Public Administration Theories: Instrumental and Value Rationalities

✍ Scribed by Lisheng Dong (auth.)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 299
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The book examines key public administration theories from the perspective of instrumental and value rationalities. The theories are analyzed on core value, assumption about human nature, methodology, role of government, and disciplinary positioning. The author traces the historical trajectory of each of the two camps of theories.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-21
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Instrumental and Value Rationalities of Public Administration....Pages 25-58
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
Traditional Public Administration: Emergence of Instrumental Rationality....Pages 61-100
Privatization Theory: Inheritance of Instrumental Rationality....Pages 101-112
New Public Management: Upsurge of Instrumental Rationality....Pages 113-137
Holistic Governance: Integration of Value and Instrumental Rationalities....Pages 139-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-156
New Public Administration: Awakening of Value Rationality....Pages 157-185
Democratic Administration: Inheritance of Value Rationality....Pages 187-205
New Public Service: Upsurge of Value Rationality....Pages 207-224
Public Value Management: Integration of Value and Instrumental Rationalities....Pages 225-248
Front Matter....Pages 249-249
Comments on and Comparative Analysis of Instrumental and Value Rationality-Oriented Public Administration Theories....Pages 251-271
Back Matter....Pages 273-296

✦ Subjects

Asian Culture;Asian Politics;Public Policy;Political History;Political Science;Public Administration