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This volume brings together 8 previously unpublished papers dealing with various modes of allocating jointly consumable goods (i.e. public goods). The issues covered range from voluntary contributions and price exclusion (market allocation) to positive and normative analyses of different political allocation procedures for public goods. Given this wide spectrum of allocative schemes for public goods there does not seem to be an easy and clear-cut message from modern public-goods theory to public allocation policy.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Series Editor's Introduction -- Partnership Governance Introduction -- 1. Origins of Partnership Governance -- 2. Trust in Partnership Development -- 3. Partnership Governance: The Role of Public Entrepreneurship and Social Capital -- 4. Business Improvement Districts-Formal Public-Private Partnerships -- 5. Performance Measures in Partnership Governance: Lessons from Public-Private Partnership-Business Improvement Districts -- Appendix 1: Step-by-Step Guide to Planning and Implementing a Special District/Public-Private Partnership -- Appendix 2: Case Study of the Flemington, New Jersey, Business Improvement District Planning Process -- Appendix 3: A Universal Public-Private Partnership/Managed Business District Survey (Grossman 2014) -- Index.

1. Origins of partnership governance -- 2. Trust in partnership development -- 3. Partnership governance : the role of public entrepreneurship and social capital -- 4. Business improvement districts : formal public-private partnerships -- 5. Performance measures in partnership governance : lessons from public-private partnership, business improvement districts.

Economic individualism and market-based values dominate today's policymaking and public management circlesùoften at the expense of the common good. In his new book, Barry Bozeman demonstrates the continuing need for public interest theory in government. Public Values and Public Interest offers a direct theoretical challenge to the utility of economic individualism, the prevailing political theory in the western world. The book's arguments are steeped in a practical and practicable theory that advances public interest as a viable and important measure in any analysis of policy or public adminis

"In an attempt to instil trust in their performance, credibility, integrity, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and good governance, many public organizations are in effect viewing tax-paying citizens as consumers. Little research exists to explore synergies between the market economy, public administration reformation, and their complex bilateral effects. This book takes a timely look at the heightened need for public administration reform as a result of the economic challenges currently faced by nations across the globe. In particular it explores the roles of eGovernment and a citizen-centric focus in this transformation. Public Administration Reform examines several commonly-held assumptions about public administration: the public sector is slow and bureaucratic; government employees are frequently disengaged; and government agencies are sometimes wasteful. eGovernment is proposed as a key tool in the improvement of both public services and reputations of public organizations. "--

"This book discusses a series of related but independent challenges faced by philanthropic foundations, drawing on international, contemporary and historical data. Throughout the world, private philanthropic foundations spend huge sums of money for public good while the media, policy-makers and the public have little understanding of what they do and why. Diana Leat considers the following questions: Are philanthropic foundations more than warehouses of wealth? Where does foundation money come from, and is there a tension between a foundation's ongoing sources of income and its pursuit of public good? How are foundations regulated and held accountable in society? Is there any evidence that foundations are effective in what they do? Is it possible to have too much philanthropy? In posing these questions, the book explores some of the key tensions in how foundations work, and their place in democratic societies"--Provided by publisher.

Enhancing public innovation by transforming public governance? / Jacob Torfing and Peter Triantafillou -- Collaborative governance as creative problem-solving / Chris Ansell -- The new public governance and innovation in public services : a public service-dominant approach / Stephen P. Osborne and Zoe Radnor -- Public innovations around the world / Jacob Torfing and Peter Triantafillou -- Organizational and governance aspects of diffusing public innovation / Jean Hartley -- Collaborative innovation in the public sector / Eva Sorensen and Jacob Torfing -- Public managers and professionals in collaborative innovation / Victor Bekkers and Mirko Noordegraaf -- Bringing the resources of citizens into public governance : innovation through co-production to improve public services and outcomes / Tony Bovaird and Elke Loeffler -- The role of elected politicians in collaborative policy innovation / Eva Sorensen -- The role of private actors in public sector innovation / Ole Helby Petersen, Veiko Lember, Walter Scherrer and Robert Agren -- Public innovation and organizational structure: Searching in vain for the optimal design / Mads Leth Felsager Jakobsen and Claus Thrane -- Can command and incentive systems enhance motivation and public innovation? / Lotte Bogh Andersen -- Administrative leadership for innovation / Montgomery Van Wart -- Thinking allowed : reforming indicator-based accountability to enhance innovation / Wouter Van Dooren and Tom Willems -- Organizational innovations and multiple forms of accountability in the post-new public management era / Tom Christensen and Per Lagreid -- Can public governance be changed to enhance innovation? / B. Guy Peters -- Conclusion : governing innovation and innovating governance / Jacob Torfing and Peter Triantafillou

In Public Goods, Public Gains, Link and Scott discuss and apply in case studies the systematic application of alternative evaluation methods to estimate the social benefits of publicly-financed research and development (R&D). The authors argue that economic theory should be the guiding criterion for any method of program evaluation because it focuses attention on the value and the opportunity costs of the program.