There is a lot of chatter in the media about whether the pride that Americans have felt towards their citizenship and the connection they¿ve felt towards their democratic values, can ever be restored. This book brings together a set of stellar scholars and practitioners to discuss and advance the cross-cutting themes and methods of engagement in sections 1) citizens and democracy, 2) institutional design, 3) cross-sector collaboration, and 4) value creation. The book contains illustrative case studies spanning local to global, analytical to creatively synthesized, and broad based to specific.

John M. Bryson, Barbara C. Crosby, Laura Bloomberg

Introduction. Public Value as a Contested Democratic Practice. Creating Public Value: Contributions of the New Civic Politics. Value of Voices, Voice of Values: Participatory and Value Representation in Networked Governance. Public Values, Citizen Science, and Transportation Planning: A Brief Inquiry. Effectuating Public Values by Institutional Design. Education Reform and Cross-Sectoral Financing: A Practice-Based Approach. Profiting from Public Value? The Case of Social Impact Bonds. Coproduction of Public Values through Cross-Sector Implementation: A Multilevel Analysis of Community Reinvestment Outcomes in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program. CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATIONS INTRODUCTION. Incentivizing Collaboration: An Experimental Analysis of Performance Information, Public Value Creation, and Public Values Promotion. Relational Contracting and Public Value: Public and Nonprofit Managers' Perspectives. Cross Sector Collaboration and Public-Private Partnerships: A Perspective on How Nonprofit Organizations Create Public Value in an Archetypical City in the United States. Paradoxes of Cross-Sector Partnerships: Public Value and Large-Scale Energy Innovation. PUBLIC VALUE CREATION: LOCAL TO GLOBAL INTRODUCTION. Recognizing Public Values at the Local Government Level: A Study of the All-America City Awards. Creating Public Value through Collaboration: Restoration and Preservation of Crissy Field. Using Economic Principles to Show How Extension Programs Create Public Value. Culturing Sport Mega Events: Leveraging Public Value. Creating Global Public Value. CONCLUSIONS. Conclusions.