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- catalog abstract ""During the first two decades of the twentieth century in cities across America, both men and women struggled for urban reform but in distinctively different ways. Adhering to gender roles of the time, men working for independent research bureaus sought to apply scientific and business practices to corrupt city governments, while women in the settlement house movement labored to improve the lives of the urban poor by testing new services and then getting governments to adopt them." "Although the two intertwined at first, the contributions of these "settlement women" to the development of the administrative state have been largely lost as the new field of public administration evolved from the research bureaus and diverged from social work. Camilla Stivers now shows how public administration came to be dominated not just by science and business but also by masculinity, calling into question much that is taken for granted about the profession and creating an alternative vision of public service." "Bureau Men, Settlement Women offers a look at the early intellectual history of public administration and is the only book to examine the subject from a gender perspective. It recovers the forgotten contributions of women - their engagement in public life, concern about the proper aims of government, and commitment to citizenship and community - to show that they were ultimately more successful than their male counterparts in enlarging the work and moral scope of government." "Stivers's study helps explain public administration's longstanding "identity crisis" by showing why the separation of male and female roles restricted public administration to an unnecessary instrumentalism. It also provides the most detailed examination in half a century of the New York Bureau of Municipal Research and its role in the development of twentieth-century public administration." "By reconsidering the origins of the field and calling for a new sense of purpose in public service, Stivers suggests that public administrators need not rigidly emulate business practices but should instead strive to improve the ways in which they deal with people. Her critique will help students and professionals better understand their calling and challenge them to reconsider how they think about, educate for, and perform government service."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11645419.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Although the two intertwined at first, the contributions of these "settlement women" to the development of the administrative state have been largely lost as the new field of public administration evolved from the research bureaus and diverged from social work. Camilla Stivers now shows how public administration came to be dominated not just by science and business but also by masculinity, calling into question much that is taken for granted about the profession and creating an alternative vision of public service."".
- catalog description ""Bureau Men, Settlement Women offers a look at the early intellectual history of public administration and is the only book to examine the subject from a gender perspective. It recovers the forgotten contributions of women - their engagement in public life, concern about the proper aims of government, and commitment to citizenship and community - to show that they were ultimately more successful than their male counterparts in enlarging the work and moral scope of government."".
- catalog description ""By reconsidering the origins of the field and calling for a new sense of purpose in public service, Stivers suggests that public administrators need not rigidly emulate business practices but should instead strive to improve the ways in which they deal with people. Her critique will help students and professionals better understand their calling and challenge them to reconsider how they think about, educate for, and perform government service."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""During the first two decades of the twentieth century in cities across America, both men and women struggled for urban reform but in distinctively different ways. Adhering to gender roles of the time, men working for independent research bureaus sought to apply scientific and business practices to corrupt city governments, while women in the settlement house movement labored to improve the lives of the urban poor by testing new services and then getting governments to adopt them."".
- catalog description ""Stivers's study helps explain public administration's longstanding "identity crisis" by showing why the separation of male and female roles restricted public administration to an unnecessary instrumentalism. It also provides the most detailed examination in half a century of the New York Bureau of Municipal Research and its role in the development of twentieth-century public administration."".
- catalog description "Finding a Usable Past -- The New York Bureau of Municipal Research -- The Other Side of Reform -- Two Philosophies -- Professionalizing Public Service -- Constructing Public Administration.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-180) and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 187 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Bureau men, settlement women.".
- catalog identifier "0700610219 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Bureau men, settlement women.".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in government and public policy".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas,".
- catalog relation "Bureau men, settlement women.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "352.16/0973 21".
- catalog subject "JS323 .S86 2000".
- catalog subject "Municipal government United States History.".
- catalog subject "Progressivism (United States politics)".
- catalog subject "Public administration United States History.".
- catalog subject "Sex role United States History.".
- catalog subject "Women in public life United States History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Finding a Usable Past -- The New York Bureau of Municipal Research -- The Other Side of Reform -- Two Philosophies -- Professionalizing Public Service -- Constructing Public Administration.".
- catalog title "Bureau men, settlement women : constructing public administration in the progressive era / Camilla Stivers.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".