Persuading Local Government

Author : Herbert J. Rubin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000566093

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Persuading Local Government by Herbert J. Rubin Pdf

This book provides a guide to becoming an empowered citizen, capable of achieving success when advocating with local government. Based on interviews with mayors, together with documentary evidence, analyses of public meetings, and the author’s own experience of advocacy, volunteering on city committees, and work on political campaigns, it describes how to advocate with local government officials, whom to contact, what to say when and where, and how to locate the facts, figures, and stories that can lend credence to an advocacy campaign. Guided by the ideas that persuasion efforts can succeed, are not difficult to undertake, and are in fact appreciated by public officials; that the system is open and that citizens have a fair chance of advancing their point of view; and that democracy depends upon citizen engagement, it presents concrete case studies in order to illustrate the guidance provided. With advice on how to organize and implement a successful advocacy campaign at a local level—and what to avoid—Persuading Local Government provides an antidote to the alienation of national politics, showing that local efforts at persuasion are meaningful and effect change on matters that affect people’s everyday lives.

Author : Emanuele Padovani,David W. Young
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136515637

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Managing Local Governments by Emanuele Padovani,David W. Young Pdf

Local Government is an area where management skills are tested to the extreme. With political considerations evident both locally and nationally, managing resources can be complex and subject to change. This book introduces new concepts and new ways of doing business that can greatly enhance the value of the services a local government provides to its citizens, without putting a greater financial burden on taxpayers. Padovani and Young present out-of-the-box thinking based on solid research and experience to discuss topics such as: Incorporating outcome indicators into strategic planning and budgeting Building a LG’s budget with ‘cost drivers’ Expanding the concept of ‘enterprise funds’ Assessing and better managing the risk associated with outsourcing Using the concept of ‘shadow pricing’ to compare public with private sector costs for services This book is a must-read for students of public administration and management, senior and middle managers in local governments around the world, and citizens who are concerned with more effective management of their local government’s programs and services. A list of suggested extra case studies for each chapter, and a description of the process to follow for ordering them, may be obtained by sending an email to [email protected]. You should request the document "Case Study Suggestions for Managing Local Governments".

Author : Newman, Ines
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447308928

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Reclaiming local democracy by Newman, Ines Pdf

Austerity has left local government struggling to meet the demands for local services. In this context, this book asks ‘what are the fundamental principles that should guide decision-making by local councillors and officers?’ It seeks to move the agenda from ‘what works?’ to ‘what should local government do?’ and ‘how will its policies impact on social justice and local democracy?'. Reclaiming local democracy examines the politics of human need and argues that local government should provide a voice for those that lack power. It avoids the dry, familiar debate about what structures and powers local government should have, instead seeking to energise all concerned to re-engage with a political and ethical approach. Written in a persuasive and accessible way, the book examines how local government can develop active citizens and make a difference to the well-being of those in disadvantaged areas – truly 'reclaiming local democracy'. Combining theory and international practice, it will be relevant for councillors, policy officers and activists in the third sector, as well as academics and students in politics and social policy.

Author : Youlang Zhang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000392913

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Local Government Innovativeness in China by Youlang Zhang Pdf

Local government innovation has become one of the most important topics on China’s policy agenda in recent decades. This book explains why some local governments are more innovative than others. This book uses a novel theoretical framework and points out that in China’s multi-level government structure, the administrative hierarchy and the span of control could shape local governments’ innovation motivation, innovation capability, and innovation opportunity, thus influencing local government innovativeness. The author systematically analysed the 177 winners and finalists of the biennial Innovations and Excellence in Chinese Local Governance (IECLG) Awards Programme from 2001 to 2015 to provide convincing empirical evidence to support this theory. This book adopts an institutional approach to explaining local government innovativeness in China and may be a useful reference to help us learn more about local government decisions and behaviours.

Author : Elizabeth Suhay,Bernard Grofman,Alexander H. Trechsel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190860820

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The Oxford Handbook of Electoral Persuasion by Elizabeth Suhay,Bernard Grofman,Alexander H. Trechsel Pdf

Elections are the means by which democratic nations determine their leaders, and communication in the context of elections has the potential to shape people's beliefs, attitudes, and actions. Thus, electoral persuasion is one of the most important political processes in any nation that regularly holds elections. Moreover, electoral persuasion encompasses not only what happens in an election but also what happens before and after, involving candidates, parties, interest groups, the media, and the voters themselves. This volume surveys the vast political science literature on this subject, emphasizing contemporary research and topics and encouraging cross-fertilization among research strands. A global roster of authors provides a broad examination of electoral persuasion, with international perspectives complementing deep coverage of U.S. politics. Major areas of coverage include: general models of political persuasion; persuasion by parties, candidates, and outside groups; media influence; interpersonal influence; electoral persuasion across contexts; and empirical methodologies for understanding electoral persuasion.

Author : Carol M Rose
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000308358

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Property And Persuasion by Carol M Rose Pdf

With socialism largely discredited in recent years, the moral and legal status of private property has become an increasingly important area for discussion in contemporary political and social thought. Offering a contribution to legal theory, and to political and social philosophy, this work examines the two currently dominant traditions - those of neo-conservative utilitarianism and liberal communitarianism - emphasizing the strengths of both approaches and laying the groundwork for a theory to bridge the gap between them.

