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H. George Frederickson is a generalist in the field of public administration with particular interests in public administration ethics, theories of public administration, systems of multi-level governance

Multi-level governance

Multi-level governance is a public administration theory that originated from studies on European integration. The authors Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks were the first to develop the concept of multi-level governance in the early 1990s. Their theory resulted from the study of the new structures...

, and American local government. He currently serves as the Edwin O. Stene Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at the University of Kansas

University of Kansas

The University of Kansas is a public research university and the largest university in the state of Kansas. KU campuses are located in Lawrence, Wichita, Overland Park, and Kansas City, Kansas with the main campus being located in Lawrence on Mount Oread, the highest point in Lawrence. The...

. He is President Emeritus of Eastern Washington University

Eastern Washington University

Eastern Washington University is an American public, coeducational university located in Cheney, Washington.Founded in 1882, the university is academically divided into four colleges: Arts and Letters; Business and Public Administration; Science, Health and Engineering; and Social & Behavioral...

and served as President of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). Frederickson is the founding editor of the Journal of Public Affairs Education (JPAE) and founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART).

Minnowbrook II

Frederickson is responsible for coordinating the second Minnowbrook Conference, Minnowbrook II, held in 1988. The conference was held at Syracuse University's conference center in the Adirondack Mountains. Lasting a total of four days, Minnowbrook II gave Frederickson and his colleagues the chance to reexamine the impacts of Minnowbrook I on the field of Public Administration. "Issues discussed included privatization, social equity, the impact of market economics on public administration and very early evidence of the effect of information technology on public management processes."

Social Equity

In 1968 Frederickson came up with "a theory of social equity and put it forward as the "third pillar" of public administration." Frederickson was concerned that those in public administration were making the mistake of assuming that citizen A is the same as citizen B; ignoring social and economic conditions. His goal is: for social equity to take on the same "status as economy and efficiency as values or principles to which public administration should adhere."

Moral Justification for Bureaucracy

In 2002 Frederickson published an article for Administration & Society
Administration & Society
Administration and Society is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Public Administration. The journal's editor is Gary L. Wamsley...

, titled, Confucius and the Moral Basis of Bureaucracy. In this article Frederickson describes the need for a "moral basis of bureaucracy" in the West. He argues, "the moral justification for bureaucracy in systems of democratic self-government is stronger in Eastern thought than in Western philosophy and practice." In this article, Frederickson describes the several "central featrues" of Confucianism. He then compares them to Western approaches to bureaucray; providing "contemporary examples." These central features are: "(1) the rule of man versus the rule of law
Rule of law
The rule of law, sometimes called supremacy of law, is a legal maxim that says that governmental decisions should be made by applying known principles or laws with minimal discretion in their application...

, (2) the characteristics of the good official, (3) the nature of moral conventions and their importance to governing, (4) the importance of education and merit, (5) how to serve those in power, (6) the nature and order of society, and (7) the definitions of virtue and morality."

High Reliability Organizations

In the article, Airport Security, High Reliability, and the Problem of Rationality, Frederickson "applies the concepts and logic of high reliability organizations to airport security operations". Frederickson examines both the internal and external properties of High-Reliability Organizations (HRO). He argues, after September 11, 2001, the American commercial air travel industry needs to be operated as a HRO in order to prevent future catastrophes. "For commercial air travel to be highly secure, there must be very high levels of technical competence and sustained performance, regular training, structure redundancy, collegial, decentralized authority patterns, processes that reward error discovery and correction, adequate and reliable funding, high mission valence, reliable and timely information, and protection from external interference in operations."

Education

B.A. from Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...

in 1959.
M.P.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1961.
Ph.D. from the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...

in 1967.
Honorary Doctor of Law, Dongguk University
Dongguk University
Dongguk University is a private, coeducational university in South Korea. It operates campuses in Seoul, in Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province and in Los Angeles, United States...

, Seoul, Korea, 1980.

Awards

Youngberg Award (Higuchi), University of Kansas
Gaus Award, American Political Science Association
Waldo Award, American Society of Public Administration

Professional Experience

1987 August – Current: Edwin O. Stene Distinguished Professor of Public Administration, and Courtesy Professor of Higher Education Administration The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
1977 January – August 1987: President and Professor of Public Affairs, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington
1974 August – December 1976: Dean, College of Public and Community Services, University of Missouri-Columbia.
1973 August – August 1974: Associate Dean for Policy and Administrative Studies, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University.
1972 August – August 1974: Chairman, Graduate Program, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University.
1972 January – August 1972: Fellow in Higher Education Finance Administration, University of North Carolina System.
1971–1972: Associate Professor of Political Science (tenure), Syracuse University.
1970–1972: Associate Director, Metropolitan Studies Program, Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
1967–1971: Assistant Professor of Political Science, Maxwell School, Syracuse University.
1964–1966: Lecturer in Government and Politics, the University of Maryland.
1962–1964: Lecturer in Public Administration, University of Southern California.
1960–1961: Research Assistant, Bureau of Governmental Research, University of California at Los Angeles.
1960: Intern, Los Angeles County.

Recent Publications

Up the Bureaucracy: A True and Faultless Guide to Organizational Success and the Further Adventures of Knute and Thor by H. George Frederickson. Lawrence, KS: Better Bureaucracy Press. 2005
Public Administration with an Attitude by H. George Frederickson. Washington, DC: American Society for Public Administration. 2005
Ethics in Public Administration by Richard K. Ghere and H. George Frederickson, editors. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 2005
The Adapted City: Institutional Dynamics and Structural Change by H. George Frederickson, Gary A. Johnson, and Curtis H. Wood. Armonk , New York : M. E. Sharpe. 2003
The Public Administration Theory Primer by H. George Frederickson and Kevin B. Smith. Boulder , CO : Westview Press, 2003

Forthcoming Publications

Accountable Governance: Promises and Problems (M. E. Sharpe, forthcoming, 2011) edited by Melvin J. Dubnick and H. George Frederickson

Other Publications

To see a complete list of all publications from H. George Frederickson, including other books, monographs, symposia and special issues, articles, book chapters, major speaking, and papers presented, visit H. George Frederickson's personal website

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