Governance education : helping city councils learn
By: VOGELSNG-COOMBS, Vera
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ArticlePublisher: malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, nov./dec.1997Public administration review: PAR 57, 6, p. 490-500Abstract: This article shows how councils can learn to govern better. The author suggests an on-the-job learning framework that uses the political context to stimulate effective action. Called governance educations, this framework gives council members a safe way to fame actual(not hypothetical) policies after they resolve their most difficult situations. The author governance education from the literature on public administration, political science, and learning. It learning model contains four staegs: uncoverning, redefining, learning, and relearning. By easing political tensions, governance education enables council members to unfold new policy choices. The author uses a case study to show how governance education works in practice.
This article shows how councils can learn to govern better. The author suggests an on-the-job learning framework that uses the political context to stimulate effective action. Called governance educations, this framework gives council members a safe way to fame actual(not hypothetical) policies after they resolve their most difficult situations. The author governance education from the literature on public administration, political science, and learning. It learning model contains four staegs: uncoverning, redefining, learning, and relearning. By easing political tensions, governance education enables council members to unfold new policy choices. The author uses a case study to show how governance education works in practice.
Public administration review PAR
Nov./Dec. 1997 Volume 57 Number 6
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