Innovation in the public sector

Author(s)

• Merritt, Richard L.
• Merritt, Anna J.

Bibliographic Information

Innovation in the public sector

edited by Richard L. Merritt and Anna J. Merritt

（Advances in political science : an international series, 4）

Sage Publications, c1985

Note

"Published in corporation [i.e. cooperation] with the International Political Science Association and the International Institute for Comparative Social Research, Science Center Berlin."

Includes bibliographies and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The essays in this volume begin with the assumption that successful governments must be able to innovate. Defined here as 'the introduction of a new idea, method, or device', innovation encompasses several steps: identifying the problem, developing solutions, enlisting the support of various non-governmental groups, and implementing the new idea. The authors focus on the process of innovation in the hope of learning how information and knowledge can be made more useful to public policy-makers who innovate.

Table of Contents

Innovation in the Public Sector - Richard L Merritt An Introduction On Theory and Research In Innovation - Karl W Deutsch PART ONE: INNOVATION: A CROSS-SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE Cultural Creativity and Political Leadership - Dean Keith Simonton The Lesson of Historiometry Groups and the Innovation Process - Joseph E McGrath Diffusion of Innovations in Public Organizations - Everett M Rogers and Joung-Im Kim PART TWO: INNOVATION IN PRACTICE: WEST GERMANY Innovation in West Germany's Public Sector - Thomas Ellwein Innovation in West Germany - Herbert Konig Retrospect and Prospects Comment on the Chapters by Ellwein and Konig - Wolfgang Zeh Technology Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany - Frieder Naschold PART THREE: INNOVATION IN PRACTICE: COMPARATIVE STUDIES Politics of Educational Reform - Hans N Weiler Comment on the Chapter by Weiler - Dietrich Goldschmidt, Karl W Deutsch, and Theodor Hanf Legal Culture and the Chances for Legal Innovation - Erhard Blankenburg Large-Scale Policy Innovation in East and West European Agriculture - Ronald A Francisco PART FOUR: PROSPECTS FOR INNOVATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR Trends and Perspectives in Innovation Policies - Gerhard O Mensch Social Know-How and its Role in Invention and Innovation - Manfred Kochen

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Details

• NCID: BA0019424X
• ISBN:
  • 0803923953
• LCCN: 84017839
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Beverly Hills
• Pages/Volumes: 312 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : JF1411
  • DC19 : 350.007/8
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Public administration -- Addresses, essays, lectures
  • LCSH : Technological innovations -- Addresses, essays, lectures
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00886877