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For students of public management, this slim volume acts as a guidebook to setting up P3s in medium to large size cities across the United States. For local elected officials, the book provides rich detail about the partnerships necessary to implement a P3 framework in a city....An excellent read for those interested in understanding the challenges of developing P3s and the vast benefits these collaborative structures can produce. Summing up: highly recommended. George Voinovich's extraordinary success as senator, governor, and mayor was due in great part to his being a pioneering master of collaboration. This book is a legacy of his powerful and practical insights on how to build public-private partnerships that fuse the best of all sectors to create a better society. In these times when conflict seems to dominate political dialogue, his wise words extolling the virtues of collaboration are refreshing and illuminating. -- James E. Austin, Harvard Business School

George Voinovich's extraordinary success as senator, governor, and mayor was due in great part to his being a pioneering master of collaboration. This book is a legacy of his powerful and practical insights on how to build public-private partnerships that fuse the best of all sectors to create a better society. In these times when conflict seems to dominate political dialogue, his wise words extolling the virtues of collaboration are refreshing and illuminating. -- James E. Austin, Harvard Business School Empowering the Public-Private Partnership presents an almost old-fashioned creed-that cities are important, that the business world and the public sector are not at war, and that most people possess some kind of civic mindedness. The key to effective leadership, Voinovich suggests, may be simply awakening this public spiritedness and then harnessing it to good purpose. In that sense, Voinovich and his book are exemplars of both a seemingly lost Republican ideal and an even older republicanism that has been so essential to the health of American politics. For students of public management, this slim volume acts as a guidebook to setting up P3s in medium to large size cities across the United States. For local elected officials, the book provides rich detail about the partnerships necessary to implement a P3 framework in a city....An excellent read for those interested in understanding the challenges of developing P3s and the vast benefits these collaborative structures can produce. Summing up: highly recommended.

George Voinovich's extraordinary success as senator, governor, and mayor was due in great part to his being a pioneering master of collaboration. This book is a legacy of his powerful and practical insights on how to build public-private partnerships that fuse the best of all sectors to create a better society. In these times when conflict seems to dominate political dialogue, his wise words extolling the virtues of collaboration are refreshing and illuminating. --James E. Austin, Harvard Business School

George Voinovich's extraordinary success as senator, governor, and mayor was due in great part to his being a pioneering master of collaboration. This book is a legacy of his powerful and practical insights on how to build public-private partnerships that fuse the best of all sectors to create a better society. In these times when conflict seems to dominate political dialogue, his wise words extolling the virtues of collaboration are refreshing and illuminating. -- James E. Austin, Harvard Business School This book is a departure from the current national political climate punctuated by partisanship. Instead, it offers a reflection on nonpartisan, collaborative leadership strategies that manifested in successful economic development and community revitalization efforts. The result is a short, but useful, `how-to guide' for students and community development practitioners on building collaborative networks. Empowering the Public-Private Partnership presents an almost old-fashioned creed-that cities are important, that the business world and the public sector are not at war, and that most people possess some kind of civic mindedness. The key to effective leadership, Voinovich suggests, may be simply awakening this public spiritedness and then harnessing it to good purpose. In that sense, Voinovich and his book are exemplars of both a seemingly lost Republican ideal and an even older republicanism that has been so essential to the health of American politics. For students of public management, this slim volume acts as a guidebook to setting up P3s in medium to large size cities across the United States. For local elected officials, the book provides rich detail about the partnerships necessary to implement a P3 framework in a city....An excellent read for those interested in understanding the challenges of developing P3s and the vast benefits these collaborative structures can produce. Summing up: highly recommended.

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In a career spanning more than forty years, George V. Voinovich held office as mayor of Cleveland and later as governor and US senator for Ohio. Among many other distinctions, he was the only person to hold both the chairmanship of the National Governors Association and the presidency of the National League of Cities. In 1998, Ohio University established what would become the George V. Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs in honor of his many years of public service.

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