Government : a public administration perspective / Jos C.N. Raadschelders.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raadschelders, J. C. N., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (462 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Most public administration texts overly compartmentalize the subject and don't interconnect the various specializations within government, which leaves a serious gap in preparing students for public service. Government: A Public Administration Perspective is designed to fill that void. It provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary view of government that includes perspectives from political science, political theory, international relations, organizational sociology, economics, and history. The text draws on classic and modern literature from all these areas to analyze government at four diff

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Government: The Most Central Social Phenomenon of Our Time; 1.1 Government in an Ever Changing World: Universal but Culture-Bound; 1.2 What Is New About Government in Our Time?; 1.3 The Study of Government as a Multidisciplinary Effort; 1.4 The Study of Public Administration as Integrative Framework; 1.5 Framing the Study of Government: The Challenge to Balance; 1.6 The Structure of This Book; 1.7 The Audience for This Boo

Part I. Why Government? The Ideational (Institutional) Level2. Citizens and Their Government: Who Needs Whom?; 2.1 Do People Need Government?; 2.2 Does Government Need People?; 2.3 What Type of Government Do Citizens Want?; 2.4 Definitions of Government from the Juridical and Sociological Angles; 2.5 Concluding Remarks; 3. The Legal Constitution of Society and Government; 3.1 The Meaning of Value and of Authority; 3.2 The Basis for and Regulation of Interaction; 3.3 Negotiable Authority; 3.4 Tyrannicide Justified: The Ultimate Price for Abuse of Authority

3.5 Concluding Remarks: Relevance for Today4. The Moral Constitution of Society and Government; 4.1 Religion as Foundation for Society and Government; 4.2 The Role of Religion in the Creation of Contemporary Government; 4.3 The Secular Challenge: Religion in the Economic and Psychological Perspectives; 4.4 Ethics and Morality in the Secularized Public Sector; 4.5 Civil Religion, Civic Culture, and Citizenship as Secular Sources for Moral Guidance; 4.6 Western Political Cultures: Same Philosophical Roots, Different Policy Choices; 4.7 Concluding Remarks

Part II. What Services Does Government Provide? The Societal (Institutional) Level5. Democracy: Between Local Community and National Government; 5 .1 Democracy Theory and Center( s) of Power; 5.2 Size and Democracy; 5.3 Basis for Contemporary Democracy: Collective Identity, Memory, and Morality; 5.4 Democracy's Desire: To Serve Multiple Communities Efficiently; 5.5 The Institutional Superstructure I: Models of Democracy; 5.6 The Institutional Superstructure II: Intergovernmental Relations; 5.7 Concluding Remarks; 6. Equality Before the Law: Social Justice and the Administration of Justice

6.1 Ancient Roots and Modern Expressions of Social Justice6.2 Common Law, Roman Law, Statute Law, and the Functions of Law; 6.3 Serving Equality Through Avoiding Injustice; 6.4 The Idea and Organization of Justice: Changes in the Independent Judiciary; 6.5 Dispersion of Regulatory Powers; 6.6 The Foundations of International Law and Social Justice; 6.7 Concluding Remarks: Social Justice Domestically and Internationally; 7. The Nightwatch State: External and Internal Safety; 7.1 State Making as Theory and in History; 7.2 The Military for the State in the Past

7.3 The Widening Scope of the Military: International Policing in a Multipolar World

Notes:

First published 2003 by M.E. Sharpe.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-46942-9

0-7656-1126-0

1-315-70396-3

1-317-46943-7

9781315703961

OCLC:

958106887