Governance, Structure, and Democracy: Luther Gulick and the Future of Public Administration

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Meier, Kenneth J.
• 署名单位: Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2010.02288.x
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: S284-S291
• 关键词: gulick; luther

摘要

Luther Gulick was both an academic and a reformer. In the latter role, he thought seriously about what the future of public administration might look like. This essay examines his work as a lens through which to view the future of public administration in 2020. Gulick suggests that public administration needs a governance orientation to link scholarship with the realities of practice, a recognition of the bias of structures, a stress on the informal elements of organization, additional research on almost every question, a recognition of the importance of ethics, a stress on the importance of context, and a fundamental appreciation of the role that public management plays in fostering democracy.