Active Duty: Public Administration as Democratic Statesmanship (Political Life) - Softcover

Schaefer, Robert Martin; Schaefer, David Lewis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0847686477 ISBN 13: 9780847686476

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1998

Synopsis

In Active Duty: Public Administration as Democratic Statesmanship, a distinguished group of contributors examines the role of the American civil service under the Constitution. The common concern that unites the otherwise diverse approaches of the authors is the conception of public administration as a particular form of political activity. The contributors relate administrative issues to the broader questions of political life, such as political judgment and responsibility, the Constitution and constitutionalism, and the promotion of human liberty and the common good. They aim to encourage the administrator to become a democratic statesman. Present and prospective American civil servants, as well as political scientists and political philosophers, will find this book of interest.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Augustine Lawler is professor of political science at Berry College in Georgia. His most recent book is Poets, Princes, and Private Citizens (Rowman & Littlefield), which he edited with Joseph Knippenberg. Robert Martin Schaefer is associate professor of political science at the University of Mobile. He edited The American Experiment (Rowman & Littlefield), with Peter Lawler. David Lewis Schaefer is professor of political science at the College of the Holy Cross. He is the author of The Political Philosophy of Montaigne.

Review:

This collection is an excellent set of readings designed to stimulate critical thought about the enduring problem of the administrator's role in a democratic political system. (CHOICE)

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0847686477
• ISBN 13: 9780847686476
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360