National drug chains squeeze local pharmacies out of business, while corporate downsizing ships jobs overseas. All across America, communities large and small a

'Going Local' explains how social workers can develop approaches to neighbourhood work, engage with users and their locality, and contribute to strengthening lo

Many developing countries have a history of highly centralized governments. Since the late 1980s, a large number of these governments have introduced decentrali

Communities throughout the world are losing control of their economies. Convinced by mainstream economists that globalization is inevitable, local leaders - whe

This book explores how presidential leadership of the public most typically occurs through leadership of the news media.