Beyond Public Administration: Contemplating and Nudging Government-In-Context

ISBN-13: 9781032089225 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 128 str.

David John Farmer

Opis

How can public administration (P.A.) nudge government to govern fundamentally better in terms of policy? In this book, David John Farmer argues that government-in-context refers to government-in-totality, to what governs even if not called government, and to what constrains government action.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Public Administration in Governmentality: A Bigger Helper  3. Contemplation: Seeking the Big Picture  4. Context: Infiltration  5. Context: Exfiltration  6. Context: Post-truth  7. For Government-in-Context: Practical Plans  8. Epilogue

O autorze

David John Farmer is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Public Affairs at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). Prior to joining VCU in 1980, Dr. Farmer served as a budget analyst, an administrative analyst and an economist. He also served as director of operations management, special assistant to the New York City police commissioner and as a division director for the National Institute of Justice in the U.S. Department of Justice. Farmer has authored six books and 85 refereed articles and book chapters, and served as a member of four editorial boards.