Urban Governance and Democracy
Urban Governance and Democracy

Author: Michael Haus

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-09-09

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 1134289278

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The issue of local governance is high on the institutional agenda of many local and regional authorities throughout the OECD countries. This book explores the relationship between two key issues of urban governance - leadership and community involvement - and how making these two elements more complementary can lead to more effective as well as legitimate policy outcomes. The authors examine the dilemmas involved in ensuring effective governance, focusing on issues such as legitimacy, citizen participation, economic performance and social inclusion.

Urban Governance and Democracy
Urban Governance and Democracy

Author: Michael Haus

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-09-09

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1134289286

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This book explores the relationship between leadership and community involvement , and discovers how making these two elements more complementary one to the other can lead to more effective as well as legitimate policy outcomes.

Transforming Public Leadership for the 21st Century
Transforming Public Leadership for the 21st Century

Author: Ricardo S. Morse

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-12-18

Total Pages: 443

ISBN-13: 131745328X

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The forces of globalization are shifting our world, including the public sector, away from hierarchy and command and control toward one of collaboration and networks. The way public leadership is thought about and practiced must be, and is being, transformed. This volume in the "Transformational Trends in Governance & Democracy" series explores what the shift looks like and also offers guidance on what it should look like. Specifically, the book focuses on the role of "career leaders" - those in public service - who are agents of change not only in their own organizations, but also in their communities and policy domains. These leaders work in network settings, making connections and collaborating to create public value and advance the common good. Featuring the insights of an authoritative group of contributors, the volume offers a mix of scholarship, from philosophical discussions to conceptual models to empirical studies that, taken together, will help inform the transformation of public leadership that is already underway.

Making Democratic Governance Work
Making Democratic Governance Work

Author: Pippa Norris

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-08-27

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 113956076X

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Is democratic governance good for economic prosperity? Does it accelerate progress towards social welfare and human development? Does it generate a peace-dividend and reduce conflict at home? Within the international community, democracy and governance are widely advocated as intrinsically desirable goals. Nevertheless, alternative schools of thought dispute their consequences and the most effective strategy for achieving critical developmental objectives. This book argues that both liberal democracy and state capacity need to be strengthened to ensure effective development, within the constraints posed by structural conditions. Liberal democracy allows citizens to express their demands, hold public officials to account and rid themselves of ineffective leaders. Yet rising public demands that cannot be met by the state generate disillusionment with incumbent officeholders, the regime, or ultimately the promise of liberal democracy ideals. Thus governance capacity also plays a vital role in advancing human security, enabling states to respond effectively to citizen's demands.

Democracy in Management
Democracy in Management

Author: Arghya Ray

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

Published: 2011-10

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 3656010900

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Scientific Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, language: English, abstract: This paper aims to focus on wider usage of some predominantly political terms like democracy, voting, expansionism, gender equality, etc. in relation to democracy in management. It also seeks to introduce relatively or altogether new terms like quasi command and control framework, left wing management and management left. Along with six points of corporate democracy provided by Gratton (2004), the paper seeks to append seven more points to elucidate the broader concept of the same.

Nation of Devils
Nation of Devils

Author: Stein Ringen

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2013-09-24

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 0300199015

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How does a government get the people to accept its authority? Every government must make unpopular demands on its citizens; the challenge is that power is not enough, the populace must also be willing to be led.

Dispersed Democratic Leadership
Dispersed Democratic Leadership

Author: Paul 't Hart

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2009-08-06

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 0199562997

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This collection of essays seeks to explore the unique way democracy disperses leadership, and the significant opportunities and challenges it presents to democratic leaders.

The Democratic Leader
The Democratic Leader

Author: John Kane

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2012-03-29

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0199650470

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Democratic leadership is the most familiar form of leadership and yet the least well understood by people in democratic countries. This book explores the tensions and dilemmas that beset such leadership in order to explain why democracies produce simultaneously the strongest and weakest of leaders.

Leadership and School Boards
Leadership and School Boards

Author: Laura E. Reimer

Publisher: R&L Education

Published: 2008-07-11

Total Pages: 126

ISBN-13: 1578869072

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School boards have the potential to build an extraordinary future for our children. The leadership of the school board can launch the potential in every child and educator in their schools, or it can cripple and discourage learning communities. Elected trustees play a critical role in today's school systems. As policy-makers, governors and community representatives, they influence the direction and achievement of schools within their jurisdiction. Administrators new to the school board table must quicklyacquire comprehensive knowledge of the mandate and purpose of the school board, and how to work with trustees to lead the school district to attain its educational goals. Exploring facets of school board governance such as the role of democracy, public finance, accountability, purposeful meetings, and how to work with the personalities at the table, this book offers foundational training for board members and general knowledge for persons interested in knowing what school trustees actually do. Thoroughly understanding the purpose of the school board, and what it means to 'guard the trust' on behalf of the citizenry is critical to improved schools and quality education.