Without sympathy or enthusiasm : the problem of administrative compassion / Victor A. Thompson.

Table of Contents: “…The problem defined -- The nature of modern organizations -- Solutions: Personnel administration -- Solutions: Organization development and sensitivity training -- Solutions: Smaller units -- Solutions: Combining roles -- Solutions: Political machines and prefectural administration -- Solutions: Assign to an office -- the ombudsman -- Solutions: The new public administration -- Solutions: Changing personalities, changing organizations.…”
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Veterans and Agent Orange : update 2010 / Committee to Review the Health Effects in Vietnam Veterans of Exposure to Herbicides, Board on the Health of Select Populations, Institute...

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Evaluating the evidence -- Exposure to the herbicides used in Vietnam -- Information related to biologic plausibility -- Epidemiologic studies: compendium of new publications and background on multiple referenced populations -- Immune-system disorders -- Cancer -- Reproductive effects and impacts on future generations -- Neurologic disorders -- Cardiovascular and metabolic effects -- Other health effects -- Conclusions and recommendations.…”
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Alice Morse Earle and the domestic history of early America / Susan Reynolds Williams. by Williams, Susan, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : hunting for Alice Morse Earle -- Family matters -- Parlor culture, public culture -- New England kismet -- The China hunter -- Writing the past -- Home life and history -- Remembering the garden -- Genealogy and the quest for an inherited future -- Toward new public history -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chronological bibliography of Alice Morse Earle's works.…”
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DETAIL Spezial : Building Across Worlds : International Projects by Architects von Gerkan, Marg und Partner. by Schittich, Christian

Table of Contents: “…The Stadium as a Stage for the Choreography of the Masses From Here to There ; New Public Dialogues ; Project Credits ; About the Office ; Authors ; Picture Credits.…”
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Language wars : the role of media and culture in global terror and political violence / Jeff Lewis. by Lewis, Jeff, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Mediated terror and the politics of representation -- Conflict and culture : civilization, history, identity -- The meaning of 9/11 : in the midst of infinite justice -- The Iraq invasion : democracy in the field of battle -- Globalizing jihad : the Bali bombings at the end of paradise -- The occupation of Iraq : rule of law and the new public sphere -- Conclusion : cultural democracy, difference and the end of civilization.…”
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China 1949–2019 From Poverty to World Power / by Paolo Urio. by Urio, Paolo

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 Understanding China’s strategic public management -- Chapter 2The New Public Management comes to China -- Chapter 3Putting people first: the implementation of rebalancing policies -- Chapter 4The modernization of the political system -- Chapter 5China: the new super power -- Conclusion China and the West: is a strategic partnership possible?.…”
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Rethinking democratic accountability / Robert D. Behn. by Behn, Robert D.

Table of Contents: “…-- Performance and the new public management -- The traditional, public-administration paradigm of accountability -- The questions of democratic accountability -- Discretion and trust -- Retrospective accountability for performance -- A new compact of mutual, collective responsibility -- The cooperation challenge -- Fostering cooperation with conventions and norms -- Evolving a charter agency -- 360-degree accountability for performance.…”
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Make the most of your Intellectual Capital.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Introduction; Comparative justification on intellectual capital; Intellectual capital and new public management: Reintroducing enterprise; Intellectual capital -- defining key performance indicators for organizational knowledge assets; Intellectual capital-in-action and value creation: A case study of knowledge transformations in an innovation project; Intellectual capital performance of commercial banks in Malaysia; Measuring and benchmarking intellectual capital.…”
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Local governance in Western Europe / Peter John. by John, Peter, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; 1: From Local Government to Local Governance; 2: Local Government Systems in Western Europe; 3: Local Regimes in Western Europe; 4: The Europeanization of Sub-national Governance; 5: Privatization and the New Public Management; 6: Institutional Formation and Regionalism; 7: Leadership and the Local Executive; 8: Renewing Local Democracy; 9: Conclusions; References; Index.…”
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The creation of the media : political origins of modern communications / Paul Starr. by Starr, Paul, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…The constitution of the air (2) : creating the new public sphere -- New networks, new powers -- Censorship and diversity on the dial -- Politics and the new public sphere -- Networks and news -- 12. …”

Public relations crisis communication : a new model / Lisa Anderson-Meli and Swapna Koshy. by Anderson-Meli, Lisa, Koshy, Swapna

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 Public relations crisis communication: developing a conceptual framework -- 2 Contextualising theories of communication -- 3 Crisis management theory -- 4 The Malaysia Airlines MH370 case -- 5 A new public relations crisis communication model -- Conclusion -- References -- Index…”
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Environmental Public Policy Making Exposed A Guide for Decision Makers and Interested Citizens / by Cynthia H. Stahl, Alan J. Cimorelli. by Stahl, Cynthia H., Cimorelli, Alan J.

