Tous les ebooks de la collection "Understanding Governance" - Palgrave Macmillan


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Télécharger le livre :  Public Policy and Democratic Backsliding in the UK
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Public Policy and Democratic Backsliding in the UK


Sean Kippin


This book examines the rise of illiberalism within the British Conservative Party during the last few decades. It traces how the party’s political agenda has become increasingly dominated by populist and nativist policy positions since the UK’s withdrawal from the...

Parution : 2025-02-27
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  Comparing Network Governance in England and China
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Comparing Network Governance in England and China


Yongmei Li


This book compares network governance practices and public service delivery in England and China. Adopting a political ethnographic approach, it assesses whether networked forms of governance are used in provision of care for the elderly and those with learning...

Parution : 2023-11-30
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  Core Executives in a Comparative Perspective
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Core Executives in a Comparative Perspective


Kristoffer Kolltveit , Richard Shaw


This book examines the contemporary relevance of the concept of the core executive across a range of constitutional contexts, covering examples from Westminster system, continental Europe, and Scandinavia. Much study of core executives focuses exclusively on the...

Parution : 2022-05-06
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  Assessing Public Management Reforms
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Assessing Public Management Reforms


Patrick Gibert , Jean-Claude Thoenig


This book examines why many ambitious public management policies do not materialize. Comprehensive reforms do not generate relevant and lasting changes. Yet some evolutions may occur that actually improve the efficiency level inside public administrations. The book...

Parution : 2022-01-28
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  Eric Drummond and his Legacies
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Eric Drummond and his Legacies


John Burley , Marilyn Norah Carr , Michael D. V. Davies , David Macfadyen


This book shows how the first institution of global governance was conceived and operated. It provides a new assessment of its architect, Eric Drummond, the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations, appointed a century ago. The authors conclude that he stands in...

Parution : 2019-02-06
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  Narrative Policy Analysis
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Narrative Policy Analysis


R.A.W Rhodes


Narratives or storytelling are a feature of the everyday life of all who work in government. They tell each other stories about the origins, aims and effects of policies to make sense of their world. These stories form the collective memory of a government department; a...

Parution : 2018-05-24
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  William Armstrong and British Policy Making
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William Armstrong and British Policy Making


Philip Connelly , Kevin Theakston


This book offers a detailed account of the life and career of William Armstrong, the most influential civil servant in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s, and one of the most powerful and significant Whitehall officials in the post-1945 period. He was at the centre of the...

Parution : 2017-11-23
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  The Politics of Regulation in the UK
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The Politics of Regulation in the UK


Daniel Fitzpatrick


This book explores the discourse of regulatory crisis in the UK and examines why, despite the increasing contestation of the principles underpinning the regulatory state, its institutions and practices continue to be firmly embedded within the governance of the British...

Parution : 2016-09-30
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  The Politics of Party Policy
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The Politics of Party Policy


A. Gauja


Examining the complexities and tensions in relations between party members and parliamentarians through an in-depth analysis of the processes that shape the development of party policy in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, this book Presents new evidence on the...

Parution : 2015-12-11
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  Institutional Crisis in 21st Century Britain
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Institutional Crisis in 21st Century Britain


David Richards


In 21st century Britain, a 'perfect storm' seems to have engulfed many of its institutions. This book is the first wholesale consideration of the crisis of legitimacy that has taken root in Britain's key institutions and explores the crisis across them to determine if a...

Parution : 2014-04-23
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  Hybrid Governance in European Cities
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Hybrid Governance in European Cities


S. Jeffares , C. Skelcher , Helen Sullivan


This wide-ranging study of three European cities shows how hybrid forms of governance emerge from the tensions between new ideas and past legacies, and existing institutional arrangements and powerful decision makers. Using detailed studies of migration and neighborhood...

Parution : 2013-02-07
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  Parliamentary Socialisation
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Parliamentary Socialisation


P. Giddings , M. Rush


This first book-length study of the socialisation of MPs uses questionnaire data gathered over two Parliaments (1992-97 and 1997-2001) to find out how MPs learn about, and what their attitudes are towards, their role as a Member of Parliament. It analyzes their...

Parution : 2011-07-26
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  How Power Changes Hands
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How Power Changes Hands


J. Uhr


How can we strengthen the capacity of governments and parties to manage arrivals and departures at the top? Democracy requires reliable processes for the transfer of power from one generation of leaders to the next. This book introduces new analytical frameworks and...

Parution : 2011-01-27
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  The Impact of the Freedom of Information Act on Central Government in the UK
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The Impact of the Freedom of Information Act on Central Government in the UK


M. Glover , R. Hazell , B. Worthy


Based on interviews with officials, requesters and journalists, as well as a survey of FOI requesters and a study of stories in the national media, this book offers a unique insight into how the Freedom of Information Act 2000 really works.

Parution : 2010-08-11
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  After Number 10
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After Number 10


K. Theakston


Having lost an election, been thrown out by their party, or retired on grounds of ill-health, what do former British prime ministers do? In the first book to look at the lives, political roles and influence of former prime ministers, Theakston analyzes all the former...

Parution : 2010-05-07
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Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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Télécharger le livre :  Ernest Gowers
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Ernest Gowers


A. Scott


Draws on previously inaccessible family archives to penetrate the anonymity and public reticence of one of Britain's great twentieth century civil servants. Gowers was highly influential in public policy throughout his long civil service career, which began in 1903 and...

Parution : 2009-09-23
Format(s) : PDF
Éditeur : Palgrave Macmillan
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