{"product_id":"democracy-and-administration-brian-j-cook-9780801885228","title":"Democracy and Administration: Woodrow Wilson's Ideas and the Challenges of Public Management","description":"\u003cp\u003eThough his term in the White House ended nearly a century ago, Woodrow Wilson anticipated the need for new ideas to address the effects of modern economic and social forces on the United States, including increased involvement in international affairs. \u003ci\u003eDemocracy and Administration\u003c\/i\u003e synthesizes the former world leader's thought on government administration, laying out Wilson's concepts of how best to manage government bureaucracies and balance policy leadership with popular rule. Linking the full gamut of Wilson's ideas and actions covering nearly four decades, Brian J. Cook finds success, folly, and fresh thinking with relevance in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding on his interpretive synthesis, Cook links Wilson's tenets to current efforts to improve public management, showing how some of his most prominent ideas and initiatives presaged major developments in theory and practice. \u003ci\u003eDemocracy and Administration\u003c\/i\u003e calls on scholars and practitioners to take Wilson's institutional design and regime-level orientation into account as part of the ambitious enterprise to develop a new science of democratic governance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brian J. Cook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801885221\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801885228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.34w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2007 pg. 172","brand":"Brian J. Cook","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086872588543,"sku":"9780801885228","price":57.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5c46e4b3-680b-44c5-ac9e-8cd3046c91e4.jpg?v=1769097070","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/democracy-and-administration-brian-j-cook-9780801885228","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}