Citizen governance : leading American communities into the 21st century /

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Drawing on fundamental ideas about the relationship of citizens to the public sphere, Richard C Box presents a model of `citizen governance'. Recognizing the challenges in the community governance setting, he advocates rethinking the structure of local government and the roles of citizens, elec...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Box, Richard C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©1998.
Temas:
Local government > United States > Citizen participation.
Political participation > United States.
Administration locale > États-Unis > Participation des citoyens.
Participation politique > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
Local government > Citizen participation
Political participation
Bürgerbeteiligung
Gemeindeverwaltung
Lokale overheden.
Politieke participatie.
United States
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: A Return to Original Values
  • The Three Returns to Values of the Past
  • Local Control
  • Small and Responsive Government
  • The Professional as Adviser, Not Controller
  • The Downslope of the Wave of Reform
  • The Principles of Community Governance
  • The "Is" and the "Ought"
  • Design of the Book
  • The Nature of Community Governance
  • Describing the Institution of Local Governance
  • The Separate Path of Local Government
  • The Era of Elite Control
  • The Era of Democracy
  • The Era of Professionalism
  • The Era of Citizen Governance
  • The Institutional Legacy
  • Power in the Community
  • The Debate About Community Leadership
  • City Limits
  • The Growth Machine
  • Four Cities
  • Varying Responses to Community Politics: A Case Study
  • Community Policy Orientations
  • Citizens
  • Models of American Citizenship
  • Critical Theory
  • Governance by Citizens
  • Barriers to Citizen Governance
  • The Individual Knowledge Limit
  • Creating Citizen Governance
  • Representatives
  • The Trustee and the Delegate
  • The Nature of Community Representation
  • The Burden of Representation
  • Routine and Community Interest Policy
  • The Coordinating Council
  • Practitioners
  • The Context of Public Service
  • Evolution of the Public Service Practitioner
  • The Public Service Role
  • The Goals of Practitioners
  • Personal Motivations
  • Value-Free Neutrality
  • Legitimacy
  • Development Versus Sustainability
  • Social Equity
  • Facilitating Citizen Discourse
  • Three Practitioner Role Types.

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