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100 1 $aSchneider, Mark,$d1946-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78016007
245 10 $aPublic entrepreneurs :$bagents for change in American government /$cMark Schneider and Paul Teske with Michael Mintrom.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$c1995.
263 $a9501
300 $ax, 263 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [240]-255) and index.
505 0 $aPt. 1. A Theory of the Public Entrepreneur. Ch. 1. Public Entrepreneurs as Agents of Change. Ch. 2. Bringing Back the Entrepreneur: Neoclassical Economic Models and the Role of the Entrepreneur. Ch. 3. The Functions of Political Entrepreneurs in the Local Market for Public Goods -- Pt. 2. The Decision Calculus of the Public Entrepreneur. Ch. 4. The Market for Entrepreneurs. Ch. 5. The Emergence of Political Entrepreneurs. Ch. 6. Entrepreneurs, Policy Dimensions, and the Politics of Growth. Ch. 7. Entrepreneurial Challenges to the Status Quo: The Case of the Growth Machine. Ch. 8. Bureaucratic Entrepreneurs: The Case of City Managers -- Pt. 3. The Milieux of the Public Entrepreneur. Ch. 9. The Business-Government Nexus in the Local Market for Entrepreneurs. Ch. 10. Entry, Voice, and Support for Entrepreneurs -- Pt. 4. Entrepreneurs and Change in the Local Market for Public Goods. Ch. 11. Entrepreneurs and Change in the Local Market for Public Goods.
520 $aSeizing opportunities, inventing new products, transforming markets - entrepreneurs are an important and well-documented part of the private sector landscape. Do they have counterparts in the public sphere? Mark Schneider, Paul Teske, and Michael Mintrom argue that they do, and test their argument by focusing on agents of dynamic political change in suburbs across the United States, where much of the entrepreneurial activity in American politics occurs.
520 8 $aThe public entrepreneurs they identify are most often mayors, city managers, or individual citizens. These entrepreneurs develop innovative ideas and implement new service and tax arrangements where existing administrative practices and budgetary allocations prove inadequate to meet a range of problems, from economic development to the racial transition of neighborhoods. How do public entrepreneurs emerge? What do they do? How much does the future of urban development depend on them?
520 8 $aPublic Entrepreneurs proposes a model for answering these questions, and tests it using data from over 1,000 local governments.
520 8 $aThe emergence of public entrepreneurs, the authors argue, depends on a set of familiar cost-benefit calculations. Like private sector risk-takers, public entrepreneurs exploit opportunities emerging from imperfect markets for public goods, from collective-action problems that impede private solutions, and from situations where information is costly and the supply of services is uneven.
520 8 $aThe authors augment their quantitative analysis with ten case studies and show that bottom-up change driven by politicians, public managers, and other local agents obeys regular and predictable rules.
650 0 $aEntrepreneurship$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008102830
650 0 $aGovernment business enterprises$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008118297
650 0 $aLocal government$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008106751
700 1 $aTeske, Paul$q(Paul Eric)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr88012913
700 1 $aMintrom, Michael,$d1963-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94048161
852 00 $boff,bus$hHB615$i.S353 1995