Central / national / federal government policies Books

In recent years, publications on power indices and coalition formation have multiplied. Obviously, the application of these concepts to political institutions, more specifically, to the analysis of the European Union and, as...

A Language Bridge between Peoples and Disciplines.- The Theory and Measurement of Influence in the History of Economic Thought.- Gustave Courbet's L'Origine du Monde and Its Socioeconomic Implications.- to Blum's Essays.- Contrasting Historical-Logical...

Preface.- Foreword.- Introduction.- Classical Macroeconomc Theory.- Keynesian Macroeconomic Theory.- Dynamic Optimization Methods in Discrete Time.- Neoclassical Growth Theory.- Monetary Growth Theory.- The Demand for Money and the Welfare Cost of...

Introduction.- Globalization and Regionalisation: Challenges for Public Policies.- The Importance of the Federal Government´s Support for Entrepreneurship.- Entrepreneurship Policies Made in Germany.- U.S. Government-Industry Partnerships for the...

The Changing Television Business.- Introduction: The Digital Evolution of Television.- TV or Not TV: Where Video Is Going.- The New Screen for Video.- The End of Advertising As We Know It.- From the Marketers' Perspective: The Interactive Media Situation...

Poverty is a paradoxical state. Recognizable in the eld for any sensitive observer who travels in remote rural areas and urban slums and meets marginalized people in a given society, poverty still remains a challenge to conceptual formalization and to...

39 One of the main challenges facing the member states of the European Union (EU) is 40 the fundamental need to accept the strategic importance of entrepreneurship as a force 41 for regional development and economic growth...

The Transvaal Question: From A Swiss Point Of View (1900) is a historical book written by Edouard Naville. The book discusses the conflict between the British Empire and the Boer Republic of Transvaal in South Africa, which took place from 1899-1902...

The Liquor Problem In Its Legislative Aspects is a book written by Frederick Howard Wines in 1898. The book is a comprehensive examination of the legislative and legal aspects of the liquor problem in the United States during the late 19th century. Wines...

The book ""The Life Of Sidney, Earl Of Godolphin: Lord High Treasurer Of England, 1702 To 1710"" was written by Hugh Frederick Hislop Elliot and published in 1888. The book is a detailed biography of Sidney Godolphin, who served as the Lord High...

The State Tax System of Washington is a comprehensive book written by Custis and Vanderveer in 1916. The book provides a detailed analysis of the tax system in the state of Washington. It covers various aspects of taxation, including property tax, income...

The Scottish Liberal Members And Their Pledges On The Church Question In 1880 is a historical book written by Scottish Liberal Members in 1882. The book provides a detailed account of the Scottish Liberal Members and their positions on the Church...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

For many, small firms are everyday realities of the economy and visible in every high-street and industrial estate. Their existence and importance is unquestionable. Such beliefs are understandable, but the authors of this new book would suggest they are...

This book explores the pivotal role of think tanks in the democratization and economic reform movements by evaluating their overall effect on the transformation process in developing and transitional countries around the world. James G. McGann assesses...

Mental illness causes a substantial health burden in all regions of the world, and is a major contributor to world poverty.Developing a National Mental Health Policy is designed to support those involved in developing locally appropriate mental health...

Economic development and a dramatic improvement in living standards in many parts of the People's Republic of China during the past three decades of economic reforms have been hailed by the Chinese Communist Party and many commentators in the...

High performance during catastrophic terrorist events require the ability to assess and adapt capacity rapidly, restore or enhance disrupted or inadequate communications, utilize flexible decision making swiftly, and expand coordination and trust between...

This book examines the role of economic aid in the management and resolution of protracted ethnic conflicts, focusing on the case study of Northern Ireland.The book describes the results of a study of the role of economic aid within Northern Ireland,...

Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima Daiichi is a timely and groundbreaking account of the disturbing landscape of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown amidst an earthquake and tsunami on Japan's northeast coastline on March 11, 2011. It...

This volume intends to fill the gap in the range of publications about the post-transition social housing policy developments in Central and Eastern Europe by delivering critical evaluations about the past two decades of developments in selected...

A critical analysis of public policy decisions requires a far greater depth of knowledge than can be received from news reports and political speeches. Issues such as how best to reduce traffic congestion, reduce acid rain, improve airline safety or...

China's air pollution is infamous. The haze can make it impossible to see buildings across the street, and the pollution forces schools to close and creates health and morbidity problems, in addition to tremendous environmental degradation. However,...

Diversity and dissent have been shown to improve decision-making in small groups. This understanding can be extended to the political arena and in turn it can enlighten ideas about policy-making. This book focuses on the relationship between electoral...

