Refounding democratic public administration modern paradoxes, postmodern challenges

Wamsley, Gary L. (Added Author). Wolf, James F. (Added Author).

Summary: 'Refounding Democratic Public Administration' considers what public administration can or should do to compensate for political leaders who are unable to get consensus on goals, or direct a course which is good for the country.

Record details

ISBN: 9781452265049 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1452265046 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0803959761
ISBN: 9780803959767
ISBN: 080395977X
ISBN: 9780803959774
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xi, 404 p.)
Publisher: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1996.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:jan.13 Multi-User. CatBulkString:jan.03.13
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction : can a high-modern project find happiness in a postmodern era? / Gary L. Wamsley and James F. Wolf -- On governance and reinventing government / Richard T. Green and Lawrence Hubbell -- Fencing in the inherently governmental debate / Larkin Dudley -- Public-institutional proceses and democratic governance / Joy A. Clay -- What a difference a state makes : reflections on governance in France / John A. Rohr -- Moving beyond prescriptions : making sense of public administration action contexts / James F. Wolf -- Administering in the public interest : the facilitative role for public administrators / Thomas J. Barth -- 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 : citizenship, difference, and the refounding project / Camilla Stivers -- Understanding social process : the key to democratic governance / Lisa Weinberg -- The maturation of public administration : the search for a democratic identity / Linda F. Dennard -- Thinking government : bringing democratic awareness to public administration / John H. Little -- A public philosophy and ontological disclosure as the basis for normatively grounded theorizing in public administration / Gary L. Wamsley.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
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Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.