Instruction:
Answer the questions below based on the assigned readings on the chapters of the following books;
Stillman, Richard. 2009.Public Administration: Concepts and Cases 9th Edition. (Chapter 1&2)
Wamsley, Gary L.et al.1990.Refounding Public Administration. (Chapter 1-4)
Goodsell, Charles T. (2014).The New Case for Bureaucracy 5thEdition. (Chapter 1-3)
1. What is the politics/administration dichotomy?
2. What is the doctrine of neutral competency?
3. What was Wilson's main argument in the article?
4. How are public administrators held accountable according to Wilson?
5. What are the main tenets of bureaucracy as an organization theory?
6. What is the main benefit of organizing along the lines of a bureaucracy?
7. What are the two main warnings Weber gives about bureaucracy?
8. What do the refounders say about the public interest?
9. What do the refounders say about public administration as it relates to the U.S. Constitution?
10. What is Rohr's normative theory of the Constitution?
11. What six values does Goodsell argue bureaucracy's public interest contribution falls within?
12. What is an agential perspective according to Wamsley?
13. How does Goodsell characterize or describe bureaucracy's image to the majority of the public?
14 What does he attribute this impression to?
15. What is the size of bureaucracy according to Goodsell?
16. Are bureaucrats principled according to Goodsell?