Beschreibung:
With the fields of public administration and public management suffering a crisis of relevance, Alasdair Roberts offers a provocative assessment of their shortfalls. The two fields, he finds, no longer address urgent questions of governance in a turbulent and dangerous world. Strategies for Governing offers a new path forward for research, teaching, and practice. Leaders of states, Roberts writes, are constantly reinventing strategies for governing. Experts in public administration must give advice on the design as well as execution of strategies that effective, robust, and principled. Strategies for Governing challenges us to reinvigorate public administration and public management, preparing the fields for the challenges of the twenty-first century.
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Time for a New Approach1. Summary of Propositions2. Acknowledging the State3. States and Societies4. Leaders and Their Goals5. Strategies for Governing6. Factors and Forces7. Laws, Organizations, Programs, and Practices8. Aspects of Institutional Stewardship9. Challenges in Strategy-Making10. The Struggle for Mastery11. Danger, Strategic Fragility, and Realism12. Time and Progress13. Unexceptionalism14. Efficiency or Extravagance15. Tight or Loose Control16. Separation or Connection17. Present or Future18. Commitment or Equivocation19. Planning or Improvisation20. Research21. Teaching22. PracticeConclusion: Grand ChallengesA Glossary of StatesFurther ReadingNotesIndex