Newbold and Rosenbloom have assembled a whos who of U.S. scholars thinking big thoughts about public administration through the lens of the Constitution. This book is a must read for anyone who wants to understand the full story of American public administration.
Rosemary OLeary, University of Kansas
Newbold and Rosenbloom have produced a volume that should be on the desk of every public administration professor and practitioner, and in the hands of every student. They and a distinguished group of contributors provide an intellectual and practical road map for refocusing the field - and the nation - on constitutional foundations and purposes in an era of institutional decay and political uncertainty. It is high time for us all to enroll in The Constitutional School.
Danny Balfour, Grand Vallley State University
This book is a must read for those who want to understand the Constitutional School of public administration. Written by two of the leading scholars who have popularized this approach, David Rosenbloom and Stephanie Newbold have assembled a first rate collection of essays and previous articles that lay bare the meaning and consequence of the Constitutional School for our role as teachers, scholars and practitioners of public administration.
Doug Morgan, Portland State University
Twentieth century government has been aptly characterized as an administrative state. The basic institutional arrangements have been designed by the Founding Fathers, but they are not set in stone. In fact, the present politicized debate about the relation between legislature, executive and judiciary, calls attention to the importance of state and administrative law in the study of public administration. This volume pulls together earlier published pieces with new introductions, and invites public administration scholars to more deeply investigate the role and meaning of constitutional and administrative law in this administrative state. Calibrating the balance between the three branches of government cannot be left to Members of Congress and Supreme Court Justices only. This volume is a call for more research into and teaching of constitutional and administrative law in the study of public administration. This constitutional school of thought is too important to ignore.
Jos C.N. Raadschelders, Ohio State University
The Constitutional School of American Public Administration
The growing Constitutional School of Public Administration has roots in The Federalist Papers, constitutional law, and the writings of several contemporary leaders and contributors in the field. It comprises a loose grouping of scholars who subscribe to the proposition that constitutions and the constitutional characteristics of a regime are key determinants of public administrative culture, institutions, organizations, personnel practices, budgetary and decision-making processes, commitment to the rule of law and human rights, and myriad aspects of overall behavior. Participants in Constitutional School research believe that the big questions in public administration cannot be answered without reference to constitutional designs, institutions, and regime values. This edited volume brings together many of the most prominent names in Constitutional School scholarship in an aim to make it more visible, accessible, and central to the field of public administrations pedagogy, scholarship, and intellectual development. It will be essential reading for scholars and students of public administration with an interest in constitutional law, administrative law, and political theory around the globe.
Stephanie P. Newbold is Director of the Master of Public Administration program at the School of Public Affairs and Administration and Associate Professor of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University-Newark, USA.
David H. Rosenbloom is Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at American University, USA and serving as a Chinese Thousand Talents Program Professor at Renmin University of China for 20162019.
Public Administration and Public Policy
A Comprehensive Publication Program
Editor-in-Chief
David H. Rosenbloom
Distinguished Professor of Public Administration
American University, Washington, DC
Founding Editor
Jack Rabin
Logics of Legitimacy
Three traditions of public administration praxis
Margaret Stout
The Politics-Administration Dichotomy
Toward a constitutional perspective, second edition
Patrick Overeem
Managing Development in a Globalized World
Concepts, processes, institutions
Habib Zafarullah and Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
Cybersecurity
Public sector threats and responses
Kim J. Andreasson
Reinventing Local and Regional Economies
Gerald L. Gordon
Government Budgeting and Financial Management in Practice
Logics to make sense of ambiguity
Gerald J. Miller
Globalism and Comparative Public Administration
Jamil Jreisat
Procurement
edited by Khi V.Thai
The Constitutional School of American Public Administration
edited by Stephanie P. Newbold and David H. Rosenbloom
The Constitutional School of American Public Administration
Edited by
Stephanie P. Newbold and David H. Rosenbloom
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Names: Newbold, Stephanie P., 1979- editor. | Rosenbloom, David H., editor.
Title: The constitutional school of American public administration / edited by Stephanie P. Newbold and David H. Rosenbloom.
Description: New York, NY : Routledge, 2016. | Series: Public administration and public policy | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016020849| ISBN 9781466567252 (hardback : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781315438962 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Public administration-United States-Philosophy. | Administrative law-United States. | Constitutional law-United States.
Classification: LCC JK421 .C6345 2016 | DDC 351.7301-dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016020849
