ABSTRACT

Written by scholars who have been at the forefront of the NPG debate as well as by scholar-practitioners, this book provides lessons learned from experience on how networked, contract-based and partnership-centered approaches to government can be undertaken in ways that preserve the values at the center of the American constitutional and political system.

part |2 pages

Part I. Developing a Theory of Governance for NPG: What Should Be at Its Center?

chapter |10 pages

The Foundations of New Public Governance

ByDouglas F. Morgan, Craig W. Shinn

chapter |17 pages

Institutional History and New Public Governance

ByRichard T. Green

chapter |15 pages

A Value-Based Global Framework for New Public Governance

ByDouglas F. Morgan, Gary L. Larsen, Guoxian Bao, Xuejun Wang

chapter |12 pages

History as a Source of Values for New Public Governance

ByDonald P. Moynihan

part |2 pages

Part II. NPG and Local Governing Institutions: Transforming Deliberative Democracy into Action

chapter |10 pages

Civic Capacity Assessment Framework

ByMargaret Banyan

chapter |16 pages

Local Government as Polity Leadership: Implications for New Public Governance

ByKent S. Robinson, Douglas F. Morgan

chapter |11 pages

Interest-Based Deliberative Democracy in Natural Resource Management

ByDebra Whitall, Craig Thomas, Steve Brink, Gina Bartlett

chapter |15 pages

Multilevel Environmental Governance of Conservation Programs

ByShpresa Halimi, Craig W. Shinn

part |2 pages

Part III. Public Service Education and Leadership in an Age of NPG

chapter |12 pages

Regime Leadership for Public Servants

ByBrian J. Cook

chapter |11 pages

EMERGE: Public Leadership for Sustainable Development

ByKristen Magis, Marcus Ingle, Ngo Huy Duc

chapter |15 pages

Rethinking U.S. Public Administration Doctoral Education in the Age of New Public Governance

ByStephanie P. Newbold, David H. Rosenbloom

chapter |16 pages

Educating for New Public Governance: Civic Engagement and the Liberal Arts

ByKevin Kecskes, Masami Nishishiba, Douglas F. Morgan

chapter |10 pages

Epilogue: Research Questions to Improve the Theory and Practice of NPG

ByDouglas F. Morgan, Craig W. Shinn, Brian J. Cook