Books in the ASPA Series in Public Administration and Public Policy series

Informed by a "5 R" framework (reconceptualizing purpose, redefining rationality, recapitalizing human assets, reengaging resources, and revitalizing democratic constitutionalism), this book bridges the gap between theory and practice. In this collection of articles revised for book format, the Durants expertly draw out themes, issues, problems, and prospects in their preface and section introductions. Bulleted lessons and practical take-aways are also added for the busy practitioner and researcher. This book is a 'one stop shop' for cross-disciplinary, cross-sectoral, and cross-professional exchanges on contemporary challenges, choices, and opportunities facing public administrators today.

Public agencies at the federal, state, and local levels are realizing just how important it is to assess and improve their current performance and to convey information on their achievements and opportunities to staff, leaders, and decision makers as well as externally to constituents

In this timely book, author Anthony Trotta differentiates e-governance from e-government and examines the increasingly important role social media and crowdsourcing have come to play in our democracy, and the interactions between technology, polling, voting, and outcomes. Including practical cases ranging from DMV registration to online tax filing and markers of successful implementation, Advances in E-Governance carefully addresses how the adoption and expansion of electronic platforms align with new government paradigms and looks to future trends in this rapidly expanding field.

Through original and comprehensive research undertaken by the Center for State Policy and Leadership at the University of Illinois Springfield and the Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies (IACAA), this book is designed to inform and enhance leadership in Community Action agencies and other nonprofit or government organizations with similar missions. It will be required reading for professionals working at the frontlines of income inequality, as well as university professors and their students in the fields of public administration, nonprofit management, and social work.

Utilizing case studies and an original set of interviews with community members, elected officials, and city employees, this book provides a rare window onto the participatory budgeting process through the words and experiences of the very individuals involved. This book provides students, local government elected officials, practitioners, and citizens with a comprehensive understanding of participatory budgeting and straightforward guidelines to enhance the process of civic engagement and democratic values in local communities.

Written by "pracademics" with federal practitioners specifically in mind, the handbook is designed to bridge the gap between academic and applied public administration by identifying what resonates with practitioners as they search for usable theories and research findings to improve performance. It will be essential reading for federal practitioners, scholars, and "pracademics" alike.

Examining the intergovernmental politics of the first oil and natural gas boom of the 21st century, The Fracking Debate offers a holistic understanding of the politics that characterize oil and natural gas operations, including why local governments are challenging their state's preemptive authority, in order to initiate a larger conversation about improving intergovernmental relationships. Author Jonathan Fisk presents a novel argument about the ways in which local, state, regional, and national approaches to governance of shale gas development can work together to reduce conflict and forward the interests of the communities exposed to development.

U.S. congressional debates over the last few years have highlighted a paradox: although research demonstrates that emergencies are most effectively managed at the local level, fiscal support and programmatic management in response to disasters has shifted to the federal level. While the growing complexity of catastrophes may overwhelm local capacities and would seem to necessitate more federal engagement, can a federal approach be sustainable, and can it contribute to local capacity-building? This timely book examines local capacity-building as well as the current legal, policy and fiscal framework for disaster management, questioning some of the fundamentals of the current system, exploring whether accountability and responsibilities are correctly placed, offering alternative models, and taking stock of the current practices that reflect an effective use of resources in a complex emergency management system. The Future of Disaster Management in the U.S. will be of interest to disaster and emergency managers as well as public servants and policy-makers at all levels tasked with responding to increasingly complex catastrophes of all kinds.

This book provides public managers with an integrated conceptual framework for making informed electronic governance decisions. The book focuses on the core issues that public administrators face when using information and communication technologies (ICTs) to produce and deliver public service and to facilitate democratic governance. The issues include digital inclusion (digital divide), telecommunication infrastructure, information and service integration, ICT service management, ICT management capacity building, digital privacy and security, virtual transparency and accountability, and online civic engagement.

This book presents a holistic view of organizational risk management for public and non-profit administrators. The first part of the book presents different types of management theories and techniques as they relate to strategic planning. The second part gives an in-depth overview of risk management issues and solutions by presenting decision tools based on actual data and documented processes. The third part of the book presents the Logical Tracking System® case study. Real-world examples are used for illustration purposes.

