Details

Subject(s)

• Trump, Donald 1946-—Influence [Browse]
• Public administration—United States [Browse]

Related corporate body

Public Management Research Association [Browse]

Series

• Cambridge elements. Elements in public and nonprofit administration. [More in this series]
• Cambridge elements. Elements in public and nonprofit administration, 2515-4303 [More in this series]

Summary note

Donald Trump saw the federal bureaucracy as the breeding ground of the 'deep state,' a powerful, unresponsive collection of bureaucratic experts determined to undermine the policies for which he was convinced he had a mandate. He translated that into a furious assault on the basic principles of both the theory and practice of public administration. One of the points of his genius was his incomparable skill in identifying issues that resonated with voters, and his attacks on public administration identified unarguable problems. But those attacks also eroded government's capacity to get work done and the strategies for accountability that had carefully grown since the founders wrote the Constitution.

Notes

At foot of title: PMRA.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Target audience

Specialized.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 8, 2026).

ISBN

9781009732925 (ebook)

Doi

10.1017/9781009732925

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