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Politics of Indignation: Imperialism, Postcolonial Disruptions and Social Change.

by Peter Mayo

Politics of Indignation is a challenging, accessible and exciting book. Not only does it provide a critical analysis

of the neoliberal onslaught on public education in many countries including Cuba, Nicaragua...


Agriculture and EU Environmental Law

by Brian Jack

This book provides a critical analysis of the development and current structure of European Union agri-environmental measures at a substantive level and is a valuable resource for academics researching and practitioners...


Green Oslo: Visions, Planning and Discourse

by Mark Luccarelli & Per Gunnar Røe

As urban regions face the demand to decrease fossil fuel dependency, many cities in the developing world are undertaking initiatives designed to create a greener city by aiming for a more sustainable form of...


EU Climate Policy: Industry, Policy Interaction and External Environment

by Elin Lerum Boasson & Jørgen Wettestad

A valuable and timely contribution to the scholarship of environmental management, this book assesses how the Europeanization and marketization of European industries, prominent European public management traditions,...


Transatlantic Trends in Democracy Promotion: Electoral Assistance in the Palestinian Territories

by Rouba Al-Fattal Eeckelaert

In this systematic, comparative analysis of European, American and Canadian efforts to assist elections and transform governance in conflict zones Rouba Al-Fattal greatly advances the empirical knowledge of...


Global Supply Chain Security

by James Giermanski

James Giermanski describes the advent and development of security operations in the global supply chain, outlining the respective contributions of governmental and nongovernmental stakeholders to this worldwide...


The Land Development Game in China

by Jianbo Ma

The book describes on-the-ground realities of policy making and implementation in China in the field of land development, and illustrates how a rigid central planning system works in practice. Among other things,...


Ethics and Management in the Public Sector

by Alan Lawton, Julie Rayner & Karin Lasthuizen

Grappling with ethical issues is a daily challenge for those working in organizations that deliver public services. Such services are delivered through an often bewildering range of agencies and amidst this...


Globalization, Political Institutions and the Environment in Developing Countries

by Gabriele Spilker

Though industrialized countries are usually the ones indicted when environmental pollution is discussed, over the few last years the rate of emissions in developing countries has increased by a startling amount....


Sustainability and Short-term Policies: Improving Governance in Spatial Policy Interventions

by Stefan Sjöblom & Andersson

There has been a profound change within the sphere of government and societal regulation in recent years. Traditional hierarchical government has been challenged by new governance instruments relying on negotiations...


Going Grey: The Mediation of Politics in an Ageing Society

by Scott Davidson

'Going Grey' provides insight into how ageing and the increased proportion of older voters is being framed by the media. It investigates emerging discourses on the topic founded on economic pessimism and predictions...


Parallel Patterns of Shrinking Cities and Urban Growth: Spatial Planning for Sustainable Development of City Regions and Rural Areas

by Robin Ganser & Piro

Bringing together contributions from internationally renowned authors, such as Sir Peter Hall, Steve Ward and Johann Jessen, the book compares international case studies and highlights their relationships with...


Global Cities and Networks for Global Environmental Governance

by Sofie Bouteligier

As a result of global dynamics-the increasing interconnection of people and places-innovations in global environmental governance haved altered the role of cities in shaping the future of the planet.  This...


Climate Change and Small Island States: Power, Knowledge and the South Pacific

by John Campbell & Jon Barnett

Small Island Developing States are often depicted as being among the most vulnerable of all places to the effects of climate change, and they are a cause c?l?bre of many involved in climate science, politics...


Open Government (Routledge Revivals): A study of the prospects of open government within the limitations of the British political system

by Richard A. Chapman & Michael Hunt

First published in 1987 this book considers the practical implications of increasing public access to official information in Britain, both from the perspective of increasing Freedom of Information and reforming...


Leadership in the British Civil Service (Routledge Revivals): A study of Sir Percival Waterfield and the creation of the Civil Service Selection Board

by Richard A. Chapman

First published in 1984, this book examines the style of leadership amongst senior civil servants and its impact on administrative reform by investigating the work of Sir Percival Waterfield who was First Civil...


Earth at Risk: Building a Resistance Movement to Save the Planet

by Derrick Jensen & Lierre Keith

The annual conference Earth at Risk: Building a Resistance Movement to Save the Planet features environmental thinkers and activists who are willing to ask the hardest questions about the seriousness of the...


Rules for Conservatives: A Response to Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky

by Michael Charles Master

Saul Alinsky wrote Rules for Radicals 40 years ago as instructions on how to seize power. He was the original community organizer who documented how to organize others to provide power to the organizers. Alinsky...


Watergate: The Corruption of American Politics and the Fall of Richard Nixon

by Fred Emery

Here is the definitive history of the Watergate scandal—based on the most recently released tapes, in-depth interviews with many of the participants, and hundreds of official and unofficial documents, including...


Pastoralism and Development in Africa: Dynamic Change at the Margins

by Andy Catley, Jeremy Lind & Ian Scoones

Once again, the Horn of Africa has been in the headlines. And once again the news has been bad: drought, famine, conflict, hunger, suffering and death. The finger of blame has been pointed in numerous directions:...