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Provides a roadmap to help new government leaders at various levels accelerate their transitions by overcoming nine transition challenges, ranging from clarifying expectations to defining goals to building a team to managing personal stress. The authors also offer detailed strategies for avoiding major "transition traps".

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In 2014 when Tim Carmody, a former police officer, was sworn in as Chief Justice of Queensland, he had been Chief Magistrate for only nine months and had never served on the Supreme Court. It was one of the most controversial judicial appointments in Australias history. The Tim Carmody Affair explores his damaging and divisive tenure and the judicial rebellion that followed.

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An examination of emerging trends in New Zealands governance, this study explores the effect of shared accountability, agency restructuring, environmental policies, and e-government on the growth of the countrys public sector. Using brand-new research, this book contains valuable insights into how New Zealands public sector currently operates and how it might operate in the future.

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Describes the workforce culture of the Internal Revenue Service, recounting how the author joined the IRS as an impressionable job- seeker and witnessed cover-ups, schemes, and widespread paranoia over a twelve-year period.

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From the bestselling authors of Cameron's Coup comes a devastating critique of our current government.

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Mobility as politics: the inequality of movement from transport to climate change.

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"Being President of the United States is a big job -- the biggest job in all of America! Follow the president as he (or she) campaigns, runs, moves into the White House, and works to fix problems. Learn about historically significant presidents along the way, and see what it takes to be president"--

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A panoptical vision of modern America, from the brilliant mind of Jill Lepore.

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A shocking compendium of what happens when outsourcing goes wrong the horrifying stories, damning statistics and what we do now

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Written by the author who was President Bill Clinton's Press Secretary, this book tells how when Clinton was elected, she was told she would act as his Press Secretary, but only for the transition. But in January of 1993, she did become Press Secretary in spite of the odds.

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Explores the relationship between public administration and social justice in Ireland -- .

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Dale demonstrates how to get ahead in an MP's office.

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Unique new title examining the history and future of the British civil service.

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The blame game, with its finger-pointing and mutual buck-passing, is a familiar feature of politics and organizational life, and blame avoidance pervades government and public organizations at every level. This title takes a different approach by showing how blame avoidance shapes the workings of government and public services.

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Traces the development of Jefferson's thinking on fundamental issues as republicanism, constitutionalism, political parties, and the separation of religion from politics. His proposals for the education of women, the emancipation of slaves, and the expatriation of Native Americans are also included in this book.

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This volume will give the most wide-ranging and accessible dissection of the results of 2015, available within a short time of its outcome.

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Explores the role of public sector agencies in the regeneration of east Manchester -- .

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Provides information regarding the activities of federal agencies, as well as the names of top officials in the presidential administration, US Senate, and US representatives. This book contains a list of federal acronyms, numerous organizational charts, critical documents such as the Declaration of Independence, and more.