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Bureaucracy and self-government : reconsidering the role of public administration in American politics
- Title
- Bureaucracy and self-government : reconsidering the role of public administration in American politics / Brian J. Cook.
- Author
- Cook, Brian J., 1954-
- Publication
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.
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Details
- Description
- xxiv, 268 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "In this new edition of his provocative book Bureaucracy and Self-Government, Brian J. Cook reconsiders his thesis regarding the inescapable tension between the ideal of self-government and the reality of administratively centered governance. Revisiting his historical exploration of competing conceptions of politics, government, and public administration, Cook offers a novel way of thinking constitutionally about public administration that transcends debates about "big government." Cook enriches his historical analysis with new scholarship and extends that analysis to the present, taking account of significant developments since the mid-1990s. Each chapter has been updated, and two new chapters sharpen Cook's argument for recognizing a constitutive dimension in normative theorizing about public administration. The second edition also includes reviews of Jeffersonian impacts on administrative theory and practice and Jacksonian developments in national administrative structures and functions, a look at the administrative theorizing that presaged progressive reforms in civil service, and insight into the confounding complexities that characterize public thinking about administration in a postmodern political order."--Publisher's website.
- Series Statement
- Interpreting American politics
- Uniform Title
- Interpreting American politics.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-6583
- ISBN
- 9781421415529 (Paperback : acid-free paper)
- 1421415526 (Paperback : acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 2014008709
- OCLC
- 884500123
- Author
- Cook, Brian J., 1954- author.
- Title
- Bureaucracy and self-government : reconsidering the role of public administration in American politics / Brian J. Cook.
- Publisher
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.
- Edition
- Second edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Interpreting American politicsInterpreting American politics.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-6583