Government is us : public administration in an anti-government era / Cheryl Simrell King, Camilla Stivers ; in collaboration with Richard C. Box [and others].

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: King, Cheryl Simrell
Other Authors: Stivers, Camilla
Box, Richard C.
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1998], ©1998.
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Physical Description:xvi, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: the anti-government era / Cheryl Simrell King and Camilla Stivers
  • Citizenship and its discontents: the political and economic context / Camilla Stivers, Cheryl Simrell King, and Renee Nank
  • Government isn't us: the possibility of democratic knowledge in representative government / Ralph P. Hummel and Camilla Stivers
  • Citizens and administrators: roles and relationships / Cheryl Simrell King and Camilla Stivers
  • Introduction: strategies for collaboration / Cheryl Simrell King and Camilla Stivers
  • Overcoming administrative barriers to citizen participation: citizens as partners, not adversaries / Mary M. Timney
  • At the nexus of state and civil society: the transformative practice of public administration / Lisa A. Zanetti
  • The EPA seeks its voice and role with citizens: evolutionary engagement / Walter W. Kovalick, Jr. and Margaret M. Kelly
  • We want your input: dilemmas of citizen participation / Dolores Foley
  • Working with citizens: breaking down barriers to citizen self-governance / Richard C. Box and Deborah A. Sagen
  • Targeted community initiative: "Putting citizens first!" / Joseph E. Gray and Linda W. Chapin
  • Conclusion: strategies for an anti-government era / Cheryl Simrell King and Camilla Stivers.