A History of Public Administration in the United States : The Rise of American Bureaucracy / Mordecai Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Mordecai, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Social policy--1980-1993--Bibliography.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (509 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2023]

Summary:

Nowadays, we all tend to complain about bureaucracy, if only because it touches our daily lives, sometimes in frustrating ways. This book examines the gradual emergence of American public administration. As a history of American bureaucracy, it focuses on key and pivotal events in its evolution and development. Chapters highlight major issues and controversies including the anti-democratic origins of the field, Congressional hostility to the bureaucracy, if appointed city managers should be subject to recall by voters, early limits on the role of women, and the establishment of a membership association for practitioners and academics alike--an unusual feature in the American professional world. This book will appeal to university students, university faculty members, and academic libraries interested in American government and US history. The subject is at the intersection of several academic disciplines, including public administration, American history, political science, public management, management history, and organization theory.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Major Abbreviations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1

Part I

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Part II

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Part III

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Part IV

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Part V

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Conclusion

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Appendix

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Lee, Mordecai A History of Public Administration in the United States

ISBN:

1-5275-3237-2