Amanda M. Olejarski

Administrative Discretion in Action (eBook, ePUB)

A Narrative of Eminent Domain

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is about changing the way we do public administration. It is about the wielding of administrative discretion in the implementation of a constitutional power: eminent domain, taking private property for public use. Administrative Discretion in Action: A Narrative of Eminent Domain, emphasizes the normative, constitutional perspective of public administration to study administrators' decision-making process that balances economic, political, and community interests-often in that order. It is about facilitating dialogue between public officials and the public. This book is a tool for interested scholars, practitioners, students, and community members about the dynamic of administration of public affairs in a political context. Grounded in public administration theory, this book utilizes an in-depth, comprehensive analysis of the US Supreme Court's landmark 2005 decision in Kelo v. New London-from the perspective of public officials and community members in the state of Connecticut (home of Kelo case)-to share a balanced narrative.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780739178591
• Artikelnr.: 38397833

Autorenporträt

Amanda M. Olejarski is an assistant professor of public administration at Shippensburg University. Her research has been published in Administration & Society, Public Integrity, and Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Charles T. Goodsell Preface Part I: Presenting the Problem
Chapter 1: Eminent Domain in Action Chapter 2: An "Eminent" Problem for
Public Administration Part II: Eminent Domain Uses and Abuses Chapter 3:
The Low Standards of the High Court Chapter 4: A Narrative of Eminent
Domain: Procedural or Constitutional? Part III Praxis: Theory to Practice
Chapter 5: Please Save the Neighborhood! Chapter 6: Administrative
Discretion in Action Chapter 7: Lost and Found: Administrators' Search for
Guidance Conclusions: For Public Administrators, Public Administrationists,
and Community Members