Reflections on Public Administration [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaus, John Merriman.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration.

Local Subjects:

Public administration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (163 p.)

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2009.

Summary:

"In this classic, Gaus writes perceptively of the 'ecology' of public administration and its relationship to the rise of the administrative state. He recounts how crises and changes in people, place, physical technology, social technology, and philosophy in the first half of the 20th century led citizens repeatedly to look to government for relief. Politicians, in turn, created or expanded the powers of public agencies." -Journal of Management History

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; 1. THE ECOLOGY OF GOVERNMENT; 2. POLITICS AND ADMINISTRATION; 3. THE PROCESSES OF POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION; 4. DEVOLUTION AND FEDERATION; 5. THE PURPOSES AND PROCEDURES OF CONTROL; 6. A THEORY OF THE PROCESSES OF GOVERNMENT: DIAGNOSIS, POLICY, AND REVISION; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC:

609839911