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Government Is Us
Strategies for an Anti-Government Era
- Cheryl Simrell King - University of Akron, USA
- Camilla Stivers - Cleveland State University, USA
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American Government and Politics
American Government and Politics
March 1998 | 240 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
While scepticism about government is an enduring feature of North American political culture, today's climate of anti-government sentiment has grown aggressive and even violent. This volume, made up of a community of prominent voices in public administration theory and practice, examines the current anti-government climate and its effect on the working lives of administrators and their relationships with citizens. It documents the sources of citizen discontent with government; explores its effects upon career civil servants' ability to do their work; and attempts to understand the implications for public administration practice in an anti-government area.
PART ONE: THE ANTI-GOVERNMENT CONTEXT
Cheryl Simrell King and Camilla M Stivers
Introduction
Camilla M Stivers, Cheryl Simrell King, and Renee Nank
Citizenship and its Discontents
Ralph Hummel and Camilla M Stivers
Government Isn't Us
Cheryl Simrell King and Camilla M Stivers
Citizens and Administrators
PART TWO: STRATEGIES FOR COLLABORATION
Cheryl Simrell King and Camilla M Stivers
Introduction
Mary M Timney
Overcoming Administrative Barriers to Citizen Participation
Lisa A Zanetti
At the Nexus of State and Civil Society
Walter W Kovalick Jr and Margaret M Kelly
The EPA Seeks Its Voice and Role with Citizens
Dolores Foley
We Want Your Input
Richard C Box and Deborah A Sagen
Working with Citizens
Joseph E Gray and Linda W Chapin
Targeted Community Initiative
Cheryl Simrell King and Camilla M Stivers
Conclusion