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This unique collection broadens the focus of public administration to include practical and theoretical insights from the worlds of literature and the arts. By making connections between what are normally seen as disparate arenas, the contributors seek to enrich the theory and practice of public administration.

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Insiders and frequent visitors evaluate the state of public administration today for scholars, students, and practitioners in public administration and political science.

This unique appraisal opens with a general discussion of public administration in China and the teaching of administrative science.

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A critical interrogation of the public and political discourses which shape the management and lived experience of migration. The collection brings together essays from established and rising academics in the field of migration studies to address the relationship between discourse and migration in Europe, the Americas and the Middle East.

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A critical interrogation of the public and political discourses which shape the management and lived experience of migration. The collection brings together essays from established and rising academics in the field of migration studies to address the relationship between discourse and migration in Europe, the Americas and the Middle East.

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This title gives readers a clear understanding of the true state of public and private education systems in the USA by refuting falsehoods, misunderstandings, and exaggerations and confirming the validity of other assertions.

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A fascinating, confrontational investigation of the nature of corruption, its narcissistic origins and destructive future.

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This book examines international radio news coverage of the four superpower summit meetings between Soviets and Americans from 1987 to 1990.

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Adding a new dimension to the history of mentalites and the study of popular culture, Thomas Brennan reinterprets the culture of the laboring classes in old-regime Paris through the rituals of public drinking in neighborhood taverns. He challenges the conventional depiction of lower-class debauchery and offers a reassessment of popular sociability.

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This timely and important book by a former Commissioner of Education for both New Jersey and Rhode Island, presents a radically different point of view on the role of government in public education.

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With new investigative techniques that have helped to exonerate some death row inmates, and various other considerations that have come into play in recent cases, the future of the death penalty will continue to be shaped by the media and the public.

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Public Feminism in Times of Crisis examines the public practice of feminism in the age of social media and in response to the acute crisis of the Trump years and the Covid-19 pandemic, analyzing the deep histories threaded through its contemporary practice and locating connections through art, literature, and culture.

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This book offers the first full examination of the legal role of public guardianship in 25 years, comparing current conditions to those when the last study was published in 1981.

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"This accessible new text, aimed specifically at those studying and working in public management, offers readers a solid understanding of ICTs and their implications for public management. It offers aspiring and current public managers a framework for the development of strategic public information management across the full range of public organizations"--

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Based upon a sampling of some 800 public agency heads, division and bureau chiefs in 10 states, this study explores the world of state public management.

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Written by one of the most influential men of his time and one of the greatest journalists in history, this seminal work of political science presents an incisive examination of democratic theory, the role of citizens in a democracy, and the impact of the media in shaping thoughts and actions.

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Shows that, under the right political conditions, voters are well informed on the issues that they care about and use their knowledge to hold politicians accountable. This book finds that the media - while far from ideal - do provide the populace with information regarding the responsiveness of elected representatives.

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