H George Frederickson, Frederickson

The Spirit of Public Administration

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Produktbeschreibung

Frederickson strongly defAnds broad grants of discretion to public administrators and then lays out the proper norms and ethic which should inform that discretion. And he firmly argues that the effectiveness of democratic government and modern governance, not just for the majority of but for all citizens, depAnds on the energetic exercise of bureaucratic discretion. The book concludes with seven principles that should guide everyone who works in public settings. Students and scholars will find "The Spirit of Public Administration" an exhilarating and challenging perspective.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 624g
• ISBN-13: 9780787902957
• ISBN-10: 0787902950
• Artikelnr.: 21849639

Autorenporträt

H. GEORGE FREDERICKSON is Edwin O. Stene Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at the University of Kansas and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. A Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, he received in 1992 the Dwight Waldo Award given by the American Society for Public Administration for distinguished contributions to the professional literature of public administration. In 1999, Frederickson also received from ASPA the John Gaus Distinguished Lecturer Award for a lifetime of exemplary scholarship in public administration.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Understanding Public Administration

Part One: Governance, Politics, and the Public

1. Finding the Public in Public Administration

2. The Political Context of Public Administration

3. Public Administration as Governance

Part Two: Issues of Fairness

4. The Question of Administrative Discretion

5. Fairness and Social Equity in Public Administration

6. Intergenerational Concepts of Public Administration

Part Three: Ethics, Citizenship, and Benevolence in PublicAdministration

7. Ethics and Public Administration

8. The Paradox of Distance and the Problem of Differentiation.(with David G. Frederickson)

9. Patriotism, Benevolence, and Public Administration. (withDavid Kirkwood Hart)

10. The Public Administrator as a Representative Citizen. (withRalph Clark Chandler)

11. Pushing Things Up to Their First Principles.

Rezensionen

"George Frederickson's principled discourse on the study andpractice of public administration reflects the wisdom of broadexperience and an overarching intellect. This book is anindispensable antidote to contemporary pleas that we narrow oursense of what governance is all about." --Laurence E. Lynn, Jr.,professor, Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies,University of Chicago

"George Frederickson has served as a leading scholar on socialequity in public administration, public service ethics, and relatedtopics in this book. By bringing together his insights on thesetopics, this book provides a very valuable resource for the field."--Hal G. Rainey, professor, Department of Political Science,University of Georgia

"This book, by one of the field's masters, explores the very heartand soul of public administration. Its conclusions sketch a fresh,new approach, grounded in public interest, that the field greatlyneeds to rediscover." --Donald F. Kettl, professor, Robert M. LaFollette Institute of Public Affairs, University ofWisconsin-Madison