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Incrementalism as a concept of iterative improvement in government project development no longer a legitimate public administration theory

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Nope, in 2015, plans to move forward were scuttled, seemingly forever (" Virginia Beach was right to reject light rail extension ," Norfolk Virginian-Pilot ). Incrementalism is a public administration theory proposed in the 1950s by Charles Lindblom. How come? ," North Jersey Herald ).

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30 November 2017 | Rethinking the Government-Nonprofit Partnership: Who’s Funding Whom?, by Kelly LeRoux

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

To many scholars in the field of public administration and public management, the study of nonprofit organizations is viewed as a narrow niche, a handful of people working at the margins of the field on topics that largely sit outside of mainstream concerns for public managers. Journal of Urban Affairs , 34 (1): 65-80.

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Learning what not to do from the New England Patriots football team

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Basically, I'm interested in continuous process improvement and iterative learning (" Incrementalism as a concept of iterative improvement in government project development no longer a legitimate public administration theory ," 2023) applied to government and social program improvement.

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