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  • Planning, Sustainable Urbanisation and the Commonwealth

    The Commonwealth Association of Planners, Past, Present and Future

    By 2050, an additional 2.5 billion people will be living in the world’s towns and cities, almost 50% of them in the 56 Commonwealth countries. To a significant extent, the future of the planet hangs on how cities and human settlements are managed. It is in our cities that the emissions creating climate catastrophe are stoked and where change can – and must – make a difference at scale. Food ... Leer más

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  • Whatever Happened to the Music Teacher?

    How Government Decides and Why

    Thirty years ago, Anglo-American politicians set out to make the public sector look like the private sector. These reforms continue today, ultimately seeking to empower elected officials to shape policies and pushing public servants to manage operations in the same manner as their private-sector counterparts. In Whatever Happened to the Music Teacher?, Donald Savoie provides a nuanced account of ... Leer más

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  • What Is Government Good At?

    A Canadian Answer

    de Donald Savoie ...
    Winner: Donner Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Public Policy Writing by Canadians (2016)Winner: New Brunswick Book Award for Non-Fiction (2016)Recent decades have shown the public's support for government plummet alongside political leaders’ credibility. This downward spiral calls for an exploration of what has gone wrong. The questions "What is government good at?" and "What is government ... Leer más

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  • Power

    de Donald Savoie ...
    In this informative critique of contemporary leadership renowned political scientist Donald Savoie poses and answers the crucial questions: where is power located and who is in charge? In recent years it has become extremely difficult to pinpoint the location of political and economic power making it complicated to determine who is to blame for political and economic catastrophes and leading to ... Leer más

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  • Off and Running

    The Prospects and Pitfalls of Government Transitions in Canada

    de David Zussman ...
    One of the most pivotal events in the electoral cycle is the transition of a newly elected political party from opposition to government. The incoming prime minister or premier must assemble a team of ministers, advisors, and staff that is competent and ready to govern, without disrupting the day-to-day functioning of their country or province.Off and Running sets the stage for successful ... Leer más

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  • Court Government and the Collapse of Accountability in Canada and the United Kingdom

    de Donald Savoie ...
    There is a consensus throughout much of the western world that the public sector is in urgent need of repair. This study seeks to understand why this is so by comparing developments in Canada and the United Kingdom. It looks to changes in values both in society and inside government, and to the relationships between politicians and civil servants at the top and between civil servants and citizens ... Leer más

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  • The New Working Class

    How to Win Hearts, Minds and Votes

    Recent events such as the Brexit vote and the 2017 general election result highlight the erosion of traditional class identities and the decoupling of class from political identity. The majority of people in the UK still identify as working class, yet no political party today can confidently articulate their interests. So who is now working class and how do political parties gain their support ... Leer más

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  • Island Time

    New Zealand's Pacific Futures

    de Damon Salesa ...
    Series Libro 64 - BWB Texts
    The task of living in modern New Zealand and especially in modern Auckland is not just to understand how to live with different peoples, but how to adapt to the future that has already happened.New Zealand is a nation that exists on Pacific Islands, but does not, will not, perhaps cannot, see itself as a Pacific Island nation. Yet turning to the Pacific, argues Damon Salesa, enables us to grasp a ... Leer más

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  • Lobbying

    The dark side of politics

    Series series Pocket Politics
    Is lobbying, particularly by ‘lobbyists for hire’, resulting in a distortion of the democratic process? Does business, with its highly sophisticated and well-resourced lobbying operations, have an undue influence on decisions by politicians?The book assess the impact of lobbying on the UK political system, the extent to which it shapes the political decision-making process and the extent to which ... Leer más

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  • The Economics of International Development

    Foreign Aid versus Freedom for the World's Poor

    Foreign aid and overseas military intervention have been important and controversial political topics for over a decade. The government’s controversial target to spend 0.7 per cent of national income on foreign aid has been widely welcomed by some, but strongly criticised by others. Furthermore, the controversy of the Iraq war rumbles on, even today. This is all happening amongst much instability ... Leer más

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  • Irish Business and Society

    Governing, Participating and Transforming in the 21st Century

    A collection of stimulating essays exploring the wide-ranging debates surrounding the relationship between business and society in 21st century Ireland.Wide-ranging, diverse and thought-provoking contributions from leading business researchers, economists, sociologists and political scientists from Ireland and abroad probe five central themes: the making and unmaking of the Celtic Tiger; ... Leer más

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  • Arise

    Power, Strategy and Union Resurgence

    de Jane Holgate ...
    Series series Wildcat
    'Jane Holgate is a brilliant thinker' - Jane McAleveyIn Arise, Jane Holgate argues that unions must revisit their understanding of power in order to regain influence and confront capital. Drawing on two decades of research and organising experience, Holgate examines the structural inertia of today’s unions from a range of perspectives: from strategic choice, leadership and union democracy to ... Leer más

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