Refounding Democratic Public Administration: Modern Paradoxes, Postmodern Challenges - Gary L. Wamsley - Books - SAGE Publications Inc - 9780803959774 - August 1, 1996
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Refounding Democratic Public Administration: Modern Paradoxes, Postmodern Challenges

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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


416 pages, black & white illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released August 1, 1996
ISBN13 9780803959774
Publishers SAGE Publications Inc
Pages 416
Dimensions 177 × 254 × 21 mm   ·   880 g
Language English  
Editor Wolf, James F.

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