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Portraits of public service : untold stories from the front lines / edited by Staci M. Zavattaro, Jessica E. Sowa, Alexander C. Henderson, and Lauren Hamilton Edwards.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil service--United States--Case studies.
- Civil service.
- Bureaucracy--United States--Case studies.
- Bureaucracy.
- Public service employment--United States--Case studies.
- Public service employment.
- Civil service--Case studies.
- Bureaucracy--Case studies.
- Public service employment--Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (306 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, 2023.
- Contents:
- Introduction : stories as knowledge creation / Staci M. Zavattaro, Jessica E. Sowa, Alexander C. Henderson, and Lauren Hamilton Edwards
- Navigating between the state and the community : stories from community health workers / Gabriela Lotta and Juliana Rocha Miranda
- Under the radar : stories from government meteorologists / Kelly A. Stevens
- Revisiting librarians as public servants / Alicia Schatteman
- Teachers and their monitors : negotiating disciplinary regimes in Pakistan / Moiz Abdul Majid and Sameen A. Mohsin Ali
- (In)visible and (mis)understood : the public service work of American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters during emergencies / Stephanie Dolamore and Geoffrey Whitebread
- Unseen but irreplaceable : the role of air traffic controllers / Sean A. McCandless
- Serving in silence : the emergency manager / Kyle R. Overly
- When silence is golden : stories from an elections office / Amanda D. Clark
- Public defenders as constitutional pariahs, surrogate deviants, and emotional laborers / Adam Croft
- New York City property tax assessment : public employees serving in silence / Michael J. Fouassier
- Affordable housing and homelessness policy professionals / Maren B. Trochmann
- Making in the invisible visible : the photographers and videographers in public service / Maja Husar Holmes
- Arts and cultural management during the pandemic : introducing the observant servant / Sarah Berry, Dutch Reutter, Judith L. Millesen, and Maren B. Trochmann
- Inconspicuously indispensable for India : the untold stories of accredited social health activists (ASHAs) / Nandhini Rangarajan, Aroon P. Manoharan, Bianca Ortiz-Wythe
- Multiple mandates, competing goals, and the challenges of working in combined environmental agencies in the U.S. / JoyAnna S. Hopper
- Conclusion : a path forward for the field / Staci M. Zavattaro, Jessica E. Sowa, Alexander C. Henderson, and Lauren Hamilton Edwards.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781438493695 (electronic bk.)
- 143849369X (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40031852343
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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