Logics of Legitimacy : Three Traditions of Public Administration Praxis

WHY AND HOW THE TRADITIONS FRAMEWORK WAS CREATEDThe Legitimacy QuestionWhy Worry about Role Conceptualization? Professional Socialization in Public AdministrationIntroductionThe Importance of Role Conceptualization in Public AdministrationWhat Is Role Conceptualization?How Role Conception Is Formed Step 1: Practitioner Acts as Role Taker Step 2: Role Performance Is Performed and Assessed Step 3: Experience Impacts Role Conception and Conceptualization Step 4: Pedagogy Transmits Role ConceptualizationsUsing Theoretical Frameworks as Interpretive LensesIntroductionDeveloping and. Read more... Abstract: WHY AND HOW THE TRADITIONS FRAMEWORK WAS CREATEDThe Legitimacy QuestionWhy Worry about Role Conceptualization? Professional Socialization in Public AdministrationIntroductionThe Importance of Role Conceptualization in Public AdministrationWhat Is Role Conceptualization?How Role Conception Is Formed Step 1: Practitioner Acts as Role Taker Step 2: Role Performance Is Performed and Assessed Step 3: Experience Impacts Role Conception and Conceptualization Step 4: Pedagogy Transmits Role ConceptualizationsUsing Theoretical Frameworks as Interpretive LensesIntroductionDeveloping and WHY AND HOW THE TRADITIONS FRAMEWORK WAS CREATEDThe Legitimacy QuestionWhy Worry about Role Conceptualization? Professional Socialization in Public AdministrationIntroductionThe Importance of Role Conceptualization in Public AdministrationWhat Is Role Conceptualization?How Role Conception Is Formed Step 1: Practitioner Acts as Role Taker Step 2: Role Performance Is Performed and Assessed Step 3: Experience Impacts Role Conception and Conceptualization Step 4: Pedagogy Transmits Role ConceptualizationsUsing Theoretical Frameworks as Interpretive LensesIntroductionDeveloping and Assessing Theoretical Frameworks Significant Focus Organizing Capacity CoherencyFrameworks in Public Administration Dwight Waldo David Rosenbloom Richard Stillman Orion White David Farmer Jan Kooiman Historical Eras and Schools of Thought The Founding Era An Orthodoxy Emerges The Refounding Era The Reinventing Era The Transformational EraSumming UpTradition as a Framework MetaphorHow the Traditions Framework Was CreatedIntroductionEmploying the Ideal-Type Method Identify a Social Phenomenon of Interest Choose a Culturally Significant Frame of Reference Identify Essential Generic Elements Interpret Genetic Meanings Construct the Ideal-Types THE TRADITIONS FRAMEWORKThe Generic Elements of Each TraditionIntroductionPolitical OntologyPolitical Authority and Scope of ActionCriterion of Proper BehaviorAdministrative Decision-MakingRationalityAssociated Organizing StyleAssumed Governance ContextImplications for Role ConceptualizationPulling the Type TogetherThe Constitutional Tradition-Bureaucratic Accountability to the Constitutional OrderPortrait of a BureaucratIntroductionPolitical OntologyPolitical Authority and Scope of ActionCriterion of Proper "The discipline of public administration draws predominantly from political and organizational theory, but also from other social and behavioral sciences, philosophy, and even theology. This diversity results in conflicting prescriptions for the "proper" administrative role. So, how are those new to public administration to know which ideas are "legitimate"?Rather than accepting conventional arguments for administrative legitimacy through delegated constitutional authority or expertise, Logics of Legitimacy: Three Traditions of Public Administration Praxis does not assume that any one approach to professionalism is accepted by all scholars, practitioners, citizens, or elected representatives. Instead, it offers a framework for public administration theory and practice that fully includes the citizen as a political actor alongside elected representatives and administrators. This framework:Considers both direct and representative forms of democracyExamines concepts from both political and organizational theory, addressing many of the key questions in public administrationExamines past and present approaches to administrationPresents a conceptual lens for understanding public administration theory and explaining different administrative roles and practicesThe framework for public administration theory and practice is presented in three traditions of main prescriptions for practice: Constitutional (the bureaucrat), Discretionary (the entrepreneur), and Collaborative (the steward). This book is appropriate for use in graduate-level courses that explore the philosophical, historical, and intellectual foundations of public administration. Upon qualified course adoption, instructors will gain access to a course outline and corresponding lecture slides."--Provided by publisher The discipline of public administration draws predominantly from political and organizational theory, but also from other social and behavioral sciences, philosophy, and even theology. This diversity results in conflicting prescriptions for the "proper" administrative role. So, how are those new to public administration to know which ideas are "legitimate"? Rather than accepting conventional arguments for administrative legitimacy through delegated constitutional authority or expertise, Logics of Legitimacy: Three Traditions of Public Administration Praxis does not assume that any one approach to professionalism is accepted by all scholars, practitioners, citizens, or elected representatives. Instead, it offers a framework for public administration theory and practice that fully includes the citizen as a political actor alongside elected representatives and administrators. This framework: Considers both direct and representative forms of democracy Examines concepts from both political and organizational theory, addressing many of the key questions in public administration Examines past and present approaches to administration Presents a conceptual lens for understanding public administration theory and explaining different administrative roles and practices The framework for public administration theory and practice is presented in three traditions of main prescriptions for practice: Constitutional (the bureaucrat), Discretionary (the entrepreneur), and Collaborative (the steward). This book is appropriate for use in graduate-level courses that explore the philosophical, historical, and intellectual foundations of public administration. Upon qualified course adoption, instructors will gain access to a course outline and corresponding lecture slides. Content: Front Cover Contents List of Figures List of Tables Preface Acknowledgments About the Author Chapter 1 -- The Legitimacy Question Chapter 2 -- Why Worry about Role Conceptualization? Professional Socialization in Public Administration Chapter 3 -- Using Theoretical Frameworks as Interpretive Lenses Chapter 4 -- How the Traditions Framework Was Created Chapter 5 -- The Generic Elements of Each Tradition Chapter 6 -- The Constitutional Tradition-Bureaucratic Accountability to the Constitutional Order Chapter 7 -- The Discretionary Tradition-Entrepreneurial Responsibility for Desirable OutcomesChapter 8 -- The Collaborative Tradition-Stewardship Responsiveness to the Citizenry Chapter 9 -- Mutual Critiques among Traditions Chapter 10 -- Integrations, Conciliations, and Dialectical Syntheses Chapter 11 -- Assessing Contextual Fit of the Traditions-​A Mental Experiment References Appendix: Foundations Course Outline Back Cover