Topic: Governing by Network
Venue: Room 302
School of Public Policy & Management
Tsinghua University
Time: 3:30-5pm, Friday, October 9th
Speaker: Prof. Steve Goldsmith
Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation
Harvard Kennedy School
Bio of Prof. Steve Goldsmith:
Stephen Goldsmith is the Daniel Paul Professor of Government and the Director of the Innovations in American Government Program at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. He is also the Vice-Chair of the Corporation for National and Community Service. He previously served two terms as Mayor of Indianapolis, America's 12th largest city where he earned as a reputation as one of the country's leaders in public private partnerships, competition and privatization. As mayor, he reduced government spending, cut the city's bureaucracy, held the line on taxes, eliminated counterproductive regulations, and invested over 1B$ in infrastructure including a transformation of downtown Indianapolis that has been held up as a national model. The Wall Street Journal has called Mayor Goldsmith a "pioneering privatizer of city services." Goldsmith was the chief domestic policy advisor to the George W. Bush campaign in 2000. His publications include: Unlocking the Power of Networks: Keys to High Performance Government; Governing by Network: The New Shape of the Public Sector; Putting Faith in Neighborhoods: Making Cities Work through Grassroots Citizenship; and The Twenty-First Century City: Resurrecting Urban America. His next book on civic entrepreneurship is expected out next year.
His book Governing by Network which was published in 2004 received the 2005 Louis Brownlow Book Award.
Selected Reviews on Governing by Network:
"Just as the twentieth century was the era of the large public bureaucracy, the twenty-first is likely to be the ear of the public-private network. Goldsmith and Eggers provide a clear and lively guide to the new terrain, offering concrete advice to public sector managers and elected officials on how to grapple with performance and accountability challenges." Alasdair S. Roberts, Director, Campbell Public Affairs Institute, Maxwell School of Syracuse University
"The definitive book on managing government in the networked age." Anthony A. Williams, Mayor of Washington, D.C.
"In GOVERNING BY NETWORK, Goldsmith and Eggers answer one of the most important public policy questions of our time: how public officials can achieve results and ensure accountability to citizens in an age in which government relies more and more on partners to do the public's business." Edward G. Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania
"Goldsmith and Eggers, two of America's most innovative policy thinkers, show how the networking trend is transforming government. This book is a must read for anyone concerned with how to make government better and more cost effective." Mitt Romney, Governor of Massachusetts
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