State Administration and the Founding Fathers During the Critical Period
| Autor: | Charles T. Goodsell, Rose-May Guignard, Betty N. Morgan, Monisha Kumar, Elaine D. Carter, Virginia K. Sweet, William M. Haraway, Martha J. Dede, John C. Beach |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Government Public Administration Sociology and Political Science Constitution media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Public administration 0506 political science Convention Declaration of independence State (polity) Law Central government 0502 economics and business 050602 political science & public administration Bureaucracy Sociology Administration (government) 050203 business & management media_common |
| Zdroj: | Administration & Society. 28:511-530 |
| ISSN: | 1552-3039 0095-3997 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/009539979702800405 |
| Popis: | Some scholars stress the absence of discussion in the U.S. Constitution of public administrative institutions, concluding that bureaucracy's role in American government is thereby legally and historically suspect. An important insight on this point can be gained by examining public administration activities in the 13 original states during the "Critical Period" between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitutional Convention. Administrative arrangements were surprisingly elaborate during this period, although not necessarily housed under an executive branch. Moreover, state governments already were performing-by means of these arrangements-almost all of the powers explicitly enumerated in the new federal government. The Founding Fathers, far from being ignorant of prevailing state administrative institutions or their activities in these areas, were immersed in them. Hence they must have clearly understood what would be required administratively of the new federal government. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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