Public administration and democratic governance
Subtitle: governments serving citizens
Contributors: Global Forum on Reinventing Government (6th : 2005 : Seoul, Republic of Korea)
Publisher: United Nations
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781435624603
Subjects: Public administration; Representative government and representation; Political Ideologies; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Democracy
Notes: "ST/ESA/PAD/SER. E/98."

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

"January 2007."

"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. iii.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Governments serving people: the changing roles 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: E-government: providing value to citizens / Jerzy Szeremeta and Richard Kerby; title: Accountable governance and administrative reform in Europe / Sabino Cassese and Mario Savino; title: Roles 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.].