Gordon P Whitaker
Biographic Data
| ID | 300442 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gordon P Whitaker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gordon P |
| FAMILY NAME | Whitaker |
| SIGNATURE | WHITAKER G P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 362 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Mutual Accountability between Governments and Nonprofits: Moving Beyond “Surveillance” to “Service”
Procedures intended to provide accountability in relationships between governments and nonprofit organizations often focus on ways to catch and punish mistakes rather than on ways to improve service to the public. Usually, this is because the parties create their expectations for the relationship independently. However, many public services can be improved if governments and nonprofits work together to learn what needs to be done to address publi…
Innovating with Integrity: How Local Heroes Are Transforming American Government . Sandford Borins
The Future of Public Management
The Future of Public Management Get access Barry Bozeman, ed. Public Management: The State of the Art. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993. 424 pp. Gordon Whitaker Gordon Whitaker University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Volume 4, Issue 2, April 1994, Pages 255–262, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a037206 Pub…
Comparing Public Administration and Policy Analysis Approaches to Public Service Education
We systematically explore differences between the policy analysis and public administration/management approaches to public service education. From the literature, we identify four aspects of public service education that may differ between public administration/management and policy analysis: the students who enter each kind of program, the norms students gain through professional socialization in each approach, the career paths followed by grad…
Education for the Public Service: Policy Analysis and Administration in the MPA Core Curriculum
What curriculum components are contained in professional master's programs in public affairs and administration? Using information from Self Study Reports submitted by graduate programs in public affairs and administration in the period 1983-1989 as part of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration's (NASPAA) accreditation process, core curriculum components are described and assessed. To explore why NASPAA-accredit…
City Managers under Fire: How Conflict Leads to Turnover
To evaluate the influence of turnover among city management professionals, data were gathered and analyzed in a study that followed the careers of 133 city managers in Florida since 1986. In contrast to previous studies, conflict was found to be a frequent cause of turnover among those city managers who left their positions during the study period. The type of conflict involved made a difference. Situations involving policy or style disagreements…
Political Conflict or Professional Advancement: Alternative Explanations of City Manager Turnover
The departure of the city manager constitutes a major leadership change in city government. Two reasons for managerial turnover have been advanced: political factors which push managers out and personal career factors which pull managers to new positions. Both reasons have been portrayed as the predominant reason for turnover. This study evaluates those explanations with managers’ responses to a survey to predict their job mobility. The findings …
Aggressive Policing and the Deterrence of Crime
Recent analyses of the relationship between crime and an aggressive patrol strategy have led to no single conclusion concerning the deterrent power of aggressive policing. This research adds to that debate by exploring the effects of a variety of aggressive patrol tactics on several different crimes. The empirical analysis, based on cross‐sectional data from sixty urban neighborhoods, indicates that there appears to be no stable complex of police…
City Money: Political Processes, Fiscal Strain, and Retrenchment.Terry Nichols Clark , Lorna Crowley Ferguson
Aggressive Patrol: A Search for Side‐effects
Recent interest in the possible deterrent effects of aggressive or proactive policing raises the issue of such strategies' consequences for individual liberties and police‐community relations. This study examines the latter—specifically, the effects of four neighborhood‐level measures of an aggressive patrol style on citizens' evaluations of police and citizens' propensities to report crimes. The results suggest that, for most citizens, aggressiv…
Public Choice: Methodological Individualism in Politics
Consumers as Coproducers of Public Services: Some Economic and Institutional Considerations
The concept of coproduction of public services has captured increased attention as a potential means of increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of local government. In this article we explore the concept of coproduction in an effort to sharpen the definition of that concept and add rigor to our understanding of the effects of coproduction in local service delivery and the processes by which coproductive activity occurs
Coproduction: Citizen Participation in Service Delivery
which it was applied. Second, the automated selection of high priority cases by PROMIS was used as a back-up for manual selection during much of the first two years of operation. Eventually the automated selection of high priority cases for special pretrial preparation was discontinued. These factors suggest that, while the PROMIS development may have been instrumental in the establishment of the Special Litigation Unit, the operation of the Spec…
Managing Discretion: A Central Dilemma of Police Administration
The Public Service Production Process: A Framework for Analyzing Police Services
by Nicholas P
Defining and Measuring Structural Variations in Interorganizational Arrangements
