What does political science tell us about important real-world problems and issues? And to what extent does and can political analysis contribute to solutions? Debates about the funding, impact and relevance of political science in contemporary democracies have made this a vital and hotly contested topic of discussion, and in this original text authors from around the world respond to the challenge. A robust defence is offered of the achievements of political science research, but the book is not overly sanguine given its sustained recognition of the need for improvement in the way that political science is done. New insights are provided into the general issues raised by relevance, into blockages to relevance, and into the contributions that the different subfields of political science can and do make. The book concludes with a new manifesto for relevance that seeks to combine a commitment to rigour with a commitment to engagement.

The Relevance of Political Science (Political Analysis, 3)

Business & Money

Stoker, Gerry

Economics

Red Globe Press

Why Politics Matters: Making Democracy Work

Profound social changes have made governance and political leadership more challenging than ever. The result is that politics in the democratic world faces a crisis in the 21st century. The revised edition of this highly successful text reassesses the gap between citizen expectation and the realities of government in light of new developments.

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Palgrave

This book examines the changing nature of local politics, drawing on the latest research from the ESRC Local Governance Program. It assesses the emergence of new forms of elite organizations and changing power relations in the context of increasing roles for business and other partners. The book concludes with a consideration of the extent to which the emerging system of local governance can meet the social and economic challenges created by globalization.

The New Politics of British Local Governance (Government Beyond the Centre)

History

Europe

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Written by experts from all over Europe, this book provides an overview of issues and developments in European local government and in-depth analysis of its changing status, functions, management and control in each of the main countries. 'Local Government in Europe'is a stimulating and thought-provoking book, well produced and attractively presented by the publishers, which adds to the incentive to read it rather than just buy it and shelve it for future use'.John Benington, Public Administration.

Local Government in Europe: Trends And Developments (Government beyond the Centre, 32)

Johnston, Joyce

This book examines the changing nature of local politics, drawing on the latest research from the ESRC Local Governance Programme. It assesses the emergence of new forms of élite organisations and changing power relations in the context of increasing roles for business and other partners. Public responses to changes in local governance are covered in depth including new forms of participation and protest. The book concludes with a consideration of the extent to which the emerging system of local governance can meet the social and economic challenges created by globalization.

The New Politics of British Local Governance (Government beyond the Centre, 8)

The New Politics of British Local Governance (Government beyond the Centre, 41)

Drawing on the author's unrivalled experience and expertise in both research and policy-making, this important new book provides a systematic assessment of the changing nature of local governance in Britain and a conceptual framework for understanding the new governance of localities. The author analyzes in detail what New Labour has been trying to do to local governance and management and assesses how and why it has achieved only a mixed record of change. The book concludes by providing a vision of good local governance and an assessment of future challenges for research and reform.

Transforming Local Governance: From Thatcherism to New Labour (Government beyond the Centre, 17)

Drawing on the author's unrivalled experience and expertise in both research and policy-making, this important new book provides a systematic assessment of the changing nature of local governance in Britain and a conceptual framework for understanding the new governance of localities. The author analyzes in detail what New Labour has been trying to do to local governance and management and assesses how and why it has achieved only a mixed record of change. The book concludes by providing a vision of good local governance and an assessment of future challenges for research and reform.

Transforming Local Governance: From Thatcherism to New Labour (Government beyond the Centre, 1)

Historical Study & Educational Resources

The search for a more holistic approach to policy and management looks set to be as much a hallmark of public service reform in the early twenty first century as the changes introduced under the rubric of 'new public management' or 'reinventing government' were in the closing decades of the twentieth. Towards Holistic Governance presents an authoritative assessment of successes and failures to date and a new framework for analysis and implementation based on extensive research both in the UK - where the New Labour government has been an early enthusiast and pathfinder for 'joined-up government' just as its predecessors were for privatisation and contracting out - and elsewhere.

Towards Holistic Governance: The New Reform Agenda

Perri 6

Leat, Diana

Seltzer, Kimberly

Seltzer, Kimberley

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The Relevance of Political Science (Political Analysis, 3)

Why Politics Matters: Making Democracy Work

Why Politics Matters: Making Democracy Work

The New Politics of British Local Governance (Government Beyond the Centre)

Local Government in Europe: Trends And Developments (Government beyond the Centre, 32)

The New Politics of British Local Governance (Government beyond the Centre, 8)

The New Politics of British Local Governance (Government beyond the Centre, 41)

Transforming Local Governance: From Thatcherism to New Labour (Government beyond the Centre, 17)

Transforming Local Governance: From Thatcherism to New Labour (Government beyond the Centre, 1)

Towards Holistic Governance: The New Reform Agenda