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" Gary Bryner's brief, readable, capstone book: " Features a
forward by Mark A. Boyer Outlines the major environmental
challenges facing the world today Applies international relations
theory to these challenges Covers such key topics as development,
sustainability, and market capitalism Offers a social justice
perspective to environmental problems and solutions Borne of an
amalgam of social science, fieldwork, and a passionate commitment
to justice, this book brings debates about climate change to a new
level, compelling readers and researchers to rethink the reasons
for reversing global environmental trends. The book lays out three
inspirations for improving environmental prospects: effective
markets, sustainable development, and environmental justice for the
most vulnerable. It also projects three possible scenarios flowing
from the success or failure of these inspirations one bleak, one
breakthrough, and one of status quo. Gary Bryner is not sanguine
about humanity s ability to make the right choices, but this does
not deter him from asking us to think beyond our own generation and
our own species in urging environmental action now."
" Gary Bryner's brief, readable, capstone book: " Features a
forward by Mark A. Boyer Outlines the major environmental
challenges facing the world today Applies international relations
theory to these challenges Covers such key topics as development,
sustainability, and market capitalism Offers a social justice
perspective to environmental problems and solutions Borne of an
amalgam of social science, fieldwork, and a passionate commitment
to justice, this book brings debates about climate change to a new
level, compelling readers and researchers to rethink the reasons
for reversing global environmental trends. The book lays out three
inspirations for improving environmental prospects: effective
markets, sustainable development, and environmental justice for the
most vulnerable. It also projects three possible scenarios flowing
from the success or failure of these inspirations one bleak, one
breakthrough, and one of status quo. Gary Bryner is not sanguine
about humanity s ability to make the right choices, but this does
not deter him from asking us to think beyond our own generation and
our own species in urging environmental action now."
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New Ways of Doing Business (Paperback)
Mark A. Abramson, Ann M. Kieffaber; Contributions by John P. Bartkowski, Gary C. Bryner, John J Callahan, …
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In their introduction, the editors of New Ways of Doing Business
assert that in retrospect, it will be apparent that today's
government, that of the early years of the 21st century, "was
undergoing its most significant transformation since the decade of
the 1930's when direct government-delivered services grew
significantly as part of the New Deal." This newest volume in the
IBM Endowment for the Business of Government series is an
invaluable guide to navigating the sometimes controversial changes
taking place in the internal operations of government, the delivery
of services to citizens, and the delivery of environmental
programs. Possibly the most monumental change taking place in our
modern government is the lessening allegiance to the old model of
in-house, in-departmental performance of tasks. The new model asks
"how and by whom can the tasks of government best be performed?"
The answer sometimes lies with another inter-governmental
department, leading to an in-house atmosphere of healthy
competition and entrepreneurship, and sometimes with outside
contractors. New Ways of Doing Business provides descriptions and
guidelines for successfully navigating management under the new
model. There are also dramatic new ways in which services to the
public can now be delivered: via the Internet, via contracts with
private organizations, and via faith-based initiatives and business
improvement districts. Experts provide valuable checklists and
guidelines and case studies exploring the merits and disadvantages
of these new service delivery routes. Finally, New Ways of Doing
Business explores what the editors call one of the most highly
experimental policy arenas in government, that of the delivery of
environmental programs. The authors of these articles explain via
case study analysis many of the innovative programs currently in
existence, and postulate that the traditional "command-and-control"
stance of government to businesses will be superceded by a
flexibility that will allow for incre
In Active Duty: Public Administration as Democratic Statesmanship,
a distinguished group of contributors examines the role of the
American civil service under the Constitution. The common concern
that unites the otherwise diverse approaches of the authors is the
conception of public administration as a particular form of
political activity. The contributors relate administrative issues
to the broader questions of political life, such as political
judgment and responsibility, the Constitution and
constitutionalism, and the promotion of human liberty and the
common good. They aim to encourage the administrator to become a
democratic statesman. Present and prospective American civil
servants, as well as political scientists and political
philosophers, will find this book of interest.
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