International Handbook of the Ombudsman: [2 volumes]

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A valuable resource on an important institution that can serve to protect individual rights threatened by modern state bureaucracies. The first volume is a collection of general essays on the role and operation of the ombudsman; although mainly affirmative, they reflect a range of opinion about the utility and contribution of the office. The second volume reviews, in depth, how the institution is operating in over 20 specific countries. Included are states with a wide variety of political, economic, social, and cultural systems. The subsection on the US contains 13 essays with general as well as specific studies of state, county, and municipal offices. The authors of all the essays have experience in the office of ombudsman or have studied it at length. Useful tables and appendix. Recommended for graduate and professional libraries, especially in political science, law, and public administration.-Choice
"A valuable resource on an important institution that can serve to protect individual rights threatened by modern state bureaucracies. The first volume is a collection of general essays on the role and operation of the ombudsman; although mainly affirmative, they reflect a range of opinion about the utility and contribution of the office. The second volume reviews, in depth, how the institution is operating in over 20 specific countries. Included are states with a wide variety of political, economic, social, and cultural systems. The subsection on the US contains 13 essays with general as well as specific studies of state, county, and municipal offices. The authors of all the essays have experience in the office of ombudsman or have studied it at length. Useful tables and appendix. Recommended for graduate and professional libraries, especially in political science, law, and public administration."-Choice

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iden /f Gerald /i E. /r ed.