At head of title: Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Public Administration and Development Management.

"7th Global Forum on Reinventing Government, Building Trust in Government, 26-29 June 2007, Vienna, Austria"--T.p.

"The chapters are edited versions of papers that were originally prepared for the Sixth Global Forum on Reinventing Government held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on 24-27 May 2005"--Foreword, p. vii.

ST/ESA/PAD/SER.E/98.

Sales no: E.07.II.H.1.

"March 2007"--Cover p. [4].

Includes bibliographical references.

Governments serving people: the changing role of public administration in democratic governance / Dennis A. Rondinelli -- Linking governments and citizens through democratic governance / G. Shabbir Cheema -- Representative democracy and capacity development for responsible politics / Massimo Tommasoli -- Reinventing government: putting democracy and social justice back into the discourse / Gowher Rizvi -- Dimensions of transparency in government / Jeremy Pope -- Government: providing value to citizens / Jerzy Szeremeta and Richard Kerby -- Accountable governance and administrative reform in Europe / Sabino Cassese and Mario Savino -- Role of civil society organizations in governance / Aisha Ghaus Pasha -- Auditing for social change: learning from civil society initiatives / Samuel Paul -- Decentralization and local autonomy for participatory democracy / James Katorobo -- Participatory governance in cities / David Satterthwaite ... [et al.].