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Author: Laurel E. Miller
Publisher: US Institute of Peace Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 737
ISBN-13: 1601270550
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnalyzing nineteen cases, this title offers practical perspective on the implications of constitution-making procedure, and explores emerging international legal norms.
Author: Reed M. Smith
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2016-11-11
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1512809713
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers a case study of the George M. Leader administration in Pennsylvania, 1955-1959, with particular reference to the administrative rather than the political changes that took place during that period. Governor Leader was more active in the reorganization of the central staff services in Pennsylvania than any governor since the 1920s.The most significant changes resulted from the establishment of an Office of Administration within the governor's office. This department embraced a number of staff and operating functions including central budgeting and program evaluation. Over half the text is concerned with the new function of program evaluation, which the Leader administration treated as a basic administrative process, requiring a structure and identity separate from that of the other staff functions. The author also discusses the traditional nature of the governorship in Pennsylvania, noting the changes that took place as a result of the political and administrative transition in 1955. These changes were in the form of personnel brought into the state service at all levels, the extension of civil service by executive order, the use of patronage, removal power, executive clemency, and other fiscal and personnel reforms. Other significant stare issues discussed by the author include the use of advisory groups, the nature of the governor's cabinet and staff, the role of "egg heads" in government, the merit system and its extension in a strong patronage situation, and fiscal policy. State Government in Transition is not only a valuable addition to the literature on state government; it is also a book of great practical value—particularly for the political scientist, student, government worker, or politician. An appendix with a comparative chart of the governors of Pennsylvania under the Constitution of 1874, which is still in effect, and an organizational chart of the governor's office in 1960 supplement the text.
Author: Jennifer R. Wolch
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 318
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Published: 1961
Total Pages: 309
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Washington State Library
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 2
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 42
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Carl W. Stenberg
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-04-09
Total Pages: 420
ISBN-13: 1351182145
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe field of intergovernmental relations has changed substantially over the past five decades. It maintains a critical and evolving role in the US federal system as well as in public policy and administration. Building upon the legacy of Deil S.Wright’s scholarship, this collection of essays by distinguished scholars, emerging thought leaders, and experienced practitioners chronicles and analyzes some of the tensions and pressures that have contributed to the current state of intergovernmental relations and management. Although rarely commanding media attention by name, intergovernmental relations is being elevated in the public discourse through policy issues dominating the headlines. Many of these intergovernmental issues are addressed in this book, including health insurance exchanges under the now-threatened Affordable Care Act, and the roles of the federal, state, and local governments in food safety, energy, and climate change.Contributors interpret and assess the impacts of these and other issues on the future directions of intergovernmental relations and management. This book will serve as an ideal text for courses on intergovernmental relations and federalism, and will be of interest to government practitioners and civic and nonprofit organization leaders involved in public policy and management.
Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Public Management Service
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 184
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This report analyses the nature of these reforms, their rationale and design as well as issues of implementation and evaluation"--Back cover.
Author: William D. Eggers
Publisher: Deloitte Services LP
Published: 2006-01-01
Total Pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9780979061103
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book delivers insights into solving some of the most vexing challenges facing state government leaders, including issues that already top your own to do lists. You will find strategies for improving public education by driving more money into classrooms. You will find solutions for fixing a broken Medicaid system, which now consumes approximately one quarter of total state budgets. And you will find techniques for using technology to cut the cost of programs throughout government, while improving services to citizens whose expectations are higher than they have ever been. From the Foreword by Governor Tom Ridge.
Author: David D. Briske
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2017-04-12
Total Pages: 664
ISBN-13: 3319467093
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is open access under a CC BY-NC 2.5 license. This book provides an unprecedented synthesis of the current status of scientific and management knowledge regarding global rangelands and the major challenges that confront them. It has been organized around three major themes. The first summarizes the conceptual advances that have occurred in the rangeland profession. The second addresses the implications of these conceptual advances to management and policy. The third assesses several major challenges confronting global rangelands in the 21st century. This book will compliment applied range management textbooks by describing the conceptual foundation on which the rangeland profession is based. It has been written to be accessible to a broad audience, including ecosystem managers, educators, students and policy makers. The content is founded on the collective experience, knowledge and commitment of 80 authors who have worked in rangelands throughout the world. Their collective contributions indicate that a more comprehensive framework is necessary to address the complex challenges confronting global rangelands. Rangelands represent adaptive social-ecological systems, in which societal values, organizations and capacities are of equal importance to, and interact with, those of ecological processes. A more comprehensive framework for rangeland systems may enable management agencies, and educational, research and policy making organizations to more effectively assess complex problems and develop appropriate solutions.
