Dwight Waldo
Dwight Waldo | |
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Born | De Witt, Nebraska, U.S. | September 28, 1913
Died | October 27, 2000 | (aged 87)
Alma mater | University of Nebraska Yale University |
Known for | Theory of Bureaucratic Government |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Public administration |
Institutions | University of California, Berkeley Syracuse University Virginia Tech |
Thesis | The Administrative State (1948) |
Doctoral advisor | Francis Coker |
Clifford Dwight Waldo (September 28, 1913 – October 27, 2000) was an American
Life and career
Born in rural
He came to shape much of the future of scholarship in the field of
Waldo also is famous for the debate he had with Herbert A. Simon on the nature of bureaucracy in American Political Science Review just after World War II. Eventually he taught at the University of California, Berkeley and the Maxwell School at Syracuse University,[5] and Virginia Tech where he influenced many future scholars of government. He had profound influence on a number of young academics in the late 1960s by organizing the Minnowbrook Conference.[6][7] Others deeply indebted to Waldo for guidance and sponsorship include H. George Frederickson and Gary Wamsley.[citation needed]
Selected publications
- The Administrative State: a Study of the Political Theory of American Public Administration (New York: Ronald Press Co, 1948; rev ed New York: Holmes & Meier, 1984)
- The study of public administration (New York : Random House, 1955)
- Perspectives on administration (University of Alabama Press, 1956)
- The novelist on organization & administration; an inquiry into the relationship between two worlds (Berkeley: Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, 1968) Development A
- Ideas and Issues in Public Administration.(1953)
- Comparative Public Administration – Prologue Problems and Promise
- The Enterprise of Public Administration.
- Temporal Dimensions of Development Administration. (1970) – editor
- Public administration in Time Of Turbulence! (1971) – editor
References
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- ^ "Dwight Waldo Started It All | Maxwell School". The Maxwell School of Syracuse University. 2019-01-09. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
- ^ Waldo, Dwight (1948). The Administrative State. Osmania University, Digital Library Of India. The Ronald Press Company.
- ^ "The Significance of The Administrative State"[dead link], Public Administration Review, Jan/Feb. 2008, pp. 53–56. Retrieved on 2008-10-08.
- ^ "Maxwell Perspective: Putting the Purpose in P.A." The Maxwell School of Syracuse University. 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
- ^ "Minnowbrook at 50: Revisiting the Administrative State". PA TIMES Online. 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
- ^ "Minnowbrook at 50 | Maxwell School". The Maxwell School of Syracuse University. 2018-09-25. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
Further reading
- Brian R. Fry: Mastering Public Administration: From Max Weber to Dwight Waldo (Chatham, N.J.: Chatham House, 1989)
- Brack Brown & Richard J. Stillman, II: A Search for Public Administration: The Ideas and Career of Dwight Waldo (College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1986).
- See also H. George Frederickson and Frank Marini: "Bureaucracy and Democracy: Essays in Honor of Dwight Waldo" and "Modern Comparative Administration: Essays in Honor of Dwight Waldo," Public Administration Review (May/June 1997, Vol 57, No 3., and June/July 1997, Vol 57, No 4).
External links
- Stillman, Richard, "A Tribute to Dwight Waldo". Archived from the original on March 19, 2002. Retrieved May 2, 2006.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), Public Affairs Report, Vol. 41, No. 5, Winter 2000, National Academy of Public Administration, Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley.