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Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (111 download)
Download or read book Making Government Work for Poor People written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 44 pages
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Download or read book Making Government Work for Poor People written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tan Parker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1684511755
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (845 download)
Download or read book Making Government Work written by Tan Parker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making Government Work: A Conservative Agenda for the States is an updated version of the highly acclaimed 1994 original book. It serves as a modern-day guide for how as Americans we can move the states forward with common sense, conservative public policy initiatives to benefit the Nation as a whole. Making Government Work is a reminder that conservative reforms set the stage for unprecedented prosperity. The book contains a star-studded line up of some of today’s most powerful voices, including Nikki Haley, Chuck Norris, Rick Perry, Kathy Ireland, Rick Santorum, Chad Hennings, Jeb Bush, Dr. Art Laffer and Bob Woodson along with many more. "Making Government Work is for state government what the Contract with America was for the federal government. It is a sensible, fact based plan to create a better future through the application of sound principles." –Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House The author’s proceeds from the book will be donated to organizations that serve America’s veterans.
Author : Great Britain. Department for International Development
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Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (166 download)
Download or read book Making Government Work for Poor People written by Great Britain. Department for International Development and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ernest F. Hollings
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9781570037603
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (376 download)
Download or read book Making Government Work written by Ernest F. Hollings and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this political memoir, six-term U.S. Senator "Fritz" Hollings takes aim atAmerica's increasingly flawed political system and a government that has gone"into the ditch."University of South Carolina Press
Author : Bob Graham
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 : 1506350577
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (63 download)
Download or read book America, the Owner's Manual written by Bob Graham and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2016, Americans fed up with the political process vented that frustration with their votes. Republicans nominated for president a wealthy businessman and former reality show host best known on the campaign trail for his sharp rhetoric against immigration and foreign trade. Democrats nearly selected a self-described socialist who ran on a populist platform against the influence of big money in politics. While it is not surprising that Americans would channel their frustrations into votes for contenders who pledge to end business as usual, the truth is that we don’t have to pin our hopes for greater participation on any one candidate. All of us have a say—if we learn, master and practice the skills of effective citizenship. One of the biggest roadblocks to participation in democracy is the perception that privileged citizens and special interests command the levers of power and that everyday Americans can’t fight City Hall. That perception is undoubtedly why a 2015 Pew Charitable Trusts survey found that 74 percent of those Americans surveyed believed that most elected officials didn't care what people like them thought. Graham and Hand intend to change that conventional wisdom by showing citizens how to flex their citizenship muscles. They describe effective citizenship skills and provide tips from civic experts. Even more importantly, they offer numerous examples of everyday Americans who have used their skills to make democracy respond. The reader will see themselves in these examples of citizens who chose to be victorious participants rather than tranquil spectators in the arena of democracy. By the end of the book, you will have new confidence that citizen participation is the lifeblood of America -- and will be ready to make governments work for you, not the other way around.
Author : Amy E. Lerman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022663020X
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)
Download or read book Good Enough for Government Work written by Amy E. Lerman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-06-14 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American government is in the midst of a reputation crisis. An overwhelming majority of citizens—Republicans and Democrats alike—hold negative perceptions of the government and believe it is wasteful, inefficient, and doing a generally poor job managing public programs and providing public services. When social problems arise, Americans are therefore skeptical that the government has the ability to respond effectively. It’s a serious problem, argues Amy E. Lerman, and it will not be a simple one to fix. With Good Enough for Government Work, Lerman uses surveys, experiments, and public opinion data to argue persuasively that the reputation of government is itself an impediment to government’s ability to achieve the common good. In addition to improving its efficiency and effectiveness, government therefore has an equally critical task: countering the belief that the public sector is mired in incompetence. Lerman takes readers through the main challenges. Negative perceptions are highly resistant to change, she shows, because we tend to perceive the world in a way that confirms our negative stereotypes of government—even in the face of new information. Those who hold particularly negative perceptions also begin to “opt out” in favor of private alternatives, such as sending their children to private schools, living in gated communities, and refusing to participate in public health insurance programs. When sufficient numbers of people opt out of public services, the result can be a decline in the objective quality of public provision. In this way, citizens’ beliefs about government can quickly become a self-fulfilling prophecy, with consequences for all. Lerman concludes with practical solutions for how the government might improve its reputation and roll back current efforts to eliminate or privatize even some of the most critical public services.
