Strategies for governing : reinventing public administration for a dangerous century / Alasdair Roberts.
Roberts, Alasdair (Alasdair Scott), author.
2019
JF1351 .R528 2019
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Title
Strategies for governing : reinventing public administration for a dangerous century / Alasdair Roberts.
Author
Roberts, Alasdair (Alasdair Scott), author.
ISBN
9781501745607 electronic book
1501745603 electronic book
9781501745591 electronic book
150174559X electronic book
9781501714405
Published
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (viii, 197 pages)
Item Number
16156352
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JF1351 .R528 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification
351
Summary
"Addresses the crisis of relevance in the field of public administration and offers a bold new way of thinking about research, teaching and practice"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 15, 2020).
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Introduction : time for a new approach
Summary of propositions
Acknowledging the state
States and societies
Leaders and their goals
Strategies for governing
Factors and forces
Laws, organizations, programs, and practices
Aspects of institutional stewardship
Challenges in strategy-making
The struggle for mastery
Danger, strategic fragility, and realism
Time and progress
Unexceptionalism
Efficiency or extravagance
Tight or loose control
Separation or connection
Present or future
Commitment or equivocation
Planning or improvisation
Research
Teaching
Practice
Conclusion : grand challenges.

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