Public administration and democratic governance
Subtitle: governments serving citizens
Contributors: Global Forum on Reinventing Government (6th : 2005 : Seoul, Korea)
Publisher: United Nations
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9789211231601
Subjects: Representative government and representation; Public administration
Notes: At head of title: Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Public Administration and Development Management.

"7th Global Forum on Reinventing Government, Building Trust in Government, 26-29 June 2007, Vienna, Austria"--T.p.

"The chapters are edited versions of papers that were originally prepared for the Sixth Global Forum on Reinventing Government held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on 24-27 May 2005"--Foreword, p. vii.

ST/ESA/PAD/SER.E/98.

Sales no: E.07.II.H.1.

"March 2007"--Cover p. [4].

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Governments serving people: the changing role of public administration in democratic governance / Dennis A. Rondinelli; title: Linking governments and citizens through democratic governance / G. Shabbir Cheema; title: Representative democracy and capacity development for responsible politics / Massimo Tommasoli; title: Reinventing government: putting democracy and social justice back into the discourse / Gowher Rizvi; title: Dimensions of transparency in government / Jeremy Pope; title: Government: providing value to citizens / Jerzy Szeremeta and Richard Kerby; title: Accountable governance and administrative reform in Europe / Sabino Cassese and Mario Savino; title: Role of civil society organizations in governance / Aisha Ghaus Pasha; title: Auditing for social change: learning from civil society initiatives / Samuel Paul; title: Decentralization and local autonomy for participatory democracy / James Katorobo; title: Participatory governance in cities / David Satterthwaite ... [et al.].