Public Choices-Private Resources: Financing Capital Infrastructure for California\u27s Growth through Public-Private Bargaining

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Strengthening effective government-citizen connections through greater civic engagement

Citizens are more trusting of government since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, but their civic behaviors are little changed. One reason is that they mostly have been asked for monetary gifts to fund disaster relief and to serve others through existing nonprofit organizations. Available theoretical and empirical analyses suggest the three factors of motivation, skills, and network connections contribute to increased civic engagement, which is defined by behaviors such as seeking to persuade others to join in mobilizing commitment and resources to address a collective problem. Responses to 9/11 have not addressed these three factors. Increased civic engagement strengthens democracy and can contribute to the development of public judgment, which is critical to sustaining support of efforts to thwart terrorism. Success in any effort to increase civic engagement requires different strategies and actions by public officials

Public Choices-Private Resources: Financing Capital Infrastructure for California\u27s Growth through Public-Private Bargaining

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Regional Investment as a Theme in Public Works Policy Making and Management

Policy decisions regarding investment in public works such as water systems, highways, or public buildings are important decisions for local public officials. The management of these investments over time is equally important. However, information about public works investments across a region is often inadequate. Individual jurisdictions and authorities often have good information about the public works for which they are directly responsible but far less complete information about public works that are the responsibility of overlapping or nearby entities that are relevant to the effective functioning of a region. Systematic analyses of the consequences of particular investment or management decisions on the region and its subareas can improve understanding of those choices. © 2003, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved

Proposition 13 and the Financing of Public Services

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Emerging Regional Organizational and Institutional Forms: Strategies and Prospects for Transcending Localism

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