A Research Agenda for Public Administration

2019

Author: Andrew Massey

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781788117258

Category: POLITICAL SCIENCE

Page: 264

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This book addresses salient current issues in public administration research. It seeks to suggest where future research may or indeed ought to be focussed. To advocate the future routes for the development of research, this book is divided into themes, with a clear overlap between different approaches. The book has contributions that will assist students of public administration/public sector management and public policy, especially new PhD students, but will also be a useful resource for more established researchers to understand the major emerging issues within the field.

A Research Agenda for Public–Private Partnerships and the Governance of Infrastructure

2022-04-21

Author: Hodge, Graeme A.

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781839105883

Category: Political Science

Page: 400

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This timely Research Agenda examines the ways in which public–private partnerships (PPPs) in infrastructure continue to excite policy makers, governments, research scholars and critics around the world. It analyzes the PPP research journey to date and articulates the lessons learned as a result of the increasing interest in improving infrastructure governance. Expert international contributors explore how PPP ideas have spread, transferred and transformed, and propose a range of future research directions.

A Research Agenda for Governance

2022-05-03

Author: Peters, B. Guy

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781788117999

Category: Political Science

Page: 256

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This Research Handbook offers a comprehensive study of existing and emerging general principles of EU law by scholars from a wide range of expertise in EU law, international law, legal theory and different areas of substantive law. It explores the theory, content, role and function of general principles in EU law to better understand general principles as a mechanism for the substantive openness of the EU legal order as well as for cross-fertilization and coherence of legal orders. Their potential as a tool to manage the interaction of legal regimes and orders is a particular focal point and will make this Handbook a must-read for scholars of EU Law.

A Research Agenda for Governance

2022-05-28

Author: Jon Pierre

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 1788117980

Category:

Page: 208

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This incisive Research Agenda for Governance draws together unique contributions from leading scholars to examine the two distinct models of governance: the traditional model, based on the state and exercise of control through law and bureaucracy, and an alternative model centred on the collaboration of public and private sector actors.

A Research Agenda for Administrative Law

2023-02-14

Author: Carol Harlow

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781800883765

Category: Law

Page: 343

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With the aim of expanding legal scholarly imagination, this Research Agenda takes a tripolar approach to administrative law. It opens the boundaries of administrative law scholarship to new subject areas, exemplifies and opens for consideration several different attitudes to research, and illustrates a multiplicity of different ways of writing about the subject.

A Research Agenda for Civil Society

2022-10-14

Author: Biekart, Kees

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781800378155

Category: Political Science

Page: 333

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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Mapping a wide range of civil society research perspectives, this pioneering Research Agenda offers a rich and clear insight for academics and practitioners hoping to embark on future civil society research. Kees Biekart and Alan Fowler bring together over 20 expert contributions from researchers across the globe who are actively engaged in testing the old and generating new knowledge about civil society.

A Research Agenda for Service Innovation

2018-08-31

Author: Faïz Gallouj

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781786433459

Category: Business & Economics

Page: 200

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This book aims to take account of the major advances made in ‘Service Innovation Studies’ (SIS) and above all to provide an agenda setting out the research priorities in the field. This agenda is established by considering the issue of innovation in services in relation to a number of major contemporary challenges, including environmental issues, social inclusion, economic development, service ecosystems, smart service systems, religion, ageing, public organizations, gender, and ethical and societal issues. Bringing together internationals experts in the field of SIS, the book illustrates the strength and fertility of this research trajectory. It will be of great interest for both services and innovation scholars in economics, management science and public administration.

A Research Agenda for Regional and Local Government

2021-05-28

Author: Mark Callanan

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781839106644

Category: Social Science

Page: 200

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This insightful Research Agenda takes a thematic approach to analysing reform in regional and local government, exploring central concepts such as devolution, Europeanisation and globalisation. Expert contributors address key trends in structural change and reorganisation, subnational autonomy and decentralisation, metropolitan governance, and multi-level governance.

A Research Agenda for Housing

2019

Author: Markus Moos

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781788116510

Category: Political Science

Page: 256

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Housing is one of the most pertinent issues of our time. Shaped by rapid urbanization, financialization, and various changes in demography, technology, political ideology and public policy, the provision of affordable, adequate, and suitable housing has become an increasingly challenging feat. From high-rise apartment towers constructed in global cities around the world to informal settlements rapidly expanding across the global south, this volume focuses on how political, economic, and societal changes are shaping housing in a variety of contexts.

A Research Agenda for Global Crime

2019

Author: Tim Hall

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781786438676

Category: SOCIAL SCIENCE

Page: 200

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This multidisciplinary collection of essays by leading international scholars explores many pressing issues related to global crime. The book opens with essays that look across this diverse terrain and then moves on to consider specific areas including organised crime, cyber-crime, war-crimes, terrorism, state and private violence, riots and political protest, prisons, sport and crime and counterfeit goods. The book emphasises the centrality of crime to the contemporary global world and mobilises diverse disciplinary positions to help understand and address this.

A Research Agenda for Economic Psychology

2019

Author: Katharina Gangl

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781788116060

Category: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Page: 232

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This book presents state of the art reviews on classical and novel research fields in economic psychology. Internationally acknowledged experts and the next generation of younger researchers summarize the knowledge in their fields and outline promising avenues of future research. Chapters include fundamental as well as applied research topics such as the psychology of money, experience-based product design and the enhancement of financial capabilities. The book is targeted particularly towards researchers and advanced students looking to update their knowledge and refresh their thinking on future research developments.

A Research Agenda for Tourism Geographies

2019

Author: Dieter K. Müller

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781786439314

Category: SCIENCE

Page: 192

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In recent years, tourism geographies have developed into a vibrant field of research at the intersection of geography and tourism studies. The book presents a unique collection of individual research agendas aiming to inspire the pursuit of new avenues of research. Although there have been arguments to apply post-disciplinary perspectives within tourism research, this book highlights the interest and potential of tourism geographers to contribute to a geographical tradition and influence the future content of geography as a discipline.

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