Solving Public Problems: A Practical Guide to Fix Our Government and Change Our World by Noveck, Beth Simone
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Solving Public Problems: A Practical Guide to Fix Our Government and Change Our World by Noveck, Beth Simone

Solving Public Problems: A Practical Guide to Fix Our Government and Change Our World

Yale University Press
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How to take advantage of technology, data, and the collective wisdom in our communities to design powerful solutions to contemporary problems

"Bursting with sage, practical advice for public sector officials and civil society actors who want to engage citizens and give them more power."--Glen Weyl and Henry Farrell, Boston Review

The challenges societies face today, from inequality to climate change to systemic racism, cannot be solved with yesterday's toolkit. Solving Public Problems shows how readers can take advantage of digital technology, data, and the collective wisdom of our communities to design and deliver powerful solutions to contemporary problems.

Offering a radical rethinking of the role of the public servant and the skills of the public workforce, this book is about the vast gap between failing public institutions and the huge number of public entrepreneurs doing extraordinary things--and how to close that gap.

Drawing on lessons learned from decades of advising global leaders and from original interviews and surveys of thousands of public problem solvers, Beth Simone Noveck provides a practical guide for public servants, community leaders, students, and activists to become more effective, equitable, and inclusive leaders and repair our troubled, twenty-first-century world.

Author: Beth Simone Noveck
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 06/22/2021
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.81lbs
Size: 9.37h x 6.14w x 1.34d
ISBN13: 9780300230154
ISBN10: 030023015X
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Public Policy | Economic Policy
- Business & Economics | Entrepreneurship
- Business & Economics | Government & Business

About the Author
Beth Simone Noveck directs The Governance Lab (The GovLab) and its MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance. She is a professor of technology, culture, and society at New York University's Tandon School of Engineering. @bethnoveck and http: //solvingpublicproblems.org/.