The Virtuous Citizen, the Honorable Bureaucrat, and "Public" Administration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6358959 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David K Hart (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Pages | 111-111 |
| Publication date | 1984-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Administration Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-3352 • E-ISSN: 1540-6210 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/975550 |
| OpenAlex | W2323805457 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 66 |
| References cited | 1 |
WORTHLEY: My first comment is in reference to Dwight's example from health care. Public servants have a lot to learn from what has happened in health care. Health systems agencies frequently have a citizen participation structure, and in some instances there is a requirement for 50 percent consumer participation in planning processes and administrative decisions. I am aware of some terrible difficulties administrators and doctors have had in dealing with consumers who may not have had a high school education but who know something about going to a hospital. Your comment, Lou, about good government not being an acceptable substitute for self-government is something administrators and doctors have had to face head on. Is good medicine a proper substitute for participatory medicine? Some planners I have dealt with are beginning to believe that good medicine requires participatory medicine. The second thing I want to comment on is your profound point, Lou, that public service administration should be interesting. That is the key to promoting citizenship. When occasionally I have the thrill of teaching an undergraduate public administration course, I require my students to attend public hearings and interview public administrators. Inevitably they come back and tell me how boring the public hearings and the administrators were. The message I get from all around is that if we as professors, administrators, and consultants are not interesting, we cannot promote citizenship. Finally, in thinking about the role of universities, there are few public administration programs which actually market their courses to ordinary citizens. We ought to educate people, and help people educate themselves, about how administration works. We have neglected citizens
Administration (probate law · Political science · Healthcare Policy and Management · Law · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Public Administration · Public Health Policies and Education
Reversing Democratic Backsliding by Learning From “Bright Spots” of Public Service
Idiosyncrasies of public value
Public Policy, Overhead Democracy and the Professional State Revisited
Fame, Fame-Worthiness, and the Public Service
Do No Harm
Servant Leadership, Trust, and the Organizational Commitment of Public Sector Employees in China
Does a Public Service Ethic Encourage Ethical Behaviour? Public Service Motivation, Ethical Leadership and the Willingness to Report Ethical Problems
Towards a Professional Ethos
The Structuring of Urban Life in a Mixed–Income Housing “Community”
Performance Management for Wicked Problems
Leadership and Discretionary Decision-Making in a Technocratic Administration
The undelivered dream
Exploring Emotional Labor in Child Welfare Using Frontline Stories
Developing a Citizen Perspective of Public Participation
Toward a Theory of Social Justice for Public Administration
Explaining citizens’ pro‐environmental behaviours in public and private spheres
Public Deliberation in an Age of Direct Citizen Participation
Administration Ethics and Judgments of Utility
How Local Governments Are Caring for the Homeless During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Planning to Coordinate and Coordinating the Plan
Framing the Questions of E-Government Ethics
What Can Reform Street-Level Bureaucrats’ Unwarranted Discretionary Behaviors? Principles? Principals? Or Both
Ethics and the Chimera of Professionalism
Social Equity, Intellectual History, Black Movement Leaders, and Marcus Garvey
Understanding the Challenges and Sustainability of Citizen Engagement in the Budgeting Processes of Developing Countries
Toward a Theory of the Public for Public Administration
Discretion Advocacy in Public Administration Theory
Professional Skill and Support for Democratic Principles
Theoretical Perspectives on Bureaucrats
Confucius and the Moral Basis of Bureaucracy
Toward a Reconciliation of the Bureaucratic and Democratic Ethos
The Constitution and Administrative Ethics in America
Alexander Hamilton
Toward a Positive and Practical Public Management
Who’s Been Fooling Who?” Reflections on Truth and Deception in Politics and Their Implications for Public Administration
The Role of Trust in the Modern Administrative State
Accountability and the Evil of Administrative Ethics
The Little Blue Pill That Killed the Little Pink House
Customers, Citizens, and Residents
Vulgar Ethics for Public Administration
Individualism, Civic Virtue, and Public Administration
Karl Weick's Organizing
In Search of Prudence
Institution-building, not nation-building
La nouvelle gestion publique et l'accroissement des marges de manœuvre
The Role of Public Opinion in Public Administration
The Social Responsibilities of a Public Entrepreneur
Reconciling Public Entrepreneurship and Democracy
Between Citizen and Administrator
Taking Tough Choices Seriously
Does Ethical Leadership Matter in Government? Effects on Organizational Commitment, Absenteeism, and Willingness to Report Ethical Problems
H. George Frederickson and the Dialogue on Citizenship in Public Administration
Big Questions in Administrative Ethics
Public Service Motivation (PSM) and Support for Citizen Participation
Of Citizenship, Virtue, and the Administrative Imperative
Antecedents and consequences of servant leadership in local governance
Different Perspectives on the Practice of Leadership
Bureaucratic discretion, social equity, and the administrative legitimacy dilemma
Who Are the Keepers of the Code? Articulating and Upholding Ethical Standards in the Field of Public Administration
Airport Privatization
Measuring bureaucratic reputation
The Moral Manager
Reframing Workplace Spirituality to Reduce Career and Social Costs to Women
Everyday Moral Exemplars
Leading Amid Pandemic
Public Administration Ethics
| Unique citing works | 66 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,65 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2026 (41) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 66 |