Biographical Dictionary of Public Administration

Complementing texts that introduce students to the major theories of public administration, this biographical dictionary introduces the reader to the individuals who originated or had a significant impact on those theories. Including subjects from a spectrum of disciplines and from such diverse areas as organizational theory, personnel, and budgeting, the book covers the original pioneers and their contemporaries. A distinct crystallization covering the subject's personal, social, educational, and philosophical dimensions, each entry includes a short personal history followed by the subject's major contribution to the discipline and a bibliography of his or her works on the subject.By providing information on the individuals who developed the major theories in the field, this book will introduce readers to ideas from a variety of disciplines and thus enable students to consider public administration theories in context. This compact reference fills a serious gap in the field.

PATRICIA MOSS WIGFALL is Associate Professor and former Acting Director of the Public Administration Program in the Department of Political Science at North Carolina Central University. She has published in the areas of school choice, tuition tax credits, and demographic influences and intergenerational differences in school finance.BEHROOZ KALANTARI is Associate Professor of Public Administration at Savannah State University. His articles have appeared in the International Journal of Public Administration, International Third World Studies of Review, and Journal of Business Ethics.