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Essay / Analysis of Sirianni's Investing in Democracy - 875
Sirianni in his book “Investing in Democracy” examined how government can serve as a civic catalyst for productive engagement and collaborative problem solving among civic associations, ordinary citizens and stakeholders. groups. He also tried to discover how public policy and administration can be designed to promote government involvement. Siriannni argued that in recent years the role of government has become more important due to the increasing complexity of public problems, diversity among stakeholders, and the continued erosion of civic life by deep cultural and institutional trends . Sirianni tried to reflect the image of government, local, state and federal, as a civic facilitator whose job should be to design policies and invest strategically, systematically and effectively in building civic capacity to enable the daily public life of citizens. Sirianni focused on many reasons for why government should be the civic facilitator. First, because of long-term changes in civic organization and culture, capacities for self-governance will not simply spring from the sources of civic society, and they certainly will not emerge from the invisible hand of the market. “Civic changes have been propelled in many cases by profound and irreversible socio-economic shifts, such as the replacement of the highly civic-minded World War II generation, the increased participation of women in the workforce, and the continued diffusion technologies that encourage individualized leisure. » [Sirianni. C]. Second, government and administrative policies have often been found to have attempted to obstruct effective and responsible civic action. Thus, by involving government, policies can be... middle of paper ... all of the civic components necessary to solve complex public problems can be implemented relatively effectively, coherently and sustainably .(7) Transform institutional cultures: The seventh principle of policy design contributes to changing the culture of government institutions and nonprofit contracting organizations in ways that support citizen co-production, sharing of expertise and other collaborative practices that require a combination of strategies. .(8) Ensuring reciprocal accountability: The eighth policy of collaborative governance and policy design aims to enable reciprocal accountability across a complex range of democratic actors, from ordinary citizens and organized stakeholders to elected officials and public administrators. governance and policy design face a number of challenges.