Innovation and Entrepreneurship in State and Local Government

Herausgeber: Harris, Michael; Kinney, Rhonda

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The contributors to this timely and important volume increase our understanding of the potential incentives for and barriers to creative problem-solving in the public sector. Drawing on case studies of state and local government, as well as theoretical literature on private sector management, these scholars reveal both the problems and the possibilities in governmental decision-making.

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Produktdetails

• Studies in Public Policy
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 505g
• ISBN-13: 9780739107058
• ISBN-10: 0739107054
• Artikelnr.: 31206718

Autorenporträt

Michael Harris is associate provost and professor of political science, specializing in public policy and public administration, at Eastern Michigan University. Rhonda Kinney is associate professor of political science, and department head, at Eastern Michigan University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Political Economy of State Policy
Innovation: Higher Education Decentralization Chapter 3 The State of
Health: Innovations in Health Policy Chapter 4 Policy Innovation and
Reinvention in an Inter-Governmental Context: Minnesota's Approach to State
Mandates on Local Governments Chapter 5 Who Is Empowered?: Innovative
Governance in Baltiomre's Empowerment Zone Chapter 6 Local Government and
Community Social Service Providers as the Social Safety Net in Six Case
Studies in a Midwestern State Chapter 7 The Influence of Administrative
Leadership and Governing Board Behavior on Local Government Innovation
Chapter 8 Conclusion