{"product_id":"strategies-for-governing-9781501714405","title":"Strategies for Governing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the fields of public administration and public management suffering a crisis of relevance, Alasdair Roberts offers a provocative assessment of their shortfalls. The two fields, he finds, no longer address urgent questions of governance in a turbulent and dangerous world. \u003ci\u003eStrategies for Governing\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new path forward for research, teaching, and practice. Leaders of states, Roberts writes, are constantly reinventing strategies for governing. Experts in public administration must give advice on the design as well as execution of strategies that effective, robust, and principled. \u003ci\u003eStrategies for Governing\u003c\/i\u003e challenges us to reinvigorate public administration and public management, preparing the fields for the challenges of the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOverall, \u003ci\u003eStrategies for Governing\u003c\/i\u003e has broad implications for research, teaching, and practice in a variety of disciplines and subfields. The book's insights provide readers with fresh perspectives on important research questions in public administration, public policy, American politics, international relations, and comparative politics. Perhaps most notably, Roberts encourages us to return to first principles and to address the 'what' and 'how' of government.\u003c\/p\u003e * Perspectives on Politics *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoberts has nudged us in the right direction to reawaken why public administration... is a field uniquely situated to link theory and practice at a macro-societal level... On that point alone, we all owe Roberts a great intellectual debt.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a thought-provoking book, one that deserves the attention of everyone in the field of public administration\u003c\/p\u003e * Teaching Public Administration *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoberts succinctly makes a timely case in favor of large concerns about governing... While dealing with currently urgent realities of the field, the analysis makes a contribution to last.\u003c\/p\u003e * American Review of Public Administration *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrategies for Governing has broad implications for research, teaching, and practice in a variety of disciplines and subfields. The book's insights provide readers with fresh perspectives on important research questions in public administration, public policy, American politics, international relations, and comparative politics. Perhaps most notably, Roberts encourages us to return to first principles and to address the 'what' and 'how' of government.\u003c\/p\u003e * Perspectives on Politics *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoberts is masterful at distilling complex concepts into a digestible format, through which both new students and senior scholars can engage and argue. The book provides an opportunity to have a critical conversation about the boundaries of Public Administration.\u003c\/p\u003e * Governance *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe argument's timeliness is uncanny, given the COVID19 pandemic, police violence, and racism plaguing the nation today... Roberts's book is a real bottomless well of research ideas ready to be pursued by scholars, especially junior ones. The book would also be useful for directors of graduate programs in PA interested in equipping students with the mindset and tools to address the big picture.\u003c\/p\u003e * Political Science Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoberts succeeds in setting forth his charge for public administration to deemphasize the technical, efficiency-driven, myopic view of theory and practice and to urgently take on a new, bold view to meet the dangers facing us in this new century. This brief, clearly written book is a must read for academics and an essential addition to the required reading for public administration graduate students. Overall, it makes an important contribution to understanding the significance of a much-needed shift toward a macro-level analysis and the renewal of the state as we hurtle into the face of powerful change.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Military and Political Sociology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Time for a New Approach\u003cbr\u003e 1. Summary of Propositions\u003cbr\u003e 2. Acknowledging the State\u003cbr\u003e 3. States and Societies\u003cbr\u003e 4. Leaders and Their Goals\u003cbr\u003e 5. Strategies for Governing\u003cbr\u003e 6. Factors and Forces\u003cbr\u003e 7. Laws, Organizations, Programs, and Practices\u003cbr\u003e 8. Aspects of Institutional Stewardship\u003cbr\u003e 9. Challenges in Strategy-Making\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Struggle for Mastery\u003cbr\u003e 11. Danger, Strategic Fragility, and Realism\u003cbr\u003e 12. Time and Progress\u003cbr\u003e 13. Unexceptionalism\u003cbr\u003e 14. Efficiency or Extravagance\u003cbr\u003e 15. Tight or Loose Control\u003cbr\u003e 16. Separation or Connection\u003cbr\u003e 17. Present or Future\u003cbr\u003e 18. Commitment or Equivocation\u003cbr\u003e 19. Planning or Improvisation\u003cbr\u003e 20. Research\u003cbr\u003e 21. Teaching\u003cbr\u003e 22. Practice\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Grand Challenges\u003cbr\u003e A Glossary of States\u003cbr\u003e Further Reading\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409327006039,"sku":"9781501714405","price":97.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501714405.jpg?v=1730506433","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/strategies-for-governing-9781501714405","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}