1. Introduction: Science, Technology and Innovation Policy and Governance for Social Inclusion and Sustainable Development in Latin America -- PART 1. INNOVATION POLICY -- 2. Toward a typology of public innovation. Eccentric, discrete, flat and transformative innovation -- 3. Mission-Oriented...

This edited volume comprises ideas, visions, strategies, and dreams of entrepreneurs, managers, scientists and political experts who share their best practice experience relating to the joint goal of a more sustainable, humanistic, and responsible fashion industry. Readers will find a variety of...

Chapter 1. Internet of Things and the Public Sector -- Chapter 2. The Internet of Things in a smart society: how government policy can help seize opportunities and mitigate threats -- Chapter 3. Methodologies for a participatory design of IoT to deliver sustainable public services in 'smart...

1. A Brief Economic History of Repeated Defaults -- 2. The Institutional Evolution and the Failed Modernizing Attempts -- 3. The Geostrategic Settings, National Resources, and the Systemic Risks -- 4. The Formation of Idiosyncratic Structure of Institutions and Culture -- 5. Sustainable...

Introduction: Civil Society in the era of Globalization: emerging concerns as a social welfare provider -- Part I: Changing South Asian Society and Developmental Challenges -- Chapter 1: Role of Civil Society Organization in the Welfare of People with Deaf and blindness in South Asia: A Case...

Part I. Conceptual and Historical Perspectives of Decentralization and Local Governance -- Chapter 1. From Deconcentration to Devolution: Tracking the Historical Trajectory of Democratic Decentralization in Ghana -- Chapter 2. Historical Perspectives of Local Governance and Community Development...

Part I: Concept and Strategy of Digital Government -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Information Society and Digital Government -- 3. The Concept and Strategy of Digital Government -- 4. Digital Transformation and Digital Organization -- Part II: Technology, Smart City and Digital Government Models...

This book argues that contemporary society in general, and public administration specifically, can benefit from more reflexive learning processes through democracy and public involvement. It identifies the most central social practices, dilemmas, and challenges for public management as well as...

1. The Organization of Terror and Murder -- 2. The Modern Theory of Bureaucracy -- 3. Bureaucratic Competition in the Third Reich -- 4. Vertical Trust Networks in the Nazi Bureaucracy -- 5. Horizontal Trust Networks in the Nazi Bureaucracy -- 6. Coercion and Vertical Trust in the Nazi...

Einführung in das E-Government -- Recht und Politik – E-Government im politisch-administrativen System -- E-Government auf unterschiedlichen administrativen Ebenen -- Management von E-Government -- Rahmenbedingungen und Sicherheit von E-Government -- Aktuelle und innovative Themen beim...