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"An unassailable case that, in the eyes of history, Barack Obama will be viewed as one of America's best and most accomplished presidents. Over the course of eight years, Barack Obama has amassed an array of outstanding achievements. His administration saved the American economy from collapse, expanded health insurance to millions who previously could not afford it, negotiated an historic nuclear deal with Iran, helped craft a groundbreaking international...
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The science is overwhelming; the facts are in. The planet is heating up at an alarming rate and the results are everywhere to be seen. Yet, as time runs out, climate progress is blocked by the men who are profiting from the burning of the planet: Energy moguls like the Koch brothers and ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson. Powerful politicians like Senators Mitch McConnell and Jim Inhofe, who receive massive contributions from the oil and coal industries....
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The science is overwhelming; the facts are in. The planet is heating up at an alarming rate and the results are everywhere to be seen. Yet, as time runs out, climate progress is blocked by the men who are profiting from the burning of the planet: energy moguls like the Koch brothers and Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson. Powerful politicians like Senators Mitch McConnell and Jim Inhofe, who receive massive contributions from the oil and coal industries....
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This powerful new book provides a clear framework for understanding and learning an emerging management practice, leading public design. Drawing on more than a decade of work on public sector innovation, Christian Bason uses his extensive practical experience and new doctoral research conducted among public managers in the UK, US, Australia, Finland and Denmark, to explore how public organizations can be redesigned from the outside-in, shaping policies...
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Este libro de Joaquín Yrivarren nos propone una descripción curiosa y detallada del gobierno electrónico, aterrizando su concepto en la experiencia de la Municipalidad de Miraflores (2003-2006).
Para ello, se combina los aportes de los estudios sociales de la ciencia y tecnología y, de la mano, se presenta un análisis sobre la comunicación de los asuntos públicos en el nuevo ambiente electrónico. En este sentido, se reflexiona sobre los conceptos...
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Anthony Crosland bequeathed a significant intellectual legacy to the Labour Party, including his celebrated treatise The Future of Socialism (1956), which was published sixty years ago. In this timely book, Patrick Diamond argues that Crosland continues to serve as a vital reference point for today's Labour Party. He considers a wide range of Crosland's writings on the economy and politics, relating his ideas to ideological debates taking place within...
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This publication analyzes the trust funds established by the United States with the Republic of Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia, intended to provide budget support upon expiration of these countries' Compacts of Free Association with the United States. Analysis shows future revenues from the funds will likely be volatile and unsustainable, but examines simple rule changes designed to reduce fund volatility and improve the sustainability...
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El objetivo del presente libro es proponer aportes que permitan a las pequeñas y medianas empresas (Pymes) mejorar su organización ya que son las más propensas a muchos riesgos por no contar con adecuados controles internos. En este sentido, se trata de crear conciencia de los principales aspectos requeridos para la continuidad de estas empresas; así mismo, su mejoramiento interno, la disminución de posibilidades de riesgo de fraudes, pérdidas...
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El libro que el lector tiene en sus manos es una invitación para reflexionar sobre los conceptos de análisis y evaluación de políticas públicas, así como su relación y posibles tensiones. Esta propuesta responde a la necesidad de explorar los alcances y límites de una relación que todavía no se ha discutido lo suficiente en la literatura y es necesario esclarecer algunos puntos clave que son relevantes para estudiar políticas públicas,...
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Greater transparency is increasingly seen as the answer to a wide range of social issues by governments, NGOs, and businesses around the world. However, evidence of its impact is mixed. Using case studies from around the world including India, Tanzania, the UK and US, Transparency and the open society surveys the adoption of transparency globally, providing an essential framework for assessing its likely performance as a policy and the steps that...
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La budgétisation publique n'est pas un univers clos accessible aux seuls initiés qui, ce faisant, ont toute latitude pour agir à leur gré. Au contraire, il s'agit d'un monde fortement encadré, traversé par des courants normatifs majeurs qui encadrent l'activité des gouvernements: la constitution, les lois, les règlements, les ordonnances et les directives. C'est aussi un monde marqué par de fortes valeurs tenant à la fois de la démocratie,...
12) The First 90 Days in Government: Critical Success Strategies for New Public Managers at All Levels
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More than 250,000 public sector managers in the United States take on new positions each year and many more aspire to leadership. Each will confront special challenges-from higher public profiles to a greater number of stakeholders to volatile political environments-that will make their transitions even more challenging than in the business world.
Now Michael Watkins, author of the bestselling book The First 90 Days, applies his proven leadership...
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Les projets publics et leurs gestionnaires n'ont pas toujours bon écho auprès des médias, des citoyens et des experts en gestion de projets. Cela est encore plus vrai en contexte de réformes administratives et de restrictions budgétaires. Retards enregistrés dans la réception des ouvrages publics, dépassements de coûts ou lacunes en matière de qualité ; l'efficacité des gestionnaires de projets conçus et exécutés en contexte public...
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John Friedmann addresses a central question of Western political theory: how, and to what extent, history can be guided by reason. In this comprehensive treatment of the relation of knowledge to action, which he calls planning, he traces the major intellectual traditions of planning thought and practice. Three of these--social reform, policy analysis, and social learning--are primarily concerned with public management. The fourth, social mobilization,...
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La gouvernance à niveaux multiples a fait également l'objet d'un très grand nombre d'études et d'analyses au cours des vingt-cinq dernières années et ce peu importe les disciplines (droit, science politique, sociologie, etc.) À un point o l'on peut se demander parfois si tout n'a pas été dit. Cependant, lorsqu'on y regarde de près, on se rend compte rapidement que peu (trop peu, oserions-nous dire) d'études ont porté sur les administrations...
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The publication tells the story of the use of stakeholder participation to support public sector reform in Nauru and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The report provides important lessons for donor agencies, for Nauru and the RMI, and for other Pacific island nations that mainly live off aid and other rents. The lessons concern what has gone wrong with governance and why, and what can be done to improve governance under existing conditions....
17) 50 ans de construction des administrations publiques: Regards croisés entre la France et le Québec
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L'État, construit social par excellence, a dû changer et doit continuer de s'adapter dans un monde qui est en pleine redéfinition, d'o l'intérêt d'étudier son évolution et celle de son administration. C'est ce type de réflexions qu'a mis en valeur le colloque organisé pour commémorer le cinquantenaire des échanges que le Québec a entretenus avec l'École nationale d'administration (ENA) en France. Réunissant praticiens et universitaires...
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Alors que la vaste majorité des études scientifiques insistent sur l'importance d'agir pour lutter contre les changements climatiques, il devient essentiel d'adopter des politiques publiques innovantes favorisant le développement durable. Les politiques publiques doivent aujourd'hui s'appuyer sur une conception du développement économique s'inscrivant dans une perspective à long terme et tenant compte des contraintes environnementales et sociales....
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The Third Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in November reinforced the importance of public finance reform. Drawing on recent technical assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), special reports, and the work of ADB staff, the publication offers observation and suggestion on how to pursue public finance reform. The publication also outlines practical actions that can be taken to improve budgeting, taxation,...
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Quelle est la réalité des administrations publiques aujourd'hui ? Cet ouvrage livre un portrait contrasté des administrations publiques suisses et canadiennes du xxie siècle, qui sont tout de même confrontées à un certain nombre de défis communs malgré les contextes et les cadres institutionnels différents. Une variété de politiques publiques et de dynamiques tant sociales que politiques et économiques y sont traitées.
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