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Title: Democracy's Hidden Heroes
Condition: New
Subtitle: Fitting Policy to People and Place
ISBN-10: 1439924589
EAN: 9781439924587
ISBN: 9781439924587
Publisher: Temple University Press,U.S.
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 19/04/2024
Description: Democracy’s Hidden Heroes tells the story of the local public managers and nonprofit directors who work where bureaucratic hierarchies and community networks meet and often collide. These “hidden heroes” struggle to align universal rules and compliance demands with the unique circumstances facing their organizations and communities.

David Campbell recounts compelling stories of the workarounds, sidesteps, informal agreements, and grantor–grantee negotiations that help policy initiatives succeed as intended. The settings include schools, human services departments, workforce development agencies, and community-based organizations. He explains why it is difficult, though necessary, to translate locally attuned implementation dynamics into accountability metrics for distant funders.

Drawing on 2,000 interviews, Democracy’s Hidden Heroes is the culmination of decades spent talking to people who must reconcile bureaucratic and community cultures. Campbell’s grounded approach and balanced perspective bring fresh insights to the analysis of policy implementation, public management, and results accountability, while offering both cautionary advice and a hopeful prognosis.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 210mm
Item Length: 140mm
Item Weight: 454g
Author: David C. Campbell
Genre: Law & Politics
Topic: Business & Finance
Item Width: 15mm
Release Year: 2024

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