PART I: Rethinking Administrative Rationality in a Democratic Republic
Chapter 1: Managing Successful Organizational Change in the Public Sector
Authors: Sergio Fernandez, Indiana University, and Hal G. Rainey, University of Georgia
Commentators: Patrick E. Connor and Fred Thompson, Willamette University
J. Christopher Mihm, Government Accountability Office
Mary Tschirhart, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Chapter 2: Back to the Future? Performance-Related Pay, Empirical Research, and the Perils of Persistence
Authors: James L. Perry, Trent A. Engbers, and So Yun Jun, Indiana University
Commentators: David J. Houston, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Sanjay K. Pandey, Rutgers University
Howard Risher, Risher Enterprises, Ltd.
Chapter 3: From "Need to Know" to "Need to Share": Tangled Problems, Information Boundaries, and the Building of Public Sector Knowledge Networks
Authors: Sharon S. Dawes, Anthony M. Cresswell, and Theresa A. Pardo, SUNY-Albany
Commentators: Lisa Blomgren Bingham, Indiana University
Sharon L. Caudle, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University
Chapter 4: Toward "Strong Democracy" in Global Cities? Social Capital Building, Theory-Driven Reform, and the Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Experience
Authors: Juliet Musso, University of Southern California; Christopher Weare, University of Southern California; Thomas Bryer, University of Central Florida; and Terry L. Cooper, University of Southern California
Commentators: Brian J. Cook, Virginia Tech
Tina Nabatchi, Syracuse University
John Clayton Thomas, Georgia State University
Chapter 5: Reinventing Administrative Prescriptions: The Case for Democratic-Constitutional Impact Statements and Scorecards
Author: David H. Rosenbloom, American University
Commentator: John M. Kamensky, IBM Center for the Business of Government
PART II: Recapitalizing Organizational Capacity
Chapter 6: Betting on the Future with a Cloudy Crystal Ball? How Financial Theory Can Improve Revenue Forecasting and Budgets in the States
Authors: Fred Thompson and Bruce L. Gates, Willamette University
Commentators: Roy T. Meyers, University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Katherine G. Willoughby, Georgia State University
Chapter 7: Managing Public Service Contracts: Aligning Values, Institutions, and Markets
Authors: Trevor L. Brown, Ohio State University; Matthew Potoski, University of California-Santa Barbara; and David M. Van Slyke, Syracuse University
Commentators: Ruth H. DeHoog, University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Suzanne J. Piotrowski, Rutgers University-Newark
Thomas F. Reilly, Clark County, Nevada
Andrew B. Whitford, University of Georgia
Chapter 8: A Return to Spoils? Revisiting Radical Civil Service Reform in the United States
Authors: Stephen E. Condrey, Condrey and Associates, Inc., and R. Paul Battaglio, Jr., University of Texas-Dallas
Commentators: Frank D. Ferris, Executive Vice President, National Treasury Employees Union
Norma M. Riccucci, Rutgers University-Newark
Frank J. Thompson, Rutgers University-Newark
Chapter 9: A Solution in Search of a Problem? Discrimination, Affirmative Action, and the New Governance
Author: Sally Coleman Selden, Lynchburg College
Commentators: Domonic A. Bearfield, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University
Lael R. Keiser, University of Missouri-Columbia
Sharon H. Mastracci, University of Illinois-Chicago
PART III: Reconceptualizing Institutions for New Policy Challenges
Chapter 10: Is the World "Flat" or "Spiky? Rethinking the Governance Implications of Globalization for Economic Development
Authors: Richard C. Feiock, Florida State University; M. Jae Moon, Yonsei University; and Hyung Jun Park, Sungkyunkwan University
Commentators: William Lyons, City of Knoxville, Tennessee and the University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Laura A. Reese, Michigan State University
John C. Morris, Old Dominion University, and Douglas J. Watson, University of Texas-Dallas
Chapter 11: Spanning "Bleeding" Boundaries: Humanitarianism, NGOs, and the Civilian-Military Nexus in the Post-Cold War Era
Author: Nancy C. Roberts, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
Commentator: Robert "Robin" H. Dorff, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
Chapter 12: Left High and Dry? Climate Change, Common-Pool Resource Theory, and the Adaptability of Western Water Compacts
Authors: Edella Schlager, University of Arizona, and Tanya Heikkila, University of Colorado-Denver
Commentators: Elizabeth A. Graffy, U.S. Geological Survey and University of Wisconsin-Madison
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