1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464404903321

Autore

Franklin Benjamin

Titolo

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin [[electronic resource] ] : 1706-1757

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Auckland, : The Floating Press, 2009

ISBN

1-77556-607-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Disciplina

973.3/092/4

973.3092

Soggetti

Clergy -- United States -- Biography

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Biography

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790

Inventors -- United States -- Biography

Penn, William, 1644-1718 -- Biography

Printers -- United States -- Biography

Scientists -- United States -- Biography

Statesmen -- United States -- Biography

Woolman, John, 1720-1772 -- Biography

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title; Contents; Introductory Note; Benjamin Franklin His Autobiography 1706-1757; Chief Events in Franklin's Life; Endnotes

Sommario/riassunto

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin , which Franklin himself called his Memoirs, is the unfinished record of his life written between 1771 and 1790. It has become one of the most well-known and influential autobiographies in history, and has been praised both as a historical document and a piece of literature in its own right. William Dean Howells declared that ""Franklin's is one of the greatest autobiographies in literature, and towers over other autobiographies as...



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910972501603321

Titolo

Administrative reforms and democratic governance / / edited by Jean-Michel Eymeri-Douzans and Jon Pierre

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

9786613379221

9781136749490

1136749497

9781283379229

1283379228

9780203820339

0203820339

9781136749506

1136749500

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science

Altri autori (Persone)

Eymeri-DouzansJean-Michel

PierreJon

Disciplina

352.3/67

Soggetti

Organizational change - Europe

Administrative agencies - Europe - Reorganization

Civil service reform - Europe

Organizational change

Administrative agencies - Reorganization

Civil service reform

Comparative government

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

pt. 1. Administrative reforms in practice: trajectories, strategies, acclimatizations -- pt. 2. The unanticipated impact of administrative reforms: a challenge to democracy?.

Sommario/riassunto

After a quarter of a century of implementation of New Public Management (NPM) reform strategies, this book assesses the major real outcomes of these reforms on states and public sectors, at both the



organisational level and a more political level. Unlike most previous accounts of reform, this book looks at how reform has changed the role of the public administration in democratic governance. Featuring case studies on the UK, Germany, France, Norway, Ireland, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Post communist states, Mexico, South Korea, Turkey and the European Commission, and focusing on two issues t