| Democracy, Bureaucracy, And The Study Of Administration Contributor(s): Stivers, Camilla (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813398096 ISBN-13: 9780813398099 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $71.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2001 Annotation: This anthology addresses several of the most central ideas in the field of public administration. The essays explore 'political theories' as Dwight Waldo referred to them. These ideas ultimately are not resolvable, yet they are crucial to understanding the nature of public administration practice. The tension between democracy and efficiency yields a constant struggle between being more effective and more efficient. The readings in this volume explore whether there can be a science of administration, how we should think about administrative accountability, what the nature of the relationship between citizen and state is, if professionalism is an adequate mechanism for ensuring accountability, and how efficient bureaucracy can or should be. The ASPA Classics Volumes serve to bridge the practice of public policy and administration with the empirical research base that has accrued and the models for practice that may be deduced from research. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Affairs & Administration - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy |
| Dewey: 351 |
| LCCN: 00050357 |
| Lexile Measure: 1430 |
| Series: ASPA Classics (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 1.26" H x 6.3" W x 8.94" (1.71 lbs) 532 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This anthology addresses several of the most central ideas in the field of public administration. These ideas are as relevant to public budgeting as they are to performance measurement or human resource management. Collectively and individually the essays explore what Dwight Waldo referred to as the ?political theories? of public administration: issues that are ultimately unresolvable yet crucial to understanding the nature of public administrative practice. How can democracy and efficiency be balanced? Can there be a science of administration? How should we think about administrative accountability? What is the nature of the relationship between citizen and state? Is professionalism an adequate mechanism for ensuring accountability? How efficient can or should bureaucracy be? What is proper leadership by administrators hoping to address political democracy and managerial efficiency? This ASPA Classics Volumes serves to connect the practice of public policy and administration with the normative theory base that has accrued and the models for practice that may be deduced from this theory. |