num_pages: 416
description: The contributors to this volume contend that the North American political system is undergoing a serious governmental crisis - political leaders know only how to campaign, not how to gain consensus on goals or direct a course that is to the good of the nation. Public administration is therefore forced to compensate for the growing inadequacy of the `leaders′, and with a normative-based body of theorizing, perform its key role of governance within a democratic system of polycentric power. The book offers a revisualization of the relationship between public servants and the citizens they serve, and a continuing discourse on how public administration can constructively balance forces of change and stability in order for democr
language: English
title: Refounding Democratic Public Administration: Modern Paradoxes, Postmodern Challenges
titlecomplete: Refounding Democratic Public Administration: Modern Paradoxes, Postmodern Challenges (Cambridge St.in Amer.Lit.&Culture;106)
ratings_count: 3
publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc