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Print version, Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 A Brief History of Tax Resistance and Revolutions -- 2 Why a Poll Tax? -- 3 Scotland -- 4 Debates Over Strategy -- 5 The Resistance Begins -- 6 The Battle of Trafalgar (Square) -- 7 A Ragtag Army -- 8 Endgame -- 9 Social Movements, Class and Strategy -- Conclusion: A System Shaken or Broken? -- Notes -- Index

Print version: Doberstein, Carey ; Distributed democracy, 1. Introduction -- 2. The Democratic Arenas Framework -- 3. The Evolution of Health Care Governance in Ontario -- 4. Procedural Decision-Making Bodies That Enable and Constrain LHINs -- 5. LHINs as Mandated Decision-Making Sites -- 6. LHIN Advisory Committees and Public Engagement -- 7. A Democratic Arenas Analysis of LHINs -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index

Print version: Levine, Peter, 1957- ; Defense management reform, Introduction: The Problem of Defense Management -- Finding a Targeted Solution to the Right Set of Problems -- Getting the Initiative Approved -- Getting the Initiative Implemented on a Lasting Basis -- The Case Studies -- Chapter 1 Civilian Personnel Reform at the Department of Defense -- The Civil Service Demonstration Projects -- The Enactment of NSPS Legislation -- The Implementation of NSPS -- The NSPS Pay-for-Performance System -- Labor Relations and the Collapse of the NSPS -- The Road Forward -- Chapter 2 Lessons from the Never-Ending Search for Acquisition Reform -- The Need for Acquisition Reform -- 1982: The Carlucci Initiatives -- 1985: The Era of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse -- FM S7612-Levine Page 5 of -- 1992: The Packard Commission -- 2004: Reinventing Government -- 2014: The WSARA Era -- Assessment -- The Road Forward -- Chapter 3 Auditing the Pentagon -- The Road to the CFO Act and the Goal of a Clean Audit -- The 1990s: The Bush I and Clinton Administrations -- The 2000s: The Bush II and Obama Administrations -- Assessment

Print version: Stout, Margaret ; From Austerity to Abundance? : Creative Approaches to Coordinating the Common Good, Front Cover; From Austerity to Abundance? Creative Approaches to Coordinating the Common Good; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword: Toward A Politics of Belonging; References; Introduction; References; Are Social Movements Prefiguring Integrative Governance?; The Wicked Challenge of Sustainability; Integrative Governance in Brief; Prefiguring Integrative Governance; Nascent Exemplars of Affirmation; Evidence of Stewardship; Evidence of Radical Democracy; Evidence of Integral Knowing; e/m-Governance Tactics; Evidence of Facilitative Coordination; One-to-One Tactics, Integrating Movements for Systemic TransformationNotes; References; Unsettling the Memes of Neoliberal Capitalism through Administrative Pragmatism; Introduction; Neoliberal Memes; The Invisible Hand Meme; The Greed is Good Meme; The Creative Destruction Meme; The Government's the Problem Meme; The Private Property Meme; The American Dream Meme; The Consumer Society Meme; Unsettling the Memes; Pragmatic Cultural Praxis; Pragmatic Administrative Praxis; The Implications of Pragmatist Praxis; Conclusion; References; Cross-sector Collaboration for Public Value Co-creation: A Critical Analysis, IntroductionPublic Value; Structuration Theory; Methodology; Case Studies Description; Giocosport; Sport in Trento Public Gardens; Car-sharing Südtirol-Alto Adige; Integreen; Suitcase; Merano Real-time Bus; Analysis of Case Studies; Conclusion; Notes; References; Tackling Maternal Health through Cell Phones: Evaluating aCollaborative Framework; The Challenge; m-Governance and m-Health for Maternal Health; Maternal Health and Health Policies in India; Methods and Data; Findings and Analysis; Recommendations and Conclusion; Notes; References, Clarifying Collaborative Dynamics in Governance NetworksIntroduction; Logic Models as Analytical Frameworks; The Collaborative Governance Regime Model; An Integrative Governance Logic Model; The Total Situation; The Network Situation; Relational Disposition; Facilitative Leadership; Resources; Integrative Group Process; Cooperative Style of Relating; Participatory Mode of Association; Method of Integration; Integrative Actions; Functional Unifying; Integrative Progress; Feedback Loops; Analyzing Collaborative Dynamics; Operationalizing the Indicators; A Brief Illustration; Conclusion, Increased Focus on Participation and Coproduction in the UNPSA

The petitioning city -- The modernized city -- The suppressed city -- The policed city -- The spectacular city -- The reputable city -- The contested city -- The networked city

Print version: Kehoe, Thomas J., 1980- ; Art of occupation, Part 1. Tradition and an unprecedented enemy: planning and first steps -- Crime and control in American military thought -- A conflict of visions? -- A violent transition -- Part 2. Destruction, disorder, fear, and fantasy: the direct military occupation of Germany, 1945/46 -- Order and disorder -- Common enemies -- Thieves and gangs -- Power and discretion -- Enduring legacies, 1947/49: threat, policing, and a culture of anxiety -- Civilianization, Germanization, and the rise of German-led policing -- Winters of discontent -- Myth formation and the end of military government -- Conclusion -- Appendix: The military government legal code: Articles I and II of proclamations, ordinances, and laws issued by Allied Military Government in Germany -- Glossary of terms

Print version: Alvarez, C. J. ; Border land, border water, The border environment in the nineteenth century -- The border and the Mexican revolution -- Police and waterworks on the border : aspirations to control through building -- Police and waterworks on the border : systemic flaws -- Building the border of today -- Epilogue

Print version: Bureaucracy and society in transition, Cover; Bureaucracy and Society in Transition: Comparative Perspectives; Copyright Page; Contents; Editorial Board; List of Reviewers; About the Authors; Introduction: Bureaucracy in Transition; Fear of Formality; If It's Dead, Why Won't It Lie Down?; Varieties of Bureaucracy and Reform Models; Civil Service and Political Leadership; Bureaucratic Identities; Organisation: How Do Recent Reforms Affect Bureaucratic Infrastructures?; Transition: The Road to Denmark; Transitions: To Denmark or Beyond?; Future Challenges -- Digitalisation and Mediatisation; References, The Impact and Interpretation of Weber's Bureaucratic Ideal Type in Organisation Theory and Public AdministrationIntroduction; Weber as Part of a German Scholarly Tradition; Weber Translated: The Ideal Type as 'Bureaucracy Theory'; Parsons' Interpretation of Weber; Organisations as 'Natural Systems'; Reception of 'Bureaucracy Theory' in Europe; Textbook Weber -- Weberian Perspectives and Concepts Translated into Method; Efficiency Is Not the Same as Rationality; The Relative Superiority of Bureaucracy; The Ideal Type Is Not a Hypothesis; Not Just One, but Several Ideal Types, Varieties of Bureaucracy: Weberian InterpretationsThe Professional and Administrative Bureaucracy; The Many Webers; State Bureaucracy: The Significance of the Political-Cultural Context; Changes in Bureaucracy and Identity; Organising as Meaningful Activity at Intermediary Level; Weber as Historical-comparative Scholar Not Father of 'Organisation Theory'; Some Weaknesses in Weberian Explorations into Bureaucracy; A Short Conclusion; Notes; References; Part I. Comparative Perspectives; Building State Infrastructural Capacities: Sweden and Greece, State Autonomy and Infrastructural Capacities: The Relevance of Extreme CasesSweden: A Mapped, Registered, Simplified and Objectified Society; The Legibility and Simplification of Space; Registering the Economy and Counting People; Simplifying and Objectifying Society; Greece: The Unmapped Landscape, the Ambiguities of Society and the Complexity of the State; Who Owns the Land?; Distant Taxation and the Ambiguity of State-Society Relations; Comparative Remarks; Notes; References, From Neutral Competence to Competent Neutrality? Revisiting Neutral Competence as the Core Normative Foundation of Western ... Introduction; Neutral Competence; Research Design and Methods; Contextualising Danish and British Perceptions of Neutral Competence; Perceptions of Neutral Competence; Conclusion; Notes; References; Outcome-based Performance Management Systems: Experiences from the Danish and Swedish Tax Agencies; Introduction; Performance Management in Public Administration; A Qualitative Study of Performance Management Systems; Outcome-based Performance Management Systems in Use, The Danish Case -- Auditing Claims for Negative VAT

Print version: Hybridity in the Governance and Delivery of Public Services, Front Cover; Hybridity in the Governance and Delivery of Public Services; Copyright Page; Contents; About the Editors; About the Authors; Introduction; References; How History Challenges Current Thinking on Hybridity: The Effects of Hybridity on London's Transport 1933-1948; Introduction; Contribution; The Statutory Framework; The Selection and Duties of the Controlling Managerial Elite; Relations with Central Government, Local Government and Passengers; Relations with Financial Interests; Relations with Trade Unions; Service Delivery; Conclusions; References, Issues on Transparency, Accountability and Control in Hybrid organisations: The Case of Enterprises Owned by Local GovernmentIntroduction; Sweden: Ever More Corporatisation, In Spite of Controversies; Purpose of the Chapter; Outline; Data and Methodology; Context and Theoretical Background; Steering and Control: Ensuring They Do What THEY ARE Supposed to Do; Are Procedures of Appointment Transparent?; Training/Education to Prepare for Serving as Board Member?; Transparency and Accountability; Obstacles for Laymen-auditors?; Transparency and Accessibility?; Mixed/Divided Loyalties?, Should a Municipality Run Operations in Any Line of Business?Conclusions: Four Lessons for Local Governments Who Own Corporations; Lesson #1: Regularly Oversee the Structure of Corporation Ownership; Lesson #2: Work Actively with Documentation, Archiving and Transparency; Lesson #3: Oversee How Boards Are Nominated, Have Well Thought Out Training for Board Members; Lesson #4: Be Aware of, and Discuss, the Fundamental Dilemma -- The Divided/Mixed Loyalties; Notes; References; The Role of Boards of Directors in Transparency and Integrity in State-Owned Enterprises; Introduction, Theoretical Background: State-Owned Enterprises, Transparency and IntegrityThe Board's Role in Organisational Commitment to Transparency and Integrity; The Board's Role on Transparency and Integrity in SOEs; Hypotheses; Board Capital, Transparency and Integrity in SOEs; Interlocking Directors; Board Diversity, Transparency and Integrity in SOEs; Skill Diversity; Board Compensation, Transparency and Integrity in SOEs; Sample and Method; Background Information on Italian SOEs; Sample and Data Collection; Variables; Dependent Variables; Independent Variables; Control Variables; Method; Results, DiscussionConclusions; References; Appendix A; Level of Transparency Design; Level of Integrity Design; Skill Diversity Design; THE INFLUENCE OF HUMAN RESOURCES' PRACTICES ON CORRUPTION BEHAVIOUR IN HUMANITARIAN AID; Introduction; Theoretical Overview; Corruption in Humanitarian Aid; Factors behind Corruption; Methodology of Research; The Research Context; Grounded Theory; Observations; Issues Related to the Recruitment Process; Organisational Chart and Job Descriptions; Staff Selection Procedures; Procedures Related to Employee Integration and Retention; Poor Career Management

Print version, Introduction -- Overview of Mzuzu -- Survey methodology -- Household characteristics -- Poverty and livelihoods -- Household food insecurity -- Food system -- Conclusion