The machinery of government : public administration and the liberal state / Joseph Heath.

The machinery of government : public administration and the liberal state / Joseph Heath.

9780197509647 (electronic book)

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020.

English

1 online resource : illustrations.

JF1525.D4 H44 2020

352.3301

In most liberal democracies for example, the central bank is as independent as the supreme court, yet deals with a wide range of economic, social, and political issues. How do these public servants make these policy decisions? What normative principles inform their judgments? In The Machinery of Government, Joseph Heath attempts to answer these questions. He looks to the actual practice of public administration to see how normative questions are addressed. More broadly, he attempts to provide the outlines of a 'philosophy of the executive' by taking seriously the claim to political authority of the most neglected of the three branches of the state.

In most liberal democracies for example, the central bank is as independent as the supreme court, yet deals with a wide range of economic, social, and political issues. How do these public servants make these policy decisions? What normative principles inform their judgments? In The Machinery of Government, Joseph Heath attempts to answer these questions. He looks to the actual practice of public administration to see how normative questions are addressed. More broadly, he attempts to provide the outlines of a 'philosophy of the executive' by taking seriously the claim to political authority of the most neglected of the three branches of the state.

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