Administrative Ethics and Executive Decisions: Channeling and Containing Administrative Discretion (Routledge Research in Public Administration and Public Policy)

Introduction -- 1. Uncovering The Executive -- 2. Channeling And Containing Executive Decisions: Executive Character -- 3. Channeling And Containing Executive Decisions: Legislative Tendencies -- 4. Channeling And Containing Executive Decisions: Judicial Temperaments -- 5. Channeling And Containing Executive Decisions: Employing Levels Of Scrutiny -- 6. Guardians Of The Regime. Chad B. Newswander. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "As first respondifers to public problems, administrators must survey situations, identify solutions, and occasionally make executive decisions that are binding upon the government as a whole. The ability for administrators to assert claims that orient the government in a particular direction is not only powerful, but it can also be problematic and even dangerous. For administrators, the tension between moving in a spirited way, and remaining sensible, is a problem of how to exercise one's discretion, especially in the U.S. context, which demands that both be considifered and actualized. In dealing with these competing expectations, Chad B. Newswandifer analyzes how administrators can incorporate executive, legislative, and judicial tendencies to help them handle the problem of discretion. Expanding the thinking of the constitutional school of public administration thought, Administrative Ethics and Executive Decisions is a theoretically grounded and empirically rich study of how administrators incorporate a constitutional ethos to handle the problem of discretion."--Provided by publisher "Cover"--"Title"--"Copyright" -- "Dedication" -- "Contents" -- "Introduction" -- "1 Uncovering the Executive" -- "2 Channeling and Containing Executive Decisions: Executive Character" -- "3 Channeling and Containing Executive Decisions: Legislative Tendencies" -- "4 Channeling and Containing Executive Decisions: Judicial Temperaments" -- "5 Channeling and Containing Executive Decisions: Employing Levels of Scrutiny" -- "6 Guardians of the Regime