Analysis of Sirianni´s Investing in Democracy - 891 Words

Sirianni in his book â€Å"Investing in Democracy† has examined how government can serve as a civic enabler of productive engagement and collaborative problem solving among civic associations, ordinary citizens, and stakeholder groups. He also tried to find out how the public policy and administration can be designed to help the involvement of the government. Siriannni has argued on the view that in recent era the government’s role is becoming more important due to the increasing complexity of public problems, diversity among the stakeholders, and continued erosion of civic life by the deep cultural and institutional trends. Sirianni tried to reflect the image of the government, local, state, and federal as civic enabler whose work should be to†¦show more content†¦However, it is found that the groups like civic associations and nonprofit funders make most investments in promoting innovations and building civic capacity. They should be inspired to do so continu ously more ambitiously and effectively but still such contributions are not enough to match with the rising cost of civic democracy. So, the government can and should rise to the occasion. More government’s involvement as civic enabler will help the country to cope with this problem. Collaborative governance will redesign the policies which will aim to empower, enlighten, and engage the citizens in the process of self-government. Sirianni has done some case studies and empirical analyses of civic engagement and collaborative governance. From the case studies he has extracted eight core principles of collaborative governance. These eight core principles of collaborative governance and policy design are as pointed below: (1) Coproduce public goods: The first principle of design should be such that it will encourage and recognize roles for ordinary citizens in coproducing public goods. Public goods are much complicated and there is no such direct tool of government which can produce this public goods. So the policy should be designed in such a way that it will help the ordinaryShow MoreRelatedCollaboration For Deter Youth Gang Violence2203 Words   |  9 Pagesbe able to bring about significant social change in their community and beyond. Process of Participation In order to combat gang participation and violence, The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) established 1980’s, has developed, financed, and assessed community-based anti-gang programs which directly aims at prevention, intervention, enforcement, and re-entry approaches. In 2009, the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) combined its existing resources to generate