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The go-to guide for those seeking a comprehensive approach to
sustainable community development, from the neighborhood to the
regional level Toward Sustainable Communities is the definitive
guide to the what, the why, and most importantly, the how of
creating vibrant, healthy, equitable, and prosperous places. This
fully revised 5th edition introduces the innovative Community
Capital Compass as a powerful tool for maximizing the social,
economic, and environmental benefits of complex community and
regional decisions, and has been completely revamped to serve US as
well as Canadian and other international readers. Those seeking a
comprehensive approach to sustainable community planning and
development from the neighborhood to the regional level will
benefit from: An expanded Community Capital framework which
organizes community resources into eight interrelated forms of
capital – natural, built, organizational, political, financial,
cultural, human, and relational The Community Capital Compass for
navigating complex situations involving everything from municipal
services and land use planning to housing and climate change, to
help determine strategic directions by illustrating dynamic
interactions, synergies, and tradeoffs Elaboration of collaborative
governance, community mobilization, public engagement, capacity
building, infrastructure, policymaking, and best practices
Companion website featuring case studies, profiles, online
resources, interactive tools, and more. Packed with concrete,
proven solutions, this "living book" is the go-to guide for
sustainable community development, and required reading for current
and aspiring professionals or practitioners, policymakers,
educators, purpose-driven organizations, engaged citizens, and
anyone concerned about their communities and a sustainable future.
The discipline of public administration draws predominantly from
political and organizational theory, but also from other social and
behavioral sciences, philosophy, and even theology. This diversity
results in conflicting prescriptions for the "proper"
administrative role. So, how are those new to public administration
to know which ideas are "legitimate"? Rather than accepting
conventional arguments for administrative legitimacy through
delegated constitutional authority or expertise, Logics of
Legitimacy: Three Traditions of Public Administration Praxis does
not assume that any one approach to professionalism is accepted by
all scholars, practitioners, citizens, or elected representatives.
Instead, it offers a framework for public administration theory and
practice that fully includes the citizen as a political actor
alongside elected representatives and administrators. This
framework: Considers both direct and representative forms of
democracy Examines concepts from both political and organizational
theory, addressing many of the key questions in public
administration Examines past and present approaches to
administration Presents a conceptual lens for understanding public
administration theory and explaining different administrative roles
and practices The framework for public administration theory and
practice is presented in three traditions of main prescriptions for
practice: Constitutional (the bureaucrat), Discretionary (the
entrepreneur), and Collaborative (the steward). This book is
appropriate for use in graduate-level courses that explore the
philosophical, historical, and intellectual foundations of public
administration. Upon qualified course adoption, instructors will
gain access to a course outline and corresponding lecture slides.
Dominant governance theories are drawn primarily from Euro-American
sources, including emergent theories of network and collaborative
governance. The authors contest this narrow view and seek a more
globally inclusive and transdisciplinary perspective, arguing such
an approach is more fruitful in addressing the wicked problems of
sustainability-including social, economic, and environmental
crises. This book thus offers and affirms an innovative governance
approach that may hold more promise as a "universal" framework that
is not colonizing in nature due to its grounding in relational
process assumptions and practices. Using a comprehensive Governance
Typology that encompasses ontological assumptions, psychosocial
theory, epistemological concepts, belief systems, ethical concepts,
political theory, economic theory, and administrative theory, the
authors delve deeply into underlying philosophical commitments and
carry them into practice through an approach they call Integrative
Governance. The authors consider ways this approach to radical
self-governance is already being implemented in the prefigurative
politics of contemporary social movements, and they invite scholars
and activists to: imagine governance in contexts of social,
economic, and environmental interconnectedness; to use the
ideal-type as an evaluative tool against which to measure practice;
and to pursue paradigmatic change through collaborative praxis.
This volume explores the ways in which civil society and
governments employ transformative tactics of direct engagement in
coordinating efforts toward the common good. The chapters highlight
alternatives that are philosophically and pragmatically different
from neoliberal austerity measures, which reduce coproduction to a
cost-saving tactic. Instead of simplistic load-shedding and
unfunded partnerships, collaborative governance and coproduction
increasingly take on characteristics of social movements, wherein
direct citizen engagement in public policy making and
administrative implementation are seen as the collective pursuit of
human flourishing and abundance. These approaches counter the
status quo - both in terms of power dynamics and standard operating
procedures. Civil society is increasingly reclaiming its roots in
the more informal mechanisms of social movements. As governments
reach out to engage these groups, they must develop a new stance
toward collaboration - one that sees power as a generative force
when shared rather than held through hierarchical or competitive
dominance. This book shows how, through this transformation,
genuine public value can be produced.
This book presents a critique of dominant governance theories
grounded in an understanding of existence as a static, discrete,
mechanistic process, while also identifying the failures of
theories that assume dynamic alternatives of either a radically
collectivist or individualist nature. Relationships between
ontology and governance practices are established, drawing upon a
wide range of social, political, and administrative theory.
Employing the ideal-type method and dialectical analysis to
establish meanings, the authors develop a typology of four dominant
approaches to governance. The authors then provide a systematic
analysis of each governance approach, thoroughly unpacking and
critiquing each one and exploring the relationships and movements
among them that engender reform and revolution as well as
retrenchment and obfuscation of power dynamics. After demonstrating
that each governance approach has fatal flaws within a diverse
global context, the authors propose an alternative they call
Integrative Governance. As a synthesis of the ideal-types,
Integrative Governance is neither individualist nor collectivist,
while still maintaining the dynamic character required to
accommodate responsiveness to cultural contexts.
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