The images and techniques for exercising societal governance have changed considerably
over the last 30 years. We have moved from the age of bureaucratic government to the age …

I have argued elsewhere that administrative ethics as a significant field of study is only about
30 years old, dating from the mid-1970s, largely instigated by the work of the New Public …

This paper examines the ways dominant White culture shapes the foundational assumptions
within US public administration, and how these embed oppressive power dynamics within …

Public encounters, the micro-level relational process of face-to-face contact between public
professionals and community members, are argued to have a meaningful effect on the …

The discipline of public administration draws predominantly from political and organizational
theory, but also from other social and behavioral sciences, philosophy, and even theology …

This article presents a Governance Typology comprising philosophical and practical
theoretical elements which compose four ideal-types found in dominant Western political …

Governance network managers are charged with triggering and sustaining collaborative
dynamics, but often struggle to do so because they come from and interact with hierarchical …

Abstract In The Corrosion of Character, Richard Sennett (1998) traces the effects of
corporate reengineering, and similar reforms in private-sector management, on the …

Accountability is normally taken for granted as a critical element of democratic public
administration. However, the emphasis on individual credit and blame constructs illusions of …

This book talks about the relationships amongst and between citizens and their
governments, the possibilities of governing differently in ways that don't oppress …