The Founders, the Constitution, and Public Administration: A Conflict in World ViewsGeorgetown University Press, 1 мар. 1995 г. - Всего страниц: 128 Viewed alternately as an obstacle to justice, an impediment to efficient government, and a tool by which some groups gain benefits and privileges at the expense of others, public administration threatens to become the whipping boy of American government. In this innovative look at the nation's bureaucracy, Michael W. Spicer revisits the values of the Constitution in order to reconcile the administrative state to its many critics. Drawing on political and social philosophy, Spicer argues that there is a fundamental philosophical conflict over the role of reason in society between writers in public administration and the designers of the American Constitution. This examination of worldviews illuminates the problem that American government faces in trying to ground a legitimate public administration in the Constitution. Defending and developing the Founders' idea that political power, whatever its source, must be checked, he critically examines existing ideas about the role of public administration in American governance and offers an alternative vision of public administration more in line with the Founders' constitutional design. This book will provide fresh insights for anyone interested in the role of public administration in the United States today. |
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... rationalist Worldviews THE RATIONALIST WORLDVIEW 14 15 20 21 THE ANTI - RATIONALIST WORLDVIEW RATIONALIST THOUGHT ANTI - RATIONALIST THOUGHT SUMMARY 25 3 The Worldviews of Public Administration and the Constitution 26 RATIONALISM AND ...
... rationalist Vision of Public Administration ADMINISTRATIVE DISCRETION AND CHECKING POWER 67 MODERN WRITINGS ON ... RATIONALISM AND ETHICS PERSONAL HONESTY 82 81 NEUTRALITY 84 UTILITY 86 SOCIAL EQUITY 87 COMMON - LAW REASONING 89 ...
... RATIONALIST VISION 98 ANTI - RATIONALISM IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE TOWARD A NEW PERSPECTIVE References 105 Index 111 102 100 Preface This book is about how public administration writers look Contents * ix.
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THE FINER ARGUMENT | 59 |
THE FRIEDRICHFINER DEBATE AND THE CHECKING OF POWER | 62 |
CONCLUSION | 66 |
An Antirationalist Vision of Public Administration | 67 |
MODERN WRITINGS ON ADMINISTRATION AS A CHECK ON POWER | 69 |
THE ANGLOAMERICAN TRADITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE DISCRETION | 71 |
RULES AND PROCEDURES | 73 |
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION | 76 |
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THE RATIONALIST WORLDVIEW | 14 |
RATIONALIST THOUGHT | 15 |
THE ANTIRATIONALIST WORLDVIEW | 20 |
ANTIRATIONALIST THOUGHT | 21 |
SUMMARY | 25 |
The Worldviews of Public Administration and the Constitution | 26 |
CONTEMPORARY WRITERS | 30 |
ANTIRATIONALISM AND THE FOUNDERS | 34 |
CONCLUSION | 39 |
On the Checking of Power The Logic of a Constitution | 41 |
PASSIONS | 45 |
UNINTENDED EXPLOITATION | 46 |
MAJORITY RULE | 48 |
THE USE OF KNOWLEDGE | 50 |
CONCLUSION | 53 |
Visions of Public Administration | 54 |
THE FRIEDRICH ARGUMENT | 55 |
INERTIA INFLEXIBILITY AND IMPERSONALITY | 78 |
CONSTRAINED DISCRETION | 79 |
The Ethics of Administrative Discretion | 81 |
PERSONAL HONESTY | 82 |
NEUTRALITY | 84 |
UTILITY | 86 |
SOCIAL EQUITY | 87 |
COMMONLAW REASONING | 89 |
CONSENSUS | 93 |
SUMMARY | 95 |
Summary and Conclusion | 97 |
THE CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE OF THE ANTIRATIONALIST VISION | 98 |
ANTIRATIONALISM IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE | 100 |
TOWARD A NEW PERSPECTIVE | 102 |
References | 105 |
Index | 111 |