04128nam 2200721 a 450 991078005520332120210921031406.01-282-75214-697866127521481-4008-2157-61-4008-1330-110.1515/9781400821570(CKB)111056486503552(EBL)617281(OCoLC)705526980(SSID)ssj0000230389(PQKBManifestationID)11218135(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000230389(PQKBWorkID)10178308(PQKB)11251220(OCoLC)701237875(MdBmJHUP)muse35989(DE-B1597)446139(OCoLC)979623607(DE-B1597)9781400821570(Au-PeEL)EBL617281(CaPaEBR)ebr10035763(CaONFJC)MIL275214(PPN)265138124(MiAaPQ)EBC617281(EXLCZ)9911105648650355219940518d1995 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrPublic entrepreneurs[electronic resource] agents for change in American government /Mark Schneider and Paul Teske with Michael MintromCourse BookPrinceton, N.J. Princeton University Pressc19951 online resource (276 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-691-03725-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-255) and index.Front matter --Contents --List of Figures --List of Tables --Acknowledgments --PART ONE: A THEORY OF THE PUBLIC ENTREPRENEUR --PART TWO: THE DECISION CALCULUS OF THE PUBLIC ENTREPRENEUR --PART THREE: THE MILIEUX OF THE PUBLIC ENTREPRENEUR --PART FOUR: ENTREPRENEURS AND CHANGE IN THE LOCAL MARKET FOR PUBLIC GOODS --Notes --Bibliography --IndexSeizing opportunities, inventing new products, transforming markets--entrepreneurs are an important and well-documented part of the private sector landscape. Do they have counterparts in the public sphere? The authors argue that they do, and test their argument by focusing on agents of dynamic political change in suburbs across the United States, where much of the entrepreneurial activity in American politics occurs. The public entrepreneurs they identify are most often mayors, city managers, or individual citizens. These entrepreneurs develop innovative ideas and implement new service and tax arrangements where existing administrative practices and budgetary allocations prove inadequate to meet a range of problems, from economic development to the racial transition of neighborhoods. How do public entrepreneurs emerge? How much does the future of urban development depend on them? This book answers these questions, using data from over 1,000 local governments. The emergence of public entrepreneurs depends on a set of familiar cost-benefit calculations. Like private sector risk-takers, public entrepreneurs exploit opportunities emerging from imperfect markets for public goods, from collective-action problems that impede private solutions, and from situations where information is costly and the supply of services is uneven. The authors augment their quantitative analysis with ten case studies and show that bottom-up change driven by politicians, public managers, and other local agents obeys regular and predictable rules.EntrepreneurshipUnited StatesGovernment business enterprisesUnited StatesLocal governmentUnited StatesEntrepreneurshipGovernment business enterprisesLocal government306.2Schneider Mark1946-1464723Teske Paul(Paul Eric)293857Mintrom Michael1963-1464724MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780055203321Public entrepreneurs3674511UNINA