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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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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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Drawing upon experts in Asian economics, public management, law, and the physical and political sciences from leading universities around the world, the editors of this unusual volume examine the critical challenges now facing this important sector of the world: growth, income security, and fiscal reform;

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In this study, Chinese and Western specialists analyse the nature of public policymaking in China, specific measures and alternatives, and various methodological approaches. Topics include reform of the social security system, health care administration and environmental control.

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A cooperative effort by a number of historians and political scientists, this essay collection focuses on the important connection between domestic affairs and foreign relations during the Cold War.

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A cooperative effort by a number of historians and political scientists, this essay collection focuses on the important connection between domestic affairs and foreign relations during the Cold War.

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George Kennan and Hans Morgenthau argued that moralistic and legalistic beliefs bound Wilsonian internationalists to policies outside the national interest.

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The literature on regional planning deals mainly with the economic development of depressed areas and urban planning. Regional Planning corrects this imbalance by providing a unique introduction to the study of region types and their use for planning and operational purposes.

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The literature on regional planning deals mainly with the economic development of depressed areas and urban planning. Regional Planning corrects this imbalance by providing a unique introduction to the study of region types and their use for planning and operational purposes.

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A look at baseball's interaction with the federal government.

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An examination of the relationships between religion and domestic public policy in America. It explores the arguments of William Jennings Bryan, John Ryan, Reinhold Niebuhr, and those of the influential African American Protestant and Jewish leaders.

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Studies why congress passed the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986, and assesses how the Act changed the U.S. military.

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In 1993, Congress created a student loan repayment plan intended to enable high-debt graduates to accept low-income, public service jobs by reducing their loan payments and eventually forgiving part of their debts.

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Ralf Emmers discusses the significance of natural resources as a source of inter-state cooperation and competition in East Asia, assessing whether the joint exploration and development of resources can act as a means to reduce tensions in contested territories.

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Since 9/11, one of the most dominant issues in American politics has been: what exactly is a war on terror and who is in charge of it

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The National Drug Control Policy has failed its two major functions (supply reduction and demand reduction) due to faulty assumptions regarding nearly every aspect of the alcohol and drug fields, charges author Fisher.

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Advocates of school vouchers and other choice proposals couch their arguments in the fashionable language of economic theory. Choice initiatives at all levels of government have succeeded. This book disputes the appropriateness of the market metaphor as a guide to education policy.

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Members of Congress often delegate power to bureaucratic experts, but they fear losing permanent control of the policy. Cox argues that Congress uses this power selectively, and is more likely to require reauthorization when policy is complex or they do not trust the executive branch.

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Although much has been written about Richard Nixon the man and the politician, comparatively little attention has been paid to Nixon the public speaker.

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Analyzes the reasons for the poor performance of the Reagan presidency in immigration policy.

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This important new study, drawing primarily on Russian sources, analyzes Russian foreign policy in the context of an ongoing national identity crisis.