Strategies for Governing : Reinventing Public Administration for a Dangerous Century /

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With the fields of public administration and public management suffering a crisis of relevance, Alasdair Roberts offers a provocative assessment of their shortfalls. The two fields, he finds, no longer address urgent questions of governance in a turbulent and dangerous world. Strategies for Governin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roberts, Alasdair (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2020]
Temas:
Public administration.
Political Science & Political History.
Public Policy.
U.S. History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration.
Leadership, Strategy, Governance, Turbulence, Institutions.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Time for a New Approach
  • PART I. KEY IDEAS
  • 1. Summary of Propositions
  • 2. Acknowledging the State
  • 3. States and Societies
  • 4. Leaders and Their Goals
  • 5. Strategies for Governing
  • 6. Factors and Forces
  • 7. Laws, Organizations, Programs, and Practices
  • 8. Aspects of Institutional Stewardship
  • 9. Challenges in Strategy-Making
  • 10. The Struggle for Mastery
  • 11. Danger, Strategic Fragility, and Realism
  • 12. Time and Progress
  • 13. Unexceptionalism
  • PART II. DILEMMAS IN STRATEGY-MAKING
  • 14. Efficiency or Extravagance
  • 15. Tight or Loose Control
  • 16. Separation or Connection
  • 17. Present or Future
  • 18. Commitment or Equivocation
  • 19. Planning or Improvisation
  • PART III. APPLYING THE APPROACH
  • 20. Research
  • 21. Teaching
  • 22. Practice
  • Conclusion: Grand Challenges
  • A Glossary of States
  • Further Reading
  • Notes
  • Index

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