Public Administration Review articles from January 2000

Public Administration Review archives from January 2000

The Amazing Miss Burchfield.
January 1, 2000... Even in those last days, after the stroke had left her too frail to live the independent life she loved, she could be found at the convalescent center surrounded by stacks of newspapers. A voracious reader who reveled in the world of ideas, she...

The Public Administration Review and Ongoing Struggles for Connectedness.
January 1, 2000... On the sixtieth anniversary of the Public Administration Review, this commentary focuses on contemporary challenges to the journal in terms of its parent organization, the American Society for Public Administration, and today's dynamic,...

Retrofitting the Administrative State to the Constitution: Congress and the Judiciary's Twentieth-Century Progress.
January 1, 2000... [U]nder our system of divided powers, the executive branch of the national government is not exclusively controlled by the President, by the Congress, or by the courts. All three have a hand in controlling it, each from a ...

Can Bureaucracy Be Beautiful?
January 1, 2000... Introduction It has long been understood that public administration is both science and art; indeed, for many years the masthead of the Public Administration Review read "PAR: The Journal of the American Society for Public Administration,...

People and Performance: Challenges for the Future Public Service--the Report from the Wye River Conference.
January 1, 2000... Giving Priority to People and Performance: A Federal Public Service for the Future From June 27-30, 1999, 25 leading public-sector practitioners and scholars met at the Wye River Plantation in Maryland to discuss the state of the federal...

Women in the American Society for Public Administration: Another Decade of Progress But Still a Way to Go.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2000... The role of women in the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) has evolved dramatically during the Society's 60-year history, from virtual invisibility, to token representation, to major participation. This evolution mirrors, to a...

Making the Managerial Presidency: Comprehensive Reorganization Planning, 1905-1996.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Lynton K. Caldwell, Indiana University Peri E. Arnold, Making the Managerial Presidency: Comprehensive Reorganization Planning, 1905-1996. 2nd ed. revised. (Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1998) 456 pp.; $50.00 hard; $ 25.00...

Founding Republics in France and America: A Study in Constitutional Governance.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Krishna K. Tummala, Kansas State University John A. Rohr, Founding Republics in France and America: A Study in Constitutional Governance. (Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 1995) 370 pp.; $45.00 hard; $19.95 paper. This is a...

Booknotes.(Review)
January 1, 2000... Booknotes is a new feature of PAR's book review section. It will present brief, nonevaluative descriptions of books related to public administration. Using this feature, PAR will be able to bring more books to the attention of its readers more...