Civil Servants and Their Constitutions

by John A. Rohr

Book Overview

Public administration as an American profession originated in the early twentieth century with urban reformers advocating the application of scientific and business practices to rehabilitate corrupt city governments. That approach transformed governance in the United States but also guaranteed recurrent debate over the proper role of public administrators, who must balance the often contradictory demands of efficiency and politically defined notions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700611630
• ISBN13: 9780700611638
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"