Democracy, Bureaucracy, and the Study of Administration
The essays collected in this volume address several of the most central and enduring ideas in the field of public administration. All appeared originally either in Public Administration Review or another of the journals sponsored by the American Society for Public Administration. This volume focuses...
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oai:lib.umy.ac.id:522182021-06-16T13:06:16ZDemocracy, Bureaucracy, and the Study of AdministrationCamilla StiversDemocracy, Bureaucracy, and the Study of Administration The essays collected in this volume address several of the most central and enduring ideas in the field of public administration. All appeared originally either in Public Administration Review or another of the journals sponsored by the American Society for Public Administration. This volume focuses on themes that cross subdisciplinary and topical boundaries in the field of public administration. They are as relevant to public budgeting as they are to performance measurement, human resource management, and issues of diversity. They are what Dwight Waldo, a former editor of Public Administration Review, referred to as "political theories," that is, they deal with issues that are ultimately unresolvable yet crucial to a sound understanding of the nature of public administration and to good practice. In a real sense, the existence of this volume constitutes a tribute to Waldo, whose vision of public administration as both a set of practical techniques and a political philosophy contributed so much to the subsequent development of the field. Waldo (1948) argued that the tension between democracy and efficiency was the central question in the field of public administration. He believed that it was a tension fated never to be resolved, since administrators are required not only to try to do their work as efficiently and effectively as possible but also to try to conduct themselves in a way that is consistent with democratic values. The idea of "most efficient" or "most effective" practice suggests that administrators, at least over time, can figure out the best way to practice. Yet ideas of democratic administration suggest that, since citizens and their representatives are rarely unanimous about governmental purposes and practices, the single-minded search for a best way is both inappropriate and doomed to failure. As Waldo's view implies, most administrative actions have political implications, because of the power administrators exercise when they make decisions. Thus no matter how hard they search for a best way, their actions will raise debatable political questions. Out of this paradox have grown some of the most important and lasting debates in the field.Westview Press2001eBookebook 312Bahasa Inggrishttp://oaipmh-jogjalib.umy.ac.idkatalog.php?opo=lihatDetilKatalog&id=52218 |
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The essays collected in this volume address several of the most central and
enduring ideas in the field of public administration. All appeared originally
either in Public Administration Review or another of the journals sponsored
by the American Society for Public Administration. This volume focuses on
themes that cross subdisciplinary and topical boundaries in the field of public
administration. They are as relevant to public budgeting as they are to
performance measurement, human resource management, and issues of diversity.
They are what Dwight Waldo, a former editor of Public Administration
Review, referred to as "political theories," that is, they deal with issues
that are ultimately unresolvable yet crucial to a sound understanding of the
nature of public administration and to good practice. In a real sense, the existence
of this volume constitutes a tribute to Waldo, whose vision of public
administration as both a set of practical techniques and a political philosophy
contributed so much to the subsequent development of the field.
Waldo (1948) argued that the tension between democracy and efficiency
was the central question in the field of public administration. He believed
that it was a tension fated never to be resolved, since administrators are required
not only to try to do their work as efficiently and effectively as possible
but also to try to conduct themselves in a way that is consistent with
democratic values. The idea of "most efficient" or "most effective" practice
suggests that administrators, at least over time, can figure out the best
way to practice. Yet ideas of democratic administration suggest that, since
citizens and their representatives are rarely unanimous about governmental
purposes and practices, the single-minded search for a best way is both inappropriate
and doomed to failure. As Waldo's view implies, most administrative
actions have political implications, because of the power administrators
exercise when they make decisions. Thus no matter how hard they
search for a best way, their actions will raise debatable political questions.
Out of this paradox have grown some of the most important and lasting
debates in the field. |
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