In defense of public service : how 22 million government workers will save our republic /

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Author / Creator:Alexander, Cedric L., author.
Edition:First edition.
Imprint:Oakland : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., [2020]
Description:1 online resource (xi, 166 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12650317
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ISBN:1523085088
9781523085088
1523085096
9781523085095
9781523085118
1523085118
9781523085071
152308507X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-146) and index.
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Summary:"A former deputy mayor, police chief, and CNN commentator argues that our nation's public servants are not part of some conspiratorial "deep state" but rather the best hope for preserving democracy in a time of poisonous hyper-partisanship"--
Other form:Print version: Alexander, Cedric L. In defense of public service. First edition. Oakland : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., [2020] 152308507X 9781523085071
Table of Contents:
  • Back to the Future,
  • Civil Servants and Servant Leaders
  • Shutdown
  • Two Nights I Could Have Been Killed (And Why I Wasn't)
  • All Politics Is Local
  • Strange Bedfellows: Democracy and Special Interests
  • Democracy Defaults to Competence and Competence Defaults to Moderation.