Public Administration Theories: Instrumental and Value Rationalities

299 Pages·2015·2.22 MB·English

by  Lisheng Dong (auth.)

Public Administration Theories
Also by Lisheng Dong:
Lisheng Dong, Hanspeter Kriesi, and Daniel Kübler, eds. Urban Mobili-
zations and New Media in Contemporary China (2015).
Lisheng Dong, Zhengxu Wang, and Henk Dekker, eds. China and the
European Union (2013).
Lisheng Dong, ed. International Research in Public Administration: A
Collection of IASIA Best Papers, in both English and Chinese (2014).
Lisheng Dong and Grunter Heiduk, eds. EU’s Experience in Integration:
A Model for ASEAN + 3? (2007).
Public Administration Theories
Instrumental and Value Rationalities
Lisheng Dong
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION THEORIES
Copyright © Lisheng Dong, 2015.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dong, Lisheng.
Public administration theories : instrumental and value rationalities / Lisheng
Dong.
pages cm
Summary: “This book analyzes public administration theories from the
perspective of instrumental and value rationalities. In the instrumental rationality
camp are the theories of Traditional Public Administration, Privatization, New
Public Management, and Holistic Governance. The theories of New Public
Administration, Democratic Administration, New Public Service, and Public
Value Management fall into the camp of value rationality. The eight theories are
analyzed in light of the five elements of core value, assumption about human
nature, methodology, role of government, and disciplinary positioning. The two
camps of schools alternate in dominance in the evolution of public a dministration
theories, presenting pendulum movements. The existing relevant research is
mainly approached from the perspectives of: development stages, schools of
theories, research paradigms, research routes and etc. The book presents a new
perspective of the two rationalities, leaving readers with a clear understanding of
the main vein of knotty evolution of the 120-odd years of Public Administration
theories”—Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Public administration. 2. Public administration—Philosophy. 3. Public
administration. I. Title.
JF1351.D62 2015
351.01—dc23
2015002011
A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library.
Design by Amnet.
First edition: July 2015
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
To commemorate the marriage of my son Jinglun Dong
with Tongyu Wu on July 12, 2014.
Contents
List of Figures ix
List of Tables x
Foreword xi
1 Introduction 1
Part I Rationalities 23
2 Instrumental and Value Rationalities of Public
Administration 25
Part II Development of Instrumental Rationality–
Oriented Public Administration Theories 59
3 Traditional Public Administration: Emergence
of Instrumental Rationality 61
4 Privatization Theory: Inheritance of Instrumental
Rationality 101
5 New Public Management: Upsurge of Instrumental
Rationality 113
6 Holistic Governance: Integration of Value and
Instrumental Rationalities 139
Part III Transformation of Value Rationality–Oriented
Public Administration Theories 155
7 New Public Administration: Awakening of Value
Rationality 157
8 Democratic Administration: Inheritance of Value
Rationality 187
viii Contents
9 New Public Service: Upsurge of Value Rationality 207
10 Public Value Management: Integration of Value and
Instrumental Rationalities 225
Part IV Conclusion 249
11 Comments on and Comparative Analysis of
Instrumental and Value Rationality–Oriented Public
Administration Theories 251
Notes 273
Bibliography 277
Index 293
List of Figures
Figure 1.1 Illustration of the Pendulum Movement in
the Evolutionary Process of Public
Administration Theories 19
Figure 3.1 Position of Traditional Public Administration
in the Pendulum Movement in the Evolutionary
Process of Public Administration Theories 77
Figure 4.1 Pendulum Movement Track after the
Emergence of Privatization Theory 102
Figure 5.1 Pendulum Movement Track after Emergence
of the NPM 115
Figure 5.2 Illustrations of Economy, Efficiency, and
Effectiveness 122
Figure 6.1 Pendulum Movement Track after Emergence
of the Holistic Governance 142
Figure 6.2 Value Curves of New Public Management and
Holistic Governance 154
Figure 7.1 Pendulum Movement Track after Emergence
of New Public Administration 162
Figure 8.1 Pendulum Movement Track after Emergence
of Democratic Administration 192
Figure 9.1 Pendulum Movement Track after Emergence
of New Public Service 209
Figure 10.1 Pendulum Movement Track after Emergence
of Public Value Management 226
List of Tables
Table 1.1 Positions of the Five Elements in Public
Administration 13
Table 1.2 Evolution of Schools of Thought in Public
Administration Theories 16
Table 1.3 Comparisons of Five Elements of the Eight
Public Administration Theories 18
Table 2.1 Instrumental Rationality of Public Administration 48
Table 2.2 Value Rationality of Public Administration 57
Table 2.3 Comparison of Public Administration Theories of
Two Different Orientations 58
Table 3.1 A Comparison between Procedural Decisions and
Nonprocedural Decisions 84
Table 3.2 Five Elements of Traditional Public
Administration 95
Table 7.1 Examples of Reviews by Young Scholars 167
Table 7.2 Key Themes of Minnowbrook III Lake Placid
Conference 169
Table 9.1 Comparison of the New Public Service with
the Traditional Public Administration and the
New Public Management 219
Table 10.1 Comparison of Paradigms of Three Public
Administration Theories 244
Table 11.1 Three “Confrontations” and Two Ways of
Integration 252