Author : Ian Graeme Heggie,Piers Vickers
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821342371

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Commercial Management and Financing of Roads by Ian Graeme Heggie,Piers Vickers Pdf

Printed on Demand. Limited stock is held for this title. If you would like to order 30 copies or more please contact [email protected] Contact [email protected], if currently unavailable. In developing and transition economies, 60 to 80 percent of all passenger and freight transport moves by road-the main form of access for most rural communities. Yet most of the 11 million kilometers of roads in these economies are badly maintained and poorly managed. This paper discusses one of the most effective ways to promote sound policies for managing and financing road networks--commercialization. It discusses the emerging central concept of bringing roads into the marketplace, putting them on a fee-for-service basis, and managing them like a business.

Author : Joyce Johnston,Gerry Stoker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349213214

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Local Government in Europe by Joyce Johnston,Gerry Stoker Pdf

Written by experts from all over Europe, this book provides an overview of issues and developments in European local government and in-depth analysis of its changing status, functions, management and control in each of the main countries. 'Local Government in Europe' is a stimulating and thought-provoking book, well produced and attractively presented by the publishers, which adds to the incentive to read it rather than just buy it and shelve it for future use'. - John Benington, Public Administration.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2000-07-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264181908

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OECD Reviews of Regulatory Reform: Regulatory Reform in Hungary 2000 by OECD Pdf

OECD's 2000 review of regulatory reform in Hungary.

Author : Craig M. Kauffman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190650933

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Grassroots Global Governance by Craig M. Kauffman Pdf

When international agreements fail to solve global problems like climate change, transnational networks attempt to address them by implementing "global ideas" -- policies and best practices negotiated at the global level-locally around the world. Grassroots Global Governance not only explains why some efforts succeed and others fail, but also why the process of implementing global ideas locally causes these ideas to evolve. Drawing on nodal governance theory, the book shows how transnational actors' success in putting global ideas into practice depends on the framing and network capacity-building strategies they use to activate networks of grassroots actors influential in local social and policy arenas. Grassroots actors neither accept nor reject global ideas as presented by outsiders. Instead, they negotiate whether and how to adapt them to fit local conditions. This contestation produces experimentation, and results in unique institutional applications of global ideas infused with local norms and practices. Grassroots actors ultimately guide this process due to their unique ability to provide the pressure needed to push the process forward. Experiments that endure are perceived as "successful," empowering those actors involved to activate transnational networks to scale up and diffuse innovative local governance models globally. These models carry local norms and practices to the international level where they challenge existing global approaches and stimulate new global governance institutions. By guiding the way global ideas evolve through local experimentation, grassroots actors reshape international actors' thinking, discourse, organizing, and the strategies they pursue globally. This makes them grassroots global governors. To demonstrate this, the book compares transnational efforts to implement local Integrated Watershed Management programs across Ecuador and shows how local experiments altered the global debate regarding sustainable development and stimulated a new global movement dedicated to changing the way sustainable development is practiced. In doing so, the book reveals the grassroots level as not merely the object of global governance, but rather a terrain where global governance is constructed.

Author : Kirsten Kozolanka
Publisher : Black Rose Books Ltd.
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Conservatism
ISBN : 1551642883

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The Power of Persuasion by Kirsten Kozolanka Pdf

Explores the relationship between the politics of the New Right, the media, and democracy.

Author : Brian W. Rapp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429726248

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Managing Local Government For Improved Performance by Brian W. Rapp Pdf

After working for nearly three years to improve the performance of the government of Flint, Michigan—and discovering that there was no comprehensive work on the subject of local-government management to refer to—Brian Rapp and Frank M. Patitucci felt a personal as well as a professional need to write a book that would help them understand their successes and failures, and that would help others do a better job in similar situations. The result, this book, is unique both in its approach and in its presentation. The authors, establishing a conceptual framework within which to understand their subject, use Flint as a case city to examine the practical impact of factors affecting city government, and they indicate the major standards and criteria that should be applied in evaluating that impact. Although they recognize that within each city there are unique conditions that make a blanket prescription impossible, the authors are nevertheless convinced that many individuals both in and out of government can do something to improve the performance of their city government, and they have set out to help these individuals understand, in the most concrete terms possible, how they might go about it.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
ISBN : PSU:000047197008

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The Army Lawyer by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bill Jones,Dennis Kavanagh
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0719065097

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British Politics Today by Bill Jones,Dennis Kavanagh Pdf

Over the last thirty-five years British politics has undergone something of a revolution: the collapse of strong class allegiance to parties; the recovery of an economy once perceived to be in terminal decline; the near twenty-year rule of the of Tories; and the extraordinary emergence and establishment of the Blairite New Labour Party. Together with these changes we have also seen: the reshaping of the civil service; the establishment of devolved assemblies; the reform of the Lords; the decline of ideology; the apparent crushing of the Conservative Party; and the ubiquity of media management as a tool of political persuasion. This text outlines and contextualizes these major changes, and more.

Author : M. Considine,S. Giguere
Publisher : Springer
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008-02-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230582682

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The Theory and Practice of Local Governance and Economic Development by M. Considine,S. Giguere Pdf

This book provides a comparative study of the use of partnerships and new forms of governance to achieve policy goals that promote economic and social development. In addition to a consideration of the theoretical challenges posed by these institutional developments, the book reviews recent experiences in Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America.