Fiscal realities and changing social priorities are requiring a dramatic shift in the way that benefits are selected and awarded to employees, especially in the public sector. This means that public a
This book is the first book devoted entirely to Hughes as an environmental activist and writer. Drawing on the rapidly-growing interest in poetry and the environment, the book deploys insights fr
A critical examination of Grass's work offers overwhelming evidence that Cat and Mouse and Dog Years are part of a unified structure begun by The Tin Drum and that they continue to explore the same ke
Ever since a childhood tragedy bonded Jessica Jensen to Oregon’s mighty Nesika River, she has seen herself as its guardian. Now a courageous field biologist, Jess has just finished gathering scientifi
Use of the Internet and social media technologies in US election campaigns and by government agencies is growing. In the context of the shared focus of public sector administration and information tec
International contributors examine the role that citizens play in the development of e-government. Many chapters focus on the effectiveness of e-government as a way of improving citizen access and eng
This work examines how e-government affects politics and democracy in developed and developing countries. A section on e-participation in government presents international case studies on areas such a
Reddick (public administration, U. of Texas-San Antonio) describes the organizational, collaboration, and management elements of homeland security, and examines the implementation of homeland security
Collected in this volume are powerful dramas and psychological fiction by the nineteenth-century iconoclast now recognized as a major figure of world literature. Also included are selections from Buch
