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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461039303321

Autore

Hartley Kris.

Titolo

Can government think? : flexible economic opportunism and the pursuit of global competitiveness / / Kris Hartley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-315-74467-8

1-317-59282-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Disciplina

338.6048

Soggetti

Economic policy

Economic development - Planning

Institutional economics

Public administration

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I Institutions""; ""1 Understanding institutions""; ""2 Institutions in research and practice""; ""3 Institutions and economic development""; ""4 Institutions and political power""; ""5 Institutions and global urbanization""; ""PART II Public administration""; ""6 Contrasting administration paradigms: traditional bureaucracy and collaborative governance""; ""7 Emerging administration paradigms: from neoclassical to postmodern""; ""8 Local and national administration""

""PART III Evidence-based policy""""9 Foundational thinkers in epistemology""; ""10 Research methods and empirical validity""; ""11 Use of evidence in environmental regulation""; ""12 Nationalizing benefits and localizing costs in industrial development""; ""13 Evidence-based intervention for housing markets""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""