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Trumpism and the future of public administration / Donald F. Kettl
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kettl, Donald F., author.
- Series:
- Cambridge elements. Elements in public and nonprofit administration, 2515-4303
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trump, Donald, 1946---Influence.
- Trump, Donald.
- Public administration--United States.
- Public administration.
- Trump, Donald, 1946-.
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026
- Summary:
- "Donald Trump saw the federal bureaucracy as the breeding ground of the 'deep state,' a powerful, unresponsive collection of bureaucratic experts determined to undermine the policies for which he was convinced he had a mandate. He translated that into a furious assault on the basic principles of both the theory and practice of public administration. One of the points of his genius was his incomparable skill in identifying issues that resonated with voters, and his attacks on public administration identified unarguable problems. But those attacks also eroded government's capacity to get work done and the strategies for accountability that had carefully grown since the founders wrote the Constitution. Transforming administration into instruments of political symbols and political power undermined the basic values of public administration – and created fundamental challenges to which the field must rise in charting a public administration for 2035 and beyond"-- Cambridge Core
- Contents:
- Trump’s attack
- Planning : uprooting proceduralism
- Organizing : DOGEing the bureaucracy
- Staffing : cutting personnel
- Directing : responding to elected officials
- Reporting : seizing control of information
- Budgeting : controlling resources
- Demolishing the deep state
- Public administration in 2035 and beyond
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed May 8, 2026)
- Other Format:
- Print version: Kettl, Donald F. Trumpism and the future of public administration
- ISBN:
- 9781009732932
- 1009732935
- 9781009732925
- 1009732927
- OCLC:
- 1579849001
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000355844
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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