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The State of Accountability in the Global South
Edited by Sylvia I. Bergh, Sony Pellissery, C. Sathyamala
‘This insightful and comprehensive overview of diverse accountability efforts underscores persistent gaps between policy discourse, practices and outcomes. All routes to accountability turn out to be long routes. The rich case studies re... -
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Assessing the Performance Advantage of Public-Private Partnerships
Edited by Stefan Verweij, Ingmar van Meerkerk, Carter B. Casady
‘The global expansion of public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects warrants careful performance assessment. This book addresses this timely topic and offers a highly useful framework for understanding the performance chall... -
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The Politics of the Public Encounter
Edited by Peter Hupe
‘The Politics of the Public Encounter unpacks an evolving and increasingly complex, sometimes confronting interaction between citizens and their governments. This book helps to understand how changing communication processes, transformin... -
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Norms, Gender and Corruption
Edited by Ina Kubbe, Ortrun Merkle
‘I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the complex relationship between gender equality, corruption and good governance. It clearly shows that the inclusion of women in positions of power is no “quick fix” to reduced level... -
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Speaking Truth to Power
Benjamin Ginsberg, Collin Paschall
‘Ginsberg and Paschall, two experts in their own right, have produced a provocative book about the role of expertise in politics and policy-making. Amidst a host of illuminating examples and serious arguments, a core insight leaps out at... -
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The Role of Cities in International Relations
Agnieszka Szpak, Robert Gawłowski, Joanna Modrzyńska, Paweł Modrzyński, Michał Dahl
‘Cities have increasingly captured the imagination of international scholars and practitioners. This “rise” to fame is much talked about, but the international legal practicalities often remain overlooked and in need of tangible insights... -
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The Institutional Context of Public–Private Partnerships
Mhamed Biygautane
‘Much of the literature on PPPs examines project-level partnerships involving the procurement of specific long-term public infrastructure, along with critical success factors. As the title of the book indicates, Mhamed Biygautane takes a... -
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The Role of the Public Sector
Bent Greve
‘Recent years have witnessed the “Return of the State” after decades of spreading neo-liberalism and market ideology. Bent Greve’s book is a very well written text able to capture the old and new roles of the public sector in contemporar... -
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Ways out of the European Housing Crisis
Edited by Christoph U. Schmid
‘In the face of the current housing crisis in most EU countries, alternative and intermediate tenures below and between rent and ownership are in the focus of both researchers and policy makers. When searching for new models for better a... -
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Public Private Collaborations for Long Term Investments
Veronica Vecchi, Francesca Casalini, Niccolò Cusumano
‘The business of business is being redefined before our very eyes: inclusion, sustainability, impact and ESG are now integrated into most investment decisions. Much more needs to be done as Agenda 2030 will not be met till “all hands on ... -
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A Research Agenda for Governance
B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre, Eva Sørensen, Jacob Torfing
‘This is essential stuff for anyone interested in real processes of governance. If you want to understand how new forms of collaboration with citizens become intertwined with traditional modes of hierarchical governance – and in the chal...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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A Research Agenda for Public–Private Partnerships and the Governance of Infrastructure
Edited by Graeme A. Hodge, Carsten Greve
‘This volume is an invaluable resource for scholars interested in public–private partnerships in infrastructure. Drawing on a broad range of disciplinary perspectives, it explains what we have already learned about partnerships, and iden...eBook:Find out more$40.00