Public Administration in Theory and Practice

Updated in a new 2 nd edition, this book examines public administration from a normative perspective, and provides readers with an understanding of thepracticeof public administration. It combines historical, contextual, and theoretical perspectives that give readers a truly comprehensive overview of the discipline and focuses on the practical implications of public administration theory.

Raymond W. Cox III is Professor in the Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies at the University of Akron. He received his PhD in Public Administration and Policy from Virginia Tech. Dr. Cox is the author of nearly fifty academic and professional publications, including two books (an introductory text and a book on grievance procedures and labor relations) and ten reports for government agencies, as well as more than thirty-five professional papers.

Susan Buck is Associate Professor of Political Science and teaches in both the Political Science Department and the Environmental Studies Program. Her PhD is in Public Administration with a specialization in Natural Resources Management (Virginia Tech).

Betty Morgan is Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Administration. She received her PhD in Public Administration and Public Policy from Virginia Tech and a Master's degree in European Union Law from the University of Leicester in the UK.

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Normative Foundations	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
History of Public Administration as an Academic Discipline	p. 5
The Early Years	p. 6
Administration as Science	p. 7
The First New Public Administration	p. 9
Generic Management	p. 12
The Second New Public Administration	p. 12
Retrenchment and Critique	p. 13
The State of the Discipline	p. 17
Conclusion	p. 19
References	p. 20
Ethics in Public Administration	p. 21
Administrative Theory and Ethics	p. 21
Types of Public Morality	p. 24
Constitutional Values	p. 27
Discretionary Judgment	p. 31
On a Practical Note: Enforcement of Ethics Rules	p. 34
Ethics and Public Policy	p. 39
Conclusion	p. 41
References	p. 41
Normative Foundations of Public Administration	p. 44
Normative Foundations of Public Administration	p. 44
Ancient History	p. 45
Bureaucracy in the Founding Period	p. 46
Informal Constitutional Amendment	p. 47
Legitimating Administration	p. 49
Administrative Responsibility	p. 51
On a Practical Note: The Profession of Public Management	p. 56
Conclusion	p. 61
References	p. 61
The Management Subprocesses of Public Administration	p. 63
A Conceptual History of the Budget Process	p. 65
Budgeting as a Management Subprocess	p. 65
Budgeting in Historic Perspective	p. 66
Macro-Budget Perspectives	p. 68
Micro-Budget Perspectives	p. 74
The Fiscal Crisis of 2009-2010	p. 78
Conclusion	p. 87
References	p. 87
A Conceptual History of Public Personnel Management	p. 89
Personnel Practice in the Founding Period	p. 90
The Spoils System	p. 91
Introduction of Merit Systems	p. 95
Personnel Practice	p. 102
Continuing Issues and Concerns	p. 110
Conclusion	p. 114
References	p. 115
A Conceptual History of Administrative Law	p. 116
The Sick Chicken Case	p. 116
Defining Administrative Law	p. 117
Conclusion	p. 128
References	p. 129
A Conceptual History of Policy Analysis	p. 130
What Comes After Counting?	p. 130
The Progressive Era	p. 132
Toward The New Deal	p. 133
Locating Policy Analysis	p. 138
References	p. 141
Public Administration as a Puzzle	p. 142
Organization Theory as a Problem of Structure	p. 144
Development of the Early Bureaucracy	p. 144
Toward an Efficient Organization	p. 146
Scientific Management	p. 147
Structure in Modern Organizations	p. 154
Conclusion	p. 157
References	p. 158
Organization Theory as a Problem of Human Behavior	p. 159
The Pioneer Views: Follett and the Hawthorne Experiments	p. 160
The Sociology of Organization	p. 163
The Psychology of Organization	p. 166
The Social Psychology of Organization	p. 168
Conclusion	p. 179
References	p. 180
Organization Theory as a Problem of Democracy	p. 182
The Structural Elements in Democracy	p. 183
The Values of Democracy	p. 188
Bureaucracy versus Democracy	p. 191
Bureaucracy and Democracy: A Preliminary Assessment	p. 194
Where to From Here?	p. 196
References	p. 197
Identifying and Implementing Change	p. 198
Theory and Practice of Planned Change	p. 200
Planned Change and Government Action	p. 200
The Change Agent	p. 201
The Diffusion of Innovation	p. 203
Implementing Change	p. 206
Change in American Governments	p. 207
Management, Leadership, and Change	p. 209
Conclusion	p. 210
References	p. 211
Public Sector Strategic Management	p. 212
The Public Management Environment	p. 212
Advantages and Disadvantages of Strategic Management	p. 213
The Strategic Management Process	p. 216
Vision	p. 217
Strategic Management in Practice	p. 226
Conclusion	p. 227
References	p. 227
Theory and Practice of Organization Development	p. 228
Organization Development Practice: Preparing for Intervention	p. 228
OD Practice: The Intervention	p. 231
Types of Intervention	p. 233
Organization Development in the Public Sector	p. 236
Conclusion	p. 240
References	p. 241
Public Administration "Outside the Box": Politics and Administration	p. 242
The Legislature in Administrative and Organizational Perspective	p. 245
Legislative Decision Making	p. 246
Legislative Structure	p. 249
Legislative Control	p. 252
Conclusion	p. 255
References	p. 256
Administration in Comparative Perspective	p. 257
Framework for Study	p. 257
Political Culture and Public Administration	p. 258
Personnel Practice in Comparative Perspective	p. 264
Budget Practice in Comparative Perspective	p. 268
The Structure of Budget Decision Making	p. 270
Policy Making in Comparative Perspective	p. 274
Interest Groups and Bureaucrats	p. 278
Models of Governance	p. 278
Democracy and Bureaucracy	p. 279
Conclusion	p. 281
References	p. 281
Politics and Administration: American Political Theory and the Bureaucracy	p. 283
Representative Government and Bureaucracy	p. 283
Framework and Analysis	p. 284
American Political Theory: Past and Present	p. 285
Bureaucratizing Democracy	p. 286
Democracy as a Mechanism	p. 289
Toward a Democratic Government	p. 289
Governmental Democracy	p. 291
Conclusion	p. 293
References	p. 294
Suggested Readings	p. 295
Index	p. 302
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