Innovation And Entrepreneurship In State And

The contributors to this timely and important volume increase our understanding of the potential incentives for and barriers to creative problem-solving in the public sector. Drawing on case studies of state and local government, as well as theoretical literature on private sector management, these scholars reveal both the problems and the possibilities in governmental decision-making.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The Political Economy of State Policy Innovation: Higher Education Decentralization	p. 33
The State of Health: Innovations in Health Policy	p. 61
Policy Innovation and Reinvention in an Intergovernmental Context: Minnesota's Approach to State Mandates on Local Governments	p. 79
Who Is Empowered? Innovative Governance in Baltimore's Empowerment Zone	p. 99
Local Government and Community Social Service Providers as the Social Safety Net in Six Case Studies in a Midwestern State	p. 119
The Influence of Administrative Leadership and Governing Board Behavior on Local Government Innovation	p. 161
Conclusion	p. 179
Index	p. 193
About the Editors	p. 199
About the Contributors	p. 201
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