The Oxford Handbook of Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region

Devesh Kapur , Lily Kong , Florence Lo , David M. Malone

Since the turn of the millennium it has become clear that the Asia-Pacific Region is, economically, the fastest growing continent in the world, and is likely to remain so for some time despite the setbacks of the COVID-19 pandemic. Asia-Pacific's share of the world's...

The Oxford Handbook of Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region

Devesh Kapur , Lily Kong , Florence Lo , David M. Malone

Since the turn of the millennium it has become clear that the Asia-Pacific Region is, economically, the fastest growing continent in the world, and is likely to remain so for some time despite the setbacks of the COVID-19 pandemic. Asia-Pacific's share of the world's...

What On Earth?

Count Binface

Successful Public Policy in the Nordic Countries

Collectif

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. This book presents twenty-three in-depth...

Public Value and Social Development

Bing Wang

This book aims to seek for the truth which connects public value and social development as basis to build a harmony community for individuals as well as society. The book tries to bridge science, technology, economics, politics, history, ethics, and environment under...

Digitalization and the Welfare State

Marius R. Busemeyer , Achim Kemmerling , Paul Marx , Kees Van Kersbergen

This volume explores how digitalization--in different forms--affects the welfare state. Digitalization is likely to have a lasting impact on work, welfare, and the distribution of income. It will radically transform not only social risks in health, education and the...

Digitalization and the Welfare State

Marius R. Busemeyer , Achim Kemmerling , Paul Marx , Kees Van Kersbergen

This volume explores how digitalization--in different forms--affects the welfare state. Digitalization is likely to have a lasting impact on work, welfare, and the distribution of income. It will radically transform not only social risks in health, education and the...

A Study of Quality Management of Official Statistics in China

Wuyi Zeng

This book focuses on how to improve the quality management of official statistics in China. Official statistics help to build an overview of China’s social and economic development and play an important role in policymaking for government as well as in decision-making...

The Dynamics of Intellectual Capital in Current Era

Tarique Mahmood , Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik , Muhammad Shahbaz

This book provides an authoritative, inter-disciplinary, and up-to-date survey of relevant concepts, research areas, and applications of intellectual capital. Until now, the literature had lacked a comprehensive analysis of intellectual capital (IC) in regard to...

Administrative Traditions

B. Guy Peters

Contemporary public administration reflects its historical roots, as well as contemporary ideas about how the public bureaucracy should be organized and function. This book argues that there are administrative traditions that have their roots centuries ago but continue...

Administrative Traditions

B. Guy Peters

Contemporary public administration reflects its historical roots, as well as contemporary ideas about how the public bureaucracy should be organized and function. This book argues that there are administrative traditions that have their roots centuries ago but continue...

Recasting Public Administration in India

Kuldeep Mathur

Ever since a democratic system of government was adopted and a strategy of planned economic development was launched in India, the planners were quite conscious of the need for an administrative system different from the colonial one to implement the planned objective...

Community-Based Reconstruction of Society

Akihiko Hokugo , Yuka Kaneko

This volume presents an academic proposal, developed by a joint research group of leading scholars in the social and natural sciences from universities affected by global-scale mega disasters occurring in Asia in recent decades. These include Kobe University, which...

The Next Public Administration

B. Guy Peters , Jon Pierre

Written by two of the leading scholars in the field, this book explores public administration in the past, present and future, critically reviewing the modernization of public management reform. It reasserts public administration as an integral component of democratic...

The Governance of Infrastructure

Gerhard Hammerschmid , Genia Kostka , Kai Wegrich

Infrastructure only tends to be noticed when it is absent, declining, or decrepit, or when enormous cost overruns, time delays, or citizen protests make the headlines. If infrastructure is indeed a fundamental driver of economic growth and social development, why is it...

The Governance of Infrastructure

Gerhard Hammerschmid , Genia Kostka , Kai Wegrich

Infrastructure only tends to be noticed when it is absent, declining, or decrepit, or when enormous cost overruns, time delays, or citizen protests make the headlines. If infrastructure is indeed a fundamental driver of economic growth and social development, why is it...

How to Become an International Disaster Volunteer

Michael Noone

How to Become an International Disaster Volunteer discusses the immense value an experienced water systems engineer, trauma surgeon, or communications specialist could bring to a disaster stricken community, while also explaining how their professional educations do not...

Homeland Security

Jane Bullock , Damon Coppola , George Haddow

Homeland Security: The Essentials, Second Edition concisely outlines the risks facing the US today and the structures we have put in place to deal with them. The authors expertly delineate the bedrock principles of preparing for, mitigating, managing, and recovering...

Becoming an International Humanitarian Aid Worker

Chen Reis , Tania Bernath

Becoming an International Humanitarian Aid Worker draws on the experiences of those currently working and those hiring people to work in humanitarian aid today, and an analysis of job postings over a 9-month period. It provides relevant information and advice to help...

The Politics of Energy Crises

Juliet E. Carlisle , Jessica T. Feezell , Kristy E.H. Michaud , Eric R.A.N. Smith

Energy crises, which amount to painful combinations of energy shortages and soaring prices, have struck the United States several times in recent decades. Each time they have resulted in political and economic shockwaves because, when gasoline becomes more expensive,...