{"product_id":"the-art-of-governance-patricia-w-ingraham-9781589010345","title":"The Art of Governance: Analyzing Management and Administration","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublic administration has evolved into an extraordinarily complex form of governance employing traditional bureaucracy, quasi-government public organizations, and collaborative networks of nongovernmental organizations. Analyzing and improving government performance-a matter of increasing concern to citizens, elected officials, and managers of the organizations themselves-has in turn become a much more fraught undertaking. Understanding the new complexities calls for new research approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Governance \u003c\/i\u003epresents a fresh palette of research based on a new framework of governance that was first developed by coeditor Laurence E. Lynn, Jr., with Carolyn J. Heinrich, and Carolyn J. Hill in their book, \u003ci\u003eImproving Governance: A New Logic for Empirical Research\u003c\/i\u003e. That book identified how the relationships among citizens, legislatures, executive and organizational structures, and stakeholders interact, in order to better diagnose and solve problems in public management.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume takes that relational concept into new realms of conceptualization and application as it links alternative institutional and administrative structures to program performance in different policy areas and levels of government. Collectively, the contributors begin to paint a new picture of how management \u003ci\u003ematters\u003c\/i\u003e throughout the policy process. They illuminate how, at different levels of an organization, leadership and management vary-and explore both the significance of structural systems and the importance of alternative organizational forms for the implementation of public policies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Governance\u003c\/i\u003e shows that effective governance is much more complex than paint-by-number. But if the variety of forms and models of governance are analyzed using advanced theories, models, methods, and data, important lessons can be applied that can lead us to more successful institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia W. Ingraham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1589010345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781589010345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Georgetown University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.46w x 0.68d","brand":"Patricia W. Ingraham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45064624046335,"sku":"9781589010345","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4be9ba3c-c024-43e1-8c75-2cdc0962c838.jpg?v=1712124695","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-art-of-governance-patricia-w-ingraham-9781589010345","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}