This book explores experiences, issues and challenges which have emerged since Constitutional status was granted to the local bodies at grassroots level in India in the early 1990s. Among other issues, it focuses on: the contrasting political ideas of...

China's rapid industrialisation has led to "an air pollution catastrophe". Concerted efforts to achieve economic growth have led to veiled skies of toxic air and created health and morbidity problems as well as tremendous environmental degradation...

Fully revised for a second edition, this essential guide provides a concise and accessible overview of the public policy process: agenda-setting, policy formulation, decision-making, implementation, and evaluation.The book provides an introduction to the...

First published in 1980. This book covers areas of policy interest viewed from a social democratic perspective and each chapter takes a specific issue which would have been of concern to Labour in the 1980s, including some of the more controversial areas...

The Legal Tender Acts: Considered In Relation To Their Constitutionality And Their Political Economy is a book written by Samuel Thayer Spear in 1875. The book discusses the constitutionality and political economy of the Legal Tender Acts, which were a...

""M�����moires du Comte de Pontchartrain V2: Ministre et Secr�����taire d'�����tat, sous la R�����gence de la Reine Marie de M�����dicis (1729)"" est un livre �����crit par Paul Phelippeaux de Pontchartrain. Ce livre est le deuxi�����me volume des...

Das Buch ""Anfangsgr�����nde der Allgemeinen Staatslehre: Mit einem kurzen Lehrsegel der �����konomischen Policen"" wurde im Jahr 1795 von Johann Christian Christoph Rudiger ver������ffentlicht. Es handelt sich um ein Werk, das sich mit den grundlegenden...

This book establishes the relevance of war as an instrument of state policy, and the necessity of armed forces to protect and promote national interests. It then traces India's warring traditions and the enviable professionalism of the Indian armed...

This guidance note is designed to help developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank strengthen their health systems and security as they recover from the impact of COVID-19.Drawing on evidence-based and expert-validated interventions, it...

This publication promotes the use of distributed renewable energy systems and presents lessons learned from the Hybrid Solar Photovoltaic Mini-Grid Project in Cobrador Island, Philippines.Affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all that...

This report proposes a new independent regulatory body for Indonesia's electricity sector, in particular for investment planning, procurement, tariff setting, and electrification.A situational analysis and review of stakeholder opinions strongly...

This publication identifies bottlenecks to regional power trading in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) and proposes solutions to overcome them.The six GMS countries are striving to ensure an adequate, reliable, sustainable, and affordable energy supply...

The book presents a collection of articles authored by several members of the Warsaw School of Political Theory, affiliated with the University of Warsaw. The team of scholars, first founded in the 1970s by professor Artur Bodnar, has been conducting...

This book attempts to show the context of the clash of the fundamental values democracy and solidarity which serve as the leading political principles of European integration. Therefore several further concepts and problems have been discussed such as...

Das Arbeitskräfteanwerbeabkommen zwischen der Türkei und Österreich wurde 1964 unterzeichnet. Seit damals ist fast ein halbes Jahrhundert vergangen. Dieses Abkommen bildet den Meilenstein in den Beziehungen der Türkei und Österreich. Bis dahin waren die...

For nearly fifty years, Cyprus has attracted considerable international attention. However, while numerous volumes have been written on the causes and consequences of the conflict between the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities and the many efforts to...

This collection of essays examines the relationship between the media and cosmopolitanism in an increasingly fragmented and globalizing world. This relationship is presented from multiple perspectives and the essays cover, amongst other themes,...

Karl Barth never paid particular attention to the religions of the world. In fact he has often been stereotyped as the prime exponent of an exclusivist attitude toward other religions because of his belief that salvation comes through Christ alone...

The 'counter-revolution' in Development Economics in the 1980s fundamentally altered the way the state 'thinks', which is evident in the state's retrenchment and reconstitution of the state's relationship to its citizens. The combination of deflationary...

WORK IS IN FRENCHThis book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to...

Welcome to 2030. You'll own nothing, have no privacy, and you'll be happy. . . .For the past two years, since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, we have been told that our old way of life is dead and gone. There can be no return to how things...

It is a global scandal that road traffic crashes in low- and middle-income countries have claimed over a million lives, and caused upwards of 20 million injuries, every year for over a decade. The United Nations and the World Health Organization have...

We have rediscovered the importance of public health and, as ever, have been made to realise the important lessons that history has to teach us - how in the politics of public health, wealth and power shape ideas and action. Lee Adams, a former public...

The Guardian top 5 best books on the UK housing crisis'The housing crisis is just getting started, ' warns Timperley in this important book.' - MARTIN CHILTON, THE INDEPENDENT'An essential read about a broken housing market.'- PETER APPS, INSIDE...