A Research Agenda for Public Administration

by Andrew Massey

Author	: Andrew Massey
Publisher	: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages	: 257
Release	: 2019
Genre	: Public administration
ISBN	: 1788117255

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This book addresses salient current issues in public administration research. It seeks to suggest where future research may or indeed ought to be focussed. To advocate the future routes for the development of research, this book is divided into themes, with a clear overlap between different approaches. The book has contributions that will assist students of public administration/public sector management and public policy, especially new PhD students, but will also be a useful resource for more established researchers to understand the major emerging issues within the field.

Public Service Improvement

by Rachel E. Ashworth

Author	: Rachel E. Ashworth
Publisher	: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages	: 244
Release	: 2010-04-29
Genre	: Business & Economics
ISBN	: 0199545480

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The performance of public services is a matter of concern in many countries. Issues of public service efficiency, cost, and effectiveness have moved to the forefront of political debate. This book applies the latest thinking from Management and Organization Studies to public organizations to examine how the public sector can perform better.

A Research Agenda for Border Studies

by James W. Scott

Author	: James W. Scott
Publisher	: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages	: 224
Release	: 2020-12-25
Genre	: Social Science
ISBN	: 1788972740

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This innovative Research Agenda uncovers links between different levels of border-making processes, or bordering, from the political to the cognitive, and connects everyday processes and experiences of border-making to the wider social world. It addresses the question of how everyday bordering practices and discourses can be productively linked to different aspects of social relations.

A Research Agenda for Governance

by Peters, B. Guy

Author	: Peters, B. Guy
Publisher	: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages	: 256
Release	: 2022-05-03
Genre	: Political Science
ISBN	: 1788117999

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This Research Handbook offers a comprehensive study of existing and emerging general principles of EU law by scholars from a wide range of expertise in EU law, international law, legal theory and different areas of substantive law. It explores the theory, content, role and function of general principles in EU law to better understand general principles as a mechanism for the substantive openness of the EU legal order as well as for cross-fertilization and coherence of legal orders. Their potential as a tool to manage the interaction of legal regimes and orders is a particular focal point and will make this Handbook a must-read for scholars of EU Law.

A Research Agenda for Multilevel Governance

by Benz, Arthur

Author	: Benz, Arthur
Publisher	: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages	: 320
Release	: 2021-12-10
Genre	: Political Science
ISBN	: 178990837X

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This Research Agenda provides a broad and comprehensive overview of the field of multilevel governance. Illustrating theoretical and normative approaches and identifying prevailing gaps in research, it offers a cutting-edge agenda for future investigations.

A Research Agenda for Family Business

by Andrea Calabrò

Author	: Andrea Calabrò
Publisher	: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages	: 304
Release	: 2020-09-25
Genre	: Business & Economics
ISBN	: 1788974077

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This exciting Research Agenda expertly addresses the question: What will be important within the family business field and for family businesses in practice over the next decade? Top international contributors explore farsighted theories, methods and topics, often taking a multi-disciplinary approach in order to outline the potential routes for further advancing family business research. Chapters cover the significance of new family trends, entrepreneurial legacy, board diversity, spatial-familiness, corruption, innovation and digital business transformation, challenging core assumptions surrounding the family business phenomenon and mapping the future of the discipline.

A Research Agenda for Evaluation

by Peter Dahler-Larsen

Author	: Peter Dahler-Larsen
Publisher	: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages	: 256
Release	: 2021-06-25
Genre	: Political Science
ISBN	: 1839101083

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This unique Research Agenda addresses salient current issues in evaluation research, offering a broad perspective on the role of evaluation in society.

Innovation in the Public Sector

by V. Bekkers

Author	: V. Bekkers
Publisher	: Springer
Total Pages	: 259
Release	: 2011-04-12
Genre	: Political Science
ISBN	: 0230307523

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Addresses issues relevant to an understanding of the innovation journeys on which public organizations have embarked. If public innovation is defined as a necessary condition for establishing meaningful interactions between the government and society what are the relevant issues that may explain successful processes and forms of public innovation?

A Research Agenda for Federalism Studies

by John Kincaid

Author	: John Kincaid
Publisher	: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages	: 231
Release	: 2019-12-27
Genre	: Political Science
ISBN	: 1788112970

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In this forward-thinking book, fifteen leading scholars set forth cutting-edge agendas for research on significant facets of federalism, including basic theory, comparative studies, national and subnational constitutionalism, courts, self-rule and shared rule, centralization and decentralization, nationalism and diversity, conflict resolution, gender equity, and federalism challenges in Africa, Asia, and the European Union. More than 40 percent of the world’s population lives under federal arrangements, making federalism not only a major research subject but also a vital political issue worldwide.