Leading cities : a global review of city leadership

Leading Cities is a global review of the state of city leadership and urban governance today. Drawing on research into 202 cities in 100 countries, the book provides a broad, international evidence base grounded in the experiences of all types of cities. It offers a scholarly but also practical assessment of how cities are led, what challenges their leaders face, and the ways in which this lead…

Learning, philosophy, and African citizenship

This open access book discusses and addresses the compelling questions concerning the ideals of citizenship, the processes of learning to fulfill these ideals, and possibilities of education in fostering citizenship. Rather than advocating for one framework, the authors demonstrate the continuously contested nature of the concept of citizenship as theoretically discussed and practically experie…

Dumbing Down : The Crisis of Quality and Equity in a Once-Great School System…

This open access book examines the challenges and issues caused by a move to a marketized education system in Sweden. Observing the introduction of the school voucher system and a postmodern social constructivist view of knowledge, the move away from objective knowledge is identified as the core reason for Sweden’s current education crisis. The impact of declining education standards on the l…

Beyond The State; The Colonial Medical Service In British Africa

The Colonial Medical Service was the personnel section of the Colonial Service, employing the doctors who tended to the health of both the colonial staff and the local populations of the British Empire. Although the Service represented the pinnacle of an elite government agency, its reach in practice stretched far beyond the state, with the members of the African service collaborating, formally…

Governing failure : provisional expertise and the transformation of global de…

Edition

edision 27

ISBN/ISSN

9781139542739

Collation

ix. :275 p.

Series Title

-

Call Number

332.153. GOV j

The advisory roles of political scientists in Europe : comparing engagements …

This open access book centres on the advisory roles of political scientists in Europe. Based on a cross-national survey, the book offers a comparative analysis of the viewpoints and activities of university-based political scientists on external engagement. Political scientists in Europe appear more extrovert as academics than sometimes thought. In their professional functioning they engage in …

A people's history of the second world war

A People's History of the Second World War unearths the fascinating history of the war as fought 'from below'. Until now, the vast majority of historical accounts have focussed on the conflict between the Allied and Axis powers for imperialist mastery. Donny Gluckstein shows that in fact between 1939 and 1945 two distinct wars were fought – one ‘from above’ and one ‘from below’. Using…

Southeast Asia And The Civil Society Gaze

As developing countries with recent histories of isolation and extreme poverty, followed by restoration and reform, both Cambodia and Vietnam have seen new opportunities and demands for non-state actors to engage in and manage the effects of rapid socio-economic transformation. This book examines how in both countries, civil society actors and the state manage their relationship to one another …

Afghanistan’s Islam: From Conversion To The Taliban

This book provides the first overview of the history and development of Islam in Afghanistan. Written by leading international experts, chapters cover every era from the conversion of Afghanistan through the medieval period to the present day. Based on primary sources in Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Uzbek, and Urdu, its depth of coverage is unrivalled in providing a developmental picture of Afghani…

Gerakan laung bahenda militansi orang dayak bakumpai mempertahankan lahan gam…

Buku ini merupakan narasi ilmiah tentang upaya orang Dayak Bakumpai di Kalimantan Selatan dalam mempertahankan lahan mereka yang disebut padang dari ekspansi perkebunan kelapa sawit. Menarik dari buku ini adalah, jika selama ini gerakan sosial dilakukan dengan melakukan aksi penghadangan, pelaporan kepolisian, pengrusakan, berbeda dengan apa yang dilakukan oleh orang Bakumpai ini, mereka memper…