The Logic Of Power In U.S. Local Government Governance

Due to a variety of factors, the United States local governments have various forms, such as counties, municipalities, townships, school districts and so on. Even in the framework of single local government, involving the management of public affairs, there are many non-governmental organizations in addition to the formal governmental organizations. It is a complex process that analyzing the internal logic of governance in the engagement process of plenty of bodies. If only to stay in the study of specific one or a few in the main body for a specific area of governance, we might be able to understand the specific situation in Seattle, but it is difficult for us to provide a useful reference. In order to achieve more comprehensive understanding for governance process, we must seek to the inner clues through governance process, and understand the different relationship clearly between subjects and regions to gain an overall understanding, through the research and analysis of clues.The essence of governance process is the use of public resources to achieve the process of public goods supply, throughout the process is the public power and the use of public power based on resource control. Research the distribution of power resources between the different bodies among the different communities, and know how to integrate these forms of power in order to achieve effective governance, is the foundation of understanding the internal logic of governance. The distribution and integration of power resources, not only performance in the distribution of power within the government, but also in the use of power of different governance bodies, and related to the connection between the government and the community. By studying the various forms of relations of governance bodies, we can own a whole understanding about the network of power relationships in Seattle, clear its basic meaning and internal logic, get some basic experience in management development, so as to lay a good foundation for understanding the whole process of governance.