Handbook of organization theory and management : the philosophical approach

Author(s)

• Lynch, Thomas Dexter
• Dicker, Todd J.

Bibliographic Information

Handbook of organization theory and management : the philosophical approach

edited by Thomas D. Lynch, Todd J. Dicker

（Public administration and public policy, 66）

M. Dekker, c1998

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Chronologically arranged to demonstrate the evolution of ideas, this book explores major issues in public and government organization theory using classical philosophy. Containing over 2000 bibliographic citations, the book covers the influence Plato's ideas and Jesus' teachings on public administration theory, presents Machiavelli as the creator of the modern concept of public administration, details the effect of mercantilism on political governance, examines the ideas of Jeremy Bentham, John Locke, Adam Smith, and David Hume in American government, discusses the importance of Woodrow Wilson, the Progressive Reform Era, and the Bureau Movement on public administration, and more.

Table of Contents

The Lens of Understanding, T.D. Lynch and T.J. Dicker PREMODERN Plato and the Invention of Political Science, R.C. Chandler Jesus and Public Administration, L. de Haven-Smith MODERNIST DEFINED Niccolo Machiavelli and Modern Public Administration, J.W. Swain Mercantilism: The Great Temptation, P. Rich Jeremy Bentham: Utilitarianism, Public Policy, and the Administrative State, L.L. Martin John Locke's Influence on American Government and Public Administration, M.F. Griffith Adam Smith's Legacy, D.J. Farmer EARLY LOYAL OPPOSITION TO THE MODERNIST David Hume and Public Administration: Empiricism, Scepticism, and Constitutionalism, M.W. Spicer Edmund Burke: The Role of Public Administration in a Constitutional Order, A. U. Haque AMERICAN MODERNIST INFLUENCE Making Democracy Safe for the World: Public Administration in the Political Thought of Woodrow Wilson, B.J. Cook Progressivism: Critiques and Contradictions, L.S. Dudley The Bureau Movement: Seedbed of Modern Public Administration, C. Stivers Of Proverbs and Positivism: The Logical Herbert Simon, P.L. Cruise LATER MODERNIST OPPOSITION Marshall Dimock's Deflective Organizational Theory, J.A. Stever Phenomenology, W.L. Waugh, Jr. Jean-Paul Sartre, W.L. Waugh, Jr. John Rawls and Public Administration, S.L. Esquith RISE OF POSTMODERNISM From Positivism to Postpositivism: An Unfinished Journey, L. Dobuzinskis On the Language of Bureaucracy: Postmodernism, Plain English, and Wittgenstein, R.P. Watson Postmodern Philosophy, Postmodernity, and Public Organization Theory, C.J. Fox and H.T. Miller POSTMODERN ALTERNATIVE Public Entrepreneurism: A New Paradigm for Public Administration?, A.C. Melchior Twenty-First Century Philosophy and Public Administration, T.D. Lynch and C.E. Lynch

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Details

• NCID: BA34191322
• ISBN:
  • 0824701135
• LCCN: 97045543
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: x, 488 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD2326
  • DC21 : 338.6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Industrial organization (Economic theory)
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00227553