How information matters : networks and public policy innovation / Kathleen Hale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hale, Kathleen.

Series:

Public management and change.

Public management and change series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Policy networks--United States.

Policy networks.

Information networks--United States.

Information networks.

Policy sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How Information Matters examines the ways a network of state and local governments and nonprofit organizations can enhance the capacity for successful policy change by public administrators. Hale examines drug courts, programs that typify the highly networked, collaborative environment of public administrators today. These ""special dockets"" implement justice but also drug treatment, case management, drug testing, and incentive programs for non-violent offenders in lieu of jail time. In a study that spans more than two decades, Hale shows ways organizations within the network act to champion,

Contents:

Intergovernmental relationships, information, and policy change

From information to innovation: the drug court experience

Network relationships, implementation, and policy success: a national influence

Using strategic information to build programs: templates, mentors, and research

Information and systemic change: new professionals and new institutions

Information, synthesis, and synergy: a national nonprofit information network

Bringing value to public decisions: information relationships, tools, and processes.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781589017481

158901748X

OCLC:

712060062