Dwight Waldo
This anthology of Dwight Waldos work is a generalist and philosophically oriented breath of fresh air in a time that specialist, quantitative-statistically oriented scholarship dominates. Throughout his career, Waldo asked big questions, but never answered them knowing that any answer about the role and position of government in society could not be but illusive given the constantly changing social environment. The study of public administration has too little given attention for the kind of normative, conceptual questions which Waldo circled. The author of this volume did an excellent job in selecting pieces representative of Waldos wide-ranging thought, providing a really good introduction to Waldo as human being and PA-scholar, and with solid introductions to the seven parts in which the 18 pieces have been placed. Digesting the content of this volume will be beneficial to anyone seeking to understand Americas administrative state.
Jos C. N. Raadschelders, Ohio State University, USA
Stillmans innovative book provides homage to one of the illustrious founders of our field, Dwight Waldo. Stillman creatively weaves the written works of Waldo into a compelling composition of what public administration is, its political and managerial nature, and its significance in a democratic society. This ingenious book is essential reading for students and scholars of public administration and management.
Norma M. Riccucci, Rutgers University Newark, USA
From the early postwar period until his death at the turn of the century, Dwight Waldo was one of the most authoritative voices in the field of public administration. Through probing questions, creative ideas, and novel insights, he perhaps contributed more than any other single figure to the development of public administration as a discipline in the mid-20th century, from his classic, masterful debut The Administrative State (1948) to his last published book, The Enterprise of Public Administration (1980). In this new look at Dwight Waldos writing, Richard Stillman offers a representative selection of Waldos most important works alongside introductory essays to help a seasoned public administration scholar as well as the novice student alike appreciate and comprehend Waldos remarkable contributions to this critical field of study.
Selections have been chosen for their ability to speak to current and ongoing concerns of the field in the 21st century as well as for their utility, readability, and importance. This anthology provides new generations of readers with a fresh look at the work of this prolific, profoundly influential author, while offering both administrative scholars and practitioners renewed access to many of his hard-to-find works. This book will be required reading for all those interested in public administration as a field of inquiry and practice.
Richard J. Stillman II is a professor of public administration at the School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado, Denver. He taught on the faculties of George Mason University and California State University-Bakersfield and is the author and editor of several books. Stillman is an elected fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and his textbook, Public Administration: Concepts and Cases, 9th edition, is used in over 400 universities and colleges. His books have been translated into Chinese, Korean, and Hungarian. He received the William E. and Frederick C. Mosher Award for distinguished scholarship and served as the Editor in Chief of the Public Administration Review (PAR). During his editorial tenure, 200611, PAR was ranked by Google Scholar as the number one journal in the field according to its academic impact worldwide. His book , Preface to Public Administration, also was recently selected as the third most influential book published in the field since 1990. In 2020 Stillman received the American Society for Public Administrations Dwight Waldo Award for his lifetime scholarly contributions to the field of public administration.
American Society for Public Administration Series in Public Administration & Public Policy
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Mission: Throughout its history, ASPA has sought to be true to its founding principles of promoting scholarship and professionalism within the public service. The ASPA Book Series on Public Administration and Public Policy publishes books that increase national and international interest for public administration and which discuss practical or cutting edge topics in engaging ways of interest to practitioners, policy makers, and those concerned with bringing scholarship to the practice of public administration.
Recent Publications:
The Fracking Debate
Intergovernmental Politics of the Oil and Gas Renaissance, Second Edition
Jonathan M. Fisk
City Planning for the Public Manager
Nicolas A. Valcik, Teodoro J. Benavides, Todd A. Jordan, and Andrea D. Stigdon
Transforming Disaster Response
Federalism and Leadership
William Lester
Making Collaboratives Work
How Complex Organizational Partnerships Succeed
Susan Meyers Chandler
Dwight Waldo
Administrative Theorist for our Times
Richard J. Stillman II
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Title: Dwight Waldo : administrative theorist for our times / Richard J.
Stillman II.
Description: First Edition. | New York : Routledge, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references
and index. | Summary: From the early postwar period until his death at the turn of the
century, Dwight Waldo was one of the most authoritative voices in the field of public
administration. Through probing questions, creative ideas, and ever-developing arguments,
he perhaps contributed more than any other single figure to the development of public
administration as a discipline in the 20th century, equally in his classic, masterful debut The
Administrative State as in his last unpublished writings. In this new deep dive into Dwight
Waldos writing, editor Richard Stillman offers a representative selection of Waldos most
important works alongside introductory essays to help the seasoned public administration
scholar and the novice student alike appreciate Waldos contribution to public service