"Making government work: a conservative agenda for the states is an updated version of the highly acclaimed 1994 original book. It serves as a modern-day guide for how as Americans we can move the states forward with common sense, conservative public policy initiatives to benefit the Nation as a...

1 Introduction -- 2 Government public relations: what is it good for? -- 3 Media relations -- 4 Public information campaigns -- 5 Crisis communication challenges in the public sector -- 6 Strategic communication planning in the digital age -- 7 Harnessing social media effectively on behalf of...

State and Local Finances under Pressure explores the future of state and local government fiscal systems given the numerous pressures they face from economic, legal, technological, demographic and political forces. It explores how these multiple forces play out in terms of the changes state and...