Books by David Osborne and Complete Book Reviews
David Osborne, Author Harvard Business School Press $24.95 (380p) ISBN 978-0-87584-192-2
Osborne, a freelancer who frequently writes for the New Republic and Atlantic, maintains that the real ferment and innovation in politics today is taking place at the state level. In argument, he offers mini-case histories of six governorsMichael...
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David Osborne, Author, Peter Plastrik, With Basic Books $25 (397p) ISBN 978-0-201-62632-2
Osborne, a consultant to local, state and foreign governments, virtually started a national movement with his 1992 bestseller, Reinventing Government (coauthored with Ted Gaebler). Expanding on that handbook's prescriptions for decentralizing...
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David Osborne, Author, Ted Gaebler, With Plume Books $18 (432p) ISBN 978-0-452-26942-2
A bold guide to transforming government at all levels--especially state and local--this idea-packed primer spent two weeks on PW 's hardcover bestseller list. Author tour. (Feb.)
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David Osborne. Bloomsbury, $30 (528p) ISBN 978-1-63286-385-0
The destruction of the Nez Perce, who were obliterated like other Native American tribes all across the American frontier during the 19th and early 20th centuries, makes harrowing history. Osborne, author of several non-fiction books on government...
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