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The way we live now The way we live now Anthony Trollope From a review of the Anthony Trollope canon in The Economist (2020/04/08 edition): *“The Way We Live Now” (1875) is as much a portrait of the last few decades as it is of the high Victorian age, and… OL109871W
Beyond delivery Beyond delivery Edward Peck xxii, 237 p. : 23 cm OL12085899W
Policy diffusion dynamics in America Policy diffusion dynamics in America Graeme Boushey "Drawing on a data set of more than 130 policy innovations, Policy Diffusion Dynamics in America demonstrates how variation in the characteristics of policies, the political and institutional traits … OL15092870W
Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation Joseph S Wholey The second edition of Handbook of Practical Program Evaluation offers managers, analysts, consultants, and educators in government, nonprofit, and private institutions a valuable resource that outlin… OL15187621W
Mental health policy and practice Mental health policy and practice Helen Lester xix, 283 p. : 24 cm OL15448502W
Handbook of practical program evaluation Handbook of practical program evaluation Joseph S. Wholey "The book is designed to enable students of public policy, policymakers and mangers to obtain useful information and conduct successful systematic evaluations, even under tight resource constraints. … OL15988182W
Think tanks in America Think tanks in America Thomas Medvetz Over the past half-century, think tanks have become fixtures of American politics, supplying advice to presidents and policymakers, expert testimony on Capitol Hill, and convenient facts and figures … OL16607580W
The governance of problems The governance of problems Robert A. Hoppe A compelling new approach to public policy-making as problem processing, bringing together aspects of puzzling, powering and participation and relating them to cultural theory, issues about networks,… OL16980157W
Bureaucrats, policy analysts, statesmen Bureaucrats, policy analysts, statesmen Robert A. Goldwin Do bureaucrats and policy analysts have a political role auxiliary and subordinate to elected officials, or do they really run things? Do bureaucrats and policy analysts bring oder to a complex world… OL18278134W
International encyclopedia of public policy and administration International encyclopedia of public policy and administration Jay M. Shafritz "This invaluable source goes beyond any existing reference work regarding public policy and government affairs. It provides for the first time a comprehensive tool that covers the international inte… OL18307698W
Policymaking and peace Policymaking and peace Stuart S. Nagel xiii, 376 p. ; 24 cm OL18937691W
Improving public policy analysis Improving public policy analysis n/a "The material provided in this volume focuses on three interrelated aspects of senior officials' responsibility: policy formulation, the public management concepts and managing large organizations"--… OL18973845W
Handbook of peace, prosperity, and democracy Handbook of peace, prosperity, and democracy Stuart S. Nagel Selection of essays studying the impact of policy on peace, prosperity, and democracy. OL19164020W
Interactions in analytical political economy Interactions in analytical political economy Mark Setterfield In this interactive collection of essays, many of the leading proponents of analytical political economy examine major macroeconomic issues through the integration of mathematical analysis and non-ne… OL19396742W
The politics of major policy reform in postwar America The politics of major policy reform in postwar America Jeffery A. Jenkins,Sidney M. Milkis "The Politics of Major Policy Reform in Postwar America examines the politics of recent landmark policy in areas such as homeland security, civil rights, health care, immigration, and trade, and it d… OL20001031W
The making of modern Georgia, 1918-2012 The making of modern Georgia, 1918-2012 Stephen F. Jones "When most of Eastern Europe was struggling with dictatorships of one kind or another, the Democratic Republic of Georgia (1918-1921) established a constitution, a parliamentary system with national … OL20018494W
The Governance Report 2017 The Governance Report 2017 The Hertie School Of Governance 1 online resource (200 pages) OL20224187W
CQ Researcher CQ Researcher Congressional Quarterly, Inc. CQ Researcher is a collection of articles on current issues. All articles include background information, statistics, a chronology of significant events related to the topic, and pro / con viewpoints. OL20548231W
Making policy in Europe Making policy in Europe Kjell A. Eliassen,Svein S. Andersen Focuses on the Europe-ification of policy making in the EC countries, whilst underlining how national political traditions limit progress towards it. OL20587585W
Theorizing Foreign Policy in a Globalized World Theorizing Foreign Policy in a Globalized World Knud Erik Jørgensen,Gunther Hellmann "In an increasingly globalized world, the classic images of foreign policy as a political practice conducted by sovereign states has become increasingly inadequate. However, rather than tackling the … OL20910200W
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