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Building on the thinking of two Minnowbrook conferences that have studied basic theory and decision-making in public administration, this collection of essays seeks to improve decision-making among public administrators who operate organizations in an increasingly complex and interdependent world.

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Cutback management is a way of life for most public and private sector organisations today. This book explores the cutback management environment that policy and decision makers face, and lays out effective approaches to deal with this environment at both state and local level.

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Investigates the fascinating landscape of media-driven politics through the prisms of public opinion, political campaigning, and audiences. From Indigenous voting rights and climate change to talkback radio and right-wing populism, Public Opinion, Campaign Politics & Media Audiences showcases new research in political science, history and media studies.

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Exploring how the theories and practices of public management has evolved, this text covers themes such as political, judicial and cultural environments. It reviews the theoretical developments from Woodrow Wilson and the classics to current schools such as Total Quality Management.

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Exploring how the theories and practices of public management has evolved, this text covers themes such as political, judicial and cultural environments. It reviews the theoretical developments from Woodrow Wilson and the classics to current schools such as Total Quality Management.

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Several Supreme Court battles during the Warren-Burger era finally brought public sector employees under constitutional protection, setting forth a new legal framework for personnel management.

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Looks at the role of economic and industrial policy in East Asian development, the challenge of the economic meltdown, and the critical issues raised by that meltdown.

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This volume shows how the virtues of the market system, private property, and freedom of exchange can be applied to enhance the quality of life. It examines the general principles that guide both market and government allocation of resources, and specific policy issues.

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Provides a ground breaking and unique analysis of the development of Public Private Partnerships internationally, with a detailed focus on the rationale behind their introduction and outcomes in Ireland. -- .

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This slim volume hits hard at one major point: public relations practitoners need to abandon their dominant attitude of narrowly serving the needs of their clients and instead attempt to engender a broad-based sense of community.

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Brody examines two components of public relations practice: development of the public relations program and production of materials. The author also describes the production processes involved in detail together with associated cost and time factors, and considers all of the technological devices available to public relations practitioners.

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Designed to meet the needs of both the public relations education and public relations practitioner communities, this comprehensive text explores the types of research most used in public relations practice.

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Breadth and balance in content are the primary attributes of this practical guide designed to equip undergraduate students for the broad range of writing tasks involved in contemporary public relations practice.

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Breadth and balance in content are the primary attributes of this practical guide designed to equip undergraduate students for the broad range of writing tasks involved in contemporary public relations practice.

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Aimed at non-finance specialists, this book starts from the premise of what public sector managers need to know in order to use the financial information in front of them effectively. The key focus is on identifying the core information needed to make decisions from the sea of financial documents available to managers.

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Intended as a text for master's level students in public administration and public policy, this volume provides an introductory survey of the field that focuses on the structures of operation, management, and environments of modern governments.

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How might we construct a new public services settlement, grounded in the needs, wants and capabilities of contemporary citizens

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An examination of the role of public-private partnerships for local economic development in the United States and western Europe.

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This volume presents a comparative framework in which to study the history of publishing and reading in Europe and North America during the eighteenth century.

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