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Innovation in American Government

Innovation in American Government Challenges, Opportunities, and Dilemmas

Alan A. Altshuler and Robert D. Behn, Brookings Institution Press 1997 c. 394pp.

Part 1: Why Innovate?

Chapter 1: The Dilemmas of Innovation in American Government

Chapter 2: Bureaucratic Innovation, Democratic Accountability, and Political Incentives

Chapter 3: Innovation and Public Management: Notes from the State House and City Hall

Part 2: Innovation and Organization

Chapter 4: Innovation and the Public Interest: Insights from the Private Sector

Chapter 5: The Dilemma of the Modern Public Manager: Satisfying the Virtues of Scientific and Innovative Management

Chapter 6: Innovation in the Concept of Government Operations: A New Paradigm for Staff Agencies

Chapter 7: Innovation in Public Sector Human Services Programs: The Implications of Innovation by 'Groping Along'

Part 3: Innovation and the Media

Chapter 8: Why Government Innovation is Not News: The View from the Newsroom

Chapter 9: Mass Media and Policy Innovation: Opportunities and Constraints for Public Management

Part 4: Innovation in Policy Fields

Chapter 10: State Innovation in Health Policy

Chapter 11: The Paradox of Innovation in Education: Cycles of Reform and the Resilience of Teaching

Chapter 12: Innovation in Policing: From Production Lines to Jobs Shops

Part 5: Implementing Innovation

Chapter 13: Resolving the Dilemmas of Ad Hoc Processes: Parallel Processes as Scaffolding

Chapter 14: Replication: Adapt or Fail

Chapter 15: Public Sector Innovations and Their Diffusion: Economic Tools and Managerial Tasks

Chapter 16: Notes from a Reflective Practitioner of Innovation

Index

Contributors

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