Table of Contents: “…Decision Uncertainty in a New Public Policy Paradigm -- Chapter3. Introduction to MIRA, an Open Solution Approach -- Chapter4. …”
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Social equity and public administration : origins, developments, and applications / H. George Frederickson. by Frederickson, H. George

Table of Contents: “…Social equity and the new public administration -- Social equity in context -- Social equity : the democratic context and the compound theory -- Social equity and the question of administrative discretion -- The state of social equity in American public administration -- An intergenerational social equity ethic -- Social equity, law, and research -- When education quality speaks, education equality answers -- Social equity in the twenty-first century : in memory of Philip J. …”
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Understanding public management / Kjell A. Eliassen and Nick Sitter. by Eliassen, Kjell A.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction: Liberalising and Modernising Public Services; 1 -- Internationalisation, Globalisation and Liberalisation -- Strategic Challengesfor Public Governance; 2 -- European Integration -- RecapturingSovereignty and InstitutionalisingLiberalisation; 3 -- Liberalisation and Privatisation; 4 -- Regulation and Competition Policy; 5 -- Modernising Public Administration:To the New Public Managementand Beyond; 6 -- Modernising Government -- EGovernment; 7 -- Organisational Design and Institutional Governance; 8 -- Tools of Management and Leadership.…”
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Cultures of plague : medical thinking at the end of the Renaissance / Samuel K. Cohn. by Cohn, Samuel Kline, Jr

Table of Contents: “…Plague and Poverty; 8. Towards a New Public Health Consciousness in Medicine; 9. Plague Psychology; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Professionals under pressure : the reconfiguration of professional work in changing public services / edited by Mirko Noordegraaf and Bram Steijn.

Table of Contents: “…Professionals in changing welfare states / Romke van der Veen -- Legal professionals under presure: legal professional ideology and new public management / Arie-Jan Kwak -- Institutionalizing professional conflicts through financial reforms: the case of DBCS in Dutch mental healthcare / Amanda Smullen -- Public professionals and policy alienation / Lars Tummers, Bram Steign & Victor Bekkers -- Loyalties of public sector professionals / Gjalt de Graaf & Zeger van der Wal -- Democratizing social work: from new public management to democratic professionalism / Evelien Tonkens, Marc Hoijtink & Huub Gulikers -- Bounded professionalism: why self-regulation is part of the problem / Mirgan Oude Vrielink & Jeroen van Bockel -- Control of front-line workers in welfare agencies: towards professionalism? …”
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Innovations in Public Services. by Lapsley, Irvine

Table of Contents: “…Cover; EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS; Guest editorial; Role attribution in public sector accountability processes; Lean and process-orienting health care -- linking and disentangling activities; New public management a re-packaging of extant techniques?…”
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Epidemic city : the politics of public health in New York / James Colgrove. by Colgrove, James Keith

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments; About the Author; Introduction -- Public Health and the American City; Chapter 1 -- To Provide or Protect; Chapter 2 -- Public Health and the People; Chapter 3 -- Dropping Dead; Chapter 4 -- A Plague of Politics; Chapter 5 -- City of Misfortune; Chapter 6 -- Chronicle of an Epidemic Foretold; Chapter 7 -- Threat Levels; Chapter 8 -- A New Public Health Agenda; Conclusion -- The Politics of Public Health; Notes; References; Index.…”
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Towards a Global Polity : Future Trends and Prospects. by Ougaard, Morten

Table of Contents: “…; Theorising the global polity; Global polity research: characteristics and challenges; The global polity and changes in statehood; Law in the global polity; Societal denationalization and positive governance; Non-state actors in the global polity; Discursive globalization: transnational discourse communities and New Public Management.…”
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Unbundled government : a critical analysis of the global trend to agencies, quangos and contractualisation / edited by Christopher Pollitt and Colin Talbot.

Table of Contents: “…; Agencies, quangos and contracts in the heartlands of the New Public Management; Adapting the agency concept: variations within 'Next Steps'; Executive agencies and joined-up government in the UK; Contracting and accountability: a model of effective contracting drawn from the U.S. experience.…”
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