A NEW, 1st edition book, The Public Administration Casebook is a practice-based collection that speaks to the lived experience of readers and prepares them to become more effective practioners of public and non-profit sectors by providing case studies arranged around major themes in public administ[...]

The nature and management of the public sector has changed dramatically since the replacement of the rigid, bureaucratic form of public administration of the 20th century by a more flexible, market-based model. The fourth edition of this highly successful text provides a uniquely broad ranging and i[...]

Are the forces of globalization making governments and their public bureaucracies more similar? Or are there patterns of administration in different countries that persist despite international pressures and despite the importance of ideas such as the New Public Management? This book examines these [...]

When the American media published photographs of U.S. soldiers abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib, the Bush administration assured the world that the abuse was isolated and that the perpetrators would be held accountable. Over the next three years, it refined its narrative at the margins, but by and la[...]

From 1934 to 1954 Joseph I. Breen, a media-savvy Victorian Irishman, reigned over the Production Code Administration, the Hollywood office tasked with censoring the American screen. Though little known outside the ranks of the studio system, this former journalist and public relations agent was one [...]

The first edition of The Practice of System and Network Administration introduced a generation of system and network administrators to a modern IT methodology. Whether you use Linux, Unix, or Windows, this newly revised edition describes the essential practices previously handed down only from mento[...]

For more than a decade, The Practice of System and Network Administration has been the industry's definitive guide to managing computer systems and networks. Now, its award-winning authors have thoroughly updated this classic for the latest real-world challenges. You'll find extensive new coverage o[...]

This groundbreaking approach to dental local anesthesia instruction brings key anesthesia concepts to life. Using high-quality video and animation, this 2-DVD set provides viewers with a unique virtual clinical experience where they'll see the latest anesthetic agents, injection techniques, potentia[...]

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work,[...]

In the unstable international conditions of the post Cold War world, the role of diplomacy has taken on increasing importance with the greater complexity of relationships between international power centres. The Practice of Diplomacy tracks the historical development of diplomatic relations and meth[...]

A new perspective on the public sector that presents a concise and comprehensive analysis of exactly what it is and how it operates. Governments in any society deliver a large number of services and goods to their populations. To get the job done, they need public management in order to steer resour[...]

This book provides a detailed historical and political analysis of the role and effectiveness of international administration in statebuilding. It analyses how the international administrations in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo have attempted to create sustainable political institutions and to wh[...]