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  • Challenging the Performance Movement

    Accountability, Complexity, and Democratic Values

    Series series Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics series
    "Accountability" is a watchword of our era. Dissatisfaction with a range of public and private institutions is widespread and often expressed in strong critical rhetoric. The reasons for these views are varied and difficult to translate into concrete action, but this hasn't deterred governments and nongovernmental organizations from putting into place formal processes for determining whether their ... Read more

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  • Policy Analysis in the Twenty-First Century

    Complexity, Conflict, and Cases

    by Beryl Radin ...
    The field called policy analysis focused originally on the formulation of new policies and was structured to give advice to those in the top reaches of government agencies. Within several decades the field moved beyond the formulation stage of the policy process (creating new policies) to agenda setting, implementation, and evaluation of existing policies. New skill sets emerged and staff were ... Read more

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  • The Accountable Juggler

    The Art of Leadership in a Federal Agency

    by Beryl Radin ...
    Series series Public Affairs and Policy Administration Series
    PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND POLICY ADMINISTRATION SERIES Edited by Donald KettlHow should a manager handle different accountability expectations? While a commonplace term in government lexicon, accountability has escaped precise definition, leaving managers at a disadvantage when trying to monitor the performance of their programs.Including more than 300 programs, over 60,000 employees, and a budget of ... Read more

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  • Beyond Machiavelli

    Policy Analysis Reaches Midlife, Second Edition

    In this new edition of Beyond Machiavelli, Beryl Radin updates her popular overview of the field of policy analysis. Radin, winner of the John Gaus Award from the American Political Science Association, considers the critical issues that confront the policy analysis practitioner, changes in the field, including the globalization of policy analysis, and the dramatic changes in the policy ... Read more

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  • Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions

    Series series Public Management and Change series
    Proposals for reform have dotted the federal management landscape in the United States for more than 50 years. Yet these efforts by public management professionals have frequently failed to produce lasting results. In her new book, Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions, renowned public administration scholar Beryl A. Radin reveals what may lie behind the failure of so many efforts ... Read more

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  • Defining Policy Analysis: A Journey that Never Ends

    Series series Elements in Public Policy
    For much of its life, the field of policy analysis has lived with a wide range of definitions of its goals, work and significance in the society. This Element seeks to sort out these differences by describing the issues, players and developments that have played a role over the life of this field. As a result of the relationships that have developed an environment has emerged where both academics ... Read more

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  • What Do We Expect from Our Government?

    Much has changed in US politics since the historic 2008 election. While the press covers the actions and agendas of the new administration, other impacts of this political shift have not received as much attention. These changes have forced the nation to rethink the necessary role of government, the role of the private market, the impact of science, technology, and information, and, ultimately, ... Read more

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  • Policy Analysis in the United States

    Series Book 12 - International Library of Policy Analysis
    Policy Analysis in the United States brings together contributions from some of the world’s leading scholars and practitioners of public policy analysis including Beryl Radin, David Weimer, Rebecca Maynard, Laurence Lynn, and Guy Peters.This volume represents an indispensable companion to other volumes in the International Library of Policy Analysis series, enabling scholars to compare cross ... Read more

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    How the Reagan Legacy Has Distorted Our Politics and Haunts Our Future

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    Revival 2.0 tells the dramatic inside story of how President Obama and his team have regained their footing and learned to fight for their political survival.Bestselling Obama biographer Richard Wolffe (author of Renegade and Revival) follows President Barack Obama and his inner circle (including Valerie Jarrett, David Plouffe, Hillary Clinton, David Axelrod, and Robert Gibbs), from the Democratic ... Read more

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  • A Romance of Canvas Town And Other Stories

    Goldfields Tales: Romance, Adventure, and Resilience in 19th-Century Australia

    Rolf Boldrewood's "A Romance of Canvas Town and Other Stories" embodies the vivid essence of Australian life in the late 19th century. Through a series of dynamic narratives, Boldrewood intricately interweaves themes of resilience, adventure, and romance against the backdrop of the canvas towns that sprang up during the gold rush era. His literary style, marked by rich, descriptive prose and an ... Read more

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  • Why Presidents Fail And How They Can Succeed Again

    At the beginning of the century, the majority of Americans were satisfied with the way things were going in the United States. And then a slow decline began, seemingly uninterrupted by changes in party or achievements by the White House. As the campaigning for the next president begins, the question we ask ourselves now is who will be the most competent leader? In Why Presidents Fail and How They ... Read more

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