PAD-3003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Harold Lasswell, Public Administration, Opendemocracy
14 Sep 2016
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Different voices about dichotomy: ignored the realities of bureaucratic politics. From distributive to re-distributive: attack on the over-simplistic nature. Waldo (1984): public administration research is grounded in political theory. Selznick (1949): tva managers co-opted elected officials in implementation. The politics school argued that politics is a part of administration. Administrative discretion why: the policy cycle (harold lasswell) Agenda setting-recognition of a subject as a problem demanding government action. Policy formulation- exploring options available for addressing the problem. Decision making- deciding on a course of action. Evaluation- assessing the policy"s effectiveness: lipsky (1980): street-level bureaucrats . Includes a public administrator who regularly comes in direct contact with clients (citizens)- cops, teachers, etc. They make policy, provide public benefits, & keep order. Discretionary power is needed for effective & efficient government. Administrative discretion downsides: lowi (1979) argues against giving bureaucrats too much discretion because they would become difficult to control.
