Refounding Democratic Public Administration: Modern Paradoxes, Postmodern ChallengesThe contributors to this volume contend that the North American political system is undergoing a serious governmental crisis political leaders know only how to campaign, not how to gain consensus on goals or direct a course that is to the good of the nation. Public administration is therefore forced to compensate for the growing inadequacy of the leaders, and with a normative based body of theorizing, perform its key role of governance within a