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McGuire explores why infant mortality has fallen faster in some countries than in others. A comparison of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Indonesia, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand, as well as an analysis of more than 100 countries, explores the claims that wealthier is healthier and that democracy promotes development.

This text contains two parts: the aim in Part One is to contribute to the debate on democracy's preconditions by isolating certain societal and institutional traits which can serve to further democracy. The historical development of state structures is the object of analysis in Part Two.

This book explores the world of e-government - the use by government of IT to interact with citizens, businesses, and other governments - and the significant role of IT corporations in this process in seven countries. Government information systems are big business (around 1.5% of GDP) and critical to all aspects of public policy and operations.

This important new study, by a leading scholar in the field, offers a fresh perspective on public management. In contrast to the widespread claim of the `modernization gurus' that a new era of global convergence is dawning in public management, it uses cultural theory to show why ideas about how to manage government are inherently plural and contradictory, and likely to remain so.

A study of policing and citizen-state relations in Jamaica. It examines the extent and sources of police ineffectiveness in controlling crime; assesses the quality of justice and declining public confidence in the criminal justice system; and analyzes police reform efforts.