Description
Book SynopsisMadison's Managers challenges public management scholars and professionals to recognize that the legitimacy and future of public administration depend on its constitutional foundations and their specific implications for managerial practice.
Trade ReviewMadison's Managers has much to offer the student of public administration. Its ambitious objective, compelling arguments, and impressive scope make it commendable. -- Kevin R. Kosar Claremont Institute 2007 This book... will be essential to the field as we develop new theories and applications in a postmodern America. -- Dwight Vick Political Studies Review 2009
Table of ContentsSeries Editors' Foreword
Preface
1. Separated We Stand
2. That Old-Time Religion
3. Orthodoxy and Its Discontents
4. Raising the Bar: Law and the Administrative Process
5. A Theory of Politically Responsive Bureaucrats
6. Managerial Responsibility: A Precept
7. Public Management: The Madisonian Solution
Notes
References
Index
