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Public Administration and Society: Critical Issues in American Governance, Second Edition
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Description: Update and expanded, and featuring three new readings, this book provides a unique approach for instructors who want to expose their students to the social, political, and historical context of the practice of public administration. While most introductory texts cover a wide range of topics and are oriented toward details of management technique, this innovative volume focuses instead on the broader society within which public service practitioners work. The author's own text is skillfully interwoven with a collection of seminal readings and documents that illuminate the key issues of past and present for public service professionals in a democratic society.
Public Administration and Society develops two important themes. One is an emphasis on the historical development of institutions and practices, giving students in-depth background and knowledge to effect meaningful change. The second theme involves local government and the public practitioner's role in fostering democracy, citizenship, citizenship, and community self-government.
Selected Contents:
Preface
Part I. Introduction to the Central Issues: Context, Change, and Democracy
Chapter 1. Scope and Content of Public Administration
Instrumental and Contextual Public Administration
The Unique Public Sector
Coercion and Government
Scope and Content of American Governments
Chapter 2. Time and Change: The Environment of Public Administration
Predispositions and Freedom of Thought
Recurring Themes
A Picture of Change
Historical Peculiarity
Historical Similarity
Change and Economics
Chapter 3. Democracy, Citizenship, and Governmental Structure
Democratic Citizenship
Precursors of American Democracy
Toward a New American Government
Contemporary Public Service Institutions
Transition
Part II. Debate and Decision in the Founding Era
The Federalist Papers
Federalist Papers 10, 17, and 51
The Anti-Federalist Response and Tocqueville's Concerns About Democracy
The Ideas of the Founding Generation in the Present
Reading 2.1 The Federalist Papers, Nos. 10, 17, & 51
Reading 2.2 "Introduction to The Federalist Papers Reader ," Frederick Quinn
Reading 2.3 "Interpretative Essay," W.B. Allen, Gordon Lloyd, and Margie Lloyd
Reading 2.4 "What Sort of Despotism Democratic Nations Have to Fear," Alexis de Tocqueville
Reading 2.5 "The Future of the American Bureaucratic System," Richard J. Stillman II
Part III. Community and the Individual
Reading 3.1 "The Public Realm," Thomas E. McCollough
Reading 3.2 "Barn Raising," Daniel Kemmis
Reading 3.3 "The Nature of Community Governance," Richard C. Box
Part IV. Social Equity and Economic Efficiency
Reading 4.1 "Unequal America: Causes and Consequences of the Wide-and Growing-Gap Between Rich and Poor," Elizabeth Gudrais
Reading 4.2 "Introduction to New Public Administration ," H. George Frederickson
Reading 4.3 "Running Government Like a Business: Implications for Public Administration Theory and Practice," Richard C. Box
Part V. The Public Service Practitioner in a Democratic Society
Reading 5.1 "Practitioners," Richard C. Box
Reading 5.2 "New Public Management and Substantive Democracy," Richard C. Box, Gary S. Marshall, B.J. Reed, and Christine M. Reed
Reading 5.3 "Citizens and Administrators: Roles and Relationships," Cheryl Simrell King and Camilla Stivers
Reading 5.4 "Transforming Citizenship and Governance," Claire Mostel
Index
About the Author
Comment(s): " Public Administration and Society is a brilliant blend of the foundations of public administration and central issues in the field. Richard Box has included in one book the essentials that must be read, and are often missed, by every public administrator. From the founding days of the nation to the contemporary role of citizens and public administration practitioners, the book is comprehensive yet very accessible to students." -- Mohamad G. Alkadry, Old Dominion University
"Richard Box makes a dynamic, unique and essential contribution to the Public Administration literature. His treatment of issues of social equity and fairness sets this work apart from most texts in Public Administration. Much like the design of American government, this text represents delicate balances between micro issues of citizenship and macro issues of administration, between efficient and fair governance and government, and between the impulses of tradition and the imperatives of the future." -- Lenneal Henderson, University of Baltimore
    
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