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Comparative urban research; the administration and politics of cities.

International review of administrative sciences an international journal of comparative public administration: Improving administrative sciences worldwide/ by Taylor, J

Decentralisation and democracy : localising public service

Institution building and leadership in Africa /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Lennart Wohlgemuth, Jerker Carlsson and Henock Kifle Organization and Leadership in Africa / Jerker Carlsson Gender, Organizational Cultures and Institutional Development / Prudence Woodford-Berger On Developing Institutions in Africa / Anton Johnston Measuring and Diagnosing Institutional Development / Goran Andersson and Peter Winai Capacity Building in Africa The Role of Multilateral Financial Institutions(MFIs) / Henock Kifle Building Sustainable Capacity and Institutions in Africa / Apollinaire Ndorukwigira Experiences of Financial Management Development in Eastern and Southern Africa / Ake Sahlin and Peter Murphy Personnel Administration and Personnel Development / Christer Wallroth Administering and Leading a University / Lennart Wohlgemuth Basic Education Management of an Extremely Complex System / Ingemar Gustafsson Management and Private Enterprise / Bjorn Mothander Entrepreneurs and African Businesses / Anders Grettve The Agricultural Sector Management of Natural Resources / Nils-Ivar Isaksson Identifying the Missing Links in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control / Gunilla Krantz and Frants Staugard Urban Management and Democracy / Ann Schlyter Aid Management / Jan Valdelin Successful Capacity Assistance for Sector Development / Poul Engberg-Pedersen Public Administration Reform in Namibia / Tor Sellstrom Developing Human Resource Management in Mozambique / Lais Macedo de Oliveira and Maximo Loschiavo de Barros Telecommunications in Mozambique More than just Telephones / Dag Sundelin The Decline and Recovery of an African Central Bank / Olof Hesselmark Support for Building Institutions and Civil Service in Zimbabwe / Andreas Bengtsson…”

Constitutional law in the political process.

Table of Contents: “…The Supreme Court in the hierarchy of American courts Federalism and the courts Court organization : its relationship to judicial influence The significance of the district courts The role of the inferior federal judges in the American legal process Traditions and procedures of judicial institutions Procedures of the Supreme Court The significance of rules and traditions for substantive public policy Delay in the courts Decision-making procedures in the appellate courts The selection of federal judges The appointing process The politics of non-partisanship other aspects of the appointment process The crucial role of the bar The lawyer in the appellate process The bar and constitutional development The bench and the bar The specialized bar The social and political role of the organized bar The Supreme Court and social change The political consequences of judicial self-restraint : urban v. rural political ascendancy The trend toward judicial action on reapportionment Judicial action confronts the local political order The Supreme Court as innovator : the desegregation sequence The roots of judicial behavior The importance of the judge himself Backgrounds and decisions The American judicial process…”