Gary L. Wamsley / James F. Wolf (eds.)

Refounding Democratic Public Administration

Modern Paradoxes, Postmodern Challenges
Herausgeber: Wamsley, Gary L.; Wolf, James F.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The contributors to this volume contend that the North American political system is undergoing a serious governmental crisis - political leaders know only how to campaign, not how to gain consensus on goals or direct a course that is to the good of the nation. Public administration is therefore forced to compensate for the growing inadequacy of the `leaders', and with a normative-based body of theorizing, perform its key role of governance within a democratic system of polycentric power. The book offers a revisualization of the relationship between public servants and the citizens they serve, and a continuing discourse on how public administration can constructively balance forces of change and stability in order for democracy to evolve and mature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications
• Seitenzahl: 420
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 786g
• ISBN-13: 9780803959774
• ISBN-10: 080395977X
• Artikelnr.: 22293418

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - Gary L Wamsley and James F Wolf
Can a High-Modern Project Find Happiness in a Postmodern Era?
On Governance and Reinventing Government - Richard T Green and Lawrence
Hubbell
Fencing in the Inherently Governmental Debate - Larkin Dudley
Public-Institutional Processes and Democratic Governance - Joy A Clay
What a Difference a State Makes - John A Rohr
Reflections on Governance in France
Moving beyond Prescriptions - James F Wolf
Making Sense of Public Administration Action Contexts
Administering in the Public Interest - Thomas J Barth
The Facilitative Role for Public Administrators
Postmodernism, Public Administration and the Public Interest - O C McSwite
The Public Administration and the Problem of the Presidency - Larry M Lane
Refusing to Get It Right - Camilla Stivers
Citizenship, Difference and the Refounding Project
Understanding Social Processes - Lisa Weinberg
The Key to Democratic Governance
The Maturation of Public Administration - Linda F Dennard
The Search for a Democratic Identity
Thinking Government - John H Little
Bringing Democratic Awareness to Public Administration
A Public Philosophy and Ontological Disclosure as the Basis for Normatively
Grounded Theorizing in Public Administration - Gary L Wamsley