Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory articles from January 2000

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory archives from January 2000

Public Administration at the Millennium: The State of the Field.
January 1, 2000... At the beginning of the new millennium, public administration sits squarely in an historical paradox. It is a proud parent, both intellectually and organizationally, of the professional study of administration. The modern American state owes...

Policy Instruments and Public Management: Bridging the Gaps.
January 1, 2000... This article is an attempt to bring together two rather disparate areas of development within the broad area of public administration and public policy. One is concerned with the instruments used by government to influence the economy of...

A Transactions Costs Model of Metropolitan Governance: Allocation Versus Redistribution in Urban America.
January 1, 2000... The long-running debate between public-choice proponents of metropolitan fragmentation and supporters of consolidated governmental institutions was dramatically reinvigorated over the last decade. After the 1980s, when the public-choice...

Whither the Neoadministrative State? Toward a Polity-Centered Theory of Administrative Reform.
January 1, 2000... In 1947 John Gaus wrote perceptively of the "ecology of public administration." He argued that changes in people, place, physical technology, social technology, and philosophy, as well as crises, led to the rise of the administrative state in...

The Government Performance and Results Act and the Tradition of Federal Management Reform: Square Pegs in Round Holes?
January 1, 2000... In many public administration quarters, the passage of the Government Performance and Results Act in 1993 was heralded with great hopes. Since that time both students of federal management and its practitioners have highlighted its...

Environmental Management at the Millennium: The Use of Environmental Dispute Resolution by State Governments.
January 1, 2000... In 1947, John Gaus made an analysis of how significant social, economic, technological, and environmental challenges had historically led citizens in the United States to turn to the federal government for assistance, relief, and support. Over...

Public Administration Research and Practice: A Methodological Manifesto.
January 1, 2000... Public administration, in Dwight Waldo's terms, has become a profession. With that achievement, an examination of the methodological infrastructure of the profession is merited. Every profession rests on an infrastructure of research and...