Active Duty

Public Administration as Democratic Statesmanship

Author: Robert Martin Schaefer, David Lewis Schaefer, Mark Blitz, Donald R. Brand, Gary C. Bryner, Robert Eden, Richard T. Green, Marc K. Landy, Peter Augustine Lawler and Donald J. Maletz

In Active Duty, a distinguished group of contributors examines the role of the American civil service under the Constitution.

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In Active Duty, a distinguished group of contributors examines the role of the American civil service under the Constitution.

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In Active Duty, a distinguished group of contributors examines the role of the American civil service under the Constitution.

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“This collection is an excellent set of readings designed to stimulate critical thought about the enduring problem of the administrator's role in a democratic political system.”

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Peter Augustine Lawler is professor of political science at Berry College in Georgia. His most recent book is Poets, Princes, and Private Citizens (Rowman & Littlefield), which he edited with Joseph Knippenberg. Robert Martin Schaefer is associate professor of political science at the University of Mobile. He edited The American Experiment (Rowman & Littlefield), with Peter Lawler. David Lewis Schaefer is professor of political science at the College of the Holy Cross. He is the author of The Political Philosophy of Montaigne.

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In Active Duty: Public Administration as Democratic Statesmanship, a distinguished group of contributors examines the role of the American civil service under the Constitution. The common concern that unites the otherwise diverse approaches of the authors is the conception of public administration as a particular form of political activity. The contributors relate administrative issues to the broader questions of political life, such as political judgment and responsibility, the Constitution and constitutionalism, and the promotion of human liberty and the common good. They aim to encourage the administrator to become a democratic statesman. Present and prospective American civil servants, as well as political scientists and political philosophers, will find this book of interest.