Public Administration and Society

Public Administration and Society
Author: Richard C Box
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2016-09-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1315289393

Update and expanded, and featuring three new readings, this book provides a unique approach for instructors who want to expose their students to the social, political, and historical context of the practice of public administration. While most introductory texts cover a wide range of topics and are oriented toward details of management technique, this innovative volume focuses instead on the broader society within which public service practitioners work. The author's own text is skillfully interwoven with a collection of seminal readings and documents that illuminate the key issues of past and present for public service professionals in a democratic society. "Public Administration and Society" develops two important themes. One is an emphasis on the historical development of institutions and practices, giving students in-depth background and knowledge to effect meaningful change. The second theme involves local government and the public practitioner's role in fostering democracy, citizenship, citizenship, and community self-government.

New Public Administration

New Public Administration
Author: H. George Frederickson
Publisher: University Alabama Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1980-09-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0817300414

This book is generally about public administration and particularly about new public administration, a product of the turbulent late 1960s and the 1970s.

Rethinking Administrative Theory

Rethinking Administrative Theory
Author: Jong S. Jun
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2001-10-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0313074763

Striving to redirect the study of public administration toward innovation and imagination, deliberative democracy, knowledge transfer, policy making, and ethics and values--topics which for too long have been overshadowed by traditional problems of efficency, productivity, and instrumental-rational solutions--this book of diverse essays is certain to invigorate both scholarship and practice. Eighteen leading international scholars evaluate public administration's historical development and explore the significance and value trends in public administration from a variety of cutting-edge theoretical and practical perspectives. Aimed at students and practitioners alike, this collection of essays is certain to stimulate critical thinking and discussion of public administration's aims, mechanisms, and overall effectiveness, as well as the role it plays in democratizing countries.

The Politics-Administration Dichotomy

The Politics-Administration Dichotomy
Author: Patrick Overeem
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2017-09-25
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1351541412

The politics-administration dichotomy is much mentioned and often criticized in the Public Administration literature. The Politics-Administration Dichotomy: Toward a Constitutional Perspective, Second Edition offers a book-length treatment of this classical notion. While public administration academics typically reject it as an outdated and even dangerous idea, it re-emerges implicitly in their analyses. This book tells the story of how this has happened and suggests a way to get out of the quandary. It analyzes the dichotomy position in terms of content, purpose, and relevance. What’s in the Second Edition Extensive study of the politics-administration dichotomy as a classic idea in Public Administration A much-overlooked constitutionalist line of argument in defense of this widely discredited notion Exploration and further development of the intellectual legacy of Dwight Waldo Coverage of the dichotomy’s conceptual origins in 18th and 19th century Continental-European thought An assessment of main criticisms against and alternatives for the dichotomy presented in the literature Contributions to the newly emerging Constitutional School in the study of public administration An argument against the institutional separation of Political Science and Public Administration in academia Completely revised and updated, the book examines the idea that politics and public administration should be separated in our theories and practices of government. A combination of history of ideas and theoretical analysis, it reconstructs the dichotomy’s conceptual origins and classical understandings and gives an assessment of the main criticisms raised against it and the chief alternatives suggested for it. Arguing that one-sided interpretations have led to the dichotomy’s widespread but wrongful dismissal, the study shows how it can be recovered as a meaningful idea when understood as a constitutional principle. This study helps readers make sense of highly confused debates and challenge the issues with an original and provocative stance.

Social Equity and Public Administration: Origins, Developments, and Applications

Social Equity and Public Administration: Origins, Developments, and Applications
Author: H George Frederickson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2015-02-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1317459776

This book is designed to be the definitive statement on social equity theory and practice in public administration. Social equity is often referred to as the "third pillar" in PA, after efficiency and economy. It concerns itself with the fairness of the organization, its management, and its delivery of public services. H. George Frederickson is widely recognized as the originator of the concept and the person most associated with its development and application. The book's introduction and chapters 1-4 offer general descriptions of social equity in terms of its arguments and claims in changing political, economic, and social circumstances, and trace the development of the concept over the past forty years. Chapters 5-9 provide applications of social equity theory to particular policy arenas such as education, or to specific public administration issues such as the range of administrative discretion, the legal context, the research challenges, and social equity in the context of time and generations. Chapters 10 and 11 describe the current state of social equity and look towards the future.