Author : Shantayanan Devarajan
Publisher : World Bank
ISBN 13 : 9780821355374
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (553 download)
Download or read book Making Services Work for Poor People written by Shantayanan Devarajan and published by World Bank. This book was released on 2003 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This year's World Development Report highlights examples of public service provision (including basic education services, health and nutrition services, drinking water, sanitation and electricity) which work for poor people, in terms of promoting service access, quality and affordability. In doing so, it seeks to provide a practical framework for reforming public services so that they contribute to human development work for poor people throughout the world, by empowering poor people to have a role in policymaking and in monitoring service provision. Within this framework, it is hoped that citizens, governments, and donors can take action and accelerate progress towards the common objective of poverty reduction, as specified in the Millennium Development Goals. This is the hardcopy version of the report, which is also available in a paperback edition (ISBN 082135468X) and as a CD-ROM (ISBN 0821356607).
Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780821354681
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (546 download)
Download or read book Making services work for poor people written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kathleen M. Shaw
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610444965
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Putting Poor People to Work written by Kathleen M. Shaw and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2006-08-17 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, a college education is increasingly viewed as the gateway to the American Dream—a necessary prerequisite for social mobility. Yet recent policy reforms in the United States effectively steer former welfare recipients away from an education that could further their career prospects, forcing them directly into the workforce where they often find only low-paying jobs with little opportunity for growth. In Putting Poor People to Work, Kathleen Shaw, Sara Goldrick-Rab, Christopher Mazzeo, and Jerry A. Jacobs explore this troubling disconnect between the principles of "work-first" and "college for all." Using comprehensive interviews with government officials and sophisticated data from six states over a four year period, Putting Poor People to Work shows how recent changes in public policy have reduced the quantity and quality of education and training available to adults with low incomes. The authors analyze how two policies encouraging work—the federal welfare reform law of 1996 and the Workforce Investment Act of 1998—have made moving people off of public assistance as soon as possible, with little regard to their long-term career prospects, a government priority. Putting Poor People to Work shows that since the passage of these "work-first" laws, not only are fewer low-income individuals pursuing postsecondary education, but when they do, they are increasingly directed towards the most ineffective, short-term forms of training, rather than higher-quality college-level education. Moreover, the schools most able and ready to serve poor adults—the community colleges—are deterred by these policies from doing so. Having a competitive, agile workforce that can compete with any in the world is a national priority. In a global economy where skills are paramount, that goal requires broad popular access to education and training. Putting Poor People to Work shows how current U.S. policy discourages poor Americans from seeking out a college education, stranding them in jobs with little potential for growth. This important new book makes a powerful argument for a shift in national priorities that would encourage the poor to embrace both work and education, rather than having to choose between the two. Institute for Research on Poverty Affiliated Books on Poverty and Public Policy">An Institute for Research on Poverty Affiliated Book on Poverty and Public Policy
Author : Katherine Barrett
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538125692
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Making Government Work written by Katherine Barrett and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-12-24 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Barrett and Greene present evolving theories of performance management, the practices necessary for a good performance-based government, and the pitfalls that can easily be encountered along the way—andhow to avoid them. As performance management has evolved, it has encompassed many different tools and approaches including measurement, data analysis, evidence-based management, process improvement, research and evaluation. In the past, many of the efforts to improve performance in government have been fragmented, separated into silos and labeled with a variety of different names including performance-based budgeting, performance-informed management, managing for results and so on. Making Government Work: The Promises and Pitfalls of Performance-Informed Management by Katherine Barrett and Rich Greene is loaded with dozens of stories of what practitioners are currently working on—what’s working and what’s not. The benefits are ample, so are the challenges. This book describes both, along with practical steps taken by practitioners to make government work better. Readers will discover that while the authors strive to meet the documentation standards of carefully vetted academic papers, the approach they take is journalistic. Over the last year, Barrett and Greene talked to scores of state and local officials, as well as academics and other national experts to find out how performance management tools and approaches have changed, and what is coming in the near-term future. Performance management has been in a state of evolution for decades now, and so Barrett and Greene have endeavored to capture the state of the world as it is today. By detailing both the challenges and conquests of performance management in Making Government Work: The Promises and Pitfalls of Performance-Informed Management, Barrett and Greene ensure readers will find the kind of balanced information that is helpful to both academics and practitioners—and that can move the field forward.
