Administration & Society articles from March 1998

Administration & Society archives from March 1998

Rethinking the unthinkable: reply to Durant, Goodsell, Knott, and Murray on "A case for Spoils" in federal personnel management. (Robert F. Durant, Charles T. Goodsell, Jack H. Knott, William L. Murray; articles in Administration and Society, vol. 29, 1998)
March 1, 1998... In the tradition of free and unfettered scholarly exchange, the January issue of Administration & Society published "Thinking the Unthinkable in Public Administration: A Case for Spoils in the Federal Bureaucracy," along with rejoinders from...

Administrative culture and civil society: a comparative perspective.
March 1, 1998... Based largely on historical analysis, the provocative scholarship produced by the "civil society" (Pasquale, 1996) movement neglects those aspects of public administration that are related to the movement's central element, civic engagement. At...

Public administration, social science, and political association.
March 1, 1998... From early in the history of our field of inquiry, public administration writers have professed considerable faith in the power of social science to aid public administrators in carrying out their responsibilities in governance. Woodrow Wilson...

Explaining state food stamp caseload variance: does state administration matter?
March 1, 1998... Given the limited role that states have in formulating food stamp policy, variance in food stamp caseloads among the states might be explained entirely by factors external to state government actions. Unlike other means-tested public assistance...

Fostering organizational trust in North Carolina: the pivotal role of administrators and political leaders.
March 1, 1998... Trust is the catalyst in organizational performance. Although the presence of a sense of organizational trust and the commitment it engenders do not themselves directly lead to enhanced productivity, trust (and commitment) establishes the...

Toward a reconciliation of the bureaucratic and democratic ethos.
March 1, 1998... Since the emergence of the modern administrative state during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, one question in particular has troubled succeeding generations of administrative scholars: Can democratic governance be reconciled with...

ADMINISTRATIVE CULTURE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: A Comparative Perspective.
March 1, 1998... This article explores the relationship between civil society and public administration. It is argued that the disjunction between reform movements in the two fields can be repaired by a focus on administrative culture. The role of...

EXPLAINING STATE FOOD STAMP CASELOAD VARIANCE: Does State Administration Matter?
March 1, 1998... The food stamp program has been more closely controlled by the federal government than most other public assistance programs. However, states have retained a degree of discretionary decision-making authority via administration of the food...

FOSTERING ORGANIZATIONAL TRUST IN NORTH CAROLINA: The Pivotal Role of Administrators and Political Leaders.
March 1, 1998... Theoretically, organizational trust establishes the framework for productivity. Trust creates an environment that encourages cooperation and allows employees to concentrate their attention on the task. Employing regression analysis with...

TOWARD A RECONCILIATION OF THE BUREAUCRATIC AND DEMOCRATIC ETHOS.
March 1, 1998... This article attempts to reconcile the dominant ethical frameworks in public administration: the bureaucratic ethos and the democratic ethos. To do so, the article begins by recasting the debate between the two ethos as a modern-day...