美国是个拥有50个州的庞大国家，每个州和地区都有独特的历史文化因而它们的社区发展也有很大不同。本课程将从多个视角关注美国各个城市的社区治理问题。比如，“新英格兰地区市政会议”仍然可以在美国东北各州中找到但是在美国其它地方已经销声匿迹。同样地，路易斯安那州的法国文化传统也给这个地区留下了烙印，正如我们在新奥尔良市所能见到的一样。我们将探讨支撑地区文化的法律架构、它们功能区的运作、地方政府与更广社区间的互动以及领导者如何推动城市前进等问题。

The United States of America is a large country consisting primarily of fifty States.  Each State and region has a unique history and culture and therefore their communities have developed quite differently. The course will look at community governance in various cities in the USA from a number of perspectives. For example, the New England Town Meeting, still found in the States of the northeast but is unknown anywhere else in the nation. By the same token, the French culture of Louisiana has left a mark on that area, as can be seen in the city of New Orleans. We will look at the legal structures that undergird them, the operations of their functional areas, how local governments interact with the wider community and, finally, how leaders move cities forward.

主讲老师：迪安·尚克尔（Dean E Shankle）

迪安·尚克尔是新罕布什尔州胡克希特镇的市政官以及该镇市政公司的总经理。获得马萨诸塞大学安姆斯特分校的行政管理硕士及博士学位。他曾长期担任南新罕布什尔大学的讲师和高级研究员。尚克尔博士还曾与2006-2007年作为富布莱特学者在摩尔瓦多总统行政管理学院任教。他承担了众多美国和国际机构委托的研究项目，包括美国国际开发署和联合国儿童基金会在内。尚克尔博士的研究领域包括公共政策分析、公共管理和历史政治理论。

Dean Shankle is the administrator of Town of Hooksett, New Hampshire and acts as general manager of the municipal corporation. He received a master degree and a Ph.D. in public administration from the University of Massachusetts of Amherst. He has long been a lecturer and a Senior Research Fellow in Southern New Hampshire University. Dr. Shankle also served as Fulbright scholar to Academy of Public Administration of the President of Moldova in 2006-2007 and undertook many research projects entrusted by US and international agencies including USAID and UNICEF. Dr. Shankle’s filed of study includes public policy analysis, public administration and historical political theory.

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