
Creating Sustainable Community Programs
Examples of Collaborative Public Administration
- 320 pages
- English
- PDF
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Creating Sustainable Community Programs
Examples of Collaborative Public Administration
About this book
Public opinion polls consistently reveal the lack of confidence, disillusionment, and mistrust that citizens feel toward government. Daniels and his contributors believe that the relationship between citizens and their governments can be changed by facilitating greater citizen collaboration with government, particularly through local sustainable programs. As the case studies show, often sustainable community programs are created through grassroots movements that are initiated and managed by citizens themselves, bringing them in contact with their local elected and appointed officials. Unlike traditional programs that are administered by local officials on behalf of their citizens, once sustainable community programs are created, citizens administer their own programs in collaboration with local officials. The case studies look at a variety of sustainable programs, primarily in the United States, that help to deal with issues such as recycling, transportation, microcredit, site redevelopment, pollution, health care, and hunger. Creating Sustainable Community Programs is the first book on sustainable programs that is intended for an audience of public administration scholars, researchers, and students as well as practitioners who are searching for ways to change the relationship between citizens and their governments.
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Table of contents
- Tables and Figures
- Preface
- 1. Introduction Mark R. Daniels
- 2. Working Toward Sustainability: Successful Community-Based Efforts Jason Venetoulis
- 3. Harmony Homestead and the Macoskey Center for Sustainable Systems Education and Research Claire M. Anderson
- 4. Sustaining Community Through Collaboration: The Value of Conflict Management Training for Community Leaders Patricia J. Fredericksen and Nicholas P. Lovrich
- 5. Developing, Financing, and Implementing Local Sustainable Transportation Programs Eric Lindquist
- 6. Sustaining Microcredit Programs: Lessons Learned Over Two Decades of Practice Douglas Snow, Terry F. Buss, and Colette Dumas
- 7. Building a Sustainable Community and Revitalizing Urban Citizenship in Los Angeles’ Empowerment Zone Gerry Riposa
- 8. Brownfield Redevelopment in Michigan: Experimenting with Contaminated Site Redevelopment Policies Richard C. Hula
- 9. The Aga Khan Rural Support Program and the Orangi Pilot Project: The Demand Side in Development Feisal Uzair Khan and Jennifer E. Tessendorf
- 10. Local Control, Local Capacity and Regulatory Effectiveness: Issues in Municipal Water Pollution Control Y. Mina Chang and Anand Desai
- 11. Recycling Programs in Sustainable Communities Mark R. Daniels
- 12. The Role of Technology in Creating a Sustainable Community: Application of Radio Frequency Identification Technology in Curbside Recycling Jothi S. Themozhi and Gail Johnson
- 13. A Local Partnership for Sustainable Food and Agriculture: The Case of PlacerGROWN David Campbell and Gail Feenstra
- 14. Food Gatherers: The Role of Entrepreneurship and Political Context in Sustainable Community Programs Rhonda S. Kinney and Michael Harris
- 15. Empty Bowls: A Simple Idea to Feed Hungry People Alice E. Kaiser-Drobney
- 16. The Gwinnett Coalition for Human Resource Development Patricia Mitchell
- 17. Environmental Management Information Systems and Sustainable Communities Michelle Wyman Pawar and Sherman Wyman
- 18. Engaging Youth in Their Communities: The Ultimate Tool for Sustainability Alice E. Kaiser-Drobney
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- About the Contributors