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Digital transformation and public services :societal impacts in Sweden and be…
Through a series of studies, the overarching aim of this book is to investigate if and how the digitalization/digital transformation process affects various welfare services provided by the public sector, and the ensuing implications thereof. Ultimately, this book seeks to understand if it is conceivable for digital advancement to result in the creation of private/non-governmental alternatives …
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- 9780429319297
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- xxii, 353p. : ill.
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- 361.609485 DIG d
Situating Women :Gender Politics and Circumstance in Fiji
Since the time of decolonisation in Fiji, women’s organisations have navigated a complex political terrain. While they have stayed true to the aim of advancing women’s status, their work has been buffeted by national political upheavals and changing global and regional directions in development policy-making. This book documents how women activists have understood and responded to these cha…
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- 9781922144157
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- 278
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- 305.4099611.GEO
Social cost-benefit analysis in Australia and New Zealand :the state of curre…
All is not well with the evaluation of government programs and projects. Resources available to any society are limited. If governments are to increase the well-being of their citizens, they must be able to select and implement the socially most beneficial projects and policies. But many government agencies lack the expertise to carry out a cost-benefit analysis, or even to commission one…
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- 9781760460198
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- 352.439 DOB s
States and statistics in the nineteenth century :Europe by numbers
This book is a history of an illusion. It is also a history of the dream that preceded the illusion. The book discusses statistics as the field of tension between the scientific claims of neutrality and universality on the one hand and the political and economic reality of the conflicting interests of nation-states on the other. The various paths of state- and nation-building that European coun…
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- 9781526147530
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- 208p.
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- 314.09034 STA r
States and statistics in the nineteenth century :Europe by numbers
This book is a history of an illusion. It is also a history of the dream that preceded the illusion. The book discusses statistics as the field of tension between the scientific claims of neutrality and universality on the one hand and the political and economic reality of the conflicting interests of nation-states on the other. The various paths of state- and nation-building that European coun…
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- 9781526147530
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- 208p.
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- 314.09034 STA r
Towards Resilient Organizations and Societies :A Cross-Sectoral and Multi-Dis…
This open access book brings together scholars in the fields of management, public policy, regional studies, and organization theory around the concept of resilience. The aim is to provide a more holistic understanding of the complex phenomenon of resilience from a multi-sectorial, cross-national, and multidisciplinary perspective. The book facilitates a conversation across diverse disciplinary…
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- 9783030820725
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- xxix; 336p; ill
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- 658.4012 TOW R
Education systems and inequalities
How do education systems shape educational inequalities and differences in educational outcomes? And how do advantages and disadvantages in educational attainment translate into privileges and shortcomings in labour market and general life chances? Education systems and inequalities compares different education systems and their impact on creating and sustaining social inequalities. The book co…
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- 9781447326113
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- xiii, 353p; ill
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- 379.26 EDU e
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