Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions最新文献

Top-Down Central Inspection and Subnational Discretion in Policymaking

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Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1111/gove.70013

Shiyang Xiao, Yilin Hou, Mary Lovely

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Subnational Lobbying on National Policymaking: Evidence From Germany

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Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1111/gove.70012

Florian Spohr, Patrick Bernhagen, Krispin Krüger

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Motivated to Be Policy Entrepreneurs: The Changing Political Climate and Expert Involvement in China's Policy Process

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Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions Pub Date : 2025-03-15 DOI: 10.1111/gove.70011

Zhipeng Ye, Zelin Xue

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Varieties of Managerialism Inside the State. The Long-Term Transformations of Management Structures in the French and German Central Governments

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Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1111/gove.70008

Philippe Bezes, Jana Bertels, Scott Viallet-Thévenin

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Imperial Borderlands. By Bogdan G. Popescu, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. 332 pp. $110.00 (cloth). ISBN: 9781009365215

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Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions Pub Date : 2025-03-11 DOI: 10.1111/gove.70014

Joan Ricart-Huguet

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Planning for Cities in Crisis: Lessons From Gondar, Ethiopia. By Mulatu Wubneh, Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, 2022. 315 pp. $109 (eBook). ISBN: 978-3-031-18416-1

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Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions Pub Date : 2025-03-08 DOI: 10.1111/gove.70010

Hijrah Lail, Risma Abbas, Andi Muh Mario Haring

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Policy Analysis: A Practical Introduction. By David Bromell, Cham: Springer, 2024. xiii+241 pp. EUR 64,19 (ebook), EUR 74,99 (hardcover). ISBN: 978-3-031-55363-9; ISBN: 978-3-031-55364-6 (eBook)

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Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions Pub Date : 2025-03-04 DOI: 10.1111/gove.70009

A. Muhammad Nurfajrin Nasri

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Promoting Integrity in the Work of International Organizations. By Duncan Smith, Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2021. pp. 367. $69.99 (paper)

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Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI: 10.1111/gove.70005

Andrea De Tommaso

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Mission Driven Bureaucrats: Empowering People to Help Governments Do Better. By Dan Honig, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024. 264 pp. $14.99 (ebook). ISBN: 978-0197641200

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Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions Pub Date : 2025-02-15 DOI: 10.1111/gove.70006

Guillermo Toral

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Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash From 1600 to the Present. By Fareed Zakaria, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2024. 400 pp. $29.99 (cloth). ISBN: 978-0-393-23923-2

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Governance-An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions Pub Date : 2025-02-14 DOI: 10.1111/gove.70007

Virak Prum

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