Public Administration and the State: A Postmodern Perspective

by Michael W. Spicer

Book Overview

A critical examination of public administration's pervasive vision of a powerful state

Woodrow Wilson argued for a state led by a powerful government, guided by science and enlightened experts, for the accomplishment of a set of collective purposes--in other words, a purposive state. Michael Spicer contends that though Wilson and those who followed him have not typically explored questions of political and constitutional theory...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817352392
• ISBN13: 9780817352394
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"