The Rocky Road to Reform

The Rocky Road to Reform

Author: Lance Taylor

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 530

ISBN-13: 9780262200936

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These case studies provide valuable insights into the difficulty of establishing answers to the fundamental question of why nations grow at different rates, with inequitable patterns of wealth and income distribution.


Understanding Development

Understanding Development

Author: John Rapley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-02-01

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1135056137

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First published in 1997. An introduction to the theory and practices of development in the third world, tracing the evolution of development theory over 40 years, and examining why so many of the benefits of development are still not shared by millions.


The Reality of Budgetary Reform in OECD Nations

The Reality of Budgetary Reform in OECD Nations

Author: John Wanna

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1849805636

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The Reality of Budgetary Reform in OECD Nations investigates the impacts and consequences of budgetary reform through a comparative assessment of advanced Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) democracies that have undertaken budget reforms over the past two to three decades. This unique book traces the story of reform in the respective countries. The expert authors explore the journey each country took, what the objectives were, the approach taken, the main events and key dates, what was implemented and what was discarded or replaced. They capture both the essence of each nation s approach, as well as discuss the similarities and trends. The study investigates how the various roles of the central budget agencies have changed with respect to public expenditure, how budget processes have developed and the impact on the relations between key actors. It also analyses the internal cultures of central budget agencies and how they evaluate events, problems and their roles in controlling the fiscal policy of government. With its comparative focus, this timely book is essential reading for the OECD and World Bank affiliates. Likewise, scholars and researchers of public finance, international and comparative government, and development and public sector management should not be without this important resource.


NBER Macroeconomics Annual 1999

NBER Macroeconomics Annual 1999

Author: Ben S. Bernanke

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 9780262522717

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The goals of the annual NBER Macroeconomics Conference are to present, extend, and apply frontier work in macroeconomics and to stimulate work by macroeconomists in policy issues. Each paper in the Annual is followed by comments and discussion. The goals of the annual NBER Macroeconomics Conference are to present, extend, and apply frontier work in macroeconomics and to stimulate work by macroeconomists in policy issues. Each paper in the Annual is followed by comments and discussion.


Command Culture

Command Culture

Author: Jörg Muth

Publisher: University of North Texas Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 1574413031

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Muth examines the different paths the United States Army and the German Armed Forces traveled to select, educate, and promote their officers in the crucial time before World War II. He demonstrates that the military education system in Germany represented an organized effort where each school provided the stepping stone for the next. But in the US, there existed no communication about teaching contents among the various schools.


John M. Schofield and the Politics of Generalship

John M. Schofield and the Politics of Generalship

Author: Donald B. Connelly

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2006-12-08

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 0807877085

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In the first full biography of Lieutenant General John McAllister Schofield (1831-1906), Donald B. Connelly examines the career of one of the leading commanders in the western theater during the Civil War. In doing so, Connelly illuminates the role of politics in the formulation of military policy, during both war and peace, in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Connelly relates how Schofield, as a department commander during the war, had to cope with contending political factions that sought to shape military and civil policies. Following the war, Schofield occupied every senior position in the army--including secretary of war and commanding general of the army--and became a leading champion of army reform and professionalism. He was the first senior officer to recognize that professionalism would come not from the separation of politics and the military but from the army's accommodation of politics and the often contentious American constitutional system. Seen through the lens of Schofield's extensive military career, the history of American civil-military relations has seldom involved conflict between the military and civil authority, Connelly argues. The central question has never been whether to have civilian control but rather which civilians have a say in the formulation and execution of policy.


Hayes & Williams' Family Law

Hayes & Williams' Family Law

Author: Stephen Gilmore

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 929

ISBN-13: 0198853858

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Provides a comprehensive, critical, and case-focused introduction to family law. Hayes & Williams' Family Law helps students to gain a firm understanding of family law principles, the developing law, and key reform debates.


Statebuilding and Justice Reform

Statebuilding and Justice Reform

Author: Matteo Tondini

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2010-02-25

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1135233195

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The book provides an updated account of justice reform in Afghanistan, which started in the wake of the US-led military intervention of 2001. In particular, it focuses on the role of international actors and their interaction with local stakeholders, highlighting some provisional results, together with problems and dilemmas encountered in the reform activities. Since the mid-1990s, justice system reform has become increasingly important in state-building operations, particularly with regard to the international administrations of Bosnia, Kosovo, East Slavonia and East Timor. Statebuilding and Justice Reform examines in depth the reform of justice in Afghanistan, evaluating whether the success of reform may be linked to any specific feature or approach. In doing so, it stresses the need for development programmes in the field of justice to be implemented through a multilateral approach, involving domestic authorities and other relevant stakeholders. Success is therefore linked to limiting the political interests of donors; establishing functioning pooled financing mechanisms; restricting the use of bilateral projects; improving the efficacy of technical and financial aid; and concentrating the attention on the ‘demand for justice’ at local level rather than on the traditional supply of financial and technical assistance. This book will be of much interest to students of Afghanistan, intervention and statebuilding, peacekeeping, and post-conflict reconstruction, as well as International Relations in general. Matteo Tondini is a researcher and a legal advisor. He has served as a project advisor to the Embassy of Italy in Kabul, Development Cooperation Unit, working within the ‘Afghanistan Justice Program’ and has a Phd in Political Systems and Institutional Change, from the Institute of Advanced Studies, Lucca, Italy.


Inside the New Mexico Senate

Inside the New Mexico Senate

Author: Dede Feldman

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 0826354386

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In this forthright account of the workings of New Mexico's legislature, Dede Feldman reveals how the work of governing is actually accomplished.