The democratic ethos and public management
By: Deleon, Linda
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Contributor(s): Deleon, Peter.
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ArticlePublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE, May 2002Administration & Society 34 , 2, p. 229-250Abstract: One of the few issues on which public management scholars agree in theory is the centraly of the democratic ethos. Public policy has recently paid attention to more democratic forms of policy making (e.g., participatory policy analysis), and public administration has periodically studied and advocated increased citizens participation in the processes of government. But the field of public management scholarship has yet to make a similar commitment to the democrratic ethos, despite some contemporary in public organizations. This essay reviews reasons why public management should be more democratic, some ways in whjich it is not, and proposes some ways in which the focus of sholarship and practice should be directed
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One of the few issues on which public management scholars agree in theory is the centraly of the democratic ethos. Public policy has recently paid attention to more democratic forms of policy making (e.g., participatory policy analysis), and public administration has periodically studied and advocated increased citizens participation in the processes of government. But the field of public management scholarship has yet to make a similar commitment to the democrratic ethos, despite some contemporary in public organizations. This essay reviews reasons why public management should be more democratic, some ways in whjich it is not, and proposes some ways in which the focus of sholarship and practice should be directed
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