Employment Regimes and the Quality of Work

Paperback,  Oct 2009 ISBN13: 9780199566037ISBN10: 0199566038 The book makes a major new contribution to the sociology of employment by comparing the quality of working life in European societies with very different institutional systems--France, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, and Sweden.

Institutional Barriers to Sustainable Urban Transport in Pakistan

Hardback,  Oct 2009 ISBN13: 9780195476668ISBN10: 0195476662 Why is public transport so inefficient in Pakistani cities? Where does the problem lie? This book is the first serious effort to answer these questions.

Making Public Places Safer

Hardback,  Oct 2009 ISBN13: 9780195326215ISBN10: 0195326210 This is the first book to assess the effectiveness and social costs of the most important surveillance methods to prevent crime in public space.

The Aga Khan Rural Support Programme

Hardback,  Aug 2009 ISBN13: 9780195476682ISBN10: 0195476689 The book gives an account of participatory strategies for rural development in the South Asian context in a non esoteric manner.

Writing Public Policy

Paperback,  Aug 2009 ISBN13: 9780195379822ISBN10: 0195379829 An accessible, hands-on approach to planning, creating, and assessing public policy documents--now updated with material on online communication

Government as Entrepreneur

Hardback,  Jul 2009 ISBN13: 9780195369458ISBN10: 0195369459 This book is the first broad effort to emphasize the entrepreneurial aspects of governments