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Organizing Leviathan

Author : Carl Dahlström
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 131682876X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (168 download)

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Download or read book Organizing Leviathan written by Carl Dahlström and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-21 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are some countries less corrupt and better governed than others? Challenging conventional explanations on the remarkable differences in quality of government worldwide, this book argues that the organization of bureaucracy is an often overlooked but critical factor. Countries where merit-recruited employees occupy public bureaucracies perform better than those where public employees owe their post to political connections. The book provides a coherent theory of why, and ample evidence showing that meritocratic bureaucracies are conducive to lower levels of corruption, higher government effectiveness, and more flexibility to adopt modernizing reforms. Data comes from both a novel dataset on the bureaucratic structures of over 100 countries as well as from narratives of particular countries, with a special focus on the relationship between politicians and bureaucrats in Spain and Sweden. A notable contribution to the literature in comparative politics and public policy on good governance, and to corruption studies more widely.

Organizing Leviathan

Author : Carl Dahlström
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107177596
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Organizing Leviathan written by Carl Dahlström and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-06-29 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the quality of government worldwide, their organizational structure, and why some countries are less corrupt and better governed than others.

Process, Sensemaking, and Organizing

Author : Tor Hernes
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191628212
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Process, Sensemaking, and Organizing written by Tor Hernes and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Process, Sensemaking, and Organizing is the first in a series of volumes which explore perspectives on process theories, an emerging approach to the study of organizations that focuses on (understanding) activities, interactions, and change as essential properties of organizations rather than structures and state - an approach which prioritizes activity over product, change over persistence, novelty over continuity, and expression over determination. Process and sensemaking may be seen as mutually interlocking phenomena and, as such, are cornerstones in process thinking, This volume brings together contributions from an international group of scholars energized by process organization studies. The collection offers perspectives from different disciplines, insights from diverse theoretical traditions and contexts, and parallels made with a range of cultural forms, including art, poetry, and cookery. At the same time, the chapters exhibit a clear emphasis on a process ontology, process theorizing, and narrative thinking. Across this rich and varied collection recurrent themes emerge that distinguish process theorizing from the more logico-scientific, variance-oriented research that dominates organization studies today. This book will appeal to academics, researchers, and graduate students in management, organization studies, and sociology who wish to better understand the emergent, changing, and flow-like character of organizational life and expand their understanding of the nature of sensemaking as a basis for organizing.

Leviathan

Author : Thomas Hobbes
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 048612214X
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book Leviathan written by Thomas Hobbes and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-10-03 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written during a moment in English history when the political and social structures were in flux and open to interpretation, Leviathan played an essential role in the development of the modern world.

Organization and Organizing

Author : Daniel Robichaud
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136207325
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Organization and Organizing written by Daniel Robichaud and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recipient of the '2013 Top Edited Book Award', by the Organizational Communication Division of the National Communication Association (USA) This timely collection addresses central issues in organizational communication theory on the nature of organizing and organization. The unique strength of this volume is its contribution to the conception of materiality, agency, and discourse in current theorizing and research on the constitution of organizations. It addresses such questions as: To what extent should the materiality of texts and artifacts be accounted for in a process view of organization? What part does materiality play in the process by which organizations achieve continuity in time and space? In what sense do artifacts perform a role in human communication and interaction and in the constitution of organization? What are the voices and entities participating in the emergence and stabilization of organizational reality? The work represents scholarship going on in various parts of the world, and features contributions that overcome traditional conceptions of the nature of organizing by addressing in specific ways the difficult issues of the performative character of agency; materiality as the basis of the iterability of communication and continuity of organizations; and discourse as both textuality and interaction. The contributions laid out in this book also pay tribute to the work of the organizational communication theorist James R. Taylor, who developed a view of organization as deeply rooted in communication and language. Contributors extend and challenge Taylor’s communicative view by tackling issues and assumptions left implicit in his work.

In Pursuit of Leviathan

Author : Lance E. Davis
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226137902
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book In Pursuit of Leviathan written by Lance E. Davis and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Pursuit of Leviathan traces the American whaling industry from its rise in the 1840s to its precipitous fall at the end of the nineteenth century. Using detailed and comprehensive data that describe more than four thousand whaling voyages from New Bedford, Massachusetts, the leading nineteenth-century whaling port, the authors explore the market for whale products, crew quality and labor contracts, and whale biology and distribution, and assess the productivity of the American fleet. They then examine new whaling techniques developed at the end of the nineteenth century, such as modified clippers and harpoons, and the introduction of darting guns. Despite the common belief that the whaling industry declined due to a fall in whale stocks, the authors argue that the industry's collapse was related to changes in technology and market conditions. Providing a wealth of historical information, In Pursuit of Leviathan is a classic industry study that will provide intriguing reading for anyone interested in the history of whaling.

