The Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration (CAPPA) announces the publication of Inside Public-Sector Innovation: How Local Governments Put Ideas into Action edited by Zachary Spicer(opens in new tab), Jospeh Lyons(opens in new tab), and Tyler Romualdi(opens in new tab).
Here is a link to the book in the publisher’s catalog:
Inside Public-Sector Innovation: How Local Governments Put Ideas into Action(opens in new tab)
Synopsis
Faced with increasing demands from residents, and amidst growing legal and resource constraints, municipalities are experimenting to find new ways of making things work. Inside Public-Sector Innovation profiles the expertise and experience of local administrators in Canada who have successfully moved innovation from conception to reality.
A practitioner-oriented guide, this volume features multiple innovations from rural, urban, and suburban governments of various sizes. Exploring organizational, process, and service innovations, public administrators directly involved in their implementation highlight lessons for other practitioners considering similar strategies. Chapters cover challenges across policy domains including diversity and inclusion, public health, environmental sustainability, and service delivery inefficiencies. All together, these case studies enhance our understanding of what local public-sector innovation entails and how enterprising public servants can put it to immediate use.
Recognizing local governments in Canada as drivers of experimentation, Inside Public-Sector Innovation advances research through its rich descriptions and analysis of municipal strategies, drawing attention to the unique complications and opportunities associated with innovation at scale.
Zachary Spicer
Associate Professor at the School of Public Policy and Administration at York University.
Joseph Lyons
Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Western University and Director of the Local Government Program.
Tyler Romualdi
Graduate Student Researcher in political science at Western University. His research interests are in the subfields of Urban Politics/Local Government and Canadian Politics, with a focus on public opinion and political behaviour in the latter.