PRODUCTIVITY, SOCIETAL WELL-BEING, AND PUBLIC POLICY: AN INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW |
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| Authors: | Rita Mae Kelly |
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| Institution: | RITA MAE KELLY, symposium editor, is a Professor at the Center for Public Affairs, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. She holds a Ph.D. in political science from Indiana University, has served on numerous editorial boards, including Evaluation Review, Journal of Women and Politics, Policy Studies Review, and was issue editor for The Journal of Social Issues symposium, "Productivity and Satisfaction in the Public Sector: A Socio-Psychological Perspectivell (Fall 1980, 36.4)." She has written several books, including: Community Coritrol of Economic Development (Praeger, 1977) and The Making of Political Women (with Mary Boutilier;Nelson-Hall, 1978). She currently is editor of the Praeger Series on Women and Politics (with Ruth 6. Mandel) and of the anthology, Promoting Productivity in the Public Sector: Problems, Strategies, and Prospects (1985). |
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| Abstract: | The assumption that bureaucratic rationality and efficiency promote democracy is examined briefly from several theoretical perspectives. The efforts of the new conservativesu1 and new corporatists to impose private sector and business forms on the public sector as a way of achieving greater public sector productivity is reviewed. The contribution of this symposium and its specific articles to understanding the ethical and practical consequences of these efforts is presented. |
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