Catálogo de libros: Gobierno regional

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  • Cities under Austerity
    Examines the ways in which austerity policies are transforming US cities. ...
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    41,91 €

  • Conflict, Meetings, and Difficult People
    Barry R Phegan
    'I've used some of the suggestions in our Board meetings--such as how to handle difficult personalities. I introduced the problem-solving-method and found it very helpful in guiding our conversation to meaningful outcomes. These are good tools that will help anyone grow as a leader.' Malia Cohen, President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.'This is a good, practical...
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    14,20 €

  • The Handy Texas Answer Book
    James L Haley / James L. Haley
    Texas is the second most populous state in the U.S., with nearly 29 million residents, plus it has a rich and varied history that is the source of broad interest and fascination. This primer on the history, culture, and people of Texas is ideal for student, educator, history buff, Texas resident, and visiting tourist alike. A great gift. ...
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    41,54 €

  • Cities and the European Union
    Samuele Dossi
    This volume examines European Union policy instruments affecting the urban domain through the lens of Europeanisation. Instead of looking at EU instruments that are formally consecrated to cities, theoretical public policy analysis explores the arenas and causal mechanisms that structure the encounter between the EU and urban governance. The core variables that explain change c...
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    57,98 €

  • City on the Line
    Andrew Kleine
    City on the Line is about a revolution in public budgeting. It is the story of a hard luck city fighting through the Great Recession, a budget director trying to lead disruptive change, and a groundbreaking effort to link strategy, budget and data to get better results for residents. ...
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    94,15 €

  • City on the Line
    Andrew Kleine
    City on the Line is about a revolution in public budgeting. It is the story of a hard luck city fighting through the Great Recession, a budget director trying to lead disruptive change, and a groundbreaking effort to link strategy, budget and data to get better results for residents. ...
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    47,09 €

  • Politics and People
    Frank S Lucente
    Politics at the national level often overshadows the importance of what goes on locally. Often, we are more concerned about the decisions made by Congress and the Supreme Court than the decisions made by City Councils that affect us more directly.   Politics and People is a compelling memoir about the power of getting involved in local politics. Lucente encourages individuals t...
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    15,64 €

  • The Opioid Crisis Wake-Up Call
    Dave Chase
    The opioid crisis is not an anomaly. Instead, it’s a self-inflicted wound, driven by a catastrophically dysfunctional health care system, leading to what has become the largest public health crisis in 100 years. Fortunately, proven antidotes exist—all created and spearheaded by forward-looking citizen leaders and employers. It's time to scale these solutions nationwide, sto...
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    24,04 €

  • Sustainovation
    Nicholas Kittle
    Unlock your creativity and move your innovation initiative forward with this enlightening guide from civic innovation superhero Nick Kittle. You’ll learn why innovation is hard (especially in government), how to develop better ideas, turn them into pilots, build exceptional teams and put action behind your creativity. Nick explains how we can build sustainable innovation as par...
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    18,55 €

  • The Campbelltown Convicts
    Peter J Hinds
    2018 revised edition, with additional materialOn 19 March 1818, a young man called John Champley was committed to the House of Correction in Beverley, Yorkshire, England, for two years’ hard labour. He had been convicted of being a party to the theft of eighty pounds of butt leather in Pocklington on 13 December 1817.Four months later, after an attempted escape from the House o...
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    20,25 €

  • Democratic Tyranny and the Islamic Paradigm
    Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley
    This deeply researched and copiously referenced work on the vital subject of the rise of the modern state and its paradoxical transformation via ‘democracy’ into an increasingly totalitarian structure working at the behest of an oligarchy will be of great interest and use to the rising numbers of people who are rightly concerned at this alarming development. However, the author...
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    15,94 €

  • Neoliberalism Economic Policy and the Collapse of the Public Sector
    Lionel D. Lyles PhD.
    My book demonstrates how classical liberalism was the foundation upon which Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and others wrote the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and the Bills of Rights; however, it was rolled back by 1980 and replaced with neoliberalism, which was championed by the Reagan Administration. In short, this ideology has one main a...
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    22,01 €

  • County Government and Administration in North Carolina
    Paul W. Wager / Paul WWager
    The present study incorporates the findings of field investigators who have made intensive courthouse studies in forty-three of the one hundred counties of the state. Its importance lies in the discovery of antiquated and wasteful practices that may be the sources of many economic and governmental ills.Originally published in 1928.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Endur...
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    76,50 €

  • The Federalist Papers
    Alexander Hamilton / James Madison / John Jay
    Classic Books Library presents this brand new edition of 'The Federalist Papers', a collection of separate essays and articles compiled in 1788 by Alexander Hamilton. Following the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776, the governing doctrines and policies of the States lacked cohesion. 'The Federalist', as it was previously known, was constructed by American states...
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    24,52 €

