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Administration And The Other

Name: Administration And The Other
Author: Kyle Farmbry
ISBN: 9780739119105

by Kyle Farmbry

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Overview

"Administration and The Other examines the social construction of groups of people and resultant policy impacts in the discourse of the American Republic from before its founding to the present. The book suggests that from prerevolutionary interactions between early colonialists and Native Americans to recent immigration debates, discourse on "The Other" has resulted in the development of policies that have led to further marginalization, community division, and harm to scores of innocents within the public sphere." Ultimately, Administration and The Other examines the construction of "The Other" from a sociological and historical framework to engage students and scholars of political and administrative processes in using the often unspoken history of the field, as part of a larger historical framework, to explore how policy has been shaped in relation to marginalized communities. By presenting elements of history that are frequently not entered into the administrative and political discourse, the book aims to frame a conversation that might lead to the integration of thoughts about the often marginalized Other into discussions of policy-making and policy-implementation processes.

Synopsis

The American state, with its various instruments of policy-making and implementation, has found itself wrestling with various policy challenges related to matters of marginalization. Administration and the Other uses historical cases to examine the social construction of groups in American policy and proposes using the various lessons that are often unspoken in discussions of the history and evolution of the field to launch a discourse of inclusion and connectivity.