1 Introduction -- 2 Government public relations: what is it good for? -- 3 Media relations -- 4 Public information campaigns -- 5 Crisis communication challenges in the public sector -- 6 Strategic communication planning in the digital age -- 7 Harnessing social media effectively on behalf of...

Introduction -- What are collaboratives? historical trends -- If collaboration is such a good idea, why are collaboratives so hard to manage? -- Case study: wraparound Hawaiʻi -- Case study: the New England ocean science education collaborative (NEOSEC) -- Measuring success in collaborative...

1. Introduction / Beverly S. Bunch.[et al.] -- 2. Understanding the origins and evolution of community action / Beverley S. Bunch, Aaron M. Itulya, and Lorena Johnson -- 3. Leading community action agencies / Junfeng Wang and Beverly S. Bunch -- 4. Focusing on local needs / Beverly S. Bunch --...

The United States provides a classic example of a bottom-up system of federalism. It was created in 1787 when representatives of the then 13 colonies convened to ratify a constitution under which both the central government and the states would be sovereign entities. Within certain...

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