Author : Robert D. Putnam
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781400820740
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)
Download or read book Making Democracy Work written by Robert D. Putnam and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1994-05-27 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do some democratic governments succeed and others fail? In a book that has received attention from policymakers and civic activists in America and around the world, Robert Putnam and his collaborators offer empirical evidence for the importance of "civic community" in developing successful institutions. Their focus is on a unique experiment begun in 1970 when Italy created new governments for each of its regions. After spending two decades analyzing the efficacy of these governments in such fields as agriculture, housing, and health services, they reveal patterns of associationism, trust, and cooperation that facilitate good governance and economic prosperity.
Author : Tex Lezar
Publisher : Regnery Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780895267306
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (673 download)
Download or read book Making Government Work written by Tex Lezar and published by Regnery Publishing. This book was released on 1994-11-01 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The ideas and new vision contained in this volume lay a firm foundation for local leaders to build on as they employ their new mandate."
Author : Shantayanan Devarajan
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (811 download)
Download or read book Making Services Work for Poor People written by Shantayanan Devarajan and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nicholas Carnes
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022608728X
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)
Download or read book White-Collar Government written by Nicholas Carnes and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight of the last twelve presidents were millionaires when they took office. Millionaires have a majority on the Supreme Court, and they also make up majorities in Congress, where a background in business or law is the norm and the average member has spent less than two percent of his or her adult life in a working-class job. Why is it that most politicians in America are so much better off than the people who elect them— and does the social class divide between citizens and their representatives matter? With White-Collar Government, Nicholas Carnes answers this question with a resounding—and disturbing—yes. Legislators’ socioeconomic backgrounds, he shows, have a profound impact on both how they view the issues and the choices they make in office. Scant representation from among the working class almost guarantees that the policymaking process will be skewed toward outcomes that favor the upper class. It matters that the wealthiest Americans set the tax rates for the wealthy, that white-collar professionals choose the minimum wage for blue-collar workers, and that people who have always had health insurance decide whether or not to help those without. And while there is no one cause for this crisis of representation, Carnes shows that the problem does not stem from a lack of qualified candidates from among the working class. The solution, he argues, must involve a variety of changes, from the equalization of campaign funding to a shift in the types of candidates the parties support. If we want a government for the people, we have to start working toward a government that is truly by the people. White-Collar Government challenges long-held notions about the causes of political inequality in the United States and speaks to enduring questions about representation and political accountability.
Author : Jeff GROGGER
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674037960
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Welfare Reform written by Jeff GROGGER and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Welfare Reform, Jeffrey Grogger and Lynn Karoly assemble evidence from numerous studies to assess how welfare reform has affected behavior. To broaden our understanding of this wide-ranging policy reform, the authors evaluate the evidence in relation to an economic model of behavior.
Author : Naunihal Singh
Publisher : Mittal Publications
ISBN 13 : 9788183241489
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (414 download)
Download or read book Making Government Work written by Naunihal Singh and published by Mittal Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
