Richard J. Stillman II is a professor of public administration at the School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado, Denver. He taught on the faculties of George Mason University and California State University-Bakersfield and is the author and editor of several books. Stillman is an elected fellow in the National Academy of Public Administration and his textbook, Public Administration: Concepts and Cases, 9th edition, is used in over 400 universities and colleges. His books have been translated into Chinese, Korean, and Hungarian. He received the William E. and Frederick C. Mosher Award for distinguished scholarship and served as Editor in Chief of the Public Administration Review (PAR). During his editorial tenure, 2006–11, PAR was ranked by Google Scholar as the number one journal in the field according to its academic impact worldwide. His book, Preface to Public Administration, also was recently selected as the third most influential book published in the field since 1990. In 2020 Stillman received the American Society for Public Administration’s Dwight Waldo Award for his lifetime scholarly contributions to the field of public administration.

"This anthology of Dwight Waldo’s work is a generalist and philosophically oriented breath of fresh air in a time that specialist, quantitative-statistically oriented scholarship dominates. Throughout his career, Waldo asked big questions, but never answered them knowing that any answer about the role and position of government in society could not be but illusive given the constantly changing social environment. The study of public administration has too little attention for the kind of normative, conceptual questions which Waldo 'circled.' The author of this volume did an excellent job in selecting pieces representative of Waldo’s wide-ranging thought, providing a really good introduction to Waldo as human being and PA-scholar, and with solid introductions to the seven parts in which the 18 pieces have been placed. Digesting the content of this volume will be beneficial to anyone seeking to understand America’s administrative state."Jos C. N. Raadschelders, Ohio State University, USA"Stillman’s innovative book provides homage to one of the illustrious founders of our field, Dwight Waldo. Stillman creatively weaves the written works of Waldo into a compelling composition of what public administration is, its political and managerial nature, and its significance in a democratic society. This ingenious book is essential reading for students and scholars of public administration and management." Norma M. Riccucci, Rutgers University Newark, USA

• Introduction. Dwight Waldo: Administrative Theorist for our Times. Part One: What is Public Administration? What is Public Administration? The Study of Public Administration. Public Administration in a Time of Revolutions. Contents: Ideas and Issues in Public Administration. Part Two: Alternative Approaches to Public Administration Reversing the Glass. Perspectives of Social Science. The Novelist on Organization and Administration. Scope of Theory of Public Administration. Part Three: The Historical Context of Public Administration The Material and Ideological Background. The Rise – And Decline? – Of Administration. Part Four: The Cultural Context of Public Administration Comparative Public Administration: Prologue, Problems, and Promise. Public Administration and Culture. Part Five: The Two Enduring Challenges in the Field. A Theory of Public Administration in our Times Means a Theory of Public Administration Also Public Administration and Ethics: A Prologue to a Preface. Part Six: Public Administration Education Education for Public Administrators. Education for Public Administration: Currents, Crosscurrents, Undercurrents, Countercurrents. Part Seven: The Future of Public Administration Public Administration Toward Year 200: The Certainty of Interesting Times. The Continuing Search for Public Administration – An Agenda for the Future. Bibliography: Chronological List of the Publications of Dwight Waldo. Publications on Dwight Waldo. A Brief Biographical Statement.

Richard J. Stillman II is a professor of public administration at the School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado, Denver. He taught on the faculties of George Mason University and California State University-Bakersfield and is the author and editor of several books. Stillman is an elected fellow in the National Academy of Public Administration and his textbook, Public Administration: Concepts and Cases, 9th edition, is used in over 400 universities and colleges. His books have been translated into Chinese, Korean, and Hungarian. He received the William E. and Frederick C. Mosher Award for distinguished scholarship and served as Editor in Chief of the Public Administration Review (PAR). During his editorial tenure, 2006–11, PAR was ranked by Google Scholar as the number one journal in the field according to its academic impact worldwide. His book, Preface to Public Administration, also was recently selected as the third most influential book published in the field since 1990. In 2020 Stillman received the American Society for Public Administration’s Dwight Waldo Award for his lifetime scholarly contributions to the field of public administration.

"This anthology of Dwight Waldo’s work is a generalist and philosophically oriented breath of fresh air in a time that specialist, quantitative-statistically oriented scholarship dominates. Throughout his career, Waldo asked big questions, but never answered them knowing that any answer about the role and position of government in society could not be but illusive given the constantly changing social environment. The study of public administration has too little attention for the kind of normative, conceptual questions which Waldo 'circled.' The author of this volume did an excellent job in selecting pieces representative of Waldo’s wide-ranging thought, providing a really good introduction to Waldo as human being and PA-scholar, and with solid introductions to the seven parts in which the 18 pieces have been placed. Digesting the content of this volume will be beneficial to anyone seeking to understand America’s administrative state."Jos C. N. Raadschelders, Ohio State University, USA"Stillman’s innovative book provides homage to one of the illustrious founders of our field, Dwight Waldo. Stillman creatively weaves the written works of Waldo into a compelling composition of what public administration is, its political and managerial nature, and its significance in a democratic society. This ingenious book is essential reading for students and scholars of public administration and management." Norma M. Riccucci, Rutgers University Newark, USA

• Introduction. Dwight Waldo: Administrative Theorist for our Times. Part One: What is Public Administration? What is Public Administration? The Study of Public Administration. Public Administration in a Time of Revolutions. Contents: Ideas and Issues in Public Administration. Part Two: Alternative Approaches to Public Administration Reversing the Glass. Perspectives of Social Science. The Novelist on Organization and Administration. Scope of Theory of Public Administration. Part Three: The Historical Context of Public Administration The Material and Ideological Background. The Rise – And Decline? – Of Administration. Part Four: The Cultural Context of Public Administration Comparative Public Administration: Prologue, Problems, and Promise. Public Administration and Culture. Part Five: The Two Enduring Challenges in the Field. A Theory of Public Administration in our Times Means a Theory of Public Administration Also Public Administration and Ethics: A Prologue to a Preface. Part Six: Public Administration Education Education for Public Administrators. Education for Public Administration: Currents, Crosscurrents, Undercurrents, Countercurrents. Part Seven: The Future of Public Administration Public Administration Toward Year 200: The Certainty of Interesting Times. The Continuing Search for Public Administration – An Agenda for the Future. Bibliography: Chronological List of the Publications of Dwight Waldo. Publications on Dwight Waldo. A Brief Biographical Statement.