Public Administration and Society: Critical Issues in American Governance

Selected Contents: Part I. Introduction to the Central Issues: Context, Change, and Democracy1. Scope and Content of Public Administration2. Time and Change: The Environment of Public Administration3. Democracy, Citizenship, and Governmental StructurePart II. Debate and Decision in the Founding EraThe Federalist PapersPapers 10, 17, and 51The Anti-Federalist Response and Tocqueville's Concerns about DemocracyThe Ideas of the Founding Generation in the Present; Reading 2.1 The Federalist Papers, Nos. 10, 17, & 51Reading 2.2 The Federalist Papers Reader: "Introduction," Frederick QuinnReading 2.3 The Essential Antifederalist: "Interpretative Essay," W.B. AllenReading 2.4 "What Sort of Despotism Democratic Nations Have to Fear," Alexis De TocquevilleReading 2.5 "The Future of the American Bureaucratic System," Richard J. Stillman IIPart III. Community and the IndividualConcerns about the Nature of CommunitiesIn Celebration of CommunityReading 3.1 "The Nature of Community Governance," Richard C. BoxReading 3.2 "The Quest for a Civil Society," Don E. EberlyReading 3.3 Community and the Politics of Place: "Barn Raising," Daniel KemmisPart IV. Social Equity and Economic EfficiencyPublic Administration Takes an Outward-Looking Approach to Social Condition...Then Turns Inward to Managerial EfficiencyReading 4.1 New Public Administration: "Introduction," H. George FredericksonReading 4.2 "Running Government Like a Business: Implications for Public Administration Theory and Practice," Richard C. BoxReading 4.3 "The Big Questions of Public Administration in a Democracy," John J. KirlinPart V. The Public Service Practitioner in a Democratic SocietyReading 5.1 "Practitioners," Richard C. BoxReading5.2 "New Public Management and Substantive Democracy," Richard C. BoxReading 5.3 "Citizens and Administrators: Roles and Relationships," Cheryl Simrell