Agenda for Excellence 2

by Peters, B. Guy; Rockman, Bert A.

• ISBN13: 9781566430166
• ISBN10: 156643016X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-01-01
• Publisher: Chatham House Pub

Summary

These essays lead the reader to an understanding of the process of governance, integrating the concerns of scholars and practitioners. With an underlying appreciation for the late Charles Levine's unique vision of public administration, the authors discuss the conflict between the responsibility of the civil service to protect the public interest and the accountability of the civil service to higher legal authority.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction: The State of Public Administration	p. 1
Notes	p. 10
An Eleventh-Hour Attempt to Develop a Normatively Based Theory of Public Administration	p. 12
Where Does Policy Come From?	p. 38
Notes	p. 72
Political Power and Policy Subsystems in American Politics	p. 76
Acknowledgment	p. 101
Explaining the Growth and Contraction of Municipal Services	p. 105
Notes	p. 131
Managing Privatization: A New Challenge to Public Administration	p. 135
Notes	p. 146
The Politicization of Bureaucracies in Historical and Comparative Perspective	p. 149
Notes	p. 160
Conclusion	p. 163
Notes	p. 176
About the Contributors	p. 179
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