31 August 2011

Article: History of US public administration in the Progressive era: Efficient government by and for whom?

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Article: History of US public administration in the Progressive era: Efficient government by and for whom?

Anti-democratic thought in an historical perspective: Mordecai Lee (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), "History of US public administration in the Progressive era: Efficient government by and for whom?" ("Journal of Management History", 17 [1], 2011: pp. 88-101).

Quote: "Histories of American public administration during the Progressive era (1890-1920) tend to highlight the positive contributions of its major founders, skimming lightly over nativist, anti-democratic and racial writings. The purpose of this paper is to broaden the given narrative by setting the record straight regarding the latter writings of three major figures: Frederick Cleveland, Frank Goodnow and W.F. Willoughby. ... The three major public administration figures on President Taft's Commission on Economy and Efficiency (1910-1913) ... deemed that only limited populations were qualified to govern a democracy and provide efficient public administration to the masses."

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