Paulson
Multiple Foundings and Evolutions in Public Administration: TARP and the U.S. Constitution
The primary framework that will be utilized in an examination of the research issues identified for this research project will be the notion of political liberalism as the foundational principles of democratic governments, including the government of the United States of American at the time of the nation's founding and throughout its history up to the current era. Multiple foundings of public administrative systems and authorities will also be assumed as has been suggested by certain research on the topic (Green 2002). Through this framework the peculiar and highly meaningful interactions of conflicting political ideals, both as historical hold outs from previous eras of public administration and as ongoing conflicts between pragmatic and philosophical ideals, with specific attention to the rationales for the administering of TARP funds in a government that traditionally has emphasized self-reliance and the limited powers of the federal government (U.S. Constitution; Green 2002; Stillman 1991).
There is an abundance of different literature and other resources that will be useful in the compilation and analysis of this research, from government documents outlining policy and law to scholarly reflections on the development of government and public administration in the United States (U.S. Constitution; Bertelli & Lynn). The general outline and structure of this paper will build from historical roots of bureaucracies as described in the literature and follow a chronological through-line of administration development through to the modern era.
Outline
Introduction
Discussion of the founding principles of the United States
Conflicting Ideals of Self-Reliance/Government protection
Development of Bureaucracies
Examination of Hamilton's views on public administration
Analysis of Madison's administration
General growth of federal government
Different Founding of Public Administration
Initial administration and principles reviewed
Aftermath of Civil War
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lyndon Johnson
Shifts in Modern Era
Pull-back in regulations of business, return to laissez faire
Greater emphasis on personal responsibility
TARP Decision
Lack of regulation leading to ultimate fallout
Protective/preemptive measures determined to be necessary
Developing ideals behind protection v self-reliance
References
Bertelli, a. & Lynn, L. (). Madison's managers. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.
Green, R. (2002). Alexander Hamilton: Founder of the American Public Administration. Administration & society 34(5), pp. 541-62.
Nelson, W. (1982). The roots of American bureaucracy, pp. 1-8.
Stillman, R. (1991). Preface to Public Administration: A Search for Themes and Direction. New York: St. Martin's Press.
US Constitution.
