Accountability in Public Policy Partnerships

Accountability in Public Policy Partnerships
Author: J. Steets
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2010-10-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230290612

A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. This book presents a new model of accountability which ensures that public-private partnerships don't erode public accountability. It defines concrete accountability standards for different types of partnerships.

The Science of Wealth

The Science of Wealth
Author: Tony Aspromourgos
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2008-09-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134041136

This volume clarifies the character and fundamental structures of ‘political economy’ as an intellectual discipline in the texts of Adam Smith and will be vital reading for historians of economic thought and philosophers of social science.

The Theory of Capitalism in the German Economic Tradition

The Theory of Capitalism in the German Economic Tradition
Author: Peter Koslowski
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 576
Release: 2013-11-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3662040840

The theory of capitalism and of the economic order is the central topic of the German economic tradition in the 20th century. Capitalism has not only been the topic for Marxist economics and for the Frankfurt School but also for the Historical School and for the postmarxist theory of capitalism in Ordo- and Neo-Liberalism as well as in Solidarism. The question of the foundations of the economic order of the market economy and of capitalism as well as the problem whether a third path between capitalism and social ism is possible occupied this tradition from the Historical School to Ordo Liberalism and the theory of the social market economy. The theory of capitalism and of the social market economy as well as the critique and reform developed in this theoretical tradition is important for the theory of economic systems as well as for today's problems of the eco nomic order. Its relevance for the present world economy is visible in the discussions whether there exist different models of capitalism and whether they can be described as the Anglo-American and as the Rhenish model of capitalism influenced by the thought of the German economic tradition. Michel Albert, the author of this classification, gave the key-word in his book Capitalism against Capitalism. The papers of this book can help to clarify this debate by giving a first hand introduction to some of the main economic thinkers of capitalism.

Causes of Growth and Stagnation in the World Economy

Causes of Growth and Stagnation in the World Economy
Author: Nicholas Kaldor
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2007-07-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521039857

These lectures contain a masterful summing up of Nicholas Kaldor's critique of the foundations of mainstream economic theory. They provide a very clear account of his theoretical structures on regional differences, primary producers and manufacturers, and on differing market structures and the likely course of prices and quantities in different markets over time. The first four lectures are concerned with theory, history and explanation; the fifth consists of a detailed set of integrated policy proposals.

The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere

The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
Author: J?rgen Habermas
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2015-01-06
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0745692338

This major work retraces the emergence and development of the Bourgeois public sphere - that is, a sphere which was distinct from the state and in which citizens could discuss issues of general interest. In analysing the historical transformations of this sphere, Habermas recovers a concept which is of crucial significance for current debates in social and political theory. Habermas focuses on the liberal notion of the bourgeois public sphere as it emerged in Europe in the early modern period. He examines both the writings of political theorists, including Marx, Mill and de Tocqueville, and the specific institutions and social forms in which the public sphere was realized. This brilliant and influential work has been widely recognized for many years as a classic of contemporary social and political thought, of interest to students and scholars throughout the social sciences and humanities.

Environmental and Social Justice in the City

Environmental and Social Justice in the City
Author: Geneviève Massard-Guilbaud
Publisher:
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2011-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9781874267614

The world is full of environmental injustices and inequalities, yet few European historians have tackled these subjects head on; nor have they explored their relationships with social inequalities. In this innovative collection of historical essays the contributors consider a range of past environmental injustices, spanning seven northern and western European countries and with several chapters adding a North American perspective. In addition to an introductory chapter that surveys approaches to this area of environmental history, individual chapters address inequalities in the city as regards water supply, air pollution, waste disposal, factory conditions, industrial effluents, fuel poverty and the administrative and legal arrangements that discriminated against segments of society.

Chinese Entrepreneurship and Asian Business Networks

Chinese Entrepreneurship and Asian Business Networks
Author: Thomas Menkhoff
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2012-11-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136002227

The degree to which the extensive business networks of ethnic Chinese in Asia succeed because of ethnic characteristics, or simply because of the sound application of good business practice, is a key question of great current concern to those interested in business, management and economic development in Asia. This book brings together a range of leading experts who present original new research findings and important new thinking on this vital subject. Based on rich empirical research data and a multidisciplinary explanatory framework, this book assesses the role, characteristics and challenges of Chinese entrepreneurship and business networks in various East and Southeast Asian countries: the People's Republic of China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Australia. Chinese Entrepreneurship and Asian Business Networks demonstrates that Chinese network capitalism is contingent upon, for example, time, place, institutional frameworks, and that explanatory approaches of Chinese economic behaviour which stress culture and ethnicity are too simplistic.

The Denazification of Germany

The Denazification of Germany
Author: Alexander Perry Biddiscombe
Publisher: History Press Limited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Denazification
ISBN: 9780752423463

In 1945, the word Germany was synonymous with chaos. The country had become a scene of unprecedented devastation, wrought mainly by a trio of calamities - aerial bombardment, ground fighting and scorched earth measures. The nation's cities and industries lay in ruins, its transportation system was paralyzed and its population was desperately war weary. Millions had become refugees, Germans fleeing the bomb-battered cities and advancing enemy forces, and foreign slave labourers and concentration camp inmates, liberated by the Allies. Amidst a humanitarian crisis of almost unimaginable proportions, the occupiers ordered the mass dismissal of millions of Nazi Party members from government offices threatening the operation of local waterworks, food provisioning systems, hospitals and police forces. Perry Biddiscombe's new book is the first history of denazification of Germany, which has provided the model - albeit flawed - for the De-Communization of Eastern Europe and the De-Baathification of Iraq. The author explores the ideological basis of denazification, German reactions to denazification and assesses how successful the programme was.

Multi-stakeholder Processes for Governance and Sustainability

Multi-stakeholder Processes for Governance and Sustainability
Author: Minu Hemmati
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2012-04-27
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 113656084X

Governments, business, international bodies and local groups are turning to multi-stakeholder processes to find practical ways forward. This book explains how MSPs can be organized to deliver their potential for successful resolution of complex issues and for sustainable development. It includes detailed examples and provides practical checklists, explaining how to get beyond adversarial politics and achieve positive results.

Germany's Foreign Policy Towards Poland and the Czech Republic

Germany's Foreign Policy Towards Poland and the Czech Republic
Author: Karl Cordell
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2005
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0415369746

Presenting a thorough examination of critical aspects of twentieth century history this book explores how the events of the twentieth century still cast a shadow over relations between Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.