Democracy and public administration / / edited by Richard C. Box

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910784473803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015
• ISBN: 1-317-47320-5; 1-315-70522-2; 1-317-47321-3; 1-280-91290-1; 9786610912902; 0-7656-2193-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BoxRichard C
• Disciplina: 351
• Soggetti: Public administration; Democracy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "First published 2007 by M.E. Sharpe"--t.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : the importance of democracy for public administration / Richard C. Box -- Democracy and public service / Mary R. Hamilton -- Democracy, public administrators, and public policy / Dale Krane -- A brief tour of public organization theory in the United States / Gary S. Marshall -- Citizens, citizenship, and democratic governance / Cheryl Simrell King -- Democracy, public participation, and budgeting : mutually exclusive or just exhausting? / Aimee L. Franklin and Carol Ebdon -- Citizen participation in performance measurement / Alfred T. Ho -- Democracy and the "republican revival" in administrative law / Christine M. Reed -- En-gendering democracy : a feminist perspective on the body politic / Janet R. Hutchinson -- Democratic administration in a multicultural environment / Mohamad G. Alkadry -- Nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, and democracy in the United States / Angela M. Eikenberry -- The public service practitioner as agent of social change / Richard C. Box.
• Sommario/riassunto: The true measure of the successful practice of public service is its ability to remain faithful to the tenets of democratic society. This text links the practice of public administration to the core concepts of ; American democracy. It covers the various aspects of public administration in the context of ''delivering democracy'' in public service.