This book represents an approach to the subject of public administration that evolved first in the practice of administration and then in the classrooms of the authors and some of their friends. Our teaching, following upon some years of participation in governmental organizations, has made us acutely aware of two major instructional problems. The first problem is to make sure that what we teac…
The contributors to this volume contend that the North American political system is undergoing a serious governmental crisis - political leaders know only how to campaign, not how to gain consensus on goals or direct a course that is to the good of the nation. Public administration is therefore forced to compensate for the growing inadequacy of the 'leaders', and with a normative-based body of …