The Social Construction of Public Administration -- Contents -- Foreward -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- THE LIMITATIONS OF MODERN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION -- SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION IN A DEMOCRATIC CONTEXT -- DIALECTICAL POSSIBILITIES -- LEARNING FROM A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE -- THE ORIENTATION OF THIS BOOK -- 2. The Changing Context of Public Administration -- UNANTICIPATED CONSEQUENCES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY -- LESSONS FOR THE NEW CENTURY -- REINTERPRETING THE MEANING OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION -- DIALECTIC IN ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION -- CONCLUSION -- 3. The Social Constructionist Approach -- THE LIMITATIONS OF THE FUNCTIONALIST PERSPECTIVE -- THE INTERPRETIVE, CRITICAL THEORY,AND POSTMODERN PERSPECTIVES -- THEORIZING THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONIST APPROACH -- GLOBALIZATION AS SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION -- REFLECTION -- 4. Public Administration as Social Design -- THE USE AND ABUSE OF METAPHOR -- DESIGN: A BASIC CONCEPT -- ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE, ART, AND SOCIAL DESIGN -- THE MODES OF ADMINISTRATIVEAND POLICY DESIGN -- CONCLUSION -- 5. Social Design in Practice -- COPRODUCTION AND COMMUNITY POLICING -- BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN SILICON VALLEY -- DESIGNING THE PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM -- HELPING HOMELESSNESS -- THE CLINTON HEALTH CARE REFORM PLAN:FROM SOCIAL DESIGN TO INCREMENTALISM -- THE LIMITS OF SOCIAL DESIGN -- CONCLUSION -- 6. Understanding Action, Praxis, and Change -- THE DIALECTIC OF ORGANIZATIONAL ACTION -- PRAXIS AND CHANGE -- THE PRAXIS-ORIENTED ADMINISTRATORS -- CHANGING ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTION RESEARCH -- CONCLUSION -- 7. The Self in Social Construction -- SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE SELF:EASTERN AND WESTERN VIEWS -- THE SELF AND SOCIALITY: WESTERN VIEWS -- POSTMODERN VIEWS OF THE SELF -- IMPLICATIONS OF EASTERN AND WESTERN VIEWS -- THE SELF-REFLEXIVE INDIVIDUALIN A SOCIAL CONTEXT -- THE SELF IN BUREAUCRACY -- CONCLUSION.

8. The Social Construction of Ethical Responsibility -- THE ETHICAL DILEMMA OF THERESPONSIBLE ADMINISTRATOR -- CONSTRUCTING ETHICS IN ORGANIZATIONS -- A PUBLIC CONCEPTION OF AUTONOMY:CONFUCIAN AND WESTERN VIEWS -- CIVIC VIRTUE AND THE PUBLIC GOOD -- CONNECTING ADMINISTRATORS AND CITIZENS -- CONCLUSION -- 9. Civil Society, Governance,and Its Potential -- THE CIVIL SOCIETY TRIANGLE:A NEW FORM OF GOVERNANCE -- FROM HIERARCHICAL GOVERNINGTO DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE -- NGOs AS A FORCE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE -- A CASE OF LOCAL GOVERNANCE:RESOLVING THE SOUP KITCHEN CONTROVERSY -- DESIGNING MODERN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS -- GLOBALIZATION AND DEMOCRATIZATION:A CONTRADICTION -- IMPLICATIONS -- 10. Concluding Thoughts -- RECAPITULATION -- MAKING SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION EFFECTIVE -- THE TAO OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.