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Political Science Essays

Scheming Virtuously

The Road to Collaborative Governance

by (author) Gilles Paquet

Publisher
Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press
Initial publish date
Aug 2022
Category
Essays, Commentary & Opinion, History & Theory
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780889701311
    Publish Date
    Nov 2019
    List Price
    $27.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780776638584
    Publish Date
    Aug 2022
    List Price
    $29.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780776638607
    Publish Date
    Aug 2022
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Scheming Virtuously: The Road to Collaborative Governance is an invitation to subversion, but also a somewhat personal account of the displacement of the dominant governing regime (Big-G centralized government) by small-g collaborative governance, in a world where power, resources, and information are widely distributed. In this new world, the citizen’s burden of office is clear: to be a producer of governance. Scheming virtuously is the order of the day—active engagement, imaginative problem-reframing, astute organizational design, and effective action within the bounds of the appreciative systems in good currency and beyond.

About the author

Gilles Paquet is professor emeritus at the Telfer School of Management and senior research fellow at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa. He has authored or edited over 35 books and published a large number of papers on economics, public management and governance.

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