Refounding Public Administration

Refounding Public Administration (1990) is a noted text in the public administration field that formulated a multi-faceted argument that government is properly an agential and active servant of the public good. It is among a very few books that have been pivotal in defining public administration as a distinct field from political science with its own theory and raison d'etre. Other works in this genre include Dwight Waldo's The Administrative State and Frederick C. Mosher's . The work was edited by Gary Wamsley, who contributed a classic essay on bureaucratic , and also includes works by Charles Goodsell, John Rohr, Camilla Stivers, , , James Wolf and others.

A follow-on volume called was edited by Wamsley and Wolf. These works have strongly influenced the development of the Center for Public Administration and Policy as a center of public administration research.

See also[]

• The Administrative State
• public administration theory

References[]

• Wamsley, Gary L. Refounding public administration. Newbury Park, Calif.:Sage Publications, 1990. ISBN 0-8039-3723-7
• Wamsley, Gary L. and James F. Wolf. Refounding democratic public administration: modern paradoxes, postmodern challenges. Sage Publications, 1996. ISBN 0-8039-5976-1