L.D. White: Scholar and Practitioner

ISBN-13: 9783639174007 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 206 str.

Gregory Stolcis

Opis

Leonard D. White was considered by many to be the embodiment of American Public Administration in the 1930s and 1940s. This is no longer the case today. White is rarely mentioned in contemporary textbooks or scholarly journals. This book explores his contributions to the field as a teacher/scholar and practitioner. It covers his early writings, including the disciplines first comprehensive textbook, as well as his epic, historical study of the origins of American Public Administration practice. The book also examines Whites roles as a teacher, scholar, and senior civil servant. It provides an analysis of the paradigm shift that occurred in post-World War II Public Administration. This shift represented a change from the classical model of administration to a focus on organizational decision making. The book concludes with a discussion of Whites gradual disappearance from the fields intellectual radar as a result of this paradigm shift.

O autorze

Gregory B. Stolcis received his Bachelor of Arts from the College of Wooster (USA) in 1979. He earned a Masters of Social Work (1983) and a PhD in Public Policy and Administration (2002)from Virginia Commonwealth University. He has worked in state and local government and has published articles in public administration journals.