State Government And Administration

Author : Joseph Heath
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780197509630

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The Machinery of Government by Joseph Heath Pdf

In political theory, the traditional model of state power was that elected officials make policy decisions which are then faithfully executed by a lower cadre of public servants. The complexity of the modern state, however, leaves this model outdated. The vast number of economic and social problems it confronts is such that a great deal of rule-making power is now delegated to a class of civil servants. Yet many political philosophers have not taken this model up, and the field has ignored the important role played by the class of "permanent" state officials--the "deep state" as some call it--in liberal states. In most liberal democracies for example, the central bank is as independent as the supreme court, yet deals with a wide range of economic, social, and political issues. How do these public servants make these policy decisions? What normative principles inform their judgments? In The Machinery of Government, Joseph Heath attempts to answer these questions. He looks to the actual practice of public administration to see how normative questions are addressed. More broadly, he attempts to provide the outlines of a "philosophy of the executive" by taking seriously the claim to political authority of the most neglected of the three branches of the state. Heath both provides a corrective to the prevailing tendency to underestimate the contribution of civil servants to the success of liberal-democratic welfare states, and suggests a more satisfactory account of the principles implicit in public administration.

Author : Dwight Waldo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351486330

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The Administrative State by Dwight Waldo Pdf

This classic text, originally published in 1948, is a study of the public administration movement from the viewpoint of political theory and the history of ideas. It seeks to review and analyze the theoretical element in administrative writings and to present the development of the public administration movement as a chapter in the history of American political thought.The objectives of The Administrative State are to assist students of administration to view their subject in historical perspective and to appraise the theoretical content of their literature. It is also hoped that this book may assist students of American culture by illuminating an important development of the first half of the twentieth century. It thus should serve political scientists whose interests lie in the field of public administration or in the study of bureaucracy as a political issue; the public administrator interested in the philosophic background of his service; and the historian who seeks an understanding of major governmental developments.This study, now with a new introduction by public policy and administration scholar Hugh Miller, is based upon the various books, articles, pamphlets, reports, and records that make up the literature of public administration, and documents the political response to the modern world that Graham Wallas named the Great Society. It will be of lasting interest to students of political science, government, and American history.

Author : John Mackie Shields,B. Mitchell Evans
Publisher : Halifax, N.S. : Fernwood
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Administration publique (Science)
ISBN : PSU:000033375564

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Shrinking the State by John Mackie Shields,B. Mitchell Evans Pdf

This book provides a political economy perspective on recent changes within Canadian public administrative practice and structure, revealing the theoretical and practical underpinnings of neoliberal public administration. The role of globalization, state fiscal crisis, economic restructuring, and the ideological shift to the political right are viewed as central explanatory factors in public administrative and public policy change.

Author : Council of State Governments
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : State governments
ISBN : UCAL:B3640293

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A State Department of Administration by Council of State Governments Pdf

Author : Jan-Erik Lane
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134007189

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State Management by Jan-Erik Lane Pdf

State Management offers a comprehensive yet concise introduction to the new field of state management, presenting an analysis of basic questions within the theories of bureaucracy, policy-making, principal-agent modelling and policy networks. Focussing upon recent state transformation, it illuminates public sector reform strategies such as New Public Management as well as incorporation, tendering and bidding, decentralization, team production and privatization. This book argues that we should look upon the variety of models or approaches to public management or public administration as all belonging under "state management". The so-called "working state" in a well-ordered society involves government delivering services, paying for social security and respecting the rule of law. In this text, Jan-Erik Lane systematically examines the key approaches to the study of how government attempts to achieve these goals, discussing the pros and cons of alternative frameworks of analysis. Each chapter discusses a different issue within state management that is integral to the broader debate, including: Public regulation The relationship between the law and the state Combining ecology and policy making Multi-level governance The virtues and vices of public-private partnerships Policy implementation Presenting a clear overview of how the state operates when government sets out to deliver public services, and generating questions to encourage new research, State Management is a valuable new text for both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in political science, public administration and public management.

Author : John J. Gargan
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 695 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780824742034

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Handbook of State Government Administration by John J. Gargan Pdf

Devised to meet the ongoing challenge of identifying the skills and knowledge necessary for expanding the governing capacity of state and local authorities, this book discusses the fiscal consequences of get tough approaches to crime and presents more effective and less expensive policy options. Surveying the range of administrative and management practices employed by state governments, the editor and contributors explore the results of the governmental reform tradition, the impact of federalism and intergovernmental relations, and the effects of political culture on state government by focusing on economic development, welfare, corrections, and environmental programs and policies.

