Administration and the Other Explorations of Diversity and Marginalization in the Political Administrative State

by Farmbry, Kyle

• ISBN13: 9780739119112
• ISBN10: 0739119117
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-04
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Administration and the Other examines the social construction of groups of people and resultant policy impacts in the discourse of the American Republic from before its founding to the present. The book suggests that from pre-revolutionary interactions between early colonialists and Native Americans to recent immigration debates, discourse on The Other has resulted in the development of policies that have led to further marginalization, community division, and harm to scores of innocents within the public sphere. Ultimately,Administration and the Other examines the construction of The Other from a sociological and historical framework to engage students and scholars of political and administrative processes in using the often unspoken history of the field, as part of a larger historical framework, to explore how policy has been shaped in relation to marginalized communities. By presenting elements of history that are frequently not entered into the administrative and political discourse, the book aims to frame a conversation that might lead to the integration of thoughts about the often marginalized Other into discussions of policy-making and policy-implementation processes.

Author Biography

Kyle Farmbry is assistant professor in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University-Newark and assistant professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. xi
Theoretical Foundations	p. 1
The Early Republic
The Expert in a Period of American Enlightenment	p. 17
Slavery	p. 25
The Native American as The Other	p. 37
The Founding Era
The Social Sciences and the Other	p. 55
The African American Male as The Other	p. 69
The Immigrant as The Other-Part I	p. 75
Transitional Concerns
Housing The Other	p. 87
The War on Poverty	p. 95
Educating The Other	p. 113
The Other in an Era of Late Modernity
Welfare and The Other	p. 127
Counting and Categorizing The Other	p. 139
The Immigrant as The Other-Part II	p. 147
Conclusion	p. 157
References	p. 165
Index	p. 177
About the Author	p. 187
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