Publications and Awards

• Justin Amos '08, Maureen Berner, and Ricardo Morse,  “What Constitutes Effective Citizen Participation? Views from Stakeholders," Public Administration Quarterly, Forthcoming.

• Maureen Berner, Sharon Paynter '03, and Emily Anderson '09, “The Shifting Pattern of Government Support:  Food Stamps and Food Bank Usage in North Carolina," Public Administration Quarterly, Forthcoming.

• David N. Ammons, “Economic Stimulus Management,”The Public Manager, 39, No. 1 (Spring 2010), pp. 11-15.

• David Ammons and Trevor Fleck '11, Budget-Balancing Tactics in Local Government, UNC School of Government, 2010.

• David Ammons, Ryan Ewalt '08 and Ryan Davidson '08, Development Review in Local Government: Benchmarking Best Practices, UNC School of Government and Alliance for Innovation, 2009.

• David N. Ammons, Measuring the Results of Economic Stimulus Investments: Local Government Leading the Way.  A Policy Issue White Paper prepared on behalf of the Governmental Affairs and Policy Committee of ICMA.  Washington, D.C.: International City/County Management Association, October 2009.

• David Ammons and Joshua S. Edwards '07, "Misrepresentation of Staffing Standards for Police," State and Local Government Review, 40, No. 3, 2008.

• Morse, Ricardo S., and Terry F. Buss, eds.,  Innovations in Public Leadership Development (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2008).

• Morse, Ricardo S., “Developing Public Leaders in an Age of Collaborative Governance,” in Innovations in Public Leadership Development, ed. Ricardo S. Morse and Terry F. Buss (Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 2008), 77-100.

• Altman, Lydian, and Morse, Ricardo S., “Creating Their Own Futures: Community Visioning and North Carolina Local Governments,” Popular Government, 73, No. 2 (Winter 2008), pp.  20-35. Government leaders often want to shape the long-term direction of their communities. How can they do that effectively?A report on visioning processes conducted in Roxboro, Wilkes County, and Wilson County provides lessons on visioning and strategic planning.

• Morse, Ricardo S., Terry F. Buss, and C. Morgan Kinghorn, eds., Transforming Public Leadership for the 21st Century (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2007).

• Henderson M. , Whitaker. G , and Altman L., "Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence: The Community’s Role in Weaving a Safety Net", Popular Government. Leaders of a School of Government project building communities’ capacity to stop sexual assault and domestic violence describe the reach of the problem and the need for shared responsibility in addressing it.

• Ammons, David N., “City Manager and City Administrator Role Similarities and Differences: Perceptions Among Persons Who Have Served as Both.”  American Review of Public Administration, 38, No. 1 (March 2008), pp. 24-40.

• Ammons, David N. and William C. Rivenbark, “Factors Influencing the Use of Performance Data to Improve Municipal Services: Evidence from the North Carolina Benchmarking Project,” Public Administration Review, 68, No. 2 (March/April 2008), pp. 304-318.

• Rivenbark, William C., David N. Ammons, and Dale J. Roenigk, “Benefiting from Comparative Performance Statistics in Local Government,” Popular Government, No. 3 (Spring/Summer 2007), pp. 34-42.

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