This unique collection broadens the focus of public administration to include practical and theoretical insights from the worlds of literature and the arts. By making connections between what are normally seen as disparate arenas, the contributors seek to enrich the theory and practice of public administration. The volume connects administrative and management concepts to both Western and Eastern aesthetic theories; provides insights into administration by surveying literature and film for negative and positive constructs of bureaucracy; examines historical and fictional portrayals of leadership; and points to the influence of literature and film on public policy innovation. This work will be of interest to both scholars and practitioners in public administration.

Public Administration Illuminated and Inspired by the Arts

Politics & Social Sciences

Goodsell, Charles T.

Murray, Nancy

Politics & Government

Praeger

Murray seeks to demonstrate how Eastern philosophy can contribute to the development of Western public administration theory and practice. She views the end of the 20th century as an epoch-making time in which the limitations of modern thought need to be examined. Murray shares the belief held by many public administration scholars that a reconceptualization of the field is in order. She contributes to that end by focusing on individual administrators and the problems they face as they continuously struggle to balance political exigencies and governmental processes in a society that simply does not understand. As caretakers of the public trust, administrators deserve a profession that provides a philosophy of administration designed to guide them in the maturation process that is essential to self-development.
Murray has chosen ideas and characters from the East as a guide to development of a philosophy of administration for individuals committed to public service. Coupled with certain Western teachings, particularly Jungian analytical psychology, this book inquires into the elevation of human thought and action. Murray challenges public administrators to aspire to their profession as to a higher calling. This will be of particular interest to scholars and researchers in public administration, and to administrators as well.

An Inner Voice for Public Administration

Philosophy

One Child for Another: A Memoir

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

11th Hour Press

Book by Wall, Jennifer, Murray, Nancy

Children & Movement: Physical Education in the Elementary School

Wall, Jennifer

Sociology

William C Brown Pub

This text is based on Laban's movement concepts, applying them to thematic and skill progression in the three movement forms of dance, games, and gymnastics. The material on teaching and testing fitness and wellness has been updated, making it more relevant to today's thinking and the actual practices in schools.

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Brown & Benchmark Pub

Palestinians: Life Under Occupation

Middle East Justice Network

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