Negotiating Public Services in the Congo: State, Society and Governance 1786993996, 9781786993991

Negotiating Public Services in the Congo: State, Society and Governance 9781350221482, 9781786993991, 9781786994004

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been widely derided as a failed state, unable to meet the basic needs of its

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Decentralised Governance in Tribal India: Negotiating Space between the State, Community and Civil Society 1443820652, 9781443820653

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The Performative State: Public Scrutiny and Environmental Governance in China 9781501760396

What does the state do when public expectations exceed its governing capacity? The Performative State shows how the stat

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Governance and the public sector 184542302X

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Close Ties in European Local Governance: Linking Local State and Society [1st ed.] 9783030447939, 9783030447946

This book develops and tests a typology of local state-society relations. To deliver such a comparative study on institu

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The consumer in public services: Choice, values and difference 9781847421821

This book challenges existing stereotypes about the 'consumer as chooser'. It shows how we must develop a more

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The Governance of Daily Life in Africa : Ethnographic Explorations of Public and Collective Services [1 ed.] 9789047424598, 9789004171282

This book offers an ethnographic exploration of how public and collective services are produced 'on the ground'

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Disability and Identity: Negotiating Self in a Changing Society 9781626370951

Choice Outstanding Academic Book! Rosalyn Darling offers a sweeping examination of disability and identity, parsing the

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Street-Level Governing: Negotiating the State in Urban Turkey 9781503631861

Muhtars, the lowest level elected political position in Turkey, hold an ambiguously defined place within the administrat

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Strong Society, Smart State: The Rise of Public Opinion in China's Japan Policy 9780231528085

The rise and influence of public opinion on Chinese foreign policy reveals a remarkable evolution in authoritarian respo

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