The Future of Governing: Four Emerging ModelsUniversity Press of Kansas, 1996 - 179 pages "A very important book that should be read by everyone trying to make sense of the reform problem". -- Patricia W. Ingraham, coauthor of New Paradigms for Government. |
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Page 72
... ment , is the least clearly articulated of the four models , yet it captures several important realities of public complaints about government and contemporary proposals for reform . At the basic level , a flexible government is capable ...
... ment , is the least clearly articulated of the four models , yet it captures several important realities of public complaints about government and contemporary proposals for reform . At the basic level , a flexible government is capable ...
Page 90
... ment assumes ( much like many significantly older conceptions of management ) that employees are almost interchangeable parts in the vast machine of govern- ment and that they can be replaced almost at will . Moreover , the flexible ap ...
... ment assumes ( much like many significantly older conceptions of management ) that employees are almost interchangeable parts in the vast machine of govern- ment and that they can be replaced almost at will . Moreover , the flexible ap ...
Page 126
... ment might be better off in the long run ( in economic terms ) not to plan at all for these events but simply to cope with them when and if they do occur . More- over , given organizations such as the Red Cross , the private sector ...
... ment might be better off in the long run ( in economic terms ) not to plan at all for these events but simply to cope with them when and if they do occur . More- over , given organizations such as the Red Cross , the private sector ...
Contents
Market Models for Reforming Government | 21 |
The Participatory State | 47 |
Flexible Government | 72 |
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