Why did the Vietnamese accept certain Chinese institutions and yet explicitly reject others? How did Vietnamese cultural borrowings from China alter the dynamics of traditional relations between Vietnam, Siam, Laos, and Cambodia? How did Vietnam's smaller Southeast Asian environ…
The success of India's democracy
by Kohli, Atul
fromContemporary South Asia (Cambridge, England)
"How has democracy taken root in India in the face of a low-income economy, poverty, illiteracy and ethnic diversity? Atul Kohli brings together leading scholars of Indian politics to explore this intriguing anomaly. Themes addressed include politics, ethnicity, federalism, cast…
The success of India's democracy
by Kohli, Atul
fromContemporary South Asia (Cambridge, England)
"How has democracy taken root in India in the face of a low-income economy, poverty, illiteracy and ethnic diversity? Atul Kohli brings together leading scholars of Indian politics to explore this intriguing anomaly. Themes addressed include politics, ethnicity, federalism, cast…
"Christoph Knill's book analyses the impact of European policies on national administrations. Under which conditions can we expect domestic change, particularly the convergence of administrative styles and structures? How can we explain national patterns of administrative transf…
"Christoph Knill's book analyses the impact of European policies on national administrations. Under which conditions can we expect domestic change, particularly the convergence of administrative styles and structures? How can we explain national patterns of administrative transf…
The changing nature of American politics. American politics, then & now ; "Policy intellectuals" and public policy ; The rediscovery of character: private virtue and public policy ; The press at war ; Defining the "Peace Party" ; Bowling with others ; How divided are we? -- Reli…
A collection of fifteen of Wilson's most insightful essays, drawing on thirty years of his observations on religion, crime, the media, terrorism and extremism, and the old-fashioned notion of "character."
A collection of fifteen of Wilson's most insightful essays, drawing on thirty years of his observations on religion, crime, the media, terrorism and extremism, and the old-fashioned notion of "character."
"In Building the Virtual State, Jane Fountain explains how government must evolve to become part of the Internet revolution. Fountain calls on government agencies to abandon outmoded bureaucratic tendencies in favor of a less centralized approach to providing services. This requ…
"In Building the Virtual State, Jane Fountain explains how government must evolve to become part of the Internet revolution. Fountain calls on government agencies to abandon outmoded bureaucratic tendencies in favor of a less centralized approach to providing services. This requ…
"This unique contribution to the contemporary understanding of structures underlying European government and the exercise of governance will be of great interest to scholars in the fields of administrative law, EU law and administrative sciences."--Jacket.
Introduction-- V.Kononenko The Formation of Russia's Network Directorate-- O.Kryshtanovskaya & S.White Can Medvedev Change Sistema? Informal Networks and Public Administration in Russia-- A.Ledeneva Crooked Hierarchy and Reshuffled Networks: Reforming Russia's Dysfunctional Mili…