Author : William Franklin Willoughby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Executive departments
ISBN : UOM:39015008383179

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Principles of Public Administration by William Franklin Willoughby Pdf

Author : Andreas Ladner,Nils Soguel,Yves Emery,Sophie Weerts,Stéphane Nahrath
Publisher : Springer
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319923819

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Swiss Public Administration by Andreas Ladner,Nils Soguel,Yves Emery,Sophie Weerts,Stéphane Nahrath Pdf

Swiss citizens approve of their government and the way democracy is practiced; they trust the authorities and are satisfied with the range of services Swiss governments provide. This is quite unusual when compared to other countries. This open access book provides insight into the organization and the functioning of the Swiss state. It claims that, beyond politics, institutions and public administration, there are other factors which make a country successful. The authors argue that Switzerland is an interesting case, from a theoretical, scientific and a more practice-oriented perspective. While confronted with the same challenges as other countries, Switzerland offers different solutions, some of which work astonishingly well.

Author : J. Lehrke
Publisher : Springer
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137437495

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Public Administration and the Modern State by J. Lehrke Pdf

The challenges faced by the public sector are many and varied. Civil services at the forefront of tackling pressing problems in a whole range of areas from climate change to income inequality are being allocated less money to do so. This collection explores how public sectors have adapted to address the demands placed on them in the 21st Century.

Author : Council of State Governments,Book of the States
Publisher : Council of State Government
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1989-12-01
Category : State governments
ISBN : 0872920747

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State Administrative Officials Classified by Function by Council of State Governments,Book of the States Pdf

Author : Council of State Governments
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:49015000400136

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Reorganizing State Government by Council of State Governments Pdf

Author : David H. Rosenbloom,Howard E. McCurdy
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006-05-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1589014073

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Revisiting Waldo's Administrative State by David H. Rosenbloom,Howard E. McCurdy Pdf

The prevailing notion that the best government is achieved through principles of management and business practices is hardly new—it echoes the early twentieth-century "gospel of efficiency" challenged by Dwight Waldo in 1948 in his pathbreaking book, The Administrative State. Asking, "Efficiency for what?", Waldo warned that public administrative efficiency must be backed by a framework of consciously held democratic values. Revisiting Waldo's Administrative State brings together a group of distinguished authors who critically explore public administration's big ideas and issues and question whether contemporary efforts to "reinvent government," promote privatization, and develop new public management approaches constitute a coherent political theory capable of meeting the complex challenges of governing in a democracy. Taking Waldo's book as a starting point, the authors revisit and update his key concepts and consider their applicability for today. The book follows Waldo's conceptual structure, first probing the material and ideological background of modern public administration, problems of political philosophy, and finally particular challenges inherent in contemporary administrative reform. It concludes with a look ahead to "wicked" policy problems—such as terrorism, global warming, and ecological threats—whose scope is so global and complex that they will defy any existing administrative structures and values. Calling for a return to conscious consideration of democratic accountability, fairness, justice, and transparency in government, the book's conclusion assesses the future direction of public administrative thought. This book can stand alone as a commentary on reconciling democratic values and governance today or as a companion when reading Waldo's classic volume.

Author : Charles Grove Haines
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-25
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0666369372

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The Movement for the Reorganization of State Administration (Classic Reprint) by Charles Grove Haines Pdf

Excerpt from The Movement for the Reorganization of State Administration In order to adjust 'a form of government planned for the more primitive conditions of many years ago, so as to per form the multitudinous functions which have devolve'd upon state governments, it has been found necessary to establish numerous boards, bureaus, commissions, and commissioners. Owing to the fact that these boards and bureaus were cre ated one at a time, as occasion arose, and were constituted as independent agencies with specially designated powers, state administration has lacked in the necessary unity and correlation to secure economical and efficient public service. The organization of state administration contains today little evidence of unified design or systematic planning. It consists of a complicated mass of separate and disjointed authorities, operating with little reference to each other or to any central control.1 Lack of unity and of correlation in the arrangements for state administration has led to dis satisfaction and criticisms which have resulted in a signifi cant movement for the reform of state administration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Council of State Governments
Publisher : Council of State Government
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1996-06-01
Category : Administrative agencies
ISBN : 087292906X

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State Administration Office Class, 1996 by Council of State Governments Pdf

Author : John Anthony Rohr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:49015000656067

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To Run a Constitution by John Anthony Rohr Pdf

In this synthesis of political philosophy, public administration, and American history, Rohr seeks to legitimize the administrative state in terms of constitutional principle. He tries to show that the fourth (or administrative) branch of government is compatible with the plans of the framers--both Federalist and anti-Federalist-of the U.S. Constitution and of the Bill of Rights. He argues that the combination of powers in administrative agencies does not violate the standard of separation of powers set forth in The Federalist (especially by James Madison); the higher reaches of the career civil service fulfill the framers' constitutional design by performing a balancing function originally assigned to the Senate; and the career civil service en masse heals the defect of inadequate representation in the Federal Constitution. ISBN 0-7006-0291-7 : $29.95.