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Different Paths To Curbing Corruption - Lessons From Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, New Zealand And Singapore

129,84€ + 10% CARD

 The purpose of this book is to explain why a number of countries have succeeded in combating corruption; and to identify the lessons which other countries can learn from these five countries' successful experiences in curbing corruption.
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Comparative Governance Reform In Asia - Democracy, Corruption, And Government Trust

102,01€ + 10% CARD

 Features chapters that analyze and compare the experiences of Asian countries in carrying out governance reforms. This book tackles such questions as: how common reform packages designed for developed countries are implemented in developing countries? What happens in the reform diffusion process? And what are the obstacles to reform success?
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Public Administration Singapore-Style

by Jon S. T. Quah

135,14€ + 10% CARD

 Singapore was ranked first for the competence of its public officials from 1999 to 2002 by "The Global Competitiveness Report". This book intends to provide a detailed study of public administration Singapore-style.
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Many Faces Of Public Management Reform In The Asia-Pacific Region

129,84€ + 10% CARD

 During the past decade, globalization and democratization have been the major forces that helped transform the structures, functions, and processes of Asian public sectors. These issues were explored at a conference July 7-9, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. This book presents some of the works contributed by participating scholars at the conference.
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The Zombie Gnome Defense Guide - A Complete Reference To Surviving The Tiniest Apocalypse

by Andrew Farago

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 In the tradition of other tongue-in-cheek "survival" manuals, The Zombie Gnome Defense Guide addresses the imminent threat of undead lawn ornaments and provides sage advice on combating invasion and preventing infection.
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Different Paths To Curbing Corruption - Lessons From Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, New Zealand And Singapore

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 The purpose of this book is to explain why a number of countries have succeeded in combating corruption; and to identify the lessons which other countries can learn from these five countries' successful experiences in curbing corruption.
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Superstar Doodles

by Katy Jackson e Nellie Ryan; Illustration: Katy Jackson e Nellie Ryan

10,29€

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 From prima-ballerina pirouettes and hip-hop moves to album covers, tour posters, red carpets, amazing accolades, colourful costumes and flashing cameras, Superstar Doodles captures all the glitz and glamour of celebrity style.
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Institutional Reforms In The Public Sector - What Did We Learn?

by Mahabat Baimyrzaeva

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 What does it take to build and sustain effective government institutions? What have we learnt about the attempts to design and redesign public sector institutions in different countries? What works and what doesn't, and why? This book intends to answer these questions and presents analytical tools essential in planning for institutional reform,
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New Steering Concepts In Public Management

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 Multifaceted social problems such as safety, social inclusion, poverty, mobility, rural development, city regeneration, or labour market integration require integrated approaches to steering. This book looks at various organisational arrangements and mechanisms, including whole-of-government, collaborative governance, and outcome steering.
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Curbing Corruption In Asian Countries - An Impossible Dream?

by Jon S. T. Quah

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 As corruption is a serious problem in many Asian countries their governments have introduced many anti-corruption measures since the 1950s. This book analyzes and evaluates the anti-corruption strategies employed in Hong Kong SAR, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mongolia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand.
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The Many Faces Of Public Management Reform In The Asia-Pacific Region

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 During the past decade, globalization and democratization have been the major forces that helped transform the structures, functions, and processes of Asian public sectors. These issues were explored at a conference July 7-9, 2008 in Bangkok, Thailand. This book presents some of the works contributed by participating scholars at the conference.
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Product Experience

by Hendrik N. J. Schifferstein e Paul Hekkert

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 Brings together research that investigates how people experience products: durable, non-durable, or virtual. This book aims to bridge gaps between several areas within psychology (perception, cognition and emotion) and links these areas to more applied areas of science, such as product design, human-computer interaction and marketing.
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The Scent Of Eucalyptus - A Journal Of Colonial And Foreign Service

by Richard Posnett

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 The story of a long career in the British diplomatic service. Richard Posnett was appointed a District Officer at a remote outpost in rural Uganda during the World War II and went on to become the governor of Belize. This is a graphic account of his life and work.
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Public Administration Singapore-Style

by Jon S. T. Quah

135,18€

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 Singapore was ranked first for the competence of its public officials from 1999 to 2002 by "The Global Competitiveness Report". This book intends to provide a detailed study of public administration Singapore-style.
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Comparative Governance Reform In Asia - Democracy, Corruption, And Government Trust

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 Features chapters that analyze and compare the experiences of Asian countries in carrying out governance reforms. This book tackles such questions as: how common reform packages designed for developed countries are implemented in developing countries? What happens in the reform diffusion process? And what are the obstacles to reform success?
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The Transformative Power Of Dialogue

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 In society in general, in organizations and businesses and in military circles, it is generally accepted that dialogue is a useful means to maintaining social cohesion. These essays explore the transformative power of such dialogue.
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Learning From International Public Management Reform

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 Learning from International Public Management Reform
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Cultural Aspects Of Public Management Reform

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 In an international context, public management arrangements differ significantly from country to country, but also regionally and locally. One reason for these differences may be differences in culture resulting in differing views of the state and its institutions. This book explores cultural influences on public management and its reform.
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Comparative Public Administration - The Essential Readings

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 Public administration scholars and practitioners are increasingly concerned with the need to broaden the field's scope beyond particularistic accounts of administration in given countries. This title brings together seminal readings in comparative, development public administration and contemporary public management scholarship.
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Public Ethics And Governance - Standards And Practices In Comparative Perspective

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 Looks at conflicts of interest, codes of ethics, and the regulation of corruption in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the European Community. This title finds that there is less corruption than ever before, but the gap between public expectations and perceptions has nevertheless widened.
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Research In Public Policy Analysis And Management

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 This series presents selected research papers dealing with important methodological and theoretical issues in the policy sciences, with research in policy-related disciplines, and applied research on issues in public policy analysis and public management.
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Strategies For Public Management Reform

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 Explores public sector reform from a strategic management perspective. The authors whose work is presented in this book examine seven strategies for public management reform. They address the need for and application of various strategies, and impediments to implementation of each strategy. Case analysis is used to derive findings and conclusions.
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Applications Of Super-Optimizing Policy Analysis

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 This series presents selected research papers dealing with important methodological and theoretical issues in the policy sciences, with research in policy-related disciplines, and applied research on issues in public policy analysis and public management.
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Learning From International Public Management Reform

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 It is apparent why politicians and elected officials often support new managerial methods, observers wonder whether the promises of reform can be delivered upon to provide benefits depicted so attractively. Dialogue on this question is active among public management scholars. This book represents substantial elements of this dialogue.

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