Extensively updated to reflect recent research and new theoretical literature, this much-anticipated Second Edition applies a gender lens to the field of public administration, looking at issues of status, power, leadership, legitimacy and change. The author examines the extent of women's historical progress as public employees, their current status in federal, state, and local governments, the peculiar nature of the organizational reality they experience, and women's place in society at large as it is shaped by government. New to this edition are: incorporation of data, research studies and...
Extensively updated to reflect recent research and new theoretical literature, this much-anticipated Second Edition applies a gender lens to the field...
Gender Images in Public Administration relates the key issues in public administration to the attitudes and concerns of the women's movement. By examining current theories in the practice of public administration, Stivers describes the various masculine images of the public administrator, and suggests how feminist thinking might help reduce gender bias in current theory and practice. New to this Edition: Updated throughout - incorporates data, research studies, and theoretical literature from the last ten years; Increased focus on gender images and how they work against women and men;...
Gender Images in Public Administration relates the key issues in public administration to the attitudes and concerns of the women's movement. By exami...
This anthology addresses several of the most central ideas in the field of public administration. These ideas are as relevant to public budgeting as they are to performance measurement or human resource management. Collectively and individually the essays explore what Dwight Waldo referred to as the political theories of public administration: issues that are ultimately unresolvable yet crucial to understanding the nature of public administrative practice. How can democracy and efficiency be balanced? Can there be a science of administration? How should we think about administrative...
This anthology addresses several of the most central ideas in the field of public administration. These ideas are as relevant to public budgeting as t...
With the rush of calamitous events in recent years--the September 11 terror attacks, the Iraq imbroglio, and hurricanes Katrina and Rita--Americans feel themselves to be living in dark times. Trust in one another and in the government is at low ebb. People in public service face profound challenges to the meaning and efficacy of their work. Where can a public servant turn for a public philosophy to sustain practice?
Inspired by Hannah Arendt and several other philosophers, Governance in Dark Times is the first book to explore the philosophical and value underpinnings needed to...
With the rush of calamitous events in recent years--the September 11 terror attacks, the Iraq imbroglio, and hurricanes Katrina and Rita--Americans...
