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Local Government Budget Stabilization: Explorations and Evidence
This book is the first comprehensive, full-scale treatment of the politics, law, and economics with regard to the policies and policy instruments for budget stabilization at the local level. It examines budget stabilization in the United States from the 1910s to 2010 (from adoption of public budgeting in this country through the Great Recession). In addition, it provides details on the methods …
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- 78-3-319-15186-1
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Stand up, Speak out : The Practice and Ethics of Public Speaking
Stand up, Speak out: The Practice and Ethics of Public Speaking features two key themes. First it focuses on helping students become more seasoned and polished public speakers, and second is its emphasis on ethics in communication. It is this practical approach and integrated ethical coverage that sets Stand up, Speak out: The Practice and Ethics of Public Speaking apart from the other texts in…
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- 9781946135254
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- 808.51 STA
Aging Well : Solutions to the Most Pressing Global Challenges of Aging
This open access book outlines the challenges of supporting the health and wellbeing of older adults around the world and offers examples of solutions designed by stakeholders, healthcare providers, and public, private and nonprofit organizations in the United States. The solutions presented address challenges including: providing person-centered long-term care, making palliative care accessibl…
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- 978-981-13-2164-1
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- XVII, 218 halaman
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- 362 GAL a
The Complexity of Tax Simplification
Simplicity in taxation has considerable potential advantages. However, attempts to simplify tax systems are only likely to be successful and enduring if they take account of the reasons why taxation is complex. There are strong pressures on tax systems to accommodate a range of important factors, as well as complex and changing national and international environments within which modern tax sys…
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- 978-1-137-47869-6
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- XIV, 273
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Statistical Causal Inferences and Their Applications in Public Health Research
This book compiles and presents new developments in statistical causal inference. The accompanying data and computer programs are publicly available so readers may replicate the model development and data analysis presented in each chapter. In this way, methodology is taught so that readers may implement it directly. The book brings together experts engaged in causal inference research to prese…
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- 978-3-319-41259-7
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- XV, 321,13 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
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Start-Up City: Inspiring Private and Public Entrepreneurship, Getting Project…
There has been a revolution in urban transportation over the past five years—set off by start-ups across the US and internationally. Sleek, legible mobility platforms are connecting people to cars, trains, buses, and bikes as never before, opening up a range of new transportation options while improving existing ones. While many large city governments, such as Chicago, New York, and Washingto…
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- 978-1610916905
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Liberalizations in Network Industries: Economics, Policy and Politics
This book explores the wave of liberalization reforms experienced by OECD network industries. Focusing on the telecommunications sector, the authors analyze the latest data available on liberalization and privatization, and following a political economics approach, they integrate standard economic analysis with the most recent studies of the political determinants of market-oriented policies. T…
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- 978-3-319-43717-0
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Connecting Canadians Investigations in Community Informatics
Funded for four years by the SSHRC’s Initiative for the New Economy, CRACIN systematically studied a wide variety of Canadian community ICT initiatives, bringing perspectives from sociology, computer science, critical theory, women’s studies, library and information sciences, and management studies to bear on networking technologies. A comprehensive thematic account of this in-depth researc…
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- 9781926836041.01
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- 518 pages
Policy Controversies and Political Blame Games
Tujuan dari seri Kebijakan Publik Komparatif adalah untuk memajukan pemahaman kebijakan publik melalui publikasi hasil penelitian komparatif tentang sifat, dinamika, dan konteks tantangan kebijakan utama dan tanggapannya.
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- 9781108860116
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- T 306.2 HIN p
Exercise in Space A Holistic Approach for the Benefit of Human Health on Earth
This volume of the Series SpringerBriefs in Space Life Sciences summarizes the newest finding in the field of mental health and physiological exercise in Space. Currently two major challenges are impacting human health in the western societies, one being a move towards a sedentary society, the second one being longevity. Both have a considerable impact on physical as well as mental health. Spac…
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- 978-3-319-29571-8
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- 8 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
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