Democracy and administration :

Cook, Brian J., 1954-

Democracy and administration : Woodrow Wilson's ideas and the challenges of public management / Brian J. Cook. - Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. - xiv, 279 p. ; 24 cm. - Johns Hopkins studies in governance and public management. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-269) and index.

Remaking the public executive -- The character of modern democracy -- Situating administration in the modern democratic state -- Enhancing democracy through administrative design and organizational practice -- Administrative reform and expansion -- Legal structure, cabinet government, and interpretive leadership -- The continuing relevance of Wilson's ideas -- Public management, representative government, and the continuation of Wilson's quest.

0801885221 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780801885228 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2006016500

GBA708447

013655927


Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.


Public administration--History.--United States

JK421 / .C635 2007