Politics and Administration : A Study in Government

ISBN-13: 9780765805126 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 302 str.

Frank Johnson Goodnow; John A. Rohr

Opis

The conventional model for explaining the uniqueness of American democracy is its division between executive, legislative, and judicial functions. It was the great contribution of Frank J. Goodnow to codify a less obvious, but no less profound, element: the distinction between politics and policies, principles and operations. He showed how the United States went beyond a nation based on government by gentlemen and then one based on the spoils system brought about by the Jacksonian revolt against the Eastern Establishment into a government that separated political offi cials from civil administrators.

Spis treści

I: The Primary Functions of the State; II: The Function of Politics; III: Central and Local Politics; IV: The Function of Administration; V: The Effect of the Administrative System on the Relations of Politics and Administration; VI: The Influence of the Governmental and Particularly of the Administrative System on the Position of the Political Party; VII: Popular Government; VIII: The Boss; IX: Responsibility of Parties and Party Leaders; X: Conclusions

O autorze

Frank J. Goodnow