Participation in America

Participation in America
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 452
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ISBN-10 : 9780226852966
ISBN-13 : 0226852962
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Participation in America by : Sidney Verba

Participation in America represents the largest study ever conducted of the ways in which citizens participate in American political life. Sidney Verba and Norman H. Nie addresses the question of who participates in the American democratic process, how, and with what effects. They distinguish four kinds of political participation: voting, campaigning, communal activity, and interaction with a public official to achieve a personal goal. Using a national sample survey and interviews with leaders in 64 communities, the authors investigate the correlation between socioeconomic status and political participation. Recipient of the Kammerer Award (1972), Participation in America provides fundamental information about the nature of American democracy.

Civic Responsibility and Higher Education

Civic Responsibility and Higher Education
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages : 448
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ISBN-10 : 9781461636625
ISBN-13 : 1461636620
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Civic Responsibility and Higher Education by : Thomas Ehrlich

More than a century ago, John Dewey challenged the education community to look to civic involvement for the betterment of both community and campus. Today, the challenge remains. In his landmark book, editor Thomas Ehrlich has collected essays from national leaders who have focused on civic responsibility and higher education. Imparting both philosophy and working examples, Ehrlich provides the inspiration for innovative new programs in this essential area of learning.

Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance

Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 13623
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ISBN-10 : 9783030662523
ISBN-13 : 3030662527
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance by : Ali Farazmand

This global encyclopedic work serves as a comprehensive collection of global scholarship regarding the vast fields of public administration, public policy, governance, and management. Written and edited by leading international scholars and practitioners, this exhaustive resource covers all areas of the above fields and their numerous subfields of study. In keeping with the multidisciplinary spirit of these fields and subfields, the entries make use of various theoretical, empirical, analytical, practical, and methodological bases of knowledge. Expanded and updated, the second edition includes over a thousand of new entries representing the most current research in public administration, public policy, governance, nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations, and management covering such important sub-areas as: 1. organization theory, behavior, change and development; 2. administrative theory and practice; 3. Bureaucracy; 4. public budgeting and financial management; 5. public economy and public management 6. public personnel administration and labor-management relations; 7. crisis and emergency management; 8. institutional theory and public administration; 9. law and regulations; 10. ethics and accountability; 11. public governance and private governance; 12. Nonprofit management and nongovernmental organizations; 13. Social, health, and environmental policy areas; 14. pandemic and crisis management; 15. administrative and governance reforms; 16. comparative public administration and governance; 17. globalization and international issues; 18. performance management; 19. geographical areas of the world with country-focused entries like Japan, China, Latin America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Russia and Eastern Europe, North America; and 20. a lot more. Relevant to professionals, experts, scholars, general readers, researchers, policy makers and manger, and students worldwide, this work will serve as the most viable global reference source for those looking for an introduction and advance knowledge to the field.

Citizens as Partners Information, Consultation and Public Participation in Policy-Making

Citizens as Partners Information, Consultation and Public Participation in Policy-Making
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Publisher : OECD Publishing
Total Pages : 253
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ISBN-10 : 9789264195561
ISBN-13 : 9264195564
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis Citizens as Partners Information, Consultation and Public Participation in Policy-Making by : OECD

This book examines a wide range of country experiences, offers examples of good practice, highlights innovative approaches and identifies promising tools (including new information technologies)for engaging citizens in policy making. It proposes a set of ten guiding principles.

Open Government Fostering Dialogue with Civil Society

Open Government Fostering Dialogue with Civil Society
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Publisher : OECD Publishing
Total Pages : 198
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ISBN-10 : 9789264019959
ISBN-13 : 9264019952
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis Open Government Fostering Dialogue with Civil Society by : OECD

This book examines how to build robust legal, institutional and policy frameworks for access to information, consultation and public participation in policy-making.

Citizens, Experts, and the Environment

Citizens, Experts, and the Environment
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Publisher : Duke University Press
Total Pages : 366
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ISBN-10 : 0822326221
ISBN-13 : 9780822326229
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Citizens, Experts, and the Environment by : Frank Fischer

DIVClaims that the problematic communication gap between experts and ordinary citizens is best remedied by a renewal of local citizen participation in deliberative structures./div

Democracy at Risk

Democracy at Risk
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9780815797869
ISBN-13 : 0815797869
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Democracy at Risk by : Stephen Macedo

Voter turnout was unusually high in the 2004 U.S. presidential election. At first glance, that level of participation—largely spurred by war in Iraq and a burgeoning culture war at home—might look like vindication of democracy. If the recent past is any indication, however, too many Americans will soon return to apathy and inactivity. Clearly, all is not well in our civic life. Citizens are participating in public affairs too infrequently, too unequally, and in too few venues to develop and sustain a robust democracy. This important new book explores the problem of America's decreasing involvement in its own affairs. D emocracy at Risk reveals the dangers of civic disengagement for the future of representative democracy. The authors, all eminent scholars, undertake three main tasks: documenting recent trends in civic engagement, exploring the influence that the design of political institutions and public policies have had on those trends, and recommending steps that will increase the amount and quality of civic engagement in America. The authors focus their attention on three key areas: the electoral process, including elections and the way people get involved; the impact of location, including demographic shifts and changing development patterns; and the critical role of nonprofit organizations and voluntary associations, including the philanthropy that help keep them going. This important project, initially sponsored by the American Political Science Association, tests the proposition that social science has useful insights on the state of our democratic life. Most importantly, it charts a course for reinvigorating civic participation in the world's oldest democracy. The authors: Stephen Macedo (Princeton University), Yvette Alex-Assensoh (Indiana University), Jeffrey M. Berry (Tufts), Michael Brintnall (American Political Science Association), David E. Campbell (Notre Dame), Luis Ricardo Fraga (Stanford), Archon Fung (Harvard), William

Community-based Rehabilitation

Community-based Rehabilitation
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 452
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ISBN-10 : 9241548053
ISBN-13 : 9789241548052
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Community-based Rehabilitation by : World Health Organization

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The Right to the Smart City

The Right to the Smart City
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Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : 9781787691414
ISBN-13 : 1787691411
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis The Right to the Smart City by : Paolo Cardullo

Globally, Smart Cities initiatives are pursued which reproduce the interests of capital and neoliberal government, rather than wider public good. This book explores smart urbanism and 'the right to the city', examining citizenship, social justice, commoning, civic participation, and co-creation to imagine a different kind of Smart City.