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Human Resource Management in Government: A South African perspective on theories, politics and Processes 2e explores the many facets of the employment relationship within government institutions. These activities include strategic employment processes, such as talent management, trade union interactions; human resource governance (metrics); and the future of human resource management.

"Disaffected examines the effects of Section 124a, a notorious colonial law targeting "disaffection" still used in India today. Disaffection, the book argues, is crucial to understanding the centrality of affect to imperial governance; the varied forms that critique took under conditions of censorship; and the vexed emergence of Indian nationalism"--

Part I: Introduction -- Pre-Totalitarianism: gateway to the supersense -- The Chinese political system: a literature review -- Part II: Field data analysis -- Patterns in Chinese politics -- Management and governance -- Censorship -- Vicissitudes in dictatorial control -- Political change -- Mao and the cultural revolutions as models -- Factions today -- Parade, party, and President Xi -- Conclusion.

Overview of perspectives on a global pandemic's impact on the sport industry / Paul M. Pedersen, Brody J. Ruihley and Bo Li -- Part 1. Managerial reflections -- Part 2. Marketing and communication perspectives -- Part 3. Governance during the pandemic -- Part 4. Spectatorial and participatory aspects -- Part 5. Sociological and psychological reflections.

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Nationalism and Nation-Building -- 2. Women and the Postcolonial State -- 3. Theorising Gender and Democratisation -- 4. Mainstreaming Gender, Democratizing the State? -- 5. Quotas in Context -- 6. Feminizing Global Governance -- 7. Knowledge and/as Power -- 8. Networking across Borders -- Conclusion -- What Hopes, Why Despair? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

'Development management' is an idea that blends the seemingly innocuous claims of managerialism with notions of modernity and utopian ideals of 'third world' progress. This book views both phenomena as problematic and modernizing interventions. In doing so, it overturns and reclaims such ideas as participation, community, governance, NGOs, and civil society

This text provides a scholarly analysis of the withdrawal agreement concluded between the United Kingdom and the European Union to create the legal framework for Brexit on 31st January, 2020. The volume covers the negotiation process, the substantive provisions, governance arrangements under the Agreement and the main challenges ahead.

How foot voting outperforms ballot box voting -- Foot voting and federalism -- Foot voting and international migration -- Foot voting in the private sector -- Foot voting and self-determination -- Problems and keyhole solutions -- The foot voting constitution -- Implications for international law and global governance -- Conclusion : prospects for a foot voting future.

Acknowledgements – Introduction – The World State Idea in IR – Abolishing the Security Dilemma: Why We Need to Integrate the Militaries – Why We Need a Global NATO: A Critique of Bipolarity – The Solutions: Abolition of War and Nuclear Weapons – An Early Warning System and a Global Welfare State – Evolution of War and Governance – Conclusion – Index.

1. History of the Nation: State of the Industry -- 2. Theories and Practices on Policy Communication -- 3. Social and Mainstream Media Relations -- 4. Planning Successful Campaigns -- 5. Marketing Complexity: Case Study on Land Reform -- 6. Crisis Management -- 7. Nation's Equity and Soft Power -- 8. Corporate Governance and Shareholder Communication

Introduction. Situating Abortion: Islam, the Arab Countries and the Tunisian Exception -- Putting Abortion into Question: Debates, Actors and Stakes after the Revolution -- Female Bodies, Contraception and Reproductive Norms -- Reproductive Governance, Moral Regimes and Unwanted Pregnancies -- Imagining Early Pregnancy: Ontologies of the Foetus and the Moral Perception of Abortion -- Conclusion.

This book explores the three tracks of China's investment policy and strategy: bilateral agreements, regional agreements, and global initiatives. Its overarching topic is whether these three tracks compete with or complement one another - a question of profound importance for China's political and economic future and world investment governance.

The changing world of the 21st century : building new administrative capacities -- The discipline of public administration today -- The public and its policies -- Democracy, the state and the citizen -- Development administration, good governance to governing development today : comparative research studies -- Public administration in the 21st century : dilemmas and challenges -- Summing up.

"How 'innovative' finance schemes skim public wealth while hijacking public governance. Charter school expansion. Vouchers. Scholarship tax credit programs. The Swindle of Innovative Educational Finance offers a new social theory to explain why these and other privatization policies and programs win support despite being unsupported by empirical evidence."--

This book analyzes the influence of memory on social conflict as well as the role of ethnicity in state formation and governance in Nigeria. It examines the nexus between the Nigerian civil war and the conflict in the oil rich Niger Delta against the background of memory and ethnicization of the state.