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Government is us : public administration in an anti-government era

Explores the current anti-government climate and its effect on the work and working lives of public employees and their relationships with citizens. Offers economic, political, historical and philosophical perspectives on citizens discontent and tells stories of actual working relationships between public agencies and citizens
Print Book, English, ©1998
Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, Calif., ©1998
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xvi, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780761908814, 9780761908821, 0761908811, 076190882X
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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