UID:
almafu_9959229045102883
Format:
1 online resource (241 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-58901-748-X
Series Statement:
Public management and change series
Content:
How Information Matters examines the ways a network of state and local governments and nonprofit organizations can enhance the capacity for successful policy change by public administrators. Hale examines drug courts, programs that typify the highly networked, collaborative environment of public administrators today. These ""special dockets"" implement justice but also drug treatment, case management, drug testing, and incentive programs for non-violent offenders in lieu of jail time. In a study that spans more than two decades, Hale shows ways organizations within the network act to champion,
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Intergovernmental relationships, information, and policy change -- From information to innovation: the drug court experience -- Network relationships, implementation, and policy success: a national influence -- Using strategic information to build programs: templates, mentors, and research -- Information and systemic change: new professionals and new institutions -- Information, synthesis, and synergy: a national nonprofit information network -- Bringing value to public decisions: information relationships, tools, and processes.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-58901-700-5
Language:
English
