{"product_id":"refounding-democratic-public-administration-modern-paradoxes-postmodern-challenges-9780803959774","title":"Refounding Democratic Public Administration: Modern Paradoxes, Postmodern Challenges","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): James F. Wolf\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Sage Publications\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Sage Publications\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Public Affairs \u0026amp; Administration\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors to this volume contend that the North American political system is undergoing a serious governmental crisis - political leaders know only how to campaign, not how to gain consensus on goals or direct a course that is to the good of the nation. Public administration is therefore forced to compensate for the growing inadequacy of the leaders′, and with a normative-based body of theorizing, perform its key role of governance within a democratic system of polycentric power. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book offers a revisualization of the relationship between public servants and the citizens they serve, and a continuing discourse on how public administration can constructively balance forces of change and stability in order for democr\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sage Publications","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45457206968471,"sku":"9780803959774","price":11773.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780803959774.webp?v=1769292981","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/refounding-democratic-public-administration-modern-paradoxes-postmodern-challenges-9780803959774","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}