The Public Administration Theory Primer

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  • Networks and Bureaucratic Politics

  • Representative Bureaucracy

  • Conclusions

  • Summary

  • Chapter 4 Public Institutional Th eory

    • Institutional Th eory

    • Th e Basic Idea

    • From Organizations to Institutions

    • Hierarchy

    • Alternatives to Hierarchy

    • Comparing Institutional Forms

    • High-Reliability Systems

    • Low-Reliability Systems and Th eir Improvement

    • System Fragmentation

    • Garbage Cans and Rent Seeking

    • Th e Diff usion of Innovation

    • Conclusions

    • Summary



  • Chapter 5 Th eories of Public Management

    • Management Th eory Introduction: Developments in Public

    • Traditional Management Th eory Th rust Forward

    • Leadership as Public Management

    • Managing by Contract

    • Governance

    • Conclusions

    • Summary



  • Chapter 6 Postmodern Th eory

    • Organizational Humanism and Postpositivism

    • Postmodern Perspectives in Public Administration

      • Administration Th eory Looking for Postmodern Public



    • Conclusions Contents vii

    • Summary

    • Notes



  • Chapter 7 Decision Th eory

    • Introduction

    • Th e Evolution of Decision Th eory

    • Revisiting the Logic of Consequences

      • of Appropriateness Bounded Decision Rationality and the Logic



    • Conclusions

    • Summary

    • Notes



  • Chapter 8 Rational Choice Th eory and Irrational Behavior

    • Introduction: What Is Rational Choice Th eory?

    • Th e Rational, Self-Maximizing Bureaucrat

    • Trust and the Irrational Bureaucrat

      • Hypothesis Th e Self-Maximizing Citizen and the Tiebout



    • Rational Choice as the New Orthodoxy

    • Conclusions

    • Summary

    • Notes



  • Chapter 9 Th eories of Governance

    • a Th eory of Governance Introduction: Public Administration’s Need for

    • A New Model of Governance

    • Governance as the New Public Management

      • Administration? Governance as a Unifying Framework for Public



    • Collaborative Governance Th eory

    • Conclusions

    • Summary



  • Chapter 10 Conclusion: A Bright Future for Th eory? viii Contents

    • Th eories of Political Control of Bureaucracy

    • Th eories of Bureaucratic Politics

    • Public Institutional Th eory

    • Th eories of Public Management

    • Postmodern Th eory

    • Decision Th eory

    • Rational Choice Th eory and Irrational Behavior

    • Th eories of Governance

    • Th eory in Public Administration

    • References

    • Index



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