The spirit of public administration / H. George Frederickson
- Bib ID:
- 1320983
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Frederickson, H. George
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- Table of Contents
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Description:
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- San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, c1997
- xiii, 272 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0787902950
- Series:
- Jossey-Bass public administration series.
- Summary:
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In this field-defining, broad approach to the study and practice of public administration, H. George Frederickson, one of the field's most respected scholars, carefully measures the meets and bounds of public administration and fixes its place in the context of changing politics, values, and ethics. He describes a robust and exciting public administration that includes, but is much more than, effective government management.
Frederickson strongly defends 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, depends 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.
- Full contents:
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- Introduction: Understanding Public Administration
- 1. Finding the Public in Public Administration
- 2. The Political Context of Public Administration
- 3. Public Administration as Governance
- 4. The Question of Administrative Discretion
- 5. Fairness and Social Equity in Public Administration
- 6. Intergenerational Concepts of Public Administration
- 7. Ethics and Public Administration
- 8. The Paradox of Distance and the Problem of Role Differentiation / George H. Frederickson and David G. Frederickson
- 9. Patriotism, Benevolence, and Public Administration / George H. Frederickson and David Kirkwood Hart
- 10. The Public Administrator as Representative Citizen / George H. Frederickson and Ralph Clark Chandler
- 11. Pushing Things Up to Their First Principles.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-254) and indexes.
- Subject:
- Public administration
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1997
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