Search Results - "bureaucratic"

Bureaucracy and society in transition : comparative perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Prelims -- Introduction: bureaucracy in transition -- The impact and interpretation of weber's bureaucratic ideal type in organisation theory and public administration -- Comparative perspectives -- Nordic bureaucracy -- Index.…”
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Patrimonial capitalism and empire

Table of Contents: “…Squattocracy, democracy and land rights in Australia / Pavla Miller -- Colonialism, neopatrimonialism and hybrid state formation / Daniel Goh -- Patrimonialism, bureaucratization, and fiscal systems of British Bengal, 1765-1819 / Malik Martin -- Innovations in trust : patrimonial and bureaucratic authority in the Asante Empire of West Africa / Nicolette Manglos-Weber -- Locating the family-state : the forgotten legacy of Javanese Theories of the public domain (17th -20th c.) / Romain Bertrand -- Sovereignty and sociology : from state theory to theories of empire / Julia Adams, George Steinmetz.…”
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William R. Freudenburg, a life in social research

Table of Contents: “…/ Charles Geisler, Ben Currens -- Freudenburg beyond borders : recreancy, atrophy of vigilance, bureaucratic slippage, and the tragedy of 9/11 / Susan Maret -- Breaking news : weapons of mass distraction deployed to fight scientific consensus on climatic changes / Margarita V. …”
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Social theories of history and histories of social theory

Table of Contents: “…Charisma disenchanted : Max Weber and his critics / David Norman Smith -- The sociological core vs. the historical component of the Weber thesis : some deviant cases revisited / Milan Zafirovski -- Recovering a disillusioned modernism : the enlightened pessimism of classical sociology / Ryan Gunderson -- Durkheims Sui Generis reality and the central subject matter of social science / Eric Malczewski -- The developmental history of human social practices : from social analytics to explanatory narratives / Marc Garcelon -- Toward a reconciliation of the structuration and morphogenesis theories "tested" in the eventful historical analysis / Ewa Morawska -- Revisiting and reinvigorating evolutionary institutionalism : bringing institutions back to life / Seth Abrutyn -- Tensions between self and "others" in the making of the self : the role of childhood experiences in the development of reflexivity / Dominiek Coates -- Developing poverty : democratic reforms and bureaucratic failures in state policies in India / Damayanti Banerjee -- Explaining explanation : a critical review of John Levi Martin's The explanation of social action / John Hamilton Bradford.…”
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Death Across Cultures Death and Dying in Non-Western Cultures /

Table of Contents: “…Secularism and Politics of Death Space in Hong Kong -- Death and Dying: Belief, Fear and Ritual in Vietnamese Culture -- Negotiating Traditions and Modernity: Chinese Death Rituals in Singapore -- The Bureaucratic Professionalization of Funeral Rites in Tehran's Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery -- Death and Burial Practices in Contemporary Zulu Culture, South Africa -- Death in Botswana: Life Among the Ashes -- Ancestors and Death: From West Africa to Southwest Europe -- Living Coffins and Death Among the Ga of Ghana -- The Yoruba of Nigeria and the Ontology of Death and Burial -- Transformation of Funeral Rituals in Togo -- Rituals Around Life and Death in Mexico; The Day of the Dead -- Continuity and Ruptures in Brazilian Funeral Rites -- The Right to a Dignified Death in Argentina -- Superstar-Saints and Wandering Souls: The Cemetery as a Cultural Hotspot in Latin American Cities -- He taonga tuku iho: Indigenous End of Life and Death Care Customs of New Zealand Māori -- Communicating with the Dead in an Australian Aboriginal Culture: The Tiwi from Melville and Bathurst Islands -- Death and Dying in American Indian Cultures -- The Beauty of the Afterlife Among the Inuit of Nunavut -- Eternity Calling: Modernity and the Revival of Death and the Afterlife.…”
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Ethnographies of law and social control

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Scenographies of the Subject

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Disaster Risk Reduction Community Resilience and Responses /

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: The struggles of women: An Experience from the flood prone area -- Chapter 2: Innovative use of Technology (GIS) forStructural Inequality and Disaster Risk Reduction: An Indian Experience Disaster Risk Reduction- a case study -- Chapter 3: Bridging the Gap Between Academicians & Bureaucrats- the NYSAF Way -- Chapter 4: Recovery after Disasters- Problems and Prospects: The Case of Koslanda -Meeriyabedda Landslide in Sri Lanka -- Chapter 5: Indigenous Knowledge and Practices in Disaster Management: Experie -- Chapter 6: Nces of the Coastal People of Bangladesh -- Chapter 7: Mainstreaming Nuclear Disaster Risk Reduction in India -- Chapter 8: Integrating disaster management content in to social work curriculum-voices of social work students -- Chapter 9: Coordination Does Matter for Effective Disaster Management in the Coastal Areas in Bangladesh -- Chapter 10: Cyclone Aila: Immediate Challenges and Impact on Socio-Economy -- Chapter 11: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Depression among the Survivors of Nepal Earthquake: A Need Assessment Study -- Chapter 12: Linking Gender vulnerability and Disasters -- Chapter 13: A Sociological Perspective on 'Institutional Coordination' for Disaster Risk Reduction in India. …”
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Public value management, measurement and reporting

Table of Contents: “…How politicians and public managers prioritize crucial public values / Zeger Van der Wal -- Co-governing public value in local authorities / Francesco Badia, Elena Borin, Fabio Donato -- Public (dis)value : a case study / Paolo Esposito, Paolo Ricci -- Measuring public value in bureaucratic settings : opportunities and constraints / Enrico Guarini -- Public value theory in the context of public sector modernization / Giuseppe Marcon -- How do we measure public value? …”
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The Future of Democracy by Glassman, Ronald M.

Table of Contents: “…Full Fledged Democracy in the City-States of Ancient Greece: Majority Rule at the Citizens Assembly; Constitutional Law; Jury Trials; the Rational-Scientific World-View Emerges -- Chapter 5. The Kingly-Bureaucratic State and the Integration of Large Political Areas: The Divine Kingship Makes Democracy Inconceivable -- Chapter 6. …”
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Arrival Infrastructures Migration and Urban Social Mobilities /

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Professional work : knowledge, power and social inequalities /

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