Charles Goodsell

Charles T. Goodsell
Born Charles T. Goodsell
July 23, 1932
Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.
Education B.A. at Kalamazoo College, Ph.D. at Harvard University
Occupation Professor, Political Scientist, Author
Notable work The Case for Bureaucracy
Spouse(s) Mary Elizabeth Goodsell
Awards
  • Virginia Tech College of Architecture and Urban Studies Distinguished Scholarship Award
  • NASPAA/ASPA Distinguished Research Award
  • Dwight Waldo Award

Charles True Goodsell (born July 23, 1932) is Professor Emeritus at Virginia Tech's Center for Public Administration and Policy. He is perhaps best known for his volume The Case for Bureaucracy, now in its 4th edition.[1]

Goodsell is a co-author of the Blacksburg Manifesto,[2] written with Gary Wamsley, Robert Bacher, Philip Kronenberg, John Rohr, Camilla Stivers, Orion White, and James Wolf — all of whom were at Virginia Tech during the 1980s.

Early life and education

Charles T. Goodsell was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan on July 23, 1932. He is the son of former Kalamazoo College President Charles Goodsell and Francess Comee Goodsell.[3] Goodsell earned his BA degree at Kalamazoo College in 1954.[3] Goodsell graduated magna cum laude and was awarded the William G. Howard Memorial Prize in political science and the Oakley Prize for highest grade recorded for a college course.[4] After graduating, Goodsell enlisted in the United States Army and served from 1954 to 1956. Goodsell then obtained his Ph.D at Harvard University where he was a student of V. O. Key, Jr.[3]

Academic career

Goodsell began his academic teaching career as an assistant professor of public administration at the University of Puerto Rico in 1961. In 1964 he became a research associate at Princeton University. Two years later in 1966, he became a professor of political science at Southern Illinois University. In 1978, Charles Goodsell began teaching at Virginia Tech University as a professor of public administration and public affairs and served as director of the university's Center for Public Administration and Policy.[3] Goodsell continued to teach at Virginia Tech University until he retired in 2002, although he continues to dedicate his time and knowledge to the university as professor emeritus.[5] During his career, Goodsell was also a distinguished visitor at Cleveland State University, Carleton University and the University of Texas at Austin.[6]

Author

In The Case for Bureaucracy: A Public Administration Polemic, Charles Goodsell takes the position that the generally disparaging view of bureaucracy is unwarranted, and that the "quality of public service in the United states is vastly underrated".[7] Originally published in 1983, it is Goodsell's best known work. Intended to be a rebuttal to the popular notion of bureaucracy as a callous, oppressive, and dysfunctional machine, it has been the recipient of much praise within the field of public administration.[8][9][10] Since its original release, there have been 3 subsequent editions, with the 4th edition