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Open Government
Collaboration, Transparency, and Participation in Practice
by Daniel Lathrop and Laurel Ruma
In a world where web services can make real-time data accessible to anyone, how can the government leverage this openness to improve its operations and increase citizen participation and awareness? Through a collection of essays and case studies, leading visionaries and practi...
(2010)
427 Reads
OECD Public Management R...
Towards an Integrated Public Service
Ireland's economic success story is one that many OECD countries would like to emulate. Of the many factors linked to this success, understanding the public sector’s role is key. Integration matters. The key public service reform challenge for Ireland going forward is for the ...
(2008)
341 Reads
OECD Public Governance R...
Working Together to Sustain Success
Finland’s traditional Nordic model is under pressure: A rapidly ageing society, the global economic crisis and growing societal disillusionment require the public administration to be strategically agile in order to maintain fiscal sustainability and to respond to a complex an...
(2010)
289 Reads
OECD Review of Agricultu...
Israel’s agriculture is unique amongst developed countries in that land and water resources are nearly all state-owned and that agricultural production is dominated by co-operative communities. Israel is a world leader in agricultural technology, particularly in farming in ari...
(2010)
248 Reads
Better Regulation in Eur...
This report maps and analyses the core issues which together make up effective regulatory management for France, laying down a framework of what should be driving regulatory policy and reform in the future. Issues examined include: strategy and policies for improving regulator...
(2010)
224 Reads
Better Regulation in Eur...
The importance of effective regulation has never been so clear as it is today, in the wake of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. But how exactly can Better Regulation policy improve countries’ economic and social welfare prospects, underpin sustained growt...
(2010)
215 Reads
OECD Review of Agricultu...
This Review measures the level and composition of support provided to Chilean agriculture, and evaluates the effectiveness of current measures in attaining their objectives. The study finds that Chile provides much lower support and protection to its agricultural sector than m...
(2008)
159 Reads
Cultural Studies and Cul...
What a Difference a Region Makes
by Chris Berry, Nicola Liscutin, and Jonathan D. ...
This book critically assesses the implementation of the "one country, two systems" in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) from the political, judicial, legal, economic and societal dimensions. The author contends that there has been a gradual process of mainlan...
(2010)
113 Reads
Voting in America [Three...
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[Three Volumes]
The three volumes of _Voting in America_ offer the most comprehensive, authoritative, and useful account of all aspects of voting in America ever assembled. This set surveys the legal foundations, historical development, and geographic diversity of voting practices a...
(2008)
47 Reads
The Legislative Branch o...
People, Process, and Politics
Spanning the history of the federal system of government of the United States, _The Legislative Branch of Federal Government: People, Process, and Politics_ looks at the evolution of the U.S. Congress over the past 225+ years, then describes its current structure, responsi...
(2008)
24 Reads
Rethinking e-Government ...
User-Centred Approaches
Expecting substantial savings and improved public services – a trend further accentuated by the financial and economic crisis beginning in 2008 – OECD countries have invested in the development of e-government services over the past 10-15 years. However, despite the initial ex...
(2009)
41 Reads
Electing Hong Kong's Chi...
by Simon Young and Richard Cullen
Underground Front is a pioneering examination of the role that the Chinese Communist Party has played in Hong Kong since the creation of the Party in 1921, through to the present day. This book brings events right up to date and includes the results of a survey about the Hong ...
(2010)
34 Reads
Crisis at the Polls
An Electoral Reform Handbook
If free and fair elections are the heart of our prized democratic system of government, the integrity of our electoral system must be beyond question. Yet all too often, flaws in the administration of our elections have undermined public confidence in the results. Th...
(2008)
14 Reads
Restoring the Balance: W...
Since 9/11, one of the most dominant issues in American politics has been: what exactly is a war on terror and who is in charge of it? Previous books on this topic have fallen off the horse on either side: on the right, making military actions under the Bush administ...
(2009)
29 Reads
Importing Democracy
Ideas from Around the World to Reform and Revitalize American Politics and Government
The United States has always taken pride in being a model of democracy. However, presidential systems are more closely associated with dictatorship and single-party rule in other parts of the world like Latin America and Africa. Indeed, democratic practices more often flourish...
(2010)
25 Reads
How Your Government Real...
A Topical Encyclopedia of the Federal Government
by GLENN STARKS and FRANK BROOKS
The U.S. government is an ever-more-complex system that few American citizens comprehend in any detail. Even some of its most basic operations, seemingly clear in concept, are in reality intricate and obscure. Although textbooks explain how the government is supposed to work i...
(2009)
9 Reads
Art, Politics, and Comme...
by Zhidong Hao
The book examines the historical development of national identity across the Taiwan Strait, and argues for a hybrid of federation and confederation as a compromise solution to the current political impasse. It emphasizes the important role of the state an
(2010)
9 Reads
State of Change
by John Straaye..., Courtenay Da..., and Robert Duffy...
"A rare and comprehensive examination of the state's political system and a good historical record of the evolution of our state."- James A. Null University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Colorado has recently been at the center of major shifts in American politics. Indeed, ...
(2011)
3 Reads
China
A Religious State
本書乃一實用指南。它能幫助香港市民更有效地參與公共事務。本書所提出的一些建議可以讓市民與市民之間，以及市民與政府間，共同作出決定和採取行動。這本書是基於一個信念，即市民和政府可以在有效的公共對話中獲益。本書提供實質的資料，教人如何逐步推動一個想法或意念，並會解釋如何使用這些資料去影響政府部門和私人機構。本手冊並會講解如何撰寫新聞稿、組織運動及籌款，並列出個別政府部門、政府官員及傳媒的聯絡方法，還提供籌款計劃書和新聞稿範本以及其他有用的資料。思匯政策研究所相信市民和政府可以共同就社會事務，作出公開及具創意的決定。決策過程中要讓相關人士可以充分參與的成...
(2007)
1 Read
The Civil Service in Hon...
The civil service has made significant contribution to the development of Hong Kong. Over the years, this institution has been exposed to challenges emanating from the rapidly changing environment. The preparation for Hong Kong's integration with China was a major accomplishme...
(2010)
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