02648nam 2200577 a 450 991048050090332120170822130917.01-4833-5251-X1-322-41514-51-4833-2824-41-4522-5038-3(CKB)2560000000089873(EBL)997153(OCoLC)819567129(SSID)ssj0000704632(PQKBManifestationID)12294986(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000704632(PQKBWorkID)10719202(PQKB)11204570(MiAaPQ)EBC997153(OCoLC)1007860363(StDuBDS)EDZ0000159369(EXLCZ)99256000000008987320130912d1998 fy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCitizen governance[electronic resource] leading American communities into the 21st century /Richard C. BoxThousand Oaks, Calif. SAGEc19981 online resource (203 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7619-1258-4 0-7619-1257-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-175) and index.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 AuthorDrawing 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 Local governmentUnited StatesCitizen participationPolitical participationUnited StatesElectronic books.Local governmentCitizen participation.Political participation352.140973Box Richard C594601StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910480500903321Citizen governance995088UNINA