Product Description: Though informed by case studies conducted in Ukraine, this book transcends its country-specific scope. It explains why informality in governance is not necessarily transitory or temporary but a constant in most political systems. The book discusses self-protective mechanisms, responses to incomplete or unfocused policy making, and strategies employed by individuals, classes, and communities to respond to unusual demands...read more

Product Description: The computers of the Information Age were born in the crucible of total war. From the outset the modern electronic computer was a device of war, deployed by the nation state in the prosecution of the mission of survival and victory...read more

Product Description: The book examines the status of public service in developing countries, in the sectors of health, infrastructure, labour and marginalized populations, rural economy and public administration. The last decade has witnessed significant government focus on service delivery in developing nations like South Africa, Philippines, India and Malaysia...read more

Product Description: Reassess your leadership style, discover how to connect with people, and become a leader who can make things happen in the real world.   Built on a unique four-year experiment working alongside real leaders in real businesses, Living Leadership explodes the myth of the charismatic, transformational leader, to show that real progress comes from the dramatically ordinary aspects of leadership...read more

Product Description: These four volumes focus on the city and the urban economy – its meaning, interpretation, study, and measurement. It examines the city in the national economy and then relates urban economies in a globalizing world. The final volume reviews the management of the urban economy.

Product Description: In 1936 while the British government pursued a policy of non-intervention, around 2000 volunteers from Britain and Ireland fought the Republican cause against Franco with the International Brigade. This volume presents a visual record of the many memorials erected as tributes to those who died in the struggle...read more

Product Description: By recognizing the limits of what they can do, leaders become more powerful. They don't challenge the impossible but focus their efforts where they can succeed.

A collection of eight traditional tales from the Caribbean includes 'Why Tortoise Doesn't Fly,' 'Anancy Gets Common Sense,' and 'Bro Nancy and Bro Death'