"Public Personnel Management has served as an essential, concise reader for public personnel and human resource management courses in the fields of public administration, political science, and public policy for more than 30 years. Since the first edition published in 1991, the book has provided...

"The issue of the future of Social Security, on which millions of Americans depend, produced great political theater at the State of the Union address. That highlighted a bigger problem of financing retirement as baby boomers seek to retire, often with limited resources. Many argue that the...

part Section I: Pressures for Change -- chapter 1 Access -- chapter 2 Cost -- chapter 3 Quality -- chapter Conclusion to Section I -- chapter Introduction -- chapter 4 Align Incentives via Payment System Design -- chapter 5 Managed Care Organizations, Accountable Care Organizations, and...

The pivotal role of employer paid health insurance -- An alternate universe : life without the tax subsidy -- How to get there from here and also grow the economy -- Who might support or oppose our proposal? -- What else needs fixing? -- Pre-existing conditions and the individual mandate --...

1. From the Great Depression to the Great Recession -- 2. Causes of the US subprime mortgage crisis -- 3. The crisis spreads to Europe -- 4. Why the European sovereign debt crisis has lasted so long -- 5. US fiscal and monetary policy to cope with the Great Recession -- 6. The role of Germany in...

1. Risk management and cyber risk in the financial services sectors : an overview / Ruth Taplin -- 2. A taxonomy of cyber crime in the financial sector : a comprehensive approach to countermeasures / Monica Lagazio -- 3. Big data analytic tooling and cyber risk management / Cint Kortmann -- 4....

How do two-career couples manage in a one-career world?It's about Time examines this mismatch between outdated scripts and the experiences of dual-earner couples. It broadens our understanding of occupational and family career strategies couples use in light of the widening gap between their...

For much of the twentieth century, American corporations led the world in terms of technological progress. Why did certain industries have such great success? Experimental Capitalism examines six key industries—automobiles, pneumatic tires, television receivers, semiconductors, lasers, and...