases of differentiated integration: the British and Danish opt-outs from Economic and ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Polling and Public Opinion

    A Canadian Perspective

    by Peter Marshall Butler ...
    The importance of polling public opinion is widely recognized today. Indeed, it is sometimes argued that in mass societies, polls have also become an important medium for communicating ideas and beliefs, especially since many people have become less involved in community organizations and interest groups that formerly connected them to events and issues. Polling and Public Opinion examines the ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Environmental Policy in the EU

    Actors, Institutions and Processes

    Edited by Andrew Jordan, Viviane Gravey ...
    The European Union (EU) has a hugely important effect on the way in which environmental policies are framed, designed and implemented in many parts of the world, but especially Europe. The new edition of this leading textbook provides a state-of-the-art analysis of the EU’s environmental policies.Comprising five parts, Environmental Policy in the EU covers the rapidly changing context in which EU ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Gender, Schooling and Global Social Justice

    by Elaine Unterhalter ...
    Series series Foundations and Futures of Education
    Timely and original, this book examines gender equality in schooling as an aspiration of global social justice. With nearly one billion people having little or no schooling and women and girls comprising nearly two-thirds of this total, this book analyses the historical, sociological, political and philosophical issues involved as well as exploring actions taken by governments, Inter-Government ... Read more

    $80.99 USD