The role and space for federal government is currently shrin…
The role and space for federal government is currently shrinking in the United States, to the point that could arguably constitute the end of the Second American Administrative State. If this pattern holds, what does this imply for public administration theory and practice? What lessons can we learn from the formation and dissolution of the First American Administrative State, the following interregnum, and the reformation of a Second American Administrative State during the progressive era? What lessons can we learn from other national contexts, particular those in contexts of receding democratic norms or autocracies? How should public administration research and theory proactively engage with the changing scope and roles of federal government in the U.S.?
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