Rural America
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New Governance for Rural America
by Beryl A. Radin, Robert Agranoff, Ann Bowman (Professor of Government and International Studies, University of South Carolina, USA), C. Gregory Buntz (Executive Director, Iowa Peace Institute, Grinnell, Iowa, USA), J. Steven Ott (Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Utah, USA), Barbara S. Romzek (Professor of Public Administration, Department of Public Administration, University of Kansas, USA), and Robert H Wilson
As the authors of this volume show, one of the best examples of new governance can be found in the National and State Rural Development Councils (NRDC and SRDC), created in 1990 as the result of President Bush's Rural Development Initiative and now called the Rural Development Partnership. This effort was part of a move within policymaking circles to redefine a rural America that was no longer synonymous with family farming and that required innovative new solutions for economic revival. By 1994 twenty-nine states had created and ten other states were in the process of forming such councils.
In this first detailed analysis of the NRDC and SRDCs, the authors examine the successes and failures of the original eight councils in Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, and Washington; as well as eight other councils subsequently created in Iowa, New Mexico, North Carolina, Vermont, New York, North Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.
Combining empirical analysis with current theories about networks and inter-organizational relations, this volume should appeal to academics and practitioners interested in rural development policy, public administration, public policy and management, and intergovernmental relations.