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Whenever Two or More Are Gathered
Relationship as the Heart of Ethical Discourse
By Michael M. Harmon and O. C. McSwite
University of Alabama Press
Makes the case for human relationship as the proper foundation of administrative ethics
A Presidential Civil Service
FDR's Liaison Office for Personnel Management
By Mordecai Lee
University of Alabama Press
A masterful account of the founding of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Liaison Office for Personnel Management (LOPM), and his use of LOPM to demonstrate the efficacy of a management-oriented federal civil service over a purely merit-based Civil Service Commission
Surveillance, Transparency, and Democracy
Public Administration in the Information Age
University of Alabama Press
Investigates public administration’s increasing dependence on technology and how its pervasive use in complex and interrelated socioeconomic and political affairs has outstripped the ability of many public administrators and the public to grasp the consequences of their choices
Fabricating the People
Politics and Administration in the Biopolitical State
University of Alabama Press
Fabricating the People boldly proposes post-representational governance that reframes the practice of modern democracy and reinvents the role of public administration.
In Defense of Politics in Public Administration
A Value Pluralist Perspective
University of Alabama Press
A spirited declaration of principles and a timely contribution to a dialogue that is redefining public administration, both in theory and in practice
Governing Narratives
Symbolic Politics and Policy Change
University of Alabama Press
By highlighting the degree to which meaning making in public policy is more a cultural struggle than a rational and analytical project, Governing Narratives brings public administration back into a political context.