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Cities and Regions as Self-Organizing Systems
Peter M. Allen
Paperback - $138.95
A clear methodological and philosophical introduction to complexity theory as applied to urban and regional systems is given, together with a detailed series of modelling case studies compiled over the last couple of decades. Based on the new complex ...
Government for the Future Cea 238unification Fragmentation and Regionalismcontributions to Economic Analysis Cea Volume 238
A. E. Andersson
Hardcover - $313.95
The aim of this volume is to encourage comparative explorations of the links between economic regionalism and government behaviour. At present, the relation between government and the economy is in a state of flux. In the old "developed" world, supra ...
Breaking Through Bureaucracy : A New Vision for Managing in Government
Michael Barzelay
Paperback - $59.95
This book attacks the conventional wisdom that bureaucrats are bunglers and the system can't be changed. Michael Barzelay and Babak Armajani trace the source of much poor performance in government to the persistent influence of what they call the bur ...
Arizona Politics and Government : The Quest for Autonomy, Democracy, and Development
David R. Berman
Paperback - $48.95
"Arizona Politics and Government" analyzes the development and operation of one of the country’ s fastest-growing states. David R. Berman cogently explains the distinctive history and culture of Arizona politics, thoroughly describing the devel ...
The Rebirth of Urban Democracy
Jeffrey M. Berry
Paperback - $43.95
In an era when government seems remote and difficult to approach, participatory democracy may seem a hopelessly romantic notion. Yet nothing is more crucial to the future of American democracy than to develop some way of spurring greater citizen part ...
State Government 1998-1999 : CQ's Guide to Current Issues and Activities
Thad L. Beyle
Paperback - $48.95
What's really happening in state government today? And where are the trends likely to take us? Divided into 10 parts, this book collects articles from key publications and provides analysis of the most important developments in state politics and gov ...