Images and identities in public administration

Preface - Henry D Kass Emerging Images and Themes in the Reexamination of American Public Administration Enacting the Image of the Public Administrator - Barbara Catron and Barry Hammond Recovery of Political Discourse PART ONE: RECONCEPTIONALIZING AMERICAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: THE PHOENIX PROJECT AND ITS ROOTS The Phoenix Project - Orion F White and Cynthia J McSwain Raising A New Image of Public Administration from the Ashes of the Past PART TWO: TOWARD A NEW IMAGE OF AMERICAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: THEMES OF COMMUNITY AND PRACTICAL WISDOM Administrative Phronesis - Douglas F Morgan Discretion and the Problem of Legitimacy in Our Constitutional System Discretionary Public Administration - Charles J Fox and Clarke E Cochran Toward a Platonic Guardian Class? Stewardship as a Fundamental Element in Images of Public Administration - Henry D Kass Images of Administrative Reasoning and Rationality - Jay D White The Responsible Actor as 'Tortured Soul' - Micheal Harmon The Case of Horatio Hornblower PART THREE: IMAGES OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: VISIONS OF THE FUTURE Administration - Robert Zinke The Image of the Administrator as Information Processor Circle Managers and Pyramid Managers - Ralph D Hummel Icons for the Post-Modern Public Administrator Joining Purpose To Practice - Guy B Adams, Priscilla V Bowerman, Kenneth M Dolbeare, and Camilla Stivers A Democratic Identity For The Public Service