Description

Americans today recognize and celebrate leadership genius in the management of private companies. At the same time, the American public remains deeply skeptical of government's ability to address real economic and social challenges. The contributors to this timely and important volume increase our understanding of the potential incentives for and barriers to creative problem-solving in the public sector. Drawing on case studies of state and local government, as well as theoretical literature on private sector management, these scholars reveal both the problems and the possibilities in governmental decision-making.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Political Economy of State Policy Innovation: Higher Education Decentralization
Chapter 3 The State of Health: Innovations in Health Policy
Chapter 4 Policy Innovation and Reinvention in an Inter-Governmental Context: Minnesota's Approach to State Mandates on Local Governments
Chapter 5 Who Is Empowered?: Innovative Governance in Baltiomre's Empowerment Zone
Chapter 6 Local Government and Community Social Service Providers as the Social Safety Net in Six Case Studies in a Midwestern State
Chapter 7 The Influence of Administrative Leadership and Governing Board Behavior on Local Government Innovation
Chapter 8 Conclusion

Product details

Published Oct 13 2004
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 212
ISBN 9780739109267
Imprint Lexington Books
Dimensions 228 x 173 mm
Series Studies in Public Policy
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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