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Designed to publish research that increases understanding and knowledge of political sociology, this annual contains articles that are directed towards explaining the numerous interrelations that exist within and between social and political phenomena.

Part of a series studying political power and social theory, this volume discusses topics such as defence policy and corporate growth, global markets, governance structures and policy options, and reflections on embedded autonomy.

Focuses on organizational learning in schools and school systems. This volume compiles studies that range from developing intellectual capacities in individuals and teams to building intellectual capacity at the school and district levels. It also examines the effects of organizational learning in these settings.

Part of the series which aims to raise the level of interest in the specific problems of accounting in emerging economies and raise the awareness of the real issues. This work intends to make contribution to the accounting development process of emerging economies.

Part of a series which discusses advances in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting.

Discusses such topics as the effects of relationships and context among relative equals, paranoia and distrust in organizations, and perspective competition in a collaborative context.

This volume is one of a series of research annuals on qualitative research designed to take up issues and debates in this area that relate to methodology, the relationship between data collection and data analysis, and other topics.

Demonstrates the diversity of the field, Research in Public Administration. This volume contains thirteen pieces of research on a variety of topics including public management innovation; organizational learning; revenue forecasting; finance; qualitative research and research methods; intergovernmental relations; citizen participation; and more.

"Recent Developments in the Theory of Social Structure" is an integrated collection of essays reviewing and assessing progress in social structural analysis since 1970. Organizationally, the book is divided into six parts corresponding to six analytical levels of social structure.

Part of a series that is organized along thematic lines and aims to fill the gap between journals devoted to the topic and single-appearance edited books.

Makes an effort to systematically incorporate both the structural (new urban sociology) and cultural (human ecology) approaches in urban sociology. This volume is divided into two sections, the first presenting work by urban ecologists, the second presenting work by persons working within the broad contours of the new urban sociology.

New Directions in Educational Administration

Describes the ways some of the important social problems are handled by the public policy system. This book contains papers that discuss policy sciences, public policy analysis and public management, addressing operations and design issues for government organizations.

This is the third volume in a series dedicated to exploring the relationship between global development and government/public policy. This volume discusses issues of public budgeting and financial administration in developing nations.

This volume contains research in science and technology studies. It covers topics ranging from the computer as gendered material culture to the use of material culture in Shaker society.

This book gives the findings and solutions on the poor organizational performance the author experienced in so many of the companies he had worked with.

Deals with the topic of health inequalities and health disparities. This book examines racial and ethnic inequalities and disparities. It focuses on consumers and topics of health care disparities. It also focuses on issues related to substance abuse, mental health and related concerns.

Offers a sample of the papers presented at the Transport Science and Technology Congress, Athens 2004. Organized into four parts, this book adopts a global perspective with papers from the Americas, Asia and Europe. It aims to demonstrate the developments in merging scientific and technological discoveries to solve transportation problems.

Presents research in the field of applied business strategy.

A collection of chapters that address topics, and practices related to providing special education services for learners with exceptionalities in inclusive settings. This work presents information that reflects multiple perspectives, and philosophies as well as a movement to connect parents with teachers, and schools with communities.

Provides four articles covering an interesting set of topics in international management studies with a comparative focus. This work presents a diversity of theoretical and methodological approaches. It includes topics such as: organizational control in joint ventures; institutional and cultural effects on subsidiary operations; among others.

Places Oakland's public policy response to building damage suffered in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in a historical and intergovernmental context. Using a combined non-decision making and advocacy coalition approach, this book demonstrates why hazardous-structure abatement was kept off the political agenda prior to the Loma Prieta disaster.

Part of a series which considers research in human capital and development.

This series presents selected research papers dealing with important methodological and theoretical issues in the policy sciences, with research in policy-related disciplines, and applied research on issues in public policy analysis and public management.

Critically probes the significance of worldwide transformations in political and economic systems, asking: are new patterns of liberalization producing fundamental shifts in social, political and economic life? In what ways is agency important for understanding the historical formation and current development of new global and domestic patterns?

Looks at the noble tradition of giving advice on strategic management and organizational learning by exploring some elements of fundamental knowledge that might inform such advice.

Presents research in the history of economic thought and methodology. This book considers issues such as why historians should examine the history of economic thought, whether it is 'history' or 'economics', and whether it is progressive or cyclical.

The central theme of the collective memory is explored in this volume through examinations of other aspects of society: cultural studies; the university and intellectuals; regional studies and family life.

Addresses basic scientific and philosophical questions about the causes of alcoholism, their implications for individual responsibility and the most basic public policy questions that stem from clinical medicine and public health.

"New Essays on Abortion and Bioethics".