The Question of State Government Capability
Title | The Question of State Government Capability PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations |
Publisher | |
Pages | 442 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | State governments |
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The Question of State Government Capability
Title | The Question of State Government Capability PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations |
Publisher | |
Pages | 406 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | State governments |
ISBN |
The Question of State Government Capability
Title | The Question of State Government Capability PDF eBook |
Author | Mavis Mann Reeves |
Publisher | |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | State governments |
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Building State Capability
Title | Building State Capability PDF eBook |
Author | Matt Andrews |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0198747489 |
Governments play a major role in the development process, and constantly introduce reforms and policies to achieve developmental objectives. Many of these interventions have limited impact, however; schools get built but children don't learn, IT systems are introduced but not used, plans are written but not implemented. These achievement deficiencies reveal gaps in capabilities, and weaknesses in the process of building state capability. This book addresses these weaknesses and gaps. It starts by providing evidence of the capability shortfalls that currently exist in many countries, showing that many governments lack basic capacities even after decades of reforms and capacity building efforts. The book then analyses this evidence, identifying capability traps that hold many governments back - particularly related to isomorphic mimicry (where governments copy best practice solutions from other countries that make them look more capable even if they are not more capable) and premature load bearing (where governments adopt new mechanisms that they cannot actually make work, given weak extant capacities). The book then describes a process that governments can use to escape these capability traps. Called PDIA (problem driven iterative adaptation), this process empowers people working in governments to find and fit solutions to the problems they face. The discussion about this process is structured in a practical manner so that readers can actually apply tools and ideas to the capability challenges they face in their own contexts. These applications will help readers devise policies and reforms that have more impact than those of the past.
Building State Capability
Title | Building State Capability PDF eBook |
Author | Matt Andrews |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2017-01-19 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0191064696 |
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Governments play a major role in the development process, and constantly introduce reforms and policies to achieve developmental objectives. Many of these interventions have limited impact, however; schools get built but children don't learn, IT systems are introduced but not used, plans are written but not implemented. These achievement deficiencies reveal gaps in capabilities, and weaknesses in the process of building state capability. This book addresses these weaknesses and gaps. It starts by providing evidence of the capability shortfalls that currently exist in many countries, showing that many governments lack basic capacities even after decades of reforms and capacity building efforts. The book then analyses this evidence, identifying capability traps that hold many governments back - particularly related to isomorphic mimicry (where governments copy best practice solutions from other countries that make them look more capable even if they are not more capable) and premature load bearing (where governments adopt new mechanisms that they cannot actually make work, given weak extant capacities). The book then describes a process that governments can use to escape these capability traps. Called PDIA (problem driven iterative adaptation), this process empowers people working in governments to find and fit solutions to the problems they face. The discussion about this process is structured in a practical manner so that readers can actually apply tools and ideas to the capability challenges they face in their own contexts. These applications will help readers devise policies and reforms that have more impact than those of the past.
Handbook of State Government Administration
Title | Handbook of State Government Administration PDF eBook |
Author | John J. Gargan |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 695 |
Release | 2020-01-27 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0824742036 |
Devised to meet the ongoing challenge of identifying the skills and knowledge necessary for expanding the governing capacity of state and local authorities, this book discusses the fiscal consequences of get tough approaches to crime and presents more effective and less expensive policy options. Surveying the range of administrative and management practices employed by state governments, the editor and contributors explore the results of the governmental reform tradition, the impact of federalism and intergovernmental relations, and the effects of political culture on state government by focusing on economic development, welfare, corrections, and environmental programs and policies.
Capability Assessment and Multi-year Development Plan for State Governments
Title | Capability Assessment and Multi-year Development Plan for State Governments PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Civil defense |
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