Routledge Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions

Author : Jennifer Gandhi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317551796
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions written by Jennifer Gandhi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-10 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions (HCPI) is designed to serve as a comprehensive reference guide to our accumulated knowledge and the cutting edge of scholarship about political institutions in the comparative context. It differs from existing handbooks in that it focuses squarely on institutions but also discusses how they intersect with the study of mass behaviour and explain important outcomes, drawing on the perspective of comparative politics. The Handbook is organized into three sections: The first section, consisting of six chapters, is organized around broad theoretical and empirical challenges affecting the study of institutions. It highlights the major issues that emerge among scholars defining, measuring, and analyzing institutions. The second section includes fifteen chapters, each of which handles a different substantive institution of importance in comparative politics. This section covers traditional topics, such as electoral rules and federalism, as well as less conventional but equally important areas, including authoritarian institutions, labor market institutions, and the military. Each chapter not only provides a summary of our current state of knowledge on the topic, but also advances claims that emphasise the research frontier on the topic and that should encourage greater investigation. The final section, encompassing seven chapters, examines the relationship between institutions and a variety of important outcomes, such as political violence, economic performance, and voting behavior. The idea is to consider what features of the political, sociological, and economic world we understand better because of the scholarly attention to institutions. Featuring contributions from leading researchers in the field from the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere, this Handbook will be of great interest to all students and scholars of political institutions, political behaviour and comparative politics. Jennifer Gandhi is Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Emory University. Rubén Ruiz-Rufino is Lecturer in International Politics, Department of Political Economy, King’s College London.

Governing the Contemporary Administrative State

Author : Jarle Trondal
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031280083
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book Governing the Contemporary Administrative State written by Jarle Trondal and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-05-17 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the transformation of the administrative state, since it was first coined by Dwight Waldo seventy years ago. Empirically, the book assesses how the administrative state is facing endogenous reforms through administrative devolution, as well as exogenous shifts by the rise of multilevel administrative systems and international bureaucracy. Facing dual shifts, the book offers a comprehensive analysis of how the administrative state handles three interconnected challenges: first, a need for innovation and reform, as well as stability and robustness; second, administrative autonomy among regulatory bodies, as well as political leadership and democratic accountability; and third, nation-state sovereignty and international collaboration. It also highlights the robust character of the administrative state by demonstrating profound stability in public governance even during times of profound turbulence. It will appeal to scholars and students of public policy, public administration and global governance, as well as practitioners interested in new developments in public governance.

Understanding and Improving Public Management Reforms

Author : Thomas Elston
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447360885
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Understanding and Improving Public Management Reforms written by Thomas Elston and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do top-down reforms to public services so often over-promise and under-deliver? Using five concepts from psychology, economics and organisational sociology, Thomas Elston addresses this pressing question of good governance. Focusing on the practical challenge of how to undertake better public management reforms, he questions the assumption that failure typically occurs because of poor reform implementation. Instead, he shows how reforms are often badly designed from the outset, being fashion-led, more focused more on fixing errors than exploiting opportunities and ignoring implicit costs of change. This concise, practically-orientated work employs diverse examples to propose ways to improve the design of public sector reform programmes -- and the services that citizens receive.

Managing Organizations to Sustain Passion for Public Service

Author : James L. Perry
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108843255
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Managing Organizations to Sustain Passion for Public Service written by James L. Perry and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New behavioural science knowledge about motivation in public service from a pioneer of the field.

Climate Leviathan

Author : Joel Wainwright
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1786634317
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (866 download)

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Download or read book Climate Leviathan written by Joel Wainwright and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **Winner of the 2019 Sussex International Theory Prize** -- How climate change will affect our political theory - for better and worse Despite the science and the summits, leading capitalist states have not achieved anything close to an adequate level of carbon mitigation. There is now simply no way to prevent the planet breaching the threshold of two degrees Celsius set by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. What are the likely political and economic outcomes of this? Where is the overheating world heading? To further the struggle for climate justice, we need to have some idea how the existing global order is likely to adjust to a rapidly changing environment. Climate Leviathan provides a radical way of thinking about the intensifying challenges to the global order. Drawing on a wide range of political thought, Joel Wainwright and Geoff Mann argue that rapid climate change will transform the world's political economy and the fundamental political arrangements most people take for granted. The result will be a capitalist planetary sovereignty, a terrifying eventuality that makes the construction of viable, radical alternatives truly imperative.

Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Management

Author : Schedler, Kuno
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1800375492
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Management written by Schedler, Kuno and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive Encyclopedia is an essential reference text for students, scholars and practitioners in public management. Offering a broad and inter-cultural perspective on public management as a field of practice and science, it covers all the most relevant and contemporary terms and concepts, comprising 78 entries written by nearly 100 leading international scholars.

Handbook of Accounting and Public Governance

Author : Giuseppe Grossi
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1800888457
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Accounting and Public Governance written by Giuseppe Grossi and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-12 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expertly navigating the complex relationships between accounting and the development of hybridized public governance, this erudite Handbook critically analyses the most pressing challenges and limitations currently facing accounting and public governance research. Comprehensively drawing intricate links between accounting, public governance and hybridization, it conceptualizes the role of accounting by looking at the current and prospective needs of hybridized public governance.

Rethinking Theories of Governance

Author : Christopher Ansell
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789909198
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (899 download)

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Book Synopsis Rethinking Theories of Governance by : Christopher Ansell

Download or read book Rethinking Theories of Governance written by Christopher Ansell and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-06 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considering whether theories of governance are useful for helping policymakers to meet and tackle contemporary challenges, this insightful book reflects on how a theory becomes useful and evaluates a range of theories according to whether they are warranted, diagnostic, and dialogical.

The Politics of Patronage Appointments in Latin American Central Administrations

Author : Francisco Panizza
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822988925
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Patronage Appointments in Latin American Central Administrations written by Francisco Panizza and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although merit system selection and management of public personnel is thought of as the standard for good governance, public employees frequently are appointed by political officials rather than being members of a career civil service. In fact, there has been an increase in the level of patronage appointments and politicization of public administration over the past several decades as political leaders attempt to impose their control over the public bureaucracy. Although widespread, patronage appointments in the public sector are particularly important in Latin America, where there is a tradition of extensive patronage. The Politics of Patronage Appointments in Latin American Central Administrations seeks to understand the motivations of patrons when they make appointments, the roles appointees play, the skills required to play these roles, and what accounts for different modalities of patronage. It moves beyond the conventional condemnation of patronage to examine the multiple uses of political appointments, which can be crucial for obtaining the services of highly qualified individuals who otherwise might not be willing to work in the public sector.

Political Struggle in Latin America

Author : Craig L. Arceneaux
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031079043
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Political Struggle in Latin America written by Craig L. Arceneaux and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-09-23 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses in an accessible way how emerging globalizing processes are setting the stage for new forms of social and political struggle in Latin America, with increased involvement of multilateral and foreign actors, and impacts of global political populism and populist social media. These are opening up new strategies and opportunities for activists, and offer new arenas of contestation for international organizations. The book analyzes the struggles of select marginalized groups, specifically the urban poor, indigenous groups, women's and LGBTQ groups, and the vulnerable middle classes. Each case is examined in the context of a distinct struggle for citizenship, identity, inclusion, and or the rule of law. The study offers a broad historical analysis of the region through the context of these struggles. It tackles some of the most pressing issues surrounding the current politics of Latin America, including identity politics, cultural appropriation, social mobilization and protest, neoliberal reform, reproductive rights and sexual autonomy, corruption, the influence of religion and patriarchy, crime and social justice, inequality and poverty, the informal economy, and urban exclusion. In doing so, it details not only how these are not new struggles, but also how they have evolved over time. In the contemporary period, the book explores how the actors as well as character of their struggle are changing through a globalized interchange of ideas and processes. The book covers a wide geographical area in Latin America, with a particular focus on countries with Spanish or Portuguese colonial backgrounds, and is for researchers, students and laypersons interested in new globalizing forces affecting Latin American society and polity.

Building Trust in Public Institutions Drivers of Trust in Public Institutions in Norway

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264553827
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (645 download)

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Download or read book Building Trust in Public Institutions Drivers of Trust in Public Institutions in Norway written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trust in public institutions is a cornerstone of the Norwegian administrative and political model. It has also been a crucial element in Norway’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Preserving and strengthening this “trust capital” will be essential for Norway in addressing future trade-offs and challenges, such as ensuring the sustainability of the welfare model, coping with climate change and maintaining social cohesion.