Transforming American governance : rebooting the public square /

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Imprint:Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2011.
Description:xii, 370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Transformational trends in governance and democracy
Transformational trends in governance & democracy.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8456918
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Other authors / contributors:Balutis, Alan P.
Buss, Terry F.
Ink, Dwight, 1922-
ISBN:9780765627704 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0765627701 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. American Governance 3.0: Issues and Prospects
  • 2. Administration in the Coming Public Era
  • 3. Crises, Governance, and the Administrative State in a Post-Neoliberal World
  • Part I. Challenges for a 21st-century Government
  • 4. Experts and the Fiscal Challenge: Strategies of Influence
  • 5. Improving Collaboration by Federal Agencies
  • 6. Governance Implications of the Bush Administration's War on Terror
  • Part II. Whither American Federalism?
  • 7. Effective Governance: Withering Without Federalism
  • 8. Collaborative Regional Networked Systems
  • 9. Will New State Government Management Models Emerge from the Economic Crisis?
  • 10. Turning Citizen "Enragement" into Citizen Engagement: Managing Expectations with Web 2.0 and Social Media.
  • 11. A New Kind of Public Square for Urban America
  • Part III. How Will Government Respond?
  • 12. The Horizon Problem in Public Administration: Shifting from Crisis du Jour to Deliberate Management
  • 13. Design Lessons for Smart Governance Infrastructure
  • 14. Creating and Sustaining Change
  • Part IV. Is the Force Already with Us?
  • 15. Reforms Needed to Meet Future Challenges
  • 16. American Governance: The Role of the White House Staff
  • 17. Obama's Stealth Revolution: Quietly Reshaping the Way Government Works
  • Part V. What Does the Future Hold?
  • 18. Government at the Edge
  • 19. The Millennial Generation
  • 20. Leadership-Purpose Chain in Governmental Organizations
  • 21. The Evolution of Collaboration
  • Index
  • About the Editors and Contributors