Refounding Democratic Public Administration: Modern Paradoxes, Postmodern Challenges

The contributors to this volume contend that the North American political system is undergoing a serious governmental crisis - political leaders know only how to campaign, not how to gain consensus on goals or direct a course that is to the good of the nation. Public administration is therefore forced to compensate for the growing inadequacy of the leaders′, and with a normative-based body of theorizing, perform its key role of governance within a democratic system of polycentric power.

The book offers a revisualization of the relationship between public servants and the citizens they serve, and a continuing discourse on how public administration can constructively balance forces of change and stability in order for democr

Author: James F. Wolf
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: 05/29/1996
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.58lbs
Size: 10.04h x 7.00w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780803959774