The political ethics of public service. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Vera Vogelsang-Coombs.
• Authors: Vogelsang-Coombs, Vera
• Contents: PART I Introduction.-Case Study of Cuyahoga County, Ohio: The American Way of Public Service Ethics.-Introduction:The Political Ethics of Public Service: A New American Way of Public Service Ethics.-PART II The Ethical Inquiry of Career Public Servants: Balancing Public and Private Morality in Governing Methods -- 1."What Am I to Be?": Personal Loyalty, Thick-Thin Morality, and the Crisis of Conscience -- 2."What Am I to Be?": Personal Loyalty, Thick-Thin Morality, and the Crisis of Conscience -- 3."Will I Do It?": Clarifying the Costs of Ethical Voice.-PART III Great Political Ideas and American Constitutionalism: Balancing Liberty and Equality in Government -- 4. Political Philosophy, the American Constitutional Heritage, and Constitutional Thinking -- 5. Federalism, Constitutional Law, and the Politics of Freedom -- 6. The Political Ethics of Constitutional Change and Constitutional Stewardship -- PART IV Political Institutions and Democratic Public Service: Balancing Liberty and Authority in Bureaucratic Governance -- 7. Bureaucratic Governance Perspectives and Democratic Public Service: Institutional Ideals and Threats -- 8. Racial Profiling: Abuses of Bureaucratic Authority that Threaten the Liberty of Citizens -- 9. The Political Ethics of Constitutional Professionalism -- PART V Conclusion -- Conclusion: The New American Way of Ethics: The Political Ethics of Constitutionally Centered Public Service.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xix, 398 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 172.0973; Political science; Political ethics -- United States; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General; Political ethics; Political Science -- Public Policy -- General; Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy; Public administration; Political structures: democracy; Public policy; Democracy; Political Science -- Government -- General; Politics & government; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137494009; 1137518456; 9781137518453
• Related ISBNs: 113749400X; 9781137518453
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-386) and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 11, 2016).
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