Democracy And Public Administration

Contents......Page 5
Introduction......Page 7
Contents of the Book......Page 11
1 Democracy and Public Service......Page 15
Differing Perspectives on the Relationship of Public Service and Democracy......Page 16
The Paradox of a Strong Public Service in a Democracy......Page 19
Making Public Service Safe for Democracy......Page 21
Roles and Responsibilities of Public Administrators in a Democracy......Page 26
Conclusion......Page 30
References......Page 31
The Relationship between Democracy and Public Policy......Page 33
Democracy and Bureaucracy......Page 36
Policy Formulation......Page 38
Policy Implementation......Page 43
Policy Design, Bureaucracy, and Democracy......Page 48
References......Page 50
3 A Brief Tour of Public Organization Theory in the United States......Page 52
Public Organizations and the Forging of the Administrative State......Page 53
The Ethos of Technique......Page 54
Scientific Management and Early Organization Theory......Page 55
The Early Human Relations Movement......Page 57
Mary Parker Follett......Page 59
Kurt Lewin......Page 60
Herbert Simon and the Rational Model of Organization......Page 62
Organizational Humanism......Page 65
The Economists’ Response to Bureaucracy......Page 66
The Network Model of Organization Theory......Page 68
Conclusion......Page 70
Notes......Page 71
References......Page 73
4 Citizens, Citizenship, and Democratic Governance......Page 76
History of Democracy and Citizenship in the United States......Page 78
This Moment......Page 83
Where Do We Go From Here?......Page 88
References......Page 93
5 Democracy, Public Participation, and Budgeting......Page 96
How Participation Enhances Democracy......Page 98
The Traditional Budget Process......Page 101
Normative Underpinnings of Participation: Potential Benefits......Page 103
Budgetary Stakeholders: Participants, Representation, Expectations......Page 104
The Mechanics of Participation......Page 106
Exploring the Potential for Effective Participation: Issues and Barriers......Page 111
Recommendations for Structuring Participation......Page 113
Conclusions......Page 114
References......Page 116
6 Citizen Participation in Performance Measurement......Page 119
Performance Measurement in Government......Page 120
Beyond Performance Management......Page 121
Role of Citizens in Performance Measurement......Page 122
Challenges in Engaging Citizens......Page 123
How to Engage Citizen Participants: The Experiences of the Iowa Citizen-Initiated Performance Assessment Project......Page 124
Conclusion......Page 128
References......Page 130
7 Democracy and the “Republican Revival” in Administrative Law......Page 131
Reviving Democratic Practice in Agency Rulemaking......Page 134
Reviving Democratic Practice in Agency Adjudication......Page 136
The Role of State Administrative Law in Reviving Democratic Practice......Page 139
Democracy and Administrative Law: A Final Assessment......Page 140
References......Page 141
8 En-gendering Democracy A Feminist Perspective on the Body Politic......Page 143
“For Feminists, Democracy Has Never Existed!”......Page 145
Diversity and Democracy......Page 146
The Deliberative Ideal......Page 148
Historical Dualism......Page 149
Feminist Views on Democratic Representation......Page 150
The Mother of Us All......Page 151
A Polymorphous Body Politic......Page 154
The Multigendered Body Politic......Page 155
En-gendering Democracy......Page 157
Conclusion......Page 159
References......Page 160
9 Democratic Administration in a Multicultural Environment......Page 162
What Is Multiculturalism?......Page 163
Diversity, Multiculturalism, and Representation in Public Administration......Page 168
Multiculturalism and Representation: Two Challenges......Page 171
Is Multiculturalism the Future? Standpoint and Multi-Realities......Page 175
Conclusion......Page 177
References......Page 178
10 Nonprofit Organizations, Philanthropy, and Democracy in the United States......Page 181
A Growing Reliance on Nonprofit Organizations: Creating the “Hollow” State......Page 182
Ensuring Democratic Accountability: Shortcomings of a Principal-Agent Focus......Page 183
A More Expansive View of Democracy and Philanthropy......Page 184
Philanthropy’s Benefits to Democracy......Page 185
Philanthropy’s Detriments to Democracy......Page 187
The Need to Build a More Democratic Philanthropy......Page 196
The New Philanthropy and Giving Circles......Page 197
Conclusion and Implications for Public Administration......Page 199
References......Page 200
11 The Public Service Practitioner as Agent of Social Change......Page 206
Societal Conditions and the Public Sector......Page 208
Models of the Role of the Public Service Practitioner......Page 211
The Practitioner as Agent of Social Change......Page 214
Conclusion: “Micro Outbreaks of Reason and Imagination”......Page 220
References......Page 222
About the Editor and Contributors......Page 225
Index......Page 229