  • The Prince
    Niccolo Machiavelli
    Classic Books Library presents this brand new edition of Machiavelli’s political treatise entitled, 'The Prince' (1532). The work notably advocates the power of human action and free will - unusual ethical concepts in the political landscape of Florence that customarily favoured religion and ancient philosophies to explain society’s issues. Published after his death, it is comm...
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    21,28 €

  • Presidential Swing States
    In this new and updated volume, the contributors examine the phenomena of presidential swing states in the 2016 presidential election. They explore the reasons why some states and, now counties are the focus of candidate attention, are capable of voting for either of the major candidates, and are decisive in determining who wins the presidency. ...
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    190,27 €

  • Local Governments in Multilevel Governance
    Robert Agranoff
    This book explores the new administrative implications of local governments as they are interconnected with other governments and nongovernmental organizations in governance systems. The focus is on local system building, local politics, knowledge management, networks, interoperability, new forms of organization, and global influences. ...
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    149,55 €

  • Gerrymandering
    Franklin Kury / Franklin L. Kury / Franklin LKury
    This book explains gerrymandering and its relevance to the functioning of our government system and describes what can be done to reform it. ...
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    25,69 €

  • The 2014 Elections in Florida
    Mary Ruggiero Anderson / Robert E Jr Crew / Robert E. Crew / Robert E. Jr. Crew / Robert EJrCrew
    This book offers a comprehensive description and analysis of the conduct and outcome of the Florida elections in 2014; the race for Governor, for state constitutional offices, for the US Congress and for the Florida State Legislature. It compares these elections to their predecessors. ...
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    39,57 €

  • Vanishing Beacons
    PhD Charles Sampson
    The research within Vanishing Beacons focuses on American municipalities, their revenue streams, expenditures decisions, governance processes and organizational structures. This research examines public policy on voting rights and its connection to the ability of the citizenry to elect officials from the traditional underclass. This entails the observation of the impact of fede...
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    20,72 €

  • Rise, Decline and Renewal
    Doug Rooks
    This book tells the remarkable story of the Maine Democratic Party – how it suddenly rose from irrelevance in 1954 with the election of Governor Ed Muskie, successfully challenged the ruling Republican Party over the next two decades, and initiated a creative period of wide-ranging reforms. . ...
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    33,50 €

  • Networked News, Racial Divides
    Sue Robinson
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    28,39 €

  • Networked News, Racial Divides
    Sue Robinson
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    126,46 €

  • The State of State Theory
    Abbey S Willis / Abbey S. Willis / Abbey SWillis / Davita Silfen Glasberg / Deric Shannon
    This book engages broadly with the tradition of state theory, arguing that contemporary state theory must account for multiple sites of power. The authors build on and expand traditional state theory offering tools to rethink how we analyze the state. ...
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    122,34 €

  • The Politics of Local Government
    Barry E Truchil / Barry E. Truchil / Barry ETruchil
    The book combines a review of scholarly sources as well as the experiences of an elected government official to examine the politics behind local government. Conflicts that take place at the local level as well as opportunities to make meaningful change are addressed. ...
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    108,89 €

  • Herbert H. Lehman
    Duane Tananbaum
    The definitive biography of New York State’s four-term Governor, US Senator, humanitarian, and Jewish liberal political reformer. ...
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    61,31 €

  • The Impeachment of Chief Justice David Brock
    David C Steelman / David C. Steelman / David CSteelman / John Cerullo
    This book analyzes the impeachment of New Hampshire Chief Justice David Brock, examining issues including the proper nature of judicial independence in relation to the state legislative branch. It argues that Brock’s impeachment provided a needed catalyst for reforms intended to produce a recalibration of legislative-judicial relations. ...
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    149,53 €

  • Undeserving
    Matthew Gritter
    This book explores attempts to reform the SNAP program and argues that many recent reform efforts are based on conceptions of the undeserving poor rather than data about SNAP recipients. It warns that if states are allowed greater flexibility SNAP could be reformed in a way that significantly reduces enrollment and leaves many without a safety net. ...
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    102,02 €

  • HOW TO STEAL A CITY
    Crispian Olver
    How to Steal a City is an insider account of this intervention, which lays bare how the administration was entirely captured and bled dry by a criminal syndicate, how factional politics within the ruling party abetted that corruption, and how a comprehensive clean-up was eventually conducted.It is written as a gripping real-life thriller, taking the reader deeper and deeper int...
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    24,19 €

  • The Failure of Governance in Bell, California
    Reilly / Thom Reilly
    In the late 2000s, the small southern California town of Bell erupted in a scandal that revealed a truly astonishing level of municipal corruption—one prosecutor called it “corruption on steroids.” This bookdetails why Bell was vulnerable to such massive malfeasance and what steps could be taken to reduce the chances of it happening again. ...
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    61,36 €


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