{"product_id":"politics-administration-dichotomy","title":"Politics-Administration Dichotomy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe politics-administration dichotomy is much mentioned and often criticized in the Public Administration literature. \u003cstrong\u003eThe Politics-Administration Dichotomy: Toward a Constitutional Perspective, Second Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a book-length treatment of this classical notion. While public administration academics typically reject it as an outdated and even dangerous idea, it re-emerges implicitly in their analyses. This book tells the story of how this has happened and suggests a way to get out of the quandary. It analyzes the dichotomy position in terms of content, purpose, and relevance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat’s in the Second Edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExtensive study of the politics-administration dichotomy as a classic idea in Public Administration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA much-overlooked constitutionalist line of argument in defense of this widely discredited notion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExploration and further development of the intellectual legacy of Dwight Waldo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCoverage of the dichotomy’s conceptual origins in 18th and 19th century Continental-European thought\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn assessment of main criticisms against and alternatives for the dichotomy presented in the literature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContributions to the newly emerging Constitutional School in the study of public administration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn argument against the institutional separation of Political Science and Public Administration in academia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompletely revised and updated, the book examines the idea that politics and public administration should be separated in our theories and practices of government. A combination of history of ideas and theoretical analysis, it reconstructs the dichotomy’s conceptual origins and classical understandings and gives an assessment of the main criticisms raised against it and the chief alternatives suggested for it. Arguing that one-sided interpretations have led to the dichotomy’s widespread but wrongful dismissal, the study shows how it can be recovered as a meaningful idea when understood as a constitutional principle. This study helps readers make sense of highly confused debates and challenge the issues with an original and provocative stance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54224589619544,"sku":"9781439895894","price":89.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781439895894_d42e4fbc-b968-4f7b-8f9c-6e16b19bdf8d.jpg?v=1778728540","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/politics-administration-dichotomy","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}