Contemporary Local Governance (Challenges for the 21st Century)

Author: Sun Ba Ying
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book takes the challenges faced by local public management in the context of globalization and transformation as its starting point, systematically elaborating on the various reform practices undertaken by local governments over the past two decades. In response to rapid external environmental changes and to achieve sustainable social development goals, local governments have constructed contemporary local governance systems, transformed traditional public administrative models, and enhanced the capacity for good governance. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the management philosophy, logic, and characteristics of contemporary local governance systems from multiple dimensions, and comprehensively summarizes the main content of governance reform initiatives that local governments have strived to implement during the development of the local governance movement. This book is a comprehensive work that showcases the current state of practice and theory in contemporary local governance.