The public administration theory primer /

"The Public Administration Theory Primer explores how the science and art of public administration is definable, describable, replicable, and cumulative. The authors survey a broad range of theories and analytical approaches--from public institutional theory to theories of governance--and consi...

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Main Authors: Frederickson, H. George (Author), Smith, Kevin B., 1963- (Author), Larimer, Christopher W. (Christopher Wesley) (Author), Licari, Michael J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder : Westview Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2016
Edition:Third edition.
Series:Essentials of public policy and administration series.
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245 1 4 |a The public administration theory primer /  |c H. George Frederickson, Kevin B. Smith, Christopher W. Larimer, Michael J. Licari. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction: The Possibilities of Theory -- Why Do We Need Theory in Public Administration? -- The Uses of Theory -- Is a Useful and Reliable Public Administration Theory Possible? -- Some Contemporary Theories of Public Administration -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Theories of Political Control of Bureaucracy -- Introduction: What Are Theories of Control of Bureaucracy? -- The Difference Between Politics and Administration -- Are Bureaucracies Out of Control? -- Agency Theory -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Theories of Bureaucratic Politics -- Introduction: What Are Theories of Bureaucratic Politics? -- Administrative Theory as Political Theory -- Allison's Paradigm of Bureaucratic Politics -- Politics, Power, and Organization -- Networks and Bureaucratic Politics -- Representative Bureaucracy -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Public Institutional Theory -- Institutional Theory -- The Basic Idea -- From Organizations to Institutions -- Hierarchy -- Alternatives to Hierarchy -- Comparing Institutional Forms -- High-Reliability Systems -- Low-Reliability Systems and Their Improvement -- System Fragmentation -- Garbage Cans and Rent Seeking -- The Diffusion of Innovation -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Theories of Public Management -- Introduction: Developments in Public Management Theory -- Traditional Management Theory Thrust Forward -- Leadership as Public Management -- Managing by Contract -- Governance -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Postmodern Theory -- Organizational Humanism and Postpositivism -- Postmodern Perspectives in Public Administration -- Looking for Postmodern Public Administration Theory -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Decision Theory -- Introduction -- The Evolution of Decision Theory -- Revisiting the Logic of Consequences -- Bounded Decision Rationality and the Logic of Appropriateness -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 8: Rational Choice Theory and Irrational Behavior -- Introduction: What Is Rational Choice Theory? -- The Rational, Self-Maximizing Bureaucrat -- Trust and the Irrational Bureaucrat -- The Self-Maximizing Citizen and the Tiebout Hypothesis -- Rational Choice as the New Orthodoxy -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 9: Theories of Governance -- Introduction: Public Administration's Need for a Theory of Governance -- A New Model of Governance -- Governance as the New Public Management -- Governance as a Unifying Framework for Public Administration? -- Collaborative Governance Theory -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Conclusion: A Bright Future for Theory? -- Theories of Political Control of Bureaucracy -- Theories of Bureaucratic Politics -- Public Institutional Theory -- Theories of Public Management -- Postmodern Theory -- Decision Theory -- Rational Choice Theory and Irrational Behavior -- Theories of Governance -- Theory in Public Administration -- References -- Index. 
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