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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “david w young”
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  • The Battles of Germantown

    Effective Public History in America

    by David W. Young ...
    Series series History and the Public
    2020 Philip S. Klein Book Prize Winner, Pennsylvania Historical AssociationKnown as America’s most historic neighborhood, the Germantown section of Philadelphia (established in 1683) has distinguished itself by using public history initiatives to forge community. Progressive programs about ethnic history, postwar urban planning, and civil rights have helped make historic preservation and public ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Managing Local Governments

    Designing Management Control Systems that Deliver Value

    by Emanuele Padovani, David W. Young ...
    Series series Routledge Masters in Public Management
    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 ... Read more

    $81.99 USD

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  • Improving the Performance of Government Employees

    A Manager's Guide

    by Stewart Liff ...
    In light of an increasingly tumultuous political landscape, the success, efficiency, and performance of government employees and departments is more critical than ever before. With over thirty years of experience working for the federal government, author Stewart Liff shares firsthand knowledge about the key to improving a government team’s performance results: understanding how different ... Read more

    $9.49 USD

  • The New Public Governance?

    Emerging Perspectives on the Theory and Practice of Public Governance

    Edited by Stephen P. Osborne ...
    Despite predictions that 'new public management' would establish itself as the new paradigm of Public Administration and Management, recent academic research has highlighted concerns about the intra-organizational focus and limitations of this approach. This book represents a comprehensive analysis of the state of the art of public management, examining and framing the debate in this important ... Read more

    $101.99 USD

  • Social Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century: Innovation Across the Nonprofit, Private, and Public Sectors

    by Georgia Levenson Keohane ...
    An expert’s inside look into the ways social entrepreneurship is changing the worldWhether you’re a policymaker, investor, or involved in a nonprofit, Social Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century gives you the knowledge you need to make the best possible decisions for the future. A former McKinsey consultant reveals how social entrepreneurship has filtered into the workings of government and ... Read more

    $27.39 USD

  • Non-Governmental Organizations, Management and Development

    by David Lewis ...
    Non-Governmental Development Organizations have seen turbulent times over the decades; however, recent years have seen them grow to occupy high-profile positions in the fight against poverty. They are now seen as an important element of ‘civil society’, a concept that has been given increasing importance by global policy makers. This book has evolved during the course of that period to be a prime ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Managing Organizational Change in Public Services

    International Issues, Challenges and Cases

    Edited by Rune Todnem By, Calum Macleod ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Organizational Change & Development
    Forming part of the Understanding Organizational Change series, Managing Organizational Change in Public Services focuses on the organizational dimension of change management in public services. Combining aspects of change management theory with ‘real life’ practice in the form of organizational cases from different regions and sectors, this edited collection identifies and analyzes significant ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • State Management

    An Enquiry into Models of Public Administration & Management

    by Jan-Erik Lane ...
    State Management offers a comprehensive yet concise introduction to the new field of state management, presenting an analysis of basic questions within the theories of bureaucracy, policy-making, principal-agent modelling and policy networks. Focussing upon recent state transformation, it illuminates public sector reform strategies such as New Public Management as well as incorporation, tendering ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Saving the World On Thirty Dollars a Day

    An Activist's Guide to Starting, Organizing and Running a Non-Profit Organization

    by Charles Sheehan-Miles ...
    Activist and Author Charles Sheehan-Miles, founder of the National Gulf War Resource Center and former executive director of Veterans for Common Sense, gives hard won practical suggestions and advice to people who want to set out to change the world.  In 1993, starting with no money, resources, members or organization behind them, Sheehan-Miles and a small group of war veteran activists set out to ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Catalytic Governance

    Leading Change in the Information Age

    by Patricia Meredith, Steven A. Rosell, Ged R. Davis ...
    Although the information age offers individuals from all walks of life the power to make their voices heard, we often end up with a cacophony of competing voices rather than a conversation. With so many people empowered to join the decision-making process, the number and diversity of stakeholders in governance situations poses a special challenge: how do you steer when so many hands are on the ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • Fiscal Tiers (Routledge Revivals)

    The Economics of Multi-Level Government

    by David King ...
    First published in 1984. This book brings together and develops the economic theory relating to the design and operation of systems of non-central government — positing major developments in several areas. It considers what functions systems most suitably perform in non-central governments, and their appropriate size and structure. How these authorities might finance themselves — by taxes, charges ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Network Theory in the Public Sector

    Building New Theoretical Frameworks

    Edited by Robyn Keast, Myrna P Mandell, Robert Agranoff ...
    Series series Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management
    Networks have been described in terms of metaphors, governance arrangements and structural or institutional arrangements. These different perspectives of networks come out of a variety of disciplines, including political science, public administration, urban affairs, social welfare, public management and organizational/sociological research. This wealth of research, while contributing to a deeper ... Read more

    $65.99 USD