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Value and Virtue in Public Administration: A Comparative Perspective

By Kenneth A. Loparo, P. Kim

The Long Shot: The Inside Story of the Race to Vaccinate Britain

By Kate Bingham, Tim Hames

Using evidence: How research can inform public services

By Sandra M. Nutley (University of St Andrews), Isabel Walter (ESRC Research Unit for Research Utilisation, University of St Andrews), Huw T.O. Davies (Department of Management

The Councillor

By Paul Clayden

Providing a Sure Start: How government discovered early childhood

By Naomi Eisenstadt (International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics)

A Guide to the Contemporary Commonwealth

By W. McIntyre

The Essential Public Manager

By Christopher Pollitt

Public Sector Management

By Norman Flynn

Public and Local Authority Accounts

By L.E. Rockley

Immigration Policymaking in the Global Era: In Pursuit of Global Talent

By N. Duncan

Public Participation in Foreign Policy

By J. Headley, A. Reitzig, J. Burton

Fairness, Class and Belonging in Contemporary England

By K. Smith

Rethinking Public Service Delivery: Managing with External Providers

By John Alford (University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia), Janine O'Flynn (University of Melbourne

Managing Regulation: Regulatory Analysis, Politics and Policy

By Martin Lodge, Kai Wegrich

Welfare State Transformations: Comparative Perspectives

By M. Seeleib-Kaiser

European Capitalist Welfare Societies: The Challenge of Sustainability

By P. Frericks, R. Maier

Adaptation, Poverty and Development: The Dynamics of Subjective Well-Being

By D. Clark

Re-imagining Government: Public Leadership and Management in Challenging Times

By Barry Quirk

The Politics of Public Deliberation: Citizen Engagement and Interest Advocacy

By Carolyn M. Hendriks

Transformations of the Swedish Welfare State: From Social Engineering to Governance?

By B. Larsson, M. Letell, H. Thoern

Comparative Public Policy

By Anneliese Dodds

Clumsy Solutions for a Complex World: Governance, Politics and Plural Perceptions

By M. Verweij, M. Thompson

The Social and Gender Politics of Confucian Nationalism: Women and the Japanese Nation-State

By N. Freiner

How China Became Capitalist

By R. Coase, N. Wang

Reconfiguring Institutions Across Time and Space: Syncretic Responses to Challenges of Political and Economic Transformation

By D. Galvan, R. Sil

Local Government in the United Kingdom

By David Wilson (De Montfort University, Leicester, UK), Chris Game (Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham

The State and Healthcare: Comparing OECD Countries

By H. Rothgang, M. Cacace, Lorraine Frisina, Simone Grimmeisen, Achim Schmid

Decentralising Public Service Management

By Johnston Birchall, Keith Putman, Christopher Pollitt

Legacy of the Crash: How the Financial Crisis Changed America and Britain

By T. Casey

Street-Level Leadership: Discretion and Legitimacy in Front-Line Public Service

By Janet V. Denhardt, Austin Lane Crothers