02687nam 2200589Ia 450 991080881910332120200520144314.01-4833-5251-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)99256000000008987319970723d1998 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCitizen governance leading American communities into the 21st century /Richard C. Box1st ed.Thousand Oaks, Calif. Sage Publicationsc19981 online resource (xiv, 186 pages)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 theLocal governmentUnited StatesCitizen participationPolitical participationUnited StatesLocal governmentCitizen participation.Political participation352.14/0973Box Richard C594601MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808819103321Citizen governance995088UNINA