Campbell, B.C. (1995). The Growth of American Government. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Chapters 7-10. and Farmer, D.J. (2010). Public Administration in Perspective: Theory and Practice through Multiple Lenses. New York: M.E. Sharpe. Chapter 1
1. What are the facts that you read? This should be as comprehensive a list as possible. The facts do not have to be listed in sentence format and better done with as few words as possible.
2. Describe in detail three of the facts that you listed in number 1. Be descriptive in this section as you will be discussing the facts in more detail in the next section.
3. Discuss each fact and its significance to American public administration. Discuss the pros and the cons. You can take from the literature, the PowerPoint lectures, and your own experiences of living and working in the United States.
4. Finally, discuss why these facts are important to us. Why should we care as public administrators and/or citizens?
