Politics and Administration: Woodrow Wilson and American Public Administration / Edition 1

by Jack Rabin, James S. Bowman

Overview

Marking the 97th anniversary of Woodrow Wilson’s landmark The Study of Administration, this major work focuses on Wilson, his times, and his widely discussed politics-administration di-chotomy.

The 21 distinguished contributors-brought together after a nationwide search for the finest writ-ing on this topic-weave a unique text that offers a single-source reference investigating the study as well as the practice of public administration ... presents a cohesive, original ac count of the subject by concentrating on Wilson’s contributions-an approach superior to that of the ordinary text ... and spotlights key current issues and challenges resulting from obser vations made during Wilson’s era.

Politics and Administration provides such an exceptional perspective of this field that it is sure to attain rapid recognition as the ideal textbook for graduate-level introductory public admin-istration or management, political science, and American history courses. What is more, ongo-ing examinations of public administration make this volume a requisite reference for political scientists, historians, public administrators, politicians, and sociologists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824770686
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/30/1984
Series:	Public Administration and Public Policy , #22
Pages:	339
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

JACK RABIN is an Associate Professor of Administration and Chairman of the Graduate Program for Administrators at Rider College, Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He serves as editor/co-editor of several academic journals, including the International Journal of Public Administra­tion (Marcel Dekker, Inc.). He has authored or edited numerous books in the field. JAMES S. BOWMAN is a Professor of Public Administration at Florida State University, Talla-hassee. His extensive research encompasses the attitudes of elite groups in public policy, the current state of public administration, and teaching and research in political science. These studies have been published in leading journals in their fields. Dr. Bowman serves on the editorial boards of the Public Administration Quarterly (formerly Southern Review of Public Ad­ministration) and the Review of Public Personnel Administration.

Table of Contents

Unit I Wilson’s Era; Philosophy and Times 1. The Origins of Wilson’s Thought: The German Tradition and the Organic State 2. The Constitutional World of Woodrow Wilson 3. In Search of an Apolitical Science of American Public Administration Unit II Wilson and the Practice of Public Administration 4. The Wilsonian Dichotomy in Administrative Law 5. Woodrow Wilson and the Revolution in Public Budgeting 6. Reconsidering the Politics-Administration Dichotomy: The Supreme Court and Public Personnel Management 7. Woodrow Wilson and the Federal System 8. Leadership Responsibility: The Development of Shared Public Purpose—Woodrow Wilson’s Task for Public Administrators 9. Politics and Administration: Private Advice for Public Purpose in a Corporatist Setting 10. "If I See a Murderous Fellow Sharpening a Knife Cleverly. .." : The Wilsonian Dichotomy and the Public Authority Tradition Unit III Wilson and the Study of Public Administration 11. The Politics-Administration Dichotomy: Concept or Reality? 12. The Perdurability of the Politics-Administration Dichotomy: Woodrow Wilson and the Identity Crisis in Public Administration 13. Ways in Which "The Study of Administration" Confounds the Study of Administration Unit IV Wilson and Public Administration’s Second Century 14. Woodrow Wilson and the Politics of Morality: Thel980s and Beyond 15. Woodrow Wilson and the "Upstairs/Downstairs" Problem: Is Change Possible? 16. Wilsonian Political Thought and the Prospects for World Government in the Century Ahead 17. Public Administration in an Age of Scarcity: A Citizenship Role for Public Administrators