Democracy Helpline

Library: Bibliography

Public officials

  • Bramson, Ruth Ann, "The Deliberative Public Manager: Engaging Citizens in Productive Public Conversations," unpublished manuscript, .
  • Burkholder, Steve, "Is Representative Democracy Obsolete?" Listening to Lakewood, December 2004.
  • Connecting Citizens and Their Government (Washington, DC: National League of Cities, 1996).
  • Gastil, John, and Todd Kelshaw, "Public Meetings: A Sampler of Deliberative Forums That Bring Officeholders and Citizens Together," Kettering Foundation.
  • Kelly, Janet M., "The Dilemma of the Unsatisfied Customer in a Market Model of Public Administration," Public Administration Review 65:1, January 2005.
  • Leighninger, Matt, "For Next Set of Campaign Issues, Think Locally," Christian Science Monitor, July 13, 2005.
  • Osborne, David and Ted Gaebler, Reinventing Government: How the Entrepreneurial Spirit is Transforming the Public Sector (Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1992).
  • Seay, Gregory, "A New Party Sprouts from the Grassroots," The Hartford Courant, November 24, 2005.
  • "Speak Up! Engaging Policymakers with Educators and Communities in Deliberative Dialogue," Insights on Education Policy, Practice, and Research, October, 1999.
  • Wright, Gwen, Lena Delchad, and Matt Leighninger, The Rise of Democratic Governance (Washington, DC: National League of Cities, 2004).
  • Yang, Kaifeng, "Public Administrators' Trust in Citizens: A Missing Link in Citizen Involvement Efforts," Public Administration Review, May-June 2005.