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Citizen Governance

Leading American Communities Into the 21st Century

Author: Richard C. Box  

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Summary

Drawing on fundamental ideas about the relationship of citizens to the public sphere, Richard C Box presents a model of `citizen governanceβ€². Recognizing the challenges in the community governance setting, he advocates rethinking the structure of local government and the roles of citizens, elected officials and public professionals.

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Drawing on fundamental ideas about the relationship of citizens to the public sphere, Richard C Box presents a model of citizen governance'. Recognizing the challenges in the community governance setting, he advocates rethinking the structure of local government and the roles of citizens, elected officials and public professionals in the twenty-first century. His model shifts a large part of the responsibility for local public policy from the professional and the elected official to the citizen. Citizens take part directly in creating and implementing policy, elected officials coordinate the policy process, and public professionnals facilitate citizen discourse, offering the knowledge of public practice needed for successfulcitizen governance.'

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Product Details

Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc
Published
13th February 1998
Format
Hardcover
Pages
200
ISBN
9780761912576

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