The Political Ethics of Public Service

By Vera Vogelsang-Coombs

Acknowledgements
PART I IntroductionCase Study: Case Study of Cuyahoga County, Ohio: The American Way of Public Service EthicsIntroduction: The Political Ethics of Public Service: A New American Way of Public Service EthicsPART II The Ethical Inquiry of Career Public Servants: Balancing Public and Private Morality in Governing Methods1. "What Am I to Be?" Personal Loyalty, Thick-Thin Morality, and the Crisis of Conscience2. "What Will I Do?" Clarifying Self-Interest 3. "Will I Do It?" Clarifying the Costs of Ethical VoicePART III Great Political Ideas and American Constitutionalism: Balancing Liberty and Equality in Government 4. Political Philosophy, the American Constitutional Heritage, and Constitutional Thinking5. Federalism, Constitutional Law, and the Politics of Freedom6. The Political Ethics of Constitutional Change and Constitutional StewardshipPART IV Political Institutions and Democratic Public Service: Balancing Liberty and Authority in Bureaucratic Governance7. Bureaucratic Governance Perspectives and Democratic Public Service: Institutional Ideals and Threats8. Racial Profiling: Abuses of Bureaucratic Authority that Threaten the Liberty of Citizens9. The Political Ethics of Constitutional ProfessionalismPART V ConclusionConclusion: The New American Way of Ethics: The Political Ethics of Constitutionally Centered Public ServiceBibliography

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137518456
• ISBN13: 9781137518453
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.7"