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Revisiting his historical exploration of competing conceptions of politics, government, and public administration, the author offers a novel way of thinking constitutionally about public administration that transcends debates about big government.

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Useful for advanced students and faculty... Recommended. Choice

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition
Series Editor's Foreword
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgments to the First Edition
1. Public Administration as Instrument and Institution
2. Preserving the Chain of Dependence: The Ideas of the Founding and Early Republic
3. Restoring Republican Virtue: The Impact of Jacksonian Ideals
4. Perfecting the Neutral Instrument: Transformations of the Second State and Progressive Reforms
5. Serving the Liberal State: Administration and the Rise of the New Deal Political Order
6. Politics and Administration after the New Deal: Liberal Orthodoxy and Its Challenges
7. The Constitutive Dimension of Public Administration: Appreciating Consequences
8. Bureaucracy and the Future of American Self-Government
References
Index

Bureaucracy and SelfGovernment

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      Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
      Published 9 February 2015
      ISBN-13 9781421415529
      978-1421415529
      ISBN-10 1421415526
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      Constitution: government and the state Political science and theory Public administration / Public policy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Revisiting his historical exploration of competing conceptions of politics, government, and public administration, the author offers a novel way of thinking constitutionally about public administration that transcends debates about big government.

      Trade Review
      Useful for advanced students and faculty... Recommended. Choice

      Table of Contents

      Preface to the Second Edition
      Series Editor's Foreword
      Preface to the First Edition
      Acknowledgments to the First Edition
      1. Public Administration as Instrument and Institution
      2. Preserving the Chain of Dependence: The Ideas of the Founding and Early Republic
      3. Restoring Republican Virtue: The Impact of Jacksonian Ideals
      4. Perfecting the Neutral Instrument: Transformations of the Second State and Progressive Reforms
      5. Serving the Liberal State: Administration and the Rise of the New Deal Political Order
      6. Politics and Administration after the New Deal: Liberal Orthodoxy and Its Challenges
      7. The Constitutive Dimension of Public Administration: Appreciating Consequences
      8. Bureaucracy and the Future of American Self-Government
      References
      Index

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