Introduction

• Author: Danny L. Balfour,Stephanie P. Newbold
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/puar.12642
• Published date: 01 September 2016
• Date: 01 September 2016

Book Review Editors’ Introduction 823

Public Administration Review,

Vol. 76, Iss. 5, pp. 823. © 2016 by

The American Society for Public Administration.

DOI: 10.1111/puar.12642.

Book Review

Editors’

Introduction

T he book reviews in this issue of Public

Administration Review (PAR ) examine the

role of government and how we organize and

manage government in an increasingly globalized

world. Professor Frank J. Thompson recalls the

distinguished public service leadership and scholarly

contributions of former North Carolina Governor

Terry Sanford to draw attention to the important role

governors play in shaping federal grants in his review

of Governors, Grants, and Elections: Fiscal Federalism

in the American States by Sean Nicholson-Crotty.

Professor Salvatore P. Alaimo underscores how

increased globalization directly affects the management

of international organizations in his review of

Eduardo Missoni and Daniele Alesani ’ s Management

of International Institutions and NGOs: Frameworks,

Practices, and Challenges. Finally, Professor Jeremy

Vickers analyzes how governments can work to improve

their performance despite the fact that increased public

distrust of government is steadily increasing in his

review of Peter H. Schuck ’ s Why Government Fails so

Often: And How It Can Do Better.

Danny L. Balfour

Grand Valley State University

Stephanie P. Newbold

Rutgers University-Newark