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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460222003321

Autore

Steelman Toddi A

Titolo

Implementing innovation [[electronic resource] ] : fostering enduring change in environmental and natural resource governance / / Toddi A. Steelman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-58901-670-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Collana

Public management and change series

Disciplina

333.72

Soggetti

Environmental policy - United States

Conservation of natural resources - Government policy - United States

Forest policy - United States

Soil management - Government policy - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; CHAPTER 1 Innovation, Implementation,and Institutions; CHAPTER 2 The Evolution of Environmentaland Natural Resource Governance; CHAPTER 3 Aligning InstitutionalCharacteristics; CHAPTER 4 Intermittent Alignment ofInstitutional Characteristics; CHAPTER 5 Misalignment ofInstitutional Characteristics; CHAPTER 6 Fostering Enduring Change; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Over the past three decades, governments at the local, state, and federal levels have undertaken a wide range of bold innovations, often in partnership with nongovernmental organizations and communities, to try to address their environmental and natural resource management tasks. Many of these efforts have failed. Innovations, by definition, are transitory. How, then, can we establish new practices that endure? Toddi A. Steelman argues that the key to successful and long-lasting innovation must be a realistic understanding of the challenges that face it. She examines three case studiesùland ma