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Refounding Democratic Public Administration

Modern Paradoxes, Postmodern Challenges
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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.
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
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