Refounding Democratic Public Administration: Modern Paradoxes, Postmodern Challenges
James F. Wolf
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 democr
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Yıl:
1996
Yayımcı:
SAGE Publications, Inc
Dil:
english
Sayfalar:
416
ISBN 10:
0803959761
ISBN 13:
9780803959767
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PDF, 25.57 MB
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english, 1996