Journal Article Defining and Measuring Structural Variations in Interorganizational Arrangements Get access Elinor Ostrom, Elinor Ostrom Indiana University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Roger B. Parks, Roger B. Parks Indiana University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Gordon P. Whitaker Gordon P. Whitaker University of North CarolinaChapel Hill Search for other wor…
Do We Really Want to Consolidate Urban Police Forces? A Reappraisal of Some Old Assertions
Does Local Community Control of Police make a Difference? Some Preliminary Findings
Using a comparative research design, this study examines the consequences of organizing neighborhood patrol functions on a large scale by a city-wide police force or on a small scale by local communities. The research was conducted in three small independent communities adjacent to Indianapolis, and three matched neighborhoods within the city. The findings indicate a consistent pattern of higher levels of police performance in the independent com…
Consumers as Coproducers of Public Services: Some Economic and Institutional Considerations
The concept of coproduction of public services has captured increased attention as a potential means of increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of local government. In this article we explore the concept of coproduction in an effort to sharpen the definition of that concept and add rigor to our understanding of the effects of coproduction in local service delivery and the processes by which coproductive activity occurs
Does Local Community Control of Police make a Difference? Some Preliminary Findings
Using a comparative research design, this study examines the consequences of organizing neighborhood patrol functions on a large scale by a city-wide police force or on a small scale by local communities. The research was conducted in three small independent communities adjacent to Indianapolis, and three matched neighborhoods within the city. The findings indicate a consistent pattern of higher levels of police performance in the independent com…
The Public Service Production Process: A Framework for Analyzing Police Services
by Nicholas P
Do We Really Want to Consolidate Urban Police Forces? A Reappraisal of Some Old Assertions
Mutual Accountability between Governments and Nonprofits: Moving Beyond “Surveillance” to “Service”
Procedures intended to provide accountability in relationships between governments and nonprofit organizations often focus on ways to catch and punish mistakes rather than on ways to improve service to the public. Usually, this is because the parties create their expectations for the relationship independently. However, many public services can be improved if governments and nonprofits work together to learn what needs to be done to address publi…
Political Conflict or Professional Advancement: Alternative Explanations of City Manager Turnover
The departure of the city manager constitutes a major leadership change in city government. Two reasons for managerial turnover have been advanced: political factors which push managers out and personal career factors which pull managers to new positions. Both reasons have been portrayed as the predominant reason for turnover. This study evaluates those explanations with managers’ responses to a survey to predict their job mobility. The findings …
Defining and Measuring Structural Variations in Interorganizational Arrangements
Journal Article Defining and Measuring Structural Variations in Interorganizational Arrangements Get access Elinor Ostrom, Elinor Ostrom Indiana University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Roger B. Parks, Roger B. Parks Indiana University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Gordon P. Whitaker Gordon P. Whitaker University of North CarolinaChapel Hill Search for other wor…
Education for the Public Service: Policy Analysis and Administration in the MPA Core Curriculum
What curriculum components are contained in professional master's programs in public affairs and administration? Using information from Self Study Reports submitted by graduate programs in public affairs and administration in the period 1983-1989 as part of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration's (NASPAA) accreditation process, core curriculum components are described and assessed. To explore why NASPAA-accredit…
Aggressive Policing and the Deterrence of Crime
Recent analyses of the relationship between crime and an aggressive patrol strategy have led to no single conclusion concerning the deterrent power of aggressive policing. This research adds to that debate by exploring the effects of a variety of aggressive patrol tactics on several different crimes. The empirical analysis, based on cross‐sectional data from sixty urban neighborhoods, indicates that there appears to be no stable complex of police…
Aggressive Patrol: A Search for Side‐effects
Recent interest in the possible deterrent effects of aggressive or proactive policing raises the issue of such strategies' consequences for individual liberties and police‐community relations. This study examines the latter—specifically, the effects of four neighborhood‐level measures of an aggressive patrol style on citizens' evaluations of police and citizens' propensities to report crimes. The results suggest that, for most citizens, aggressiv…
Managing Discretion: A Central Dilemma of Police Administration
Do We Really Want to Consolidate Urban Police Forces? A Reappraisal of Some Old Assertions
Does Local Community Control of Police make a Difference? Some Preliminary Findings
Using a comparative research design, this study examines the consequences of organizing neighborhood patrol functions on a large scale by a city-wide police force or on a small scale by local communities. The research was conducted in three small independent communities adjacent to Indianapolis, and three matched neighborhoods within the city. The findings indicate a consistent pattern of higher levels of police performance in the independent com…
Defining and Measuring Structural Variations in Interorganizational Arrangements
