Democracy's Hidden Heroes : Fitting Policy to People and Place

• Autore: Campbell David C
• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia : , : Temple University Press, , 2024; ©2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 pages)
• Disciplina: 361.309794
• Soggetto topico: Community-based social services
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. The Governance Setting -- 1. Introduction: Embracing Contraries to Create Results -- 2. Governing Where Metrics Meet Mētis -- Part II. Hidden Hero Stories -- 3. Reconciling Bureaucratic and Community Cultures -- 4. Adapting Rules to the Situation at Hand -- 5. Traversing Scales in Assessing Outcomes -- Part III. Lessons for Practice, Policy, and Theory -- 6. Redeeming the Promise of Results Accountability -- 7. Marshaling Hidden Hero Leadership -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Democracy's Hidden Heroes tells the story of the local public managers and nonprofit directors who work where bureaucratic hierarchies and community networks meet and often collide.These "hidden heroes" struggle to align universal rules and compliance demands with the unique circumstances facing their organizations and communities.
• Titolo autorizzato: Democracy's Hidden Heroes
• ISBN: 9781439924594
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911046678103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II