Local Governments in Multilevel Governance - The Administrative Dimension

This book explores the new administrative implications of local governments as they are interconnected with other governments and nongovernmental organizations in governance systems. The focus is on local system building, local politics, knowledge management, networks, interoperability, new forms of organization, and global influences.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Governing in Multi-Level Systems: Administrative Linkages from Local to National
Chapter 2: Intergovernmental Relations Platforms: Managing in MLG
Chapter 3: Bringing Local Governments into MLG Systems
Chapter 4: Local System Development
Chapter 5: Politics: Big "P" and Small "p"
Chapter 6: The Knowledge Management Challenge in MLG
Chapter 7: Networks and Networking
Chapter 8: Interoperability: Sequential Inter-organizational Planning and Programming
Chapter 9: The New Bureaucracy: Conductive Administrative Organizations
Chapter 10: An Emerging Paradigm: Global Influences on Local Governments
Chapter 11: Local Government, MLG: Its Administration in the Present and Future

About the author

Robert Agranoff is professor emeritus at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Agranoff, Agranoff Robert
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781498530606
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3060-6
• No. of pages: 318
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, Law / Government / State, Provincial & Municipal, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Local, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Communication Policy, Political Economy, United States of America, USA, Central / national / federal government policies, Communications engineering / telecommunications, Central government policies, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government, Regional government law, Local government law