A comprehensive introduction to contemporary public human resource management, this text incorporates analysis of the impact of the private sector-oriented reforms over the last few decades that have aimed to bring greater efficiency and productivity to the public sector.

At the heart of Singapore’s political economy is the PAP government, which controls the levers of control. The accumulation of power occurs through a recurring pattern of state collectivisation and economic liberalisation, while the nation’s wealth expands through state investment vehicles adapting to shifts in geopolitics and trends in international trade and finance. Overshadowing the bicameral capitalistic system is the corridor of power, where ideas are developed to drive growth and p...

Nederland 2040: denk mee over onze keuzes voor de lange termijn

Welke keuzes maken we in Nederland voor de lange termijn? Kiezen we voor een toekomst waarin we minder welvarend zijn, de natuur achteruitgaat en we geen oog meer hebben voor elkaar? Of kiezen we voor een krachtiger, groener en menselijker Nederland?

Kijk om je heen. De problemen stapelen zich op. Als we nu geen langetermijnkeuzes maken, dan gaat het de verkeerde kant op met Nederland. Toch zijn we vooral bezig met de korte termi...

In het politiek debat rond de aanpassing van de Belgische instellingen aan de evolutie van de samenleving, wordt het begrip ‘confederalisme’ op grote schaal geframed als een bedreiging, een nachtmerrie, die stilaan een soort institutioneel spook wordt. Voorbijgaand aan allerlei vooroordelen, analyseert de historicus Philippe Destatte de begrippen federalisme en confederalisme door te wijzen op hun constante aanwezigheid in het recente verleden van België. Beginnend bij het einde van de 1...

Fifth edition of the leading textbook on international organizations that mixes international law, politics, and case studies in an accessible package. It presents the most important global institutions, from the UN to the WTO and FIFA and the International Olympic Committee, explaining the legal treaties and their political controversies for each.

This book describes the risk management methodology as a specific process, a theory, or a procedure for determining your assets, vulnerabilities, and threats and how security professionals can protect them. Risk Management for Security Professionals is a practical handbook for security managers who need to learn risk management skills. It goes beyond the physical security realm to encompass all risks to which a company may be exposed.

Risk Management as presented in this book has several goal...

An expert and accessible exploration of the increasing number and influence of authoritarian regimes. It explains the realities of recent trends to ‘autocratization’, the tools these regimes use, what we can do to resist, and why we might even allow ourselves some optimism.

The Politics of Fear traces the trajectory of far-right politics from the margins of the political landscape to its very center. It explores the social and historical mechanisms at play, and expertly ties these to the "micro-politics" of far-right language and discourse.

What would it be like to sit down for an impassioned, entertaining conversation with Hillary Clinton? In Something Lost, Something Gained, Hillary offers her candid views on life and love, politics, liberty, democracy, the threats we face, and the future within our reach.

She describes the strength she draws from her deepest friendships, her Methodist faith, and the nearly fifty years she’s been married to President Bill Clinton—all with the wisdom that comes from looking b...