Papers presented at a workshop held at the University of Arizona in May 1999. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Studying governance and public management : why? how? / Laurence E. Lynn, Jr., Carolyn J. Heinrich, and Carolyn J. Hill -- Evaluating Chicago's efforts to end social promotion / Meslissa Roderick, Brian A. Jacob, and Anthony S. Bryk -- Governance and performance : the influence of program structure and management on Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program outcomes / Carolyn J. Heinrich and Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. -- Driving caseloads down: welfare policy choices and administrative action in the states / Edward T. Jennings, Jr., and Jo Ann G. Ewalt -- Examining the effect of welfare-to-work structures and services on a desired policy outcome / Jodi R. Sandfort -- Management, organizational characteristics, and performance : the case of welfare-to-work programs / James Riccio, Howard S. Bloom, and Carolyn J. Hill -- Congressional committees and policy change : explaining legislative outcomes in banking, trucking, airline, and telecommunications deregulation / Jack H. Knott and Thomas H. Hammond -- How networks are governed / H. Brinton Milward and Keith G. Provan -- Networks, hierarchies, and public management : modeling the nonlinearities / Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr., and Kenneth J. Meier -- Dissecting the black box revisited : characterizing government management capacity / Patrica W. Ingraham and Amy Kneedler Donahue -- Prospects for the study of the governance of public organizations and policies / John W. Ellwood.
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