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Fall 2007 Class Schedule |
(Many assignments for this course can be completed online. |
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Weekend 1
Nov. 2-3
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| Part One: Administration, Society, and the Emergence of the American Administrative State |
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Unit 1: Democracy, American Political Culture, and the Administrative State |
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Box, Part I, all chapters |
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Aristotle. 2003. “The Political Association.” In Peterson, James W., Lee M. Allen, and Nolan J. Argyle Eds. Political Science: An Overview of the Fields, 3 rd ed. Dubuque: IO, pp. 4-7. |
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Kramnik, Isaac. 1995. “Introduction.” In Isaac Kramnick. Ed. The Portable Enlightenment Reader . New York : Penguin, pp. ix – xxiii. |
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Kant, Immanuel. 1995. “What Is Enlightenment?” In Isaac Kramnick. Ed. The Portable Enlightenment Reader . New York : Penguin, pp. 1 – 7. |
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Argyle, Nolan J. 1999. “Mr. Findley, the Whiskey Rebellion, and Public Administration,” Public Voices 4. |
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Jefferson, Thomas. 2003. The Declaration of Independence and A Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom. In Peterson, James W., Lee M. Allen, and Nolan J. Argyle Eds. Political Science: An Overview of the Fields, 3 rd ed. Dubuque : IO, pp. 232 – 235. |
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Unit 2: Foundations of the developing American administrative state: marketplace v. directed commonwealth |
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Box, pp. 51 – 85, readings 2.1 & 2.2. |
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Unit 3: The Triumph of the Marketplace: Developing the Administrative Function in the New Nation |
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de Toqueville, Alexis. 1986. “Equality.” In P. S. Nivola and D. H. Rosenbloom (Eds.) Classic readings in American politics (pp. 7 - 14). New York : St. Martin 's. |
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Box, readings 2.3, 2.5 |
Weekend 2
Nov. 16-17
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Unit 4:
Challenging the Marketplace: The Era of Reform
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White, A.D. 1969. “Municipal Affairs are not Political.” In E.C. Banfield (Ed.). Urban Government: A Reader in Administration and Politics (rev. ed.) (pp. 271-274). New York : Free Press. |
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Green, T. H. 1964. “The Right of the State to Promote Morality.” In J. R. Rodman (Ed.) The Political Theory of T. H. Green , (pp. 142 - 170). New York : Appleton-Century-Crofts. |
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Riis, J.A. 1978. “How the Other Half Lives.” In R.N. Current, J.A. Garraty, & J. Weingerg (Eds . ) Words that Made American History (3 rd ed.) (pp. 134-146). Boston Little Brown. |
Part Two:
Developing the Modern American Administrative State |
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Unit 5:
Commonwealth and Meritocracy: 1883 – 1960 |
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Argyle, Nolan J. & Burton K. Bright. 1996. “Dwarfs Standing on the Shoulders of Giants.” In The Legacy of Public Administration Theory: What do We Leave our Next Generation? (pp. 1 - 16). Hayward , Ca.: PAT-Net. |
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Dawes, Charles D. 1970. “The First Year of the Budget.” In Louis C. Gawthrop (Ed.) The Administrative Process and Democratic Theory (pp. 86 - 97). Boston : Houghton Mifflin. |
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Gulick, Luther. 1970. “Science, Values, and Public Administration.” In Louis C. Gawthrop (Ed.) The Administrative Process and Democratic Theory (pp. 98 - 104). Boston : Houghton Mifflin. |
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Unit 6:
The Civil Rights revolution, public administration, and democracy
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King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1965). Let Justice Roll Down. (Note: From 1961 to 1966, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an annual essay for The Nation on the state of civil rights and race relations in America . This article originally appeared in the March 15, 1965, issue. 25 - 36.) |
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Brazzel, M. (2003). Historical and Theoretical Roots of Diversity Management. In D. L. Plummer (Ed.) Handbook of Diversity Management: Beyond Awareness to Competency-Based Learning. (pp. 51 – 93). Lanham , MD : University Press. |
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Taylor, Stuart Jr. (2006). Rights, Liberties, and Security: Recalibrating the Balance after September 11. In Bruce Stinebreckner (Ed.) Annual Editions: American Government. Dubuque, IA: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, pp. 37-42. |
Part Three:
Bureaucracy, Democracy, and the public Interest |
Weekend 3
Nov. 30 -
Dec. 1 |
Unit 7:
The clash of Individualism v. communalism revisited: public choice theory and communitarianism |
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Box, Part III, IV all readings |
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Unit 8:
Bureaucracy in Contemporary America: A postmodern era?
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Box, Part V, all readings |
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Wilson, James Q. 2004. Why Do We Give rights to Strangers? Provo , UT : Marriott School of Management , Brigham Young University . |
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Unit 9: Course Wrap-up/Final Presentations |