How information matters [[electronic resource] ] : networks and public policy innovation / / Kathleen Hale

• Autore: Hale Kathleen
• Pubblicazione: Washington D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.60973
• Soggetto topico: Policy networks - United States; Information networks - United States; Policy sciences
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intergovernmental relationships, information, and policy change -- From information to innovation: the drug court experience -- Network relationships, implementation, and policy success: a national influence -- Using strategic information to build programs: templates, mentors, and research -- Information and systemic change: new professionals and new institutions -- Information, synthesis, and synergy: a national nonprofit information network -- Bringing value to public decisions: information relationships, tools, and processes.
• Sommario/riassunto: How Information Matters examines the ways a network of state and local governments and nonprofit organizations can enhance the capacity for successful policy change by public administrators. Hale examines drug courts, programs that typify the highly networked, collaborative environment of public administrators today. These ""special dockets"" implement justice but also drug treatment, case management, drug testing, and incentive programs for non-violent offenders in lieu of jail time. In a study that spans more than two decades, Hale shows ways organizations within the network act to champion,
• Titolo autorizzato: How information matters
• ISBN: 1-58901-748-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465290903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Public management and change.