Life and Public Services of Martin R. Delany
Title | Life and Public Services of Martin R. Delany PDF eBook |
Author | Frank A. Rollin |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2017-03-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781544611068 |
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
Co-creating Digital Public Services for an Ageing Society
Title | Co-creating Digital Public Services for an Ageing Society PDF eBook |
Author | Juliane Jarke |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 2020-09-14 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 3030528731 |
This open access book attends to the co-creation of digital public services for ageing societies. Increasingly public services are provided in digital form; their uptake however remains well below expectations. In particular, amongst older adults the need for public services is high, while at the same time the uptake of digital services is lower than the population average. One of the reasons is that many digital public services (or e-services) do not respond well to the life worlds, use contexts and use practices of its target audiences. This book argues that when older adults are involved in the process of identifying, conceptualising, and designing digital public services, these services become more relevant and meaningful. The book describes and compares three co-creation projects that were conducted in two European cities, Bremen and Zaragoza, as part of a larger EU-funded innovation project. The first part of the book traces the origins of co-creation to three distinct domains, in which co-creation has become an equally important approach with different understandings of what it is and entails: (1) the co-production of public services, (2) the co-design of information systems and (3) the civic use of open data. The second part of the book analyses how decisions about a co-creation project’s governance structure, its scope of action, its choice of methods, its alignment with strategic policies and its embedding in existing public information infrastructures impact on the process and its results. The final part of the book identifies key challenges to co-creation and provides a more general assessment of what co-creation may achieve, where the most promising areas of application may be and where it probably does not match with the contingent requirements of digital public services. Contributing to current discourses on digital citizenship in ageing societies and user-centric design, this book is useful for researchers and practitioners interested in co-creation, public sector innovation, open government, ageing and digital technologies, citizen engagement and civic participation in socio-technical innovation.
Advice and Dissent
Title | Advice and Dissent PDF eBook |
Author | Y.V. Reddy |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 496 |
Release | 2017-06-27 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9352643054 |
'Few people know more about India's financial system than Dr Y.V. Reddy. And even fewer have the authority that he commands.' - Raghuram Rajan, former RBI governor 'If America had a central bank chief like Y.V. Reddy, the US economy would not have been in such a mess.' - Joseph Stiglitz, economist and Columbia University professor 'One among the brightest intellectuals living in India today...the most eminent central banker of the last decade across the world.' - P. Chidambaram, former Union finance minister 'How did India manage to beat the odds? [It was] largely the result of the sound management and foresight of one man: Yaga Venugopal Reddy.' - Arvind Panagariya, vice-chairman of the Niti Aayog 'I have high regard for him for two reasons. First, his complete integrity. There are very few civil servants like him who are not self-centered. He does not want to please any bureaucrat or minister. Second, his devotion to work. Intellectually, he is very open.' - Bimal Jalan, former RBI governor 'Unlike Alan Greenspan, who didn't believe it was his job to even point out bubbles, much less try to deflate them, Mr Reddy saw his job as making sure Indian banks did not get too caught up in the bubble mentality.' - Joe Nocera, American journalist and author 'Dr Reddy is of a generation that believed public service was the highest calling.' - Karina Robinson, editor, The Banker magazine A journalist once asked Y.V. Reddy, 'Governor, how independent is the RBI?''I am very independent,' Reddy replied. 'The RBI has full autonomy. I have the permission of my finance minister to tell you that.'Reddy may have put it lightly but it is a theme he deals with at length in Advice and Dissent. Spanning a long career in public service which began with his joining the IAS in 1964, he writes about decision making at several levels. In his dealings, he was firm, unafraid to speak his mind, but avoided open discord.In a book that appeals to the lay reader and the finance specialist alike, Reddy gives an account of the debate and thinking behind some landmark events, and some remarkable initiatives of his own, whose benefits reached the man on the street. Reading between the lines, one recognizes controversies on key policy decisions which reverberate even now.This book provides a ringside view of the licence permit raj, drought, bonded labour, draconian forex controls, the balance of payments crisis, liberalisation, high finance, and the emergence of India as a key player in the global economy. He also shares his experience of working closely with some of the architects of India's economic change: Manmohan Singh, Bimal Jalan, C. Rangarajan, Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and P. Chidambaram. He also worked closely with extraordinary leaders like N.T. Rama Rao, as described in a memorable chapter.As governor of the RBI from 2003 to 2008 he presided over a period of high growth, low inflation, a stable rupee and ample foreign exchange reserves -- a far cry from the 1991 crisis he lived through and describes in vivid detail, when the country had to mortgage its gold to meet its debt obligations. He is credited with saving the Indian banking system from the sub-prime and liquidity crisis of 2008 that erupted shortly after his term at RBI ended.Dr Reddy provides insight into post-crisis reflection undertaken by several global institutions on the international monetary system and financial architecture. In addition, he describes the development of the Fourteenth Finance Commission report, which he chaired, and is considered a game changer.Leavened with his irrepressible sense of humour, Advice and Dissent is a warm, engaging account of a life that moves easily from his career in the districts as a young IAS officer to the higher echelons of policy making, in a trajectory that follows change in the country itself.
The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States
Title | The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Jarvis Raymond |
Publisher | |
Pages | 840 |
Release | 1865 |
Genre | United States |
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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States
Title | The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States PDF eBook |
Author | Henry J. Raymond |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Pages | 842 |
Release | 2022-03-31 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 375259036X |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1865. Together with his state papers, including his speeches, addresses, messages, letters, and proclamations, and the closing scenes connected with his life and death.
The Life and Public Services of Henry Clay, Down to 1848
Title | The Life and Public Services of Henry Clay, Down to 1848 PDF eBook |
Author | Epes Sargent |
Publisher | |
Pages | 648 |
Release | 1854 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles
Title | Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles PDF eBook |
Author | Lady Sophia Raffles |
Publisher | |
Pages | 876 |
Release | 1830 |
Genre | Colonial administrators |
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