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Advanced Introduction to Megaprojects
Nathalie Drouin, Rodney Turner
‘Successful megaprojects are a rare species. But here's a book about exactly this. The Elgar Advanced Introduction to Megaprojects is a must read for anyone interested in megaprojects. We all need to learn from the successes in the field... -
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Advanced Introduction to Social Capital
Karen S. Cook
‘In recent years, the concept of social capital has become a widely cited but often misused black box deployed willy-nilly to explain any number of societal outcomes. Karen Cook’s masterful Advanced Introduction to Social Capital fills i... -
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Teaching Nonprofit Management
Edited by Karabi C. Bezboruah, Heather L. Carpenter
‘I’m thrilled to see a book on teaching nonprofit management within the framework of the NACC curricular guidelines. As a participant in the development of the graduate-level guidelines several years ago, it is a great feeling to discove...eBook:Find out more£23.96
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Handbook of Research on Stress and Well-Being in the Public Sector
Edited by Ronald J. Burke, Silvia Pignata
‘This Handbook should be commended for its international representation of public sector employees who tend to be undervalued and frequently occupy high stress jobs. The attention to negative health and well-being effects associated with...eBook:Find out more£28.00
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Public Governance Paradigms
Jacob Torfing, Lotte Bøgh Andersen, Carsten Greve, Kurt K. Klausen
‘The Danes have done it again: advancing the field of public administration in a way that is both imaginative and helpful. Public Governance Paradigms provides us with a highly sophisticated 'think piece' about the consecutive philosophi...eBook:Find out more£20.76
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A Research Agenda for Social Entrepreneurship
Edited by Anne de Bruin, Simon Teasdale
‘De Bruin and Teasdale guide us through the range of developments in the field and insightfully signal further areas of research to build a cumulative body of understanding on social entrepreneurship. The editors take us on an enjoyable ...eBook:Find out more£21.60
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A Research Agenda for Public Administration
Edited by Andrew Massey
‘The book offers an appealing mix of subject and method; while some chapters stand out in their clarity and unique approach to problems, the book as a whole is a worthwhile journey through the current thinking about PA research and where...eBook:Find out more£20.76
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Handbook of Research on Nonprofit Economics and Management
Edited by Bruce A. Seaman, Dennis R. Young
Building on the success of the first edition, this thoroughly revised and expanded edition explores (1) areas of general agreement from previous research; (2) areas of conflicting results and unexplored questions; (3) the relative roles ...eBook:Find out more£33.60
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Public Management as a Design-Oriented Professional Discipline
Michael Barzelay
‘The author’s ambition to revisit the intellectual foundations of public management and consider our field as a design-oriented professional discipline is clearly achieved. Barzelay’s book will spark debate among public management schola... -
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Philosophy and Public Administration
Edoardo Ongaro
‘Take this book into your hand. Open it, start reading, and think about the text. The exercise is worth it. It opens up new intellectual horizons.’ – Journal of Public Administration and PolicyeBook:Find out more£21.56
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Financing Nonprofits and Other Social Enterprises
Dennis R. Young
‘Dennis Young has written a brilliant analysis of the complex domain of Social Purpose Organizations (SPOs), the growing number of financial tools at their disposal, in a system that requires them to strike a balance between their social...eBook:Find out more£22.40
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Public Administration Reforms in Europe
Edited by Gerhard Hammerschmid, Steven Van de Walle, Rhys Andrews, Philippe Bezes
‘The COCOPS Top Executive Survey in the European public sector shows how three major paradigms based on hierarchies, networks and markets dominate debates and perceptions of reforms in 17 European countries. This major comparative resear...eBook:Find out more£27.20