In Defense of Politics in Public Administration – A Value Pluralist Perspective

In Defense of Politics in Public AdministrationA Value Pluralist Perspective\nAuthor(s): Michael W. Spicer\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: The University of Alabama Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Alabama Press\nISBN-13: 9780817357962, 978-0817357962\nSynopsis\nScholars of public administration have historically too often been disdainful towards politics in the field, viewing political activities and interests as opportunities for corruption, mismanagement, and skewed priorities. Supporters of this antipolitical stance have become even more strident in recent years, many of them advancing scientific models for the study and practise of public administration and governance.\n\nMichael Spicer argues that politics deserves to be defended as a vital facet of public administration on the grounds that it can promote moral conduct in government and in public administration, principally by bringing to the foreground the role of values in administrative practice. Politics can.