Martin Albrow 
Bureaucracy [PDF ebook] 

This book looks at the history and development of telemedicine and its effect on the medical profession. It includes advances in telecommunications and medical technologies that greatly have increase …

This title was first published in 2001: Under the name of the ‘polder model’, the Dutch model of democracy has received favourable attention from journalists, administrators and political leaders. Th …

Legislatures are vital to new democracies and to date no democracy has survived without one. Exploring the dynamics and mechanisms that facilitate or weaken the role of the Parliament, Ahmed Abdul Ka …

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Liberalism today has perhaps more supporters and adversaries than …

Andrew Stewart (1791-1872) advocated protectionist policies for nearly two decades in the House of Representatives, gaining national renown as Chairman of the House Committees on the Tariff and Inter …

With the demise of the Clinton health care reform plan, the debate on health care changed but did not subside. From opinion pieces in newspapers to dinner-table conversations, the debate over whether …

The return of Hong Kong to China in July 1997 has the potential to benefit China”s rapidly expanding economy. China”s handling of the transition will have enormous implications for her internationa …

This book gives a complex description and discussion of today’s populist attacks against the European Union (EU) following the financial crisis of 2008, which opened the floodgates of dissatisfaction …

This book aims to set out the political, social, legal and scientific underpinning of risk assessment and risk management for toxic substances. It describes the principles and processes the practitio …

This volume focuses on the role of privatization strategies, contrasting the outcomes of the voucher plans with outright sale of state assets (including to foreign investors). The author considers th …