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Madison´s Managers: Public Administration and the Constitution
Anthony M. Bertelli
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Paperback. Madison's Managers challenges public management scholars and professionals to recognize that the legitimacy and future of public administration depend on its constitutional foundations and their specific implications for managerial practice. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in Governance and Public Management. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 344.
Combining insights from traditional thought and practice and from contemporary political analysis, Madison's Managers presents a constitutional theory of public administration in the United States. Anthony Michael Bertelli and Laurence E. Lynn Jr. contend that managerial responsibility in American government depends on official respect for the separation of powers and a commitment to judgment, balance, rationality, and accountability in managerial practice. The authors argue that public management-administration by unelected officials of public agencies and activities based on authority delegated to them by policymakers-derives from the principles of American constitutionalism, articulated most clearly by James Madison. Public management is, they argue, ... Read more
Combining insights from traditional thought and practice and from contemporary political analysis, Madison's Managers presents a constitutional theory of public administration in the United States. Anthony Michael Bertelli and Laurence E. Lynn Jr. contend that managerial responsibility in American government depends on official respect for the separation of powers and a commitment to judgment, balance, rationality, and accountability in managerial practice. The authors argue that public management-administration by unelected officials of public agencies and activities based on authority delegated to them by policymakers-derives from the principles of American constitutionalism, articulated most clearly by James Madison. Public management is, they argue, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Johns Hopkins Studies in Governance and Public Management
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801883194
SKU
V9780801883194
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About Anthony M. Bertelli
Anthony Michael Bertelli is an assistant professor in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia and Laurence E. Lynn Jr. holds the George H. W. Bush chair and is a professor of public affairs at the George Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A & M University.
Reviews for Madison´s Managers: Public Administration and the Constitution
Madison's Managers has much to offer the student of public administration. Its ambitious objective, compelling arguments, and impressive scope make it commendable.
Kevin R. Kosar Claremont Institute 2007 This book... will be essential to the field as we develop new theories and applications in a postmodern America.
Dwight Vick Political Studies Review 2009
Kevin R. Kosar Claremont Institute 2007 This book... will be essential to the field as we develop new theories and applications in a postmodern America.
Dwight Vick Political Studies Review 2009