Power to the Public: The Promise of Public Interest Technology

Author:   Tara Dawson McGuinness ,  Hana Schank ,  Anne-Marie Slaughter ,  Darren Walker
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
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Pages:   208
Publication Date:   18 April 2023
Format:   Paperback
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A powerful new blueprint for how governments and nonprofits can harness the power of digital technology to help solve the most serious problems of the twenty-first century As the speed and complexity of the world increases, governments and nonprofit organizations need new ways to effectively tackle the critical challenges of our time-from pandem

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Author:   Tara Dawson McGuinness ,  Hana Schank ,  Anne-Marie Slaughter ,  Darren Walker
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
ISBN:  

9780691216645


ISBN 10:   0691216649
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   18 April 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable   Availability explained
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Should be on the summer reading list of people interested in the opportunities and challenges of technology for public stuff. ---Mitchell Weiss, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge Power to the Public is an accessible and quick read aimed primarily at nontechnologists, with a clear-eyed take that technology is not a panacea. The book makes an important contribution to the literature on how government needs to reform its traditional approach to solving problems. ---Jim Fruchterman, Stanford Social Innovation Review Recommended * Choice *


"""Should be on the summer reading list of people interested in the opportunities and challenges of technology for public stuff.""---Mitchell Weiss, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge ""Power to the Public is an accessible and quick read aimed primarily at nontechnologists, with a clear-eyed take that technology is not a panacea. The book makes an important contribution to the literature on how government needs to reform its traditional approach to solving problems.""---Jim Fruchterman, Stanford Social Innovation Review ""Recommended"" * Choice *"


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Tara Dawson McGuinness is the founder of the New Practice Lab at New America and teaches public problem solving at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy. Twitter @taradmcguinness Hana Schank is Senior Advisor for Public Interest Technology at New America and the coauthor of The Government Fix: How to Innovate in Government and The Ambition Decisions: What Women Know about Work, Family, and the Path to Building a Life. Twitter @hanaschank

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