Ideals of public administration and good government in the United States are examined from
the late-19th to mid-20th centuries in order to understand the processes by which such …

Ideals of public administration and good government in the United States are examined from
the late-19th to mid-20th centuries in order to understand the processes by which such …

In history, a distinction between eras or periods implies a major and fundamental change in
the system of institutions governing a society. The twentieth century has seen numerous …

Expertise in economics, demographics, statistics, sociology, and other social sciences is
assumed to be necessary for modern governance. In the mid-nineteenth century, the attempt …

Purpose–Histories of American public administration during the Progressive era (1890‐
1920) tend to highlight the positive contributions of its major founders, skimming lightly over …

Most administrative theory addresses how to make practice effective by means of abstract
concepts: laws, regulations, and theories. Recent history is littered with examples of …

Public administration did not fare well during the last half of the twentieth century. Whereas
during the first hall Progressive Era machine politics, depression, and world war seemed to …

As James Bryce traveled through the United States in the 1880s he noted that the question"
What do you think of our institutions?" was" addressed to the European traveler in the United …

The collapse of major empires in the twentieth century poses a challenge. Can human
civilizations maintain themselves and achieve increasing degrees of complementarity …

This volume represents the collaborative effort of a group of economists, historians,
sociologists, and political scientists, in conjunction with the National Bureau of Economic …