Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-343) and index.
Contents:
Fuzzy pictures in our heads? -- The founding era, the corporate-social science nexus, and American administrative reform, circa 1730-1824 -- Inflexion politics, the corporate-social science nexus, and American administrative reform, circa 1824-1880 -- Industrial agonistes, the corporate-social science nexus, and American administrative reform, circa 1880-1920 -- Post-war boom and bust, the corporate-social science nexus, and American administrative reform, circa 1920-1940 -- World War II, the Cold War nexus, and American administrative reform, circa 1940-1980 -- Neoliberalism, the corporate-social science nexus, and American administrative reform, circa 1980-2016 -- Seeing with new eyes?.
Summary:
"This book analyzes American administrative reform, taking a multidisciplinary approach, challenging existing notions of the nature, scope, and power of the American state and, with these, important aspects of today's conventional wisdom in public administration"-- Provided by publisher.
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