Democracy and Public Administration.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: The Importance of Democracy for Public Administration -- 1. Democracy and Public Service -- 2. Democracy, Public Administrators, and Public Policy -- 3. A Brief Tour of Public Organization Theory in the United States -- 4. Citizens, Citizenship, and Democratic Governance -- 5. Democracy, Public Participation, and Budgeting: Mutually Exclusive or Just Exhausting? -- 6. Citizen Participation in Performance Measurement -- 7. Democracy and the "Republican Revival" in Administrative Law -- 8. En-gendering Democracy: A Feminist Perspective on the Body Politic -- 9. Democratic Administration in a Multicultural Environment -- 10. Nonprofit Organizations, Philanthropy, and Democracy in the United States -- 11. The Public Service Practitioner as Agent of Social Change -- About the Editor and Contributors -- Index.

The true measure of the successful practice of public service is its ability to remain faithful to the tenets of democratic society. This text links the practice of public administration to the core concepts of American democracy. It covers the various aspects of public administration in the context of "delivering democracy" in public service.

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