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Appreciative inquiry and knowledge management : a social constructionist perspective

Thatchenkery, Tojo Joseph - 2007

1. Introduction : a new adventure -- 2. Knowledge sharing : a historical perspective -- 3. The generative potential of appreciative processes -- 4. How to ASK -- 5. Private sector case studies -- 6. Government sector case studies -- 7. Public service case study -- 8. Summary, conclusion, and...

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Public choice and the challenges of democracy

Casas Pardo, José (contributor); … - 2007

This timely and important volume addresses the serious challenges faced by democracy in contemporary society. With …

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Autocratic, democratic, and optimal government : fiscal choices and economic outcomes

Niskanen, William A. - 2003

This book presents simple models of the major alternative types of political regimes, estimates of the parameters of these models, and quantitative estimates of the fiscal choices and economic outcomes of these regimes. William Niskanen provides valuable analysis of the effects of the voting...

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Choice experiments in developing countries : implementation, challenges and policy implications

Birol, Ekin (contributor); Bennett, Jeff (contributor) - 2010

Choice Experiments in Developing Countries is an invaluable one-stop presentation of the best-practice case studies implementing the choice experiment method in developing countries. It highlights the theoretical and practical issues that should be taken into consideration when applying this...

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The Elgar companion to public choice

Razzolini, Laura (contributor); … - 2001

This authoritative and encyclopaedic reference work provides a thorough account of the public choice approach to economics and politics. The Companion breaks new ground by joining together the most important issues in the field in a single comprehensive volume. It contains state-of-the-art...

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Political economy and public finance : the role of political economy in the theory and practice of public economics

Shibata, Hirofumi (contributor); … - International Institute of Public Finance <Linz, … - 2002

There is a long-standing difference amongst public economists between those who think that collective choice must be formally acknowledged, and those who derive their policy recommendations from a social planning framework in which politics plays no role. The purpose of this book is to...

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Behavioural macroeconomics

McDonald, Ian M. - 2012

'I only wish that Ian McDonald's Behavioural Macroeconomics had been available when I was preparing A Guide to Behavioral Economics; it certainly would have provided me with material to fill in a number of gaps and cite several additional important concerns!'--Hugh Schwartz, University of the...

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Current issues in public choice

Pardo, Jose Casas (ed.); Schneider, Friedrich (ed.) - 1996

In this major book an internationally acclaimed group of scholars examines theoretical and applied topics of particular relevance to public choice analysis. Current Issues in Public Choice demonstrates the fruitfulness and originality of the Public Choice School. These twelve papers have been...

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Exploring the entrepreneurial society : institutions, behaviors and outcomes

Bonnet, Jean (contributor); Dejardin, Marcus (contributor); … - 2017

poverty the inevitable dark side of an entrepreneurial society? / Uwe Fachinger and Anna Frankus -- Index … entrepreneurs. Understanding the development of a vivid entrepreneurial society requires attention to several interacting factors … institutional, behavioral and policy issues of primary importance to seizing the entrepreneurial society. Exploring the …

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Social evolution, economic development and culture : what it means to take Japan seriously

Dore, Ronald Philip - 2001

Social evolution, economic development and culture brings together Ronald Dore's key writings for the first time, making his work accessible across a wide range of social science disciplines. It produces a distinctive perspective with four interlinking themes--technology-driven social evolution,...

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