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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461760503321

Titolo

Transforming American governance [[electronic resource] ] : rebooting the public square / / editors, Alan P. Balutis, Terry F. Buss, Dwight Ink

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Armonk, N.Y., : M.E. Sharpe, c2011

ISBN

1-315-69860-9

1-283-26895-7

9786613268952

0-7656-2772-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Collana

Transformational trends in governance and democracy

Altri autori (Persone)

BalutisAlan P

BussTerry F

InkDwight <1922->

Disciplina

351.73

Soggetti

Federal government - United States

Political participation - United States

Administrative agencies - United States - Management

Executive departments - United States - Management

Administrative agencies - United States - Reorganization

Executive departments - United States - Reorganization

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 21st century

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

pt. 1. Challenges for a 21st-century government -- pt. 2. Whither American federalism? -- pt. 3. How will government respond? -- pt. 4. Is the force already with us? -- pt. 5. What does the future hold?

Sommario/riassunto

Natural disasters, terrorist attacks, ongoing wars, and global financial crises are forcing unprecedented changes in the institutions of government and public management. Government and governance will be very different in the future than anticipated in the literature in the field. Transforming American Governance is designed to help public management practitioners, thought leaders, theorists and researchers to ask the right questions as we move forward in this uncharted



territory. The editors have assembled a prominent cast of experts to envision the future of government and governance on a b