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Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Thinking Government Website -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Thinking about Canadian Society and Government -- 2 Ideologies of Government and Public Service -- 3 Institutions of Governance -- 4 Ministers and Cabinet Decision-Making Systems -- 5 Organizational Design and Management Decision Making -- 6 Financial Management -- 7 Human Resources Management -- 8 Issues in Management Reform -- 9 Accountability: Responsibility, Responsiveness, and Ethics -- 10 The Challenges of Leadership -- Key Terms -- Index.

This title brings together top scholars and former and current state officials to explain how and why New York State is governed the way that it is. The book's 31 chapters assemble new scholarship in key areas of governance in New York, document the state's record in comparison to other US states, and identify directions for future research.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Notes on authors -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Middle East politics: patterns of continuity and change -- Part I: Dynamics in Middle East politics -- Chapter 2: The burden of history: from empire to nation states? -- Chapter 3: The legacy of Islam: continuity and change -- Part II: The Northern Belt -- Chapter 4: The Republic of Turkey -- Chapter 5: The Islamic Republic of Iran -- Part III: The Fertile Crescent -- Chapter 6: The Republic of Iraq -- Chapter 7: The Syrian Arab Republic and the Lebanese Republic -- Chapter 8: Israel and Palestine -- Part IV: West and east of the Red Sea -- Chapter 9: The Arab Republic of Egypt -- Chapter 10: The Arab Gulf states and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) -- Index.