When this seminal work was originally published the focus was on whether or not citizens should be involved in administrative governance. Government Is Us 2.0 picks up where the original edition left off and addresses the bigger questions being discussed today about the relationship among and between citizens and their governments, how individuals and agencies govern, and how to deal with the institutional elements that keep us from engendering long-term, socially just particpatory change.

Product Description: While skepticism about government is an enduring feature of North American political culture, today's climate of anti-government sentiment has grown aggressive and even violent. This volume, made up of a community of prominent voices in public administration theory and practice, examines the current anti-government climate and its effect on the working lives of administrators and their relationships with citizens...read more

Product Description: While skepticism about government is an enduring feature of North American political culture, today's climate of anti-government sentiment has grown aggressive and even violent. This volume, made up of a community of prominent voices in public administration theory and practice, examines the current anti-government climate and its effect on the working lives of administrators and their relationships with citizens...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Everyone who aspires to more effective public service should read this book. It provides a compelling antidote to the managerial focus of theory and practice in public administration. Written with the aim of inspiring and rekindling a mission for public service, Transformational Public Service weaves together theory and stories from actual practice to show that public service can (and does) advance the goals of democracy, inclusiveness, and social and economic justice...read more