Government and Markets

Government and Markets
Author: Edward J. Balleisen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 579
Release: 2010
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0521118484

After two generations of emphasis on governmental inefficiency and the need for deregulation, we now see growing interest in the possibility of constructive governance, alongside public calls for new, smarter regulation. Yet there is a real danger that regulatory reforms will be rooted in outdated ideas. As the financial crisis has shown, neither traditional market failure models nor public choice theory, by themselves, sufficiently inform or explain our current regulatory challenges. Regulatory studies, long neglected in an atmosphere focused on deregulatory work, is in critical need of new models and theories that can guide effective policy-making. This interdisciplinary volume points the way toward the modernization of regulatory theory. Its essays by leading scholars move past predominant approaches, integrating the latest research about the interplay between human behavior, societal needs, and regulatory institutions. The book concludes by setting out a potential research agenda for the social sciences.

Public Administration in the New Century

Public Administration in the New Century
Author: Jeffrey D. Greene
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Administrative agencies
ISBN: 9780534553432

Learn to apply public adminstration theoretical models to the real world with PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN THE NEW CENTURY: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD OF PUBLIC MANAGEMENT, a concise guide for anyone working toward a career in this field! This concise yet informative text will provide you with a solid introduction to the fundamentals, as well as coverage of the history of the discipline, bureaucracy, organizational theory and behavior, public budgeting, personnel administration, public policy, and ethics.

Classics of Public Administration

Classics of Public Administration
Author: Jay M. Shafritz
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: ABD- Politika ve yönetim
ISBN: 9780495189565