Journal Article Defining and Measuring Structural Variations in Interorganizational Arrangements Get access Elinor Ostrom, Elinor Ostrom Indiana University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Roger B. Parks, Roger B. Parks Indiana University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Gordon P. Whitaker Gordon P. Whitaker University of North CarolinaChapel Hill Search for other wor…
The Public Service Production Process: A Framework for Analyzing Police Services
by Nicholas P
Managing Discretion: A Central Dilemma of Police Administration
Coproduction: Citizen Participation in Service Delivery
which it was applied. Second, the automated selection of high priority cases by PROMIS was used as a back-up for manual selection during much of the first two years of operation. Eventually the automated selection of high priority cases for special pretrial preparation was discontinued. These factors suggest that, while the PROMIS development may have been instrumental in the establishment of the Special Litigation Unit, the operation of the Spec…
Consumers as Coproducers of Public Services: Some Economic and Institutional Considerations
The concept of coproduction of public services has captured increased attention as a potential means of increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of local government. In this article we explore the concept of coproduction in an effort to sharpen the definition of that concept and add rigor to our understanding of the effects of coproduction in local service delivery and the processes by which coproductive activity occurs
Public Choice: Methodological Individualism in Politics
Aggressive Patrol: A Search for Side‐effects
Recent interest in the possible deterrent effects of aggressive or proactive policing raises the issue of such strategies' consequences for individual liberties and police‐community relations. This study examines the latter—specifically, the effects of four neighborhood‐level measures of an aggressive patrol style on citizens' evaluations of police and citizens' propensities to report crimes. The results suggest that, for most citizens, aggressiv…
Aggressive Policing and the Deterrence of Crime
Recent analyses of the relationship between crime and an aggressive patrol strategy have led to no single conclusion concerning the deterrent power of aggressive policing. This research adds to that debate by exploring the effects of a variety of aggressive patrol tactics on several different crimes. The empirical analysis, based on cross‐sectional data from sixty urban neighborhoods, indicates that there appears to be no stable complex of police…
City Money: Political Processes, Fiscal Strain, and Retrenchment.Terry Nichols Clark , Lorna Crowley Ferguson
Political Conflict or Professional Advancement: Alternative Explanations of City Manager Turnover
The departure of the city manager constitutes a major leadership change in city government. Two reasons for managerial turnover have been advanced: political factors which push managers out and personal career factors which pull managers to new positions. Both reasons have been portrayed as the predominant reason for turnover. This study evaluates those explanations with managers’ responses to a survey to predict their job mobility. The findings …
City Managers under Fire: How Conflict Leads to Turnover
To evaluate the influence of turnover among city management professionals, data were gathered and analyzed in a study that followed the careers of 133 city managers in Florida since 1986. In contrast to previous studies, conflict was found to be a frequent cause of turnover among those city managers who left their positions during the study period. The type of conflict involved made a difference. Situations involving policy or style disagreements…
Education for the Public Service: Policy Analysis and Administration in the MPA Core Curriculum
What curriculum components are contained in professional master's programs in public affairs and administration? Using information from Self Study Reports submitted by graduate programs in public affairs and administration in the period 1983-1989 as part of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration's (NASPAA) accreditation process, core curriculum components are described and assessed. To explore why NASPAA-accredit…
The Future of Public Management
The Future of Public Management Get access Barry Bozeman, ed. Public Management: The State of the Art. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993. 424 pp. Gordon Whitaker Gordon Whitaker University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Volume 4, Issue 2, April 1994, Pages 255–262, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jpart.a037206 Pub…
Comparing Public Administration and Policy Analysis Approaches to Public Service Education
We systematically explore differences between the policy analysis and public administration/management approaches to public service education. From the literature, we identify four aspects of public service education that may differ between public administration/management and policy analysis: the students who enter each kind of program, the norms students gain through professional socialization in each approach, the career paths followed by grad…
Innovating with Integrity: How Local Heroes Are Transforming American Government . Sandford Borins
Mutual Accountability between Governments and Nonprofits: Moving Beyond “Surveillance” to “Service”
Procedures intended to provide accountability in relationships between governments and nonprofit organizations often focus on ways to catch and punish mistakes rather than on ways to improve service to the public. Usually, this is because the parties create their expectations for the relationship independently. However, many public services can be improved if governments and nonprofits work together to learn what needs to be done to address publi…
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