1st Edition
Transformational Public Service Portraits of Theory in Practice
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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Everyone who aspires to more effective public service should read this book. It provides a compelling antidote to the managerial focus of theory and practice in public administration. Written with the aim of inspiring and rekindling a mission for public service, Transformational Public Service weaves together theory and stories from actual practice to show that public service can (and does)... Read more
Prologue: Wide A wake and Dreaming; Comment: Setting the Stage; Section I. Citizenship and Governance; Story: Transforming Citizenship, Greg Coleridge; Comment: Citizenship and Governance in 21st Century America; Story: Transforming Citizenship and Governance, Claire Mostel; Section II. Theory and Practice; Story: Informed Practice and Practice Informed Theory, Evelyn Brom & Shelia Hargesheimer; Comment: Theory and Practice; Story: Critical Theory in Action, Gary de la Rosa; Section III. Transforming Institutions; Story: Transforming Bureaucracy, Douglas MacDonald; Comment: Transforming Institutions; Story: Transforming Institutions: Insider/Outsider, Joseph Gray; Section IV. Transforming People; Comment: To Be of Use; Story: Doing What It Takes to Be of Use, Randy Scott; Comment: Making Meaning; Doing Your Own Work; Epilogue: Transformational Public Service in the Public Interest
Biography
Cheryl Simrell King, Lisa A. Zanetti
