The history of transit system management in the United States has largely been a history of failure--failure to come to grips with the real issues involved and failure to develop effective policies for an efficient and rational system.
This book, the first major survey in more than a decade, catalogues management attempts to overcome constraints imposed by external institutional and sociopolitical factors, as well as by internal labor and resource problems. In combining actual case histories with academic insights, it offers managers and consultants the tools to make transit systems work.

Public Policy and Transit System Management: (Contributions in Political Science)

Guess, George M.

Praeger

The Politics of United States Foreign Aid

First published in 1987, this reissue explores contemporary United States foreign aid policies and thinking in the Reagan era. The author argues that aid policy is often confused as a result of bureaucratic decision-making processes. The book contrasts the experience of the many countries where aid-giving has produced unwished-for effects with the few countries where the desired results have occurred. The author concludes by arguing for a new approach to aid-giving by the United States.

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Routledge

First published in 1987, this reissue explores contemporary United States foreign aid policies and thinking in the Reagan era. The author argues that aid policy is often confused as a result of bureaucratic decision-making processes. The book contrasts the experience of the many countries where aid-giving has produced unwished-for effects with the few countries where the desired results have occurred. The author concludes by arguing for a new approach to aid-giving by the United States.

Book by Guess, George M., Farnham, Paul G.

Cases in Public Policy Analysis

Politics & Social Sciences

Farnham, Paul G.

Politics & Government

Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd

Book by Guess, George M., Farnham, Paul G.

Georgetown Univ Pr

Provides real-world cases to help readers learn how to analyze a host of public-policy problems involving such issues as pollution, AIDS prevention, public transit and more. Original.

Cases in Public Policy Analysis, 2nd Edition

International Development Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations

Managing international development and aid programs often relies on trial and error and flexibility. Practitioners need a mix of management theory and field practice to prepare them for work in other countries--transitional, developing, wealthier, and poorer alike. Filling an important gap in the literature for graduate students and practitioners in the public sector, private firms, contractors, and nonprofit organizations that manage development assistance projects, this is a guide to dealing with core issues likely to be faced in doing field work. International Development Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations offers an accessible primer on the basics of managing and motivating people, teams, and organizations. It focuses on challenges and opportunities to managing in difficult cultures and contexts, including hostile political regimes. The book takes a deeper look at management in four sectors: public finance, urban transport, K-12 education, and natural resources and the environment. Presented throughout the book are 28 cases, designed to stimulate critical discussions, as well as five technical exercises to allow integration of theory and practice. This textbook is supplemented by slides for teaching along with a sample syllabus. It is addressed to current and future international aid managers, including those enrolled in international management and international development courses at the university level. Professional development organizations, such as contractors, nonprofits, and donors, will also find the book a useful addition to their training materials.

Every government engages in budgeting and public financial management to run the affairs of state. Effective budgeting empowers states to prioritize policies, allocate resources, and discipline bureaucracies, and it contributes to efficacious fiscal and macroeconomic policies. Budgeting can be transparent, participatory, and promote democratic decision-making, or it can be opaque, hierarchical, and encourage authoritarian rule. This book compares budgetary systems around the world by examining the economic, political, cultural, and institutional contexts in which they are formulated, adopted, and executed. The second edition has been updated with new data to offer a more expansive set of national case studies, with examples of budgeting in China, India, Indonesia, Iraq, and Nigeria. Chapters also discuss Brexit and the European Union's struggle to require balances budgets during the Euro Debt Crisis. Additionally, the authors provide a deeper analysis of developments in US budgetary policies from the Revolutionary War through the Trump presidency.\nBook Description\nThis analysis of budgetary systems and policies across the world examines how politics, culture, and economics influence public finance.

Comparative Public Budgeting: Global Perspectives on Taxing and Spending

Business & Money

Savage, James D.

Economics

Cambridge University Press

Building Democracy and International Governance

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Public Policy and Transit System Management: (Contributions in Political Science)

The Politics of United States Foreign Aid

The Politics of United States Foreign Aid

Cases in Public Policy Analysis

Cases in Public Policy Analysis

Cases in Public Policy Analysis, 2nd Edition

International Development Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations

International Development Management for Public and Nonprofit Organizations

Comparative Public Budgeting: Global Perspectives on Taxing and Spending

Building Democracy and International Governance