Implementing Innovation: Fostering Enduring Change in Environmental and Natural

Description: Implementing Innovation by Toddi A. Steelman Over the years governments at the local, state, and federal levels have undertaken a wide range of bold innovations to try to address their environmental and natural resource management tasks. This title argues that the key to successful and long-lasting innovation must be a realistic understanding of the challenges that face it. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Over the past three decades, governments at the local, state, and federal levels have undertaken a wide range of bold innovations, often in partnership with nongovernmental organizations and communities, to try to address their environmental and natural resource management tasks. Many of these efforts have failed. Innovations, by definition, are transitory. How, then, can we establish new practices that endure? Toddi A. Steelman argues that the key to successful and long-lasting innovation must be a realistic understanding of the challenges that face it. She examines three case studies - land management in Colorado, watershed management in West Virginia, and timber management in New Mexico - and reveals specific patterns of implementation success and failure. Steelman challenges conventional wisdom about the role of individual entrepreneurs in innovative practice. She highlights the institutional obstacles that impede innovation and its longer term implementation, while offering practical insight in how enduring change might be achieved. Notes " Implementing Innovation brings a fresh perspective to a long-standing debate in the environmental policy field about how best to foster creative, collaborative approaches to environmental protection. Because of its careful attention to detail, vibrant case studies, and an accessible conceptual framework, students and practitioners alike will find this book a very worthwhile read." -- Denise L. Scheberle, Herbert Fisk Johnson Professor in Environmental Studies and chair, Department of Public and Environmental Affairs, University of Wisconsin--Green Bay "A wonderfully practical, thoroughly analyzed, and simply written and presented story that anyone wanting to improve environmental practice should read with interest and care." -- Garry Brewer, Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser Professor of Resource Policy and Management, School of Management, Yale University "Using institutional analysis to great advantage, Steelman deftly brings her recognized expertise in environmental issues to a more generalized appreciation of how public policies are articulated and executed. In doing so, she has appealed to both the public policy and public management communities." -- Peter deLeon, professor of public policy, School of Public Administration, University of Colorado Denver "Steelman takes us to the next level in the study of innovative environmental practices. We know much about the promise of innovation, the barriers to innovation, and increasingly the performance of innovative practices. Steelman convincingly argues that we must now address the long-term sustainability of innovations. This book provides a clever yet simple way for academics and practitioners to think about the crucial role of institutions in sustaining innovative practices for managing natural resources and the environment." -- Craig Thomas, associate professor of public affairs, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington "Some innovations are thriving many years after their inception; others, despite initial success, prove to be unsustainable. Steelman, using three fascinating and well-executed case studies, provides a convincing explanation why." -- Sandford Borins, professor of strategic management, University of Toronto and research fellow, Harvard Kennedy School Author Biography Toddi A. Steelman is an associate professor in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources at North Carolina State University. She is coauthor of Adaptive Governance: Integrating Science, Policy, and Decision Making and Collaborative Environmental Management: What Roles for Government? Table of Contents Preface 1. Innovation, Implementation, and Institutions 2. The Evolution of the Environmental and Natural Resource Governance: Land, Water, and Forests 3. Aligning Institutional Characteristics: Implementing Innovation in Land Protection 4. Intermittent Alignment of Institutional Characteristics: Implementing Innovation in Watershed Management 5. Misalignment of Institutional Characteristics: Implementing Innovation in Forest Management 6. Fostering Enduring Change Index Review "Implementing Innovation brings a fresh perspective to a long-standing debate in the environmental policy field about how best to foster creative, collaborative approaches to environmental protection. Because of its careful attention to detail, vibrant case studies, and an accessible conceptual framework, students and practitioners alike will find this book a very worthwhile read."-Denise L. Scheberle, Herbert Fisk Johnson Professor in Environmental Studies and chair, Department of Public and Environmental Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay "A wonderfully practical, thoroughly analyzed, and simply written and presented story that anyone wanting to improve environmental practice should read with interest and care."-Garry Brewer, Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser Professor of Resource Policy and Management, School of Management, Yale University "Using institutional analysis to great advantage, Steelman deftly brings her recognized expertise in environmental issues to a more generalized appreciation of how public policies are articulated and executed. In doing so, she has appealed to both the public policy and public management communities."