Revisiting Waldo's Administrative State: Constancy and Change in Public AdministrationDavid H. Rosenbloom, Howard E. McCurdy Georgetown University Press, 22 мая 2006 г. - Всего страниц: 248 The prevailing notion that the best government is achieved through principles of management and business practices is hardly new—it echoes the early twentieth-century "gospel of efficiency" challenged by Dwight Waldo in 1948 in his pathbreaking book, The Administrative State. Asking, "Efficiency for what?", Waldo warned that public administrative efficiency must be backed by a framework of consciously held democratic values. Revisiting Waldo's Administrative State brings together a group of distinguished authors who critically explore public administration's big ideas and issues and question whether contemporary efforts to "reinvent government," promote privatization, and develop new public management approaches constitute a coherent political theory capable of meeting the complex challenges of governing in a democracy. Taking Waldo's book as a starting point, the authors revisit and update his key concepts and consider their applicability for today. The book follows Waldo's conceptual structure, first probing the material and ideological background of modern public administration, problems of political philosophy, and finally particular challenges inherent in contemporary administrative reform. It concludes with a look ahead to "wicked" policy problems—such as terrorism, global warming, and ecological threats—whose scope is so global and complex that they will defy any existing administrative structures and values. Calling for a return to conscious consideration of democratic accountability, fairness, justice, and transparency in government, the book's conclusion assesses the future direction of public administrative thought. This book can stand alone as a commentary on reconciling democratic values and governance today or as a companion when reading Waldo's classic volume. |
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... issues of political theory . In Waldo's view , orthodox reformers were engaged in a form of politi- cal discourse using an idiom that suggested that they were not . Part III , the final section of The Administrative State , contains in ...
... issues of po- litical philosophy . The chapters also examine the degree to which new preferences erode the capabilities of governmental institutions , itself a philosophic concern . The authors are particularly interested in the im ...
... mote administrative effectiveness without detracting from the vibrancy of the separation of powers and other constitutional arrangements . The next four chapters examine special issues associated with mod-. 10 Rosenbloom and McCurdy.
... issues associated with mod- ern reform , as Waldo did in the final section of his book , which he titled " Some Fundamental Concepts : A Critique . " 26 As part of the cross - na- tional movement toward administrative reform ...
... issue throughout the his- tory of U.S. public administration . Ideas about these relationships are expressions of ... issues surrounding them . It notes how enthusiasm for pri- vatizing has accumulated more rapidly than practical ...
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The Criteria of Action | 55 |
Who Should Rule? | 71 |
The Separation of Powers | 87 |
The Thinning of Administrative Institutions | 109 |
Competition for Human Capital | 129 |
Business and Government | 151 |
Institutional Values and the Future Administrative State | 179 |
Conclusion Additional Notes on the Present Tendencies | 203 |
Contributors | 217 |
Index | 221 |