Refounding Democratic Public Administration: Modern Paradoxes,

Refounding Democratic Public Administration: Modern Paradoxes, Postmodern Challenges (Cambridge St.in Amer.Lit.&Culture;106)
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The contributors to this volume contend that the North American political system is undergoing a serious governmental crisis - political leaders know only how to campaign, not how to gain consensus on goals or direct a course that is to the good of the nation. Public administration is therefore forced to compensate for the growing inadequacy of the `leaders', and with a normative-based body of theorizing, perform its key role of governance within a democratic system of polycentric power.

The book offers a revisualization of the relationship between public servants and the citizens they serve, and a continuing discourse on how public administration can constructively balance forces of change and stability in order for democr
Country USA
Brand Sage Publications
Manufacturer SAGE Publications, Inc
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 1996-08-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780803959774

Refounding Democratic Public Administration: Modern Paradoxes, Postmodern Challenges (Cambridge St.in Amer.Lit.&Culture;106)