Table of Contents Pt. 1 Early Voices and the First Quarter Century (1880s to 1920s) 1 1 Civil Service Reform in Great Britain 16 2 The Study of Administration 22 3 Politics and Administration 35 4 Problems of Municipal Administration 38 5 Scientific Management 43 6 The Movement for Budgetary Reform in the States 46 7 Bureaucracy 50 8 Introduction to the Study of Public Administration 56 9 The Giving of Orders 64 Pt. 2 The New Deal to Mid-Century (1930s to 1950s) 72 10 Notes on the Theory of Organization 90 11 Report of the President's Committee on Administrative Management 99 12 Informal Organizations and Their Relation to Formal Organizations 104 13 Bureaucratic Structure and Personality 109 14 The Lack of a Budgetary Theory 118 15 A Theory of Human Motivation 123 16 Government Is Different 131 17 The Proverbs of Administration 136 18 The Administrative State: Conclusion 150 19 The Cooptative Mechanism 155 20 The Report of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of Government 162 21 The Human Side of Enterprise 171 22 The Science of "Muddling Through" 177 Pt. 3 From JFK to Civil Service Reform (1960s and 1970s) 188 23 Organizations and the System Concept 206 24 The Road to PPB: The Stages of Budget Reform 217 25 The American System 233 26 Organizations of the Future 238 27 Policy Analysts: A New Professional Role in Government Service 250 28 The Life Cycle of Bureaus 258 29 Rescuing Policy Analysis from PPBS 271 30 Administrative Decentralization and Political Power 285 31 The End of Liberalism: The Indictment 298 32 Redundancy, Rationality, and the Problem of Duplication and Overlap 302 33 Toward a New Public Administration 315 34 Systematic Thinking for Social Action 328 35 Implementation 339 36 Watergate: Implications for Responsible Government 343 37 Representative Bureaucracy 350 38 Organizational Decline and Cutback Management 355 Pt. 4 From Reagan to Reinvention (1980s and 1990s) 370 39 Public and Private Management: Are They Fundamentally Alike in All Unimportant Respects? 396 40 Street-Level Bureaucracy: The Critical Role of Street-Level Bureaucrats 414 41 Public Budgeting amidst Uncertainty and Instability 423 42 Democracy and the Public Service: The Collective Services 434 43 Public Administrative Theory and the Separation of Powers 446 44 The Possibility of Administrative Ethics 458 45 Exploring the Limits of Privatization 467 46 Toward a Feminist Perspective in Public Administration Theory 477 47 Understanding Organizational Culture 487 48 From Affirmative Action to Affirming Diversity 494 49 A Public Management for All Seasons? 503 50 Federalism, Intergovernmental Relations, and Intergovernmental Management: Historical Reflections and Conceptual Comparisons 517 51 Breaking Through Bureaucracy 533 52 From Red Tape to Results: Creating a Government That Works Better and Costs Less 556 53 How Does an Idea's Time Come? Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies 564 54 Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making 571 The Discipline of Public Administration The Study of Administration (1887) 22 Introduction to the Study of Public Administration (1926) 56 The Administrative State: Conclusion (1948) 150 Toward a New Public Administration (1971) 315 Public Administrative Theory and the Separation of Powers (1983) 446 Toward a Feminist Perspective in Public Administration Theory (1990) 477 The Political Context of Public Administration Politics and Administration (1900) 35 Government Is Different (1945) 131 Administrative Decentralization and Political Power (1969) 285 Bureaucracy Bureaucracy (1922) 50 Bureaucratic Structure and Personality (1940) 109 Organizations of the Future (1967) 238 The Life Cycle of Bureaus (1967) 258 Street-Level Bureaucracy: The Critical Role of Street-Level Bureaucrats (1980) 414 Breaking Through Bureaucracy (1992) 533 Organization Theory Scientific Management (1912) 43 The Giving of Orders (1926) 64 Notes on the Theory of Organization (1937) 90 Informal Organizations and Their Relation to Formal Organizations (1938) 104 The Proverbs of Administration (1946) 136 The Cooptative Mechanism (1949) 155 Organizations and the System Concept (1966) 206 Understanding Organizational Culture (1989) 487 Human Resources Management Civil Service Reform in Great Britain (1880) 16 A Theory of Human Motivation (1943) 123 The Human Side of Enterprise (1957) 171 Representative Bureaucracy (1974) 350 Democracy and the Public Service: The Collective Services (1982) 434 From Affirmative Action to Affirming Diversity (1990) 494 The Budgetary Process The Movement for Budgetary Reform in the States (1918) 46 The Lack of a Budgetary Theory (1940) 118 The Road to PPB: The Stages of Budget Reform (1966) 217 Rescuing Policy Analysis from PPBS (1969) 271 Organizational Decline and Cutback Management (1978) 355 Public Budgeting amidst Uncertainty and Instability (1981) 423 Public Management Problems of Municipal Administration (1904) 38 Report of the President's Committee on Administrative Management (1937) 99 The Report of the Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of Government (1949) 162 Public and Private Management: Are They Fundamentally Alike in All Unimportant Respects? (1980) 396 Exploring the Limits of Privatization (1987) 467 A Public Management for All Seasons? (1990) 503 Public Policy and Analysis The Science of "Muddling Through" (1959) 177 Policy Analysts: A New Professional Role in Government Service (1967) 250 The End of Liberalism: The Indictment (1969) 298 How Does an Idea's Time Come? Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies (1995) 564 Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making 571 Implementation Redundancy, Rationality, and the Problem of Duplication and Overlap (1969) 302 Implementation (1973) 339 Program Evaluation Systematic Thinking for Social Action (1971) 328 From Red Tape to Results: Creating a Government That Works Better and Costs Less (1993) 556 Intergovernmental Relations The American System (1966) 233 Federalism, Intergovernmental Relations, and Intergovernmental Management: Historical Reflections and Conceptual Comparisons (1990) 517 Public Service Ethics Watergate: Implications for Responsible Government (1974) 343 The Possibility of Administrative Ethics (1985) 458.

Postmodern Public Administration

Postmodern Public Administration
Author: Hugh Theodore Miller
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780765617040

This widely acclaimed work provides a lively counterbalance to the standard assessment-measurement-accountability prescriptions that have made showing you did your job more important than actually doing it. Now extensively revised, it articulates a postmodern theory of public administration that challenges the field to redirect its attention away from narrow, technique-oriented scientism, and toward democratic openness and ethics. The authors incorporate insights from thinkers like Rorty, Giddens, Derrida, and Foucault to recast public administration as an arena of decentered practices. In their framework, ideographic collisions and everyday impasses bring about political events that challenge the status quo, creating possibilities for social change. "Postmodern Public Administration" is an outstanding intellectual achievement that has rewritten the political theory of public administration. This new edition will encourage everyone who reads it to think quite differently about democratic governance.