Governance and Public Management : Strategic Foundations for Volatile Times (Paperback)

Preface: Overviewand Aims (Charles Conteh, Thomas Greitens, David Jesuitand Ian Roberge) Part I: Introduction: Overview and Aims (Charles Conteh, Thomas Greitens, David Jesuitand Ian Roberge) 2. Public Management for Volatile Times: Towards Deliberative, Collaborative, and Adaptive Policy Governance (Frank Baber) Part II: Developing Prospective in Public Management 3. Foresight: The Way Out of the Crisis? (Ian Roberge) 4. Strategic Management in Turbulent Environments: Re-inventing Regional Economic Hubs in Canada (Charles Conteh) 5. Constructing Public Management Futures During Fiscal Stress (Lawrence Sych) Part III: Collaboration and Conflict 6. Public Management of Sustainable Energy Development: A Comparative Analysis of Policies in Italy, Denmark, Canada, and the United States (Thomas Rohrerand Rick S. Kurtz ) 7. Managing Services and Voicing Values: The Water Sector in Italy (Riccardo Mussariand Filippo Giordano) 8. A Collaboration-Conflict Contradiction in Public Management: Current State and Future Developments (Morris Bidjerano) Part IV: Deliberation and Trust 9. Citizen Deliberation in Public Management: Recognizing Its Value, Overcoming its Challenges (Thomas J. Greitens and J. Cherie Strachan) 10. Inequality, Government Performance and Trust in Public Managers (David Jesuit) 11. The Challenge of Trust in 21st Century Public Management (M. Ernita Joaquin) Part V Conclusions 12. Can Prospective in Public Management Succeed? (Denita Cepiku) 13. Postscript: Concluding Observations and Directions for Further Research (Charles Conteh, Thomas Greitens, David Jesuitand Ian Roberge)