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  • Social Simulation for a Digital Society

    Applications and Innovations in Computational Social Science

    Edited by Diane Payne, Johan A. Elkink, Nial Friel, Thomas U. Grund, Tamara Hochstrasser, Pablo Lucas, Adrian Ottewill ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    “Social Simulation for a Digital Society” provides a cross-section of state-of-the-art research in social simulation and computational social science. With the availability of big data and faster computing power, the social sciences are undergoing a tremendous transformation. Research in computational social sciences has received considerable attention in the last few years, with advances in a ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Local and Regional Economic Development: Renegotiating Power Under Labour

    by Robert J. Bennett, Diane Payne ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This title was first published in 2000. Since New Labour were elected in 1997, there have been substantial changes made to local and regional economic development policy in the UK. This volume offers an up-to-date overview, setting the new policies within a wider historic context and suggesting future developments. It examines four of these new policies in depth - Regional Development Agencies, ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

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    Insights, Strategy and Solutions

    by David Farnham ...
    HR functions within both internal and external contexts. The understanding of both contexts is crucial for comprehending how and why they drive HR strategies and practices in organizations, as well as the rules and structures within which they work. Built around five major themes which impact upon the HR function, and mapping to the CIPD Level 7 Advanced module of the same name, Human Resource ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Reinventing the Welfare State

    Digital Platforms and Public Policies

    by Ursula Huws ...
    Series series FireWorks
    The Covid-19 pandemic has tragically exposed how today’s welfare state cannot properly protect its citizens. Despite the valiant efforts of public sector workers, from under-resourced hospitals to a shortage of housing and affordable social care, the pandemic has shown how decades of neglect has caused hundreds to die. In this bold new book, leading policy analyst Ursula Huws shows how we can ... Read more

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  • Industrial Relations in Schools

    by Mike Ironside, Roger Seifert ...
    The subject of industrial relations is intimately connected with the nature of schooling - in particular, the teacher trade unions have played and will continue to play a crucial role in shaping the school system - yet this subject has been virtually neglected in educational literature. Mike Ironside and Roger Seifert's book redresses this balance and unravels the complex issues surrounding the ... Read more

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  • Digital Era Governance

    IT Corporations, the State, and e-Government

    by Patrick Dunleavy, Helen Margetts, Simon Bastow, Jane Tinkler ...
    Government information systems are big business (costing over 1 per cent of GDP a year). They are critical to all aspects of public policy and governmental operations. Governments spend billions on them - for instance, the UK alone commits £14 billion a year to public sector IT operations. Yet governments do not generally develop or run their own systems, instead relying on private sector computer ... Read more

    $55.79 USD

  • Public Sector Management

    by Norman Flynn, Alberto Asquer ...
    The seventh edition of the bestselling Public Sector Management is a rich and insightful description, analysis and critique of the management of the public sector by the UK government.NEW to the seventh edition:Now set in an international context with comparative global examples throughoutThree new chapters covering: strategy and planning in the public sector; transparency, accountability and ... Read more

    $69.29 USD

  • The Australian Policy Handbook

    A Practical Guide to the Policymaking Process

    by Catherine Althaus, Sarah Ball, Peter Bridgman, Glyn Davis, David Threlfall ...
    The seventh edition of this classic handbook on the policy process is fully updated, featuring new material on policy making amid local and global disruption, the contestable nature of modern policy advice, commissioning and contracting, public engagement and policy success and failure.The Australian Policy Handbook shows how public policy permeates every aspect of our lives. It is the stuff of ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Australian Workplace Relations

    Edited by Richard Gough, Julian Teicher, Peter Holland ...
    Australian Workplace Relations explains the defining themes in workplace relations in the twenty-first century. It explores issues relating to employee voice, declining trade union membership, occupational health, disadvantaged workers and surveillance in the workplace. The treatment of each topic is placed in both a national and an international context. The book examines the effects on ... Read more

    $113.99 USD

  • Regional Planning

    by John Glasson, Tim Marshall ...
    Series series Natural and Built Environment Series
    Regional Planning provides a comprehensive introduction to the concepts and theory of regional planning in the UK. Drawing on examples from throughout the UK, it provides students and practitioners with a descriptive and analytical foundation for understanding this rapidly changing area of planning.The book includes four main sections covering:the context and history of regional ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Making Laws That Work

    How Laws Fail and How We Can Do Better

    by Justice David Goddard ...
    This book examines why laws fail and provides strategies for making laws that work.Why do some laws fail? And how can we make laws that actually work? This helpful guide, written by a leading jurist, provides answers to these questions and gives practical strategies for law-making. It looks at a range of laws which have failed; the 'damp squibs' that achieve little or nothing in practice; laws ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Integrating Gender into the Design of Cash Transfer and Public Works Programmes – Fao Technical Guide 2: A Toolkit on Gender-Sensitive Social Protection Programmes to Combat Rural Poverty and Hunger

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    Many social protection programmes, including cash transfers, public works programmes and asset transfers, target women as main beneficiaries or recipients of benefits. Extending social protection to rural populations has great potential for fostering rural women's economic empowerment. However, to tap into this potential, more needs to be done. There is much scope for making social protection ... Read more

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