Democracy Administered AUTH-12733656 ISBN13: 9781316631140

ISBN13: 9781316631140

Reminiscent of Jorge Luis Borges's fictional hero who enters Cervantes's mind by saturating himself in the culture of sixteenth-century Spain

and words of comfort and hope were spoken to the wanderer by Him who stood at the top of the shadowy stairs

Pauls' Circumstances

Campbell Award and the Crawford Award for best new writer

Democracy Administered AUTH-12733656 ISBN13: 9781316631140How does representative government function when public administration can reshape democracy? The traditional narrative of public administration balances the accountability of managers, a problem of control, with the need for effective administration, a problem of capability. The discretion modern governments give to administrators allows them to make tradeoffs among democratic values. This book challenges the traditional view with its argument that