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The Founders, the Constitution, and Public Administration : A Conflict in Worldviews
author
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Spicer, Michael W.
publisher
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Georgetown University Press
isbn10 | asin
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087840581X
print isbn13
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9780878405817
ebook isbn13
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9780585160641
language
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English
subject
Public administration--United States--History, Political science--United States--History, Constitutional history--United States.
publication date
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1995
lcc
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JA84.U5S66 1995eb
ddc
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350/.000973
subject
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Public administration--United States--History, Political science--United States--History, Constitutional history--United States.
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The Founders, the Constitution, and Public Administration
A Conflict in Worldviews
Michael W. Spicer
Georgetown University Press / Washington, D.C.
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Georgetown University Press, Washington, D.C. 20007 1995 by Georgetown University Press. All rights reserved. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1995 This volume is printed on acid-free offset bookpaper.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Spicer, Michael W. The founders, the Constitution, and public administration : a conflict in world views / Michael W. Spicer. p. cm. 1. Public administration--United States--History. 2. Political science--United States--History. 3. United States--Constitutional history. I. Title. JA84.U5S66 1995 350.000973--dc20 ISBN 0-87840-581-X (cloth). -- ISBN 0-87840-582-8 (paper) 94-32279
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To Three Arthurs: my late father, Arthur Spicer; my son, Jeffrey Arthur Spicer; and my good friend and colleague, Arthur B. Murphy
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Contents
Preface
xi
1 Introduction: The Uneasy Status of Public Administration
1
The Lack of Legitimacy of Public Administration
2
Why Worry about Legitimacy?
4
Public Administration and the U.S. Constitution
5
Critics of the Constitution
7
The Importance of Worldviews
9
The Purpose of This Work
10
The Relevance of This Work
11
2 Rationalist and Anti-Rationalist Worldviews
13
The Rationalist Worldview
14
Rationalist Thought
15
The Anti-Rationalist Worldview
20
Anti-Rationalist Thought
21
Summary
25
3 The Worldviews of Public Administration and the Constitution
26
Rationalism and Public Administration: The Early Writers
26
Rationalism and Public Administration: Contemporary Writers
30
Anti-Rationalism and the Founders
34
Conclusion
39
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4 On the Checking of Power: The Logic of a Constitution
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