美國是個擁有50個州的龐大國家，每個州和地區都有獨特的歷史文化因而它們的社區發展也有很大不同。本課程將從多個視角關注美國各個城市的社區治理問題。比如，“新英格蘭地區市政會議”仍然可以在美國東北各州中找到但是在美國其它地方已經銷聲匿跡。同樣地，路易斯安那州的法國文化傳統也給這個地區留下了烙印，正如我們在新奧爾良市所能見到的一樣。我們將探討支撐地區文化的法律架構、它們功能區的運作、地方政府與更廣社區間的互動以及領導者如何推動城市前進等問題。

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.

主講老師：迪安·尚克爾（Dean E Shankle）

迪安·尚克爾是新罕布什爾州胡克希特鎮的市政官以及該鎮市政公司的總經理。獲得馬薩諸塞大學安姆斯特分校的行政管理碩士及博士學位。他曾長期擔任南新罕布什爾大學的講師和高級研究員。尚克爾博士還曾與2006-2007年作為富布萊特學者在摩爾瓦多總統行政管理學院任教。他承擔了眾多美國和國際機構委托的研究項目，包括美國國際開發署和聯合國兒童基金會在內。尚克爾博士的研究領域包括公共政策分析、公共管理和歷史政治理論。

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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