Making Government Work

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Introduction
In the past decade, politicians from around the globe have found that government can work effectively if we set clear benchmarks for success and inject a competitive mindset into the system.

At the conference . . . Drs. Paul Andrisani and Simon Hakim of Temple University's Center for Competitive Government have spent years studying the ways American political leaders are making city and state government more responsive. Their edited volume, Making Government Work: Lessons from America's Governors and Mayors, released for publication on May 8, 2000, contains essays from such successful innovators as Detroit's Mayor Dennis Archer, New York's Mayor Rudy Giuliani, and Pennsylvania's Governor Tom Ridge. The 17 chapters explain how leading state and local leaders have made government serve us better at a lower cost during the past decade.

Temple University's Center for Competitive Government, the National League of Cities, and the City of New York co-hosted a national conference for more than 30 mayors to discuss Best Practices in Competitive Government in New York City on May 8-9, 2000.

The conference was preceded by a Luncheon at The Harvard Club, hosted by The Manhattan Institute, where Drs. Andrisani and Hakim gave an overview of these successes and their own ideas on where we can look for the next breakthroughs.

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