Democracy Administered

How Public Administration Shapes Representative Government

AvAnthony Michael Bertelli

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

How does representative government function when public administration can reshape democracy? The traditional narrative of public administration balances the accountability of managers, a problem of control, with the need for effective administration, a problem of capability. The discretion modern governments give to administrators allows them to make tradeoffs among democratic values. This book challenges the traditional view with its argument that the democratic values of administration should complement the democratic values of the representative government within which they operate. Control, capability and value reinforcement can render public administration into democracy administered. This book offers a novel framework for empirically and normatively understanding how democratic values have, and should be, reinforced by public administration. Bertelli's theoretical framework provides a guide for managers and reformers alike to chart a path toward democracy administered.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-09-09
Mått:150 x 230 x 11 mm
Vikt:400 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:264
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781316621097

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Anthony Bertelli is the Sherwin-Whitmore Professor in Liberal Arts, Pennsylvania State University, and Professor of Political Science, Bocconi University. He is the author of five books including Madison's Managers: Public Administration and the Constitution (2006), is a member of the National Academy of Public Administration, and winner of the Herbert Simon Award for career contributions to the study of bureaucracy.

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'This brilliantly written book reflects the critical role public administration plays in representative democracies. Bertelli weaves international experiences into his universally relevant narrative. Not since the early treatises by key figures in American public administration have we seen such a significant contribution to the field. This is essential reading for scholars and students of public administration.' Norma M. Riccucci, Rutgers University, Newark

Innehållsförteckning

1. Democracy from administration; 2. Accountability values; 3. Process values; 4. Governance structures and democratic values; 5. The value reinforcement hypothesis; 6. The complementarity principle; Further problems for democracy administered.