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UNINA9910480500903321 |
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Autore |
Box Richard C |
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Titolo |
Citizen governance [[electronic resource] ] : leading American communities into the 21st century / / Richard C. Box |
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Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, c1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-4833-5251-X |
1-322-41514-5 |
1-4833-2824-4 |
1-4522-5038-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (203 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Local government - United States - Citizen participation |
Political participation - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-175) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - Introduction: A Return to Original Values; Chapter 2 - The Nature of Community Governance; Chapter 3 - Citizens; Chapter 4 - Representatives; Chapter 5 - Practitioners; Chapter 6 - Citizen Governance; References; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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, elected officials and public professionals in the twenty-first century. His model shifts a large part of the responsibility for local public policy from the professional and the elected official to the citizen. Citizens take part directly in creating and implementing policy, elected officials coordinate the |
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