The public administration theory primer

Machine generated contents note: Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction: The Possibilities of Theory -- Why Do We Need Theory in Public Administration? -- The Uses of Theory -- Is a Useful and Reliable Public Administration Theory Possible? -- Some Contemporary Theories of Public Administration -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Theories of Political Control of Bureaucracy -- Introduction: What Are Theories of Control of Bureaucracy? -- The Difference Between Politics and Administration -- Are Bureaucracies Out of Control? -- Agency Theory -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Chapter 3 Theories of Bureaucratic Politics -- Introduction: What Are Theories of Bureaucratic Politics? -- Administrative Theory as Political Theory -- Allison's Paradigm of Bureaucratic Politics -- Politics, Power, and Organization -- Networks and Bureaucratic Politics -- Representative Bureaucracy -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Chapter 4 Public Institutional Theory -- Institutional Theory -- The Basic Idea -- From Organizations to Institutions -- Hierarchy -- Alternatives to Hierarchy -- Comparing Institutional Forms -- High-Reliability Systems -- Low-Reliability Systems and Their Improvement -- System Fragmentation -- Garbage Cans and Rent Seeking -- The Diffusion of Innovation -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Chapter 5 Theories of Public Management -- Introduction: Developments in Public Management Theory -- Traditional Management Theory Thrust Forward -- Leadership as Public Management -- Managing by Contract -- Governance -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Chapter 6 Postmodern Theory -- Organizational Humanism and Postpositivism -- Postmodern Perspectives in Public Administration -- Looking for Postmodern Public Administration Theory -- Conclusions: Fading Away or Still Useful as a Theory? -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 7 Decision Theory -- Introduction -- The Evolution of Decision Theory -- Revisiting the Logic of Consequences -- Bounded Decision Rationality and the Logic of Appropriateness -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Chapter 8 Rational Choice Theory and Irrational Behavior -- Introduction: What Is Rational Choice Theory? -- The Rational, Self-Maximizing Bureaucrat -- Trust and the Irrational Bureaucrat -- The Self-Maximizing Citizen and the Tiebout Hypothesis -- Rational Choice as the New Orthodoxy -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 9 Theories of Governance -- Introduction: Public Administration's Need for a Theory of Governance -- A New Model of Governance > -- Governance as the New Public Management -- Governance as a Unifying Framework for Public Administration? -- Collaborative Governance Theory -- Conclusions -- Summary -- Chapter 10 Conclusion: A Bright Future for Theory? -- Theories of Political Control of Bureaucracy -- Theories of Bureaucratic Politics -- Public Institutional Theory -- Theories of Public Management -- Postmodern Theory -- Decision Theory -- Rational Choice Theory and Irrational Behavior -- Theories of Governance -- Theory in Public Administration -- References -- Index.