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Taking a developmental approach, this book critically reviews Vietnam's reform process and shows how the country's reform agenda is still dominated by a 'developmental orthodoxy' inspired by a post-Washington consensus. The author argues that a wider...

Examining some of the most critical issues in Malaysian politics today, including human rights, law and democracy, gender and Islam, this book explores the contours of the contemporary landscape of Malaysian politics, focusing especially on politics...

Social work is currently undergoing major change in its policies, organization and day-to-day practice and much has been written about the feminist presence in social work. In particular, feminist social work has focused on the role of women social...

As Bolivia reels from the collapse of the government in November 2019, a wave of social protests, and now the impact of Covid-19, this book asks: where next for Bolivia?After almost 14 years in power, the government of Bolivia's first indigenous...

This book offers a comprehensive overview of Canadian cultural policy and research, at a time of transition and redefinition, to establish a dialogue between conventional and emerging foundations. Taking a historical view, the book informs insights on...

This timely and much-needed book focuses on the phenomenon often referred to as "holiday hunger" in the United Kingdom. The book begins by outlining the history and scope of holiday hunger - the condition that occurs when a child's household is, or...

Immigration and School Safety utilizes a multidisciplinary approach to expose the complex relationship between immigration and school safety in the United States. It addresses not only individual, intrapersonal, and environmental factors but also...

This is a book about understanding women's empowerment and pathways as well as roadblocks to women's economic empowerment in rural India, as understood through an evaluation-based research of a state-funded social sector programme located in the...

A guide to the economic realities of an older America that covers issues of social security and the retirement system.

This Report is about the state of governance. Few would doubt that the conditions of governance have changed -- and continue to change -- as the early 21st century seems to enter a period of profound uncertainty. Yet, at the same time, the world seems...

In February of 2011, Libyan citizens rebelled against Muammar Qaddafi and quickly unseated him. The speed of the regime's collapse confounded many observers, and the ensuing civil war showed Foreign Policy's index of failed states to be deeply...

J.Biographical Memoir of William J. Duane is a book written by William J. Duane himself in 1868. It is an autobiographical account of his life and experiences as an American politician, lawyer, and economist. The book traces his early life, education,...

Bad Times: An Essay On The Present Depression Of Trade, Tracing It To Its Sources In Enormous Foreign Loans (1885) is a book written by Alfred Russel Wallace. The book is an essay that explores the economic depression of trade during the late 19th...

In this book David E. McNabb and Carl R. Swenson blend their different experiences to outline the nature of the crises government leaders now face. Together they provide a foundation of knowledge from which current and future elected leaders, policy...

Presenting case studies and comparisons across seven countries, this book addresses key questions as to the nature of state fragility, policies used to mitigate it, assessment of outcomes and prospects. It offers a novel empirical contribution in...

This book provides a collection of articles resulting from the International Conference on History, Social Sciences, and Education (ICHSE), which was held on 11 September 2021. The Department of History of Malang State University choose "Embracing New...

This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date picture of territorial change on the municipal level across all European countries. 

This is the first book to show how digitalisation and the better provision of information and communication technologies (ICTs) can improve access to a wide-range of social services, as well as make them more inclusive. Overcoming disparities across...

Now in an extensively revised tenth edition, Introducing Public Administration provides students with the conceptual foundation they need, while introducing them to important trends in the discipline. This classic textbook-blending historical accounts...

Research in Public Administration and Public Management has distinctive features that influence the choices and application of research methods. The standard methodologies for researching from the social sciences can be difficult to follow in the complex...

Humanity stands at a critical crossroads. While our unprecedented interconnectedness and interdependence have made the world a single organism, we lack the system of global governance necessary to effectively address the urgent challenges of the 21st...

There are few areas of society today that remain outside the ambit of policy processes, and likewise policy making has progressively reached into the structure and fabric of everyday life. An instrument of modern government, policy and its processes...

First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Originally published in 2005. In Great Britain, the reduction of social exclusion has been at the forefront of New Labour's social policy since 1997. However, there is ambiguity about what the notion of social exclusion actually encompasses, caused in...

This book considers the implications of the regulatory burden being borne increasingly by technological management rather than by rules of law. If crime is controlled, if human health and safety are secured, if the environment is protected, not by...

This book addresses the central question of how the interests of the poor gain representation in the political process by examining the interest group system.

Undocumented immigration across the Mediterranean and the US-Mexican border is one of the most contested transatlantic public and political issues, raising fundamental questions about national identity, security and multiculturalism-all in the glare of...

The executive branch of government in Europe is being gradually transformed in several significant respects. First, executive power has been continuously strengthened at the EU level in the form of the European Commission, EU-level agencies and...

Contains documents which reflect the great debates that have shaped this country's economic life. Covering a wide variety of problems, this work shows how each document was treated at a moment when it was politically urgent.

The Dynamics of Social Welfare Policy uses the lens of an innovative policy model and an emphasis on social change to break new ground in social welfare policy texts. Starting from the explicit premise that every kind of social work practice embodies a...

By mid-2015, the Obama presidency will be entering its final stages, and the race among the successors in both parties will be well underway. And while experts have already formed a provisional understanding of the Obama administration's foreign...

Your guided tour to America's employment crisis, the title says it all. Where Did the Jobs Go--and How Do We Get Them Back? is a clear, nonpartisan, surprisingly entertaining look at our nation's current joblessness mess and how we can get ourselves...

""Ecclesiastical Duties And Revenues Bill: Speech Delivered In The House Of Lords, On Behalf Of The Deans And Chapters Petitioning Against The Bill, July 23, 1840"" is a historical document written by James Lewis Knight Bruce. The book is a speech that...

Damnation! Eternal Damnation To The Fiend-Begotten Coarser-Food, New Poor Law, A Speech (1837) is a book written by Richard Oastler. The book is a speech given by Oastler in 1837, in which he strongly criticizes the new Poor Law that was introduced in...

Facts In A Nutshell About Immigration, Yellow And White (1912) is a book written by Aretas W. Thomas that discusses the immigration policies and practices of the United States during the early 20th century. The book focuses on the influx of immigrants...

This book presents a detailed assessment of the role of navies in the Korean War. It highlights that, despite being predominantly a land war, navies played a vital part.

This book offers an understanding of the various aspects of the Bihar government's "development-with-justice" model, and the effects of its implementation on lives and quality of living conditions of the state's underprivileged population.

This book examines public perceptions of the legitimacy of drones, and how this affects countries' policies on and the global governance of drone warfare.

Chiu and Law identify and examine important issues of healthy ageing after COVID-19 from research and policy perspectives in the Asian contexts. Written by researchers and experienced health professionals from Hong Kong and China, this books is a...

This book examines the role and position of urban agriculture in the spatial and functional structure of cities in the Global South.