Responsibility As Paradox A Critique of Rational Discourse on Government
Author:Harmon, Michael M.
ISBN-13:
9780803970083
ISBN:
0803970080
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Summary: Exploring the concept of responsible government and administration, this book creates a new paradigm for looking at the issue. Michael M Harmon rejects the current predominant 'rationalist' theory, which holds that responsibility involves an intractable conflict between the potential free will of an actor and the restrictions of the institution within which the actor operates. He suggests that public administration m...ust undergo a paradigm shift in which institutional restrictions and individual free will create a healthy and dynamic tension and are not completely incompatible. [read more]
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