Refounding Democratic Public Administration :

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 democracy to evolve and mature.

Introduction
Can a High-Modern Project Find Happiness in a Postmodern Era? - Richard T Green and Lawrence Hubbell
On Governance and Reinventing Government - Larkin Dudley
Fencing in the Inherently Governmental Debate - Joy A Clay
Public-Institutional Processes and Democratic Governance - John A Rohr
What a Difference a State Makes
Reflections on Governance in France - James F Wolf
Moving beyond Prescriptions
Making Sense of Public Administration Action Contexts - Thomas J Barth
Administering in the Public Interest
The Facilitative Role for Public Administrators - O C McSwite
Postmodernism, Public Administration and the Public Interest - Larry M Lane
The Public Administration and the Problem of the Presidency - Camilla Stivers
Refusing to Get It Right
Citizenship, Difference and the Refounding Project - Lisa Weinberg
Understanding Social Processes
The Key to Democratic Governance - Linda F Dennard
The Maturation of Public Administration
The Search for a Democratic Identity - John H Little
Thinking Government
Bringing Democratic Awareness to Public Administration - Gary L Wamsley
A Public Philosophy and Ontological Disclosure as the Basis for Normatively Grounded Theorizing in Public Administration

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Refounding Democratic Public Administration : Modern Paradoxes, Postmodern Challenges

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