This book presents a holistic view of organizational risk management for public and non-profit administrators. The first part of the book presents different types of management theories and techniques as they relate to strategic planning. The second part gives an in-depth overview of risk management issues and solutions by presenting decision tools based on actual data and documented processes. The third part of the book presents the Logical Tracking System® case study. Real-world examples are used for illustration purposes.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the fiscal viability and sustainability of the American states.The contributors to this text, who collectively have well over 200 years of experience in studying state finances, present the a complete picture of states¿ current financial conditions, functions, and future fiscal possibilities. Readers will come away with a substantive understanding of the fiscal history, current resources, major expenditures and fiscal sustainability of state governments in the United States.

In a uniquely clear and practical discussion of local economic development in this strained economic climate, this book provides an array of best practice recommendations and strategies for optimizing the difficult balance between economic development and environmental protection. Encompassing myriad locales and presenting daily applications, it connects administrative readers with a larger body of research that will help them avoid legal, technical, and political obstacles. Bridging the gap between policy-making intention and outcome, it includes many action oriented and empowering case studies relevant to today¿s most immediate struggles.

Offering a critical examination of government in American cities, this book presents the innovative view that mayors in council-manager cities are better positioned to develop positive leadership than their peers in mayor-council cities. It suggests a collaborative model for leadership that identifies what is unique in the council-manager setting.

There is a constant drive for greater specialization when it comes to environmental problems. This book provides stakeholders from various backgrounds with the ability to place environmental problems and solutions within a common framework from which decisions can be made. It focuses on considerations from three primary areas of influence on environmental decision making: science, economics, and values. It presents the questions, issues, and problems that need to be addressed by today's environmental specialists. The text also includes case studies to illustrate the analytical reasoning required to employ contextually sound environmental decision-making.

This book supplements human resources theory with instructional case studies based upon actual events. The authors introduce key human resource issues with clear, concise language and provide techniques to address these issues in a real-world setting. The case studies cover key human resource issues including legal and liability issues, recruiting and hiring, employee performance, reward and discipline issues, retention, termination, workplace violence, mentorship, motivation and managing through transitions. The book is structured to encourage group discussions and problem-solving opportunities in the classroom and function as a reference and training tool for managers and human resource professionals working in the public sector.

Explains the transformation in community revitalization from market based incentives to mixed strategies of public sector learning, partnerships, and community capacity. This book chronicles the struggle of local revitalization as organizers move from trial and error to effective revitalization strategies bringing about.

Demonstrating both effective and ineffective means of collaboration, this text shows the readers that good collaboration is rarely an accident; that it requires a conceptual framework, recruitment of participants, active leadership, communication, and the sharing of investment and risk, as well as reward and accountability.

Examines why economic growth during the late twentieth century was marked by the dramatic rise of some communities and the equally stunning demise of others. This book identifies the key components of sustained economic growth as well as the policies, actions, and inactions that are precursors to the decline of local economies.

In order to implement an integrated cycle of assessment, planning, and improvement, government agencies need a framework for organizational assessment that speaks to their unique needs. This book provides those who manage or work in government with an understanding of and a methodology for assessment.

Ethical, effective, and equitable public services have been shown to inspire public trust, facilitating the collaborative partnership that must exist between public servants and citizens to achieve good governance. This volume examines how to identify, assess and resolve the ethical issues and dilemmas that often confront those who govern.

Focusing on transformation at the federal, state, and local levels, this book reflects the changes in government and nonprofit organizations. Suitable for administrators of public organizations, it includes a field-tested survey for diagnosing disequilibrium in organization as a first step in a transformational change initiative.

Designed to enable practitioners and students to evaluate a variety of real-life emergencies from every angle, this new edition of Case Studies in Disaster Response and Emergency Management provides clear, thorough, step-by-step descriptions of more than 50 major disasters or emergencies. Arranged chronologically, the case studies involve incidents from around the globe, with topics including natural disasters, industrial accidents, epidemics, and terrorist attacks. A series of questions throughout each case study encourages the reader to think critically about the problem at hand, to select a course of action, and to then see the results of the decisions that were made.　 This hands-on approach invites practitioners and students to apply learned theoretical emergency management techniques in a safe test environment. Case Studies in Disaster Response and Emergency Management, 2e provides readers with the most modern and current case studies in disaster response and emergency management and can be used in group project settings, as individual homework assignments in training courses for first responders, law enforcement, and government employees, or to complement existing emergency management textbooks in Public Administration, Public Management, and Public Affairs programs.