-Peter deLeon, professor of public policy, School of Public Administration, University of Colorado Denver "Steelman takes us to the next level in the study of innovative environmental practices. We know much about the promise of innovation, the barriers to innovation, and increasingly the performance of innovative practices. Steelman convincingly argues that we must now address the long-term sustainability of innovations. This book provides a clever yet simple way for academics and practitioners to think about the crucial role of institutions in sustaining innovative practices for managing natural resources and the environment."-Craig Thomas, associate professor of public affairs, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington "Some innovations are thriving many years after their inception; others, despite initial success, prove to be unsustainable. Steelman, using three fascinating and well-executed case studies, provides a convincing explanation why."-Sandford Borins, professor of strategic management, University of Toronto and research fellow, Harvard Kennedy School Promotional Implementing Innovation brings a fresh perspective to a long-standing debate in the environmental policy field about how best to foster creative, collaborative approaches to environmental protection. Because of its careful attention to detail, vibrant case studies, and an accessible conceptual framework, students and practitioners alike will find this book a very worthwhile read. -- Denise L. Scheberle, Herbert Fisk Johnson Professor in Environmental Studies and chair, Department of Public and Environmental Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay A wonderfully practical, thoroughly analyzed, and simply written and presented story that anyone wanting to improve environmental practice should read with interest and care. -- Garry Brewer, Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser Professor of Resource Policy and Management, School of Management, Yale University Using institutional analysis to great advantage, Steelman deftly brings her recognized expertise in environmental issues to a more generalized appreciation of how public policies are articulated and executed. In doing so, she has appealed to both the public policy and public management communities. -- Peter deLeon, professor of public policy, School of Public Administration, University of Colorado Denver Steelman takes us to the next level in the study of innovative environmental practices. We know much about the promise of innovation, the barriers to innovation, and increasingly the performance of innovative practices. Steelman convincingly argues that we must now address the long-term sustainability of innovations. This book provides a clever yet simple way for academics and practitioners to think about the crucial role of institutions in sustaining innovative practices for managing natural resources and the environment. -- Craig Thomas, associate professor of public affairs, Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington Some innovations are thriving many years after their inception; others, despite initial success, prove to be unsustainable. Steelman, using three fascinating and well-executed case studies, provides a convincing explanation why. -- Sandford Borins, professor of strategic management, University of Toronto and research fellow, Harvard Kennedy School Prizes Winner of Rachel Carson Environment Book Award (United States). Winner of Louis Brownlow Book Award (United States). Winner of Public Administration Section: Herbert A. Simon Book Award (United States). Winner of Harold & Margaret Sprout Award (United States). Winner of George R. Terry Book Award (United States). Winner of Co-winner of the American Society for Public Administration, Section on Public Administration Researchs best book award (United States). Long Description Over the past three decades, governments at the local, state, and federal levels have undertaken a wide range of bold innovations, often in partnership with nongovernmental organizations and communities, to try to address their environmental and natural resource management tasks. Many of these efforts have failed. Innovations, by definition, are transitory. How, then, can we establish new practices that endure? Toddi A. Steelman argues that the key to successful and long-lasting innovation must be a realistic understanding of the challenges that face it. She examines three case studies - land management in Colorado, watershed management in West Virginia, and timber management in New Mexico - and reveals specific patterns of implementation success and failure. Steelman challenges conventional wisdom about the role of individual entrepreneurs in innovative practice. She highlights the institutional obstacles that impede innovation and its longer term implementation, while offering practical insight in how enduring change might be achieved. Review Quote Steelman takes us to the next level in the study of innovative environmental practices. We know much about the promise of innovation, the barriers to innovation, and increasingly the performance of innovative practices. Steelman convincingly argues that we must now address the long-term sustainability of innovations. This book provides a clever yet simple way for academics and practitioners to think about the crucial role of institutions in sustaining innovative practices for managing natural resources and the environment. Details ISBN1589016270 Author Toddi A. Steelman Pages 224 Publisher Georgetown University Press Year 2010 ISBN-10 1589016270 ISBN-13 9781589016279 Format Paperback Imprint Georgetown University Press Subtitle Fostering Enduring Change in Environmental and Natural Resource Governance Place of Publication Washington, DC Country of Publication United States Short Title IMPLEMENTING INNOVATION Language English Media Book DEWEY 354.3 Illustrations Illustrations Affiliation University of Saskatchewan Position Executive Director and Professor Publication Date 2010-04-15 UK Release Date 2010-04-15 NZ Release Date 2010-04-15 US Release Date 2010-04-15 Series Public Management and Change series Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2010-04-14 Alternative 9781589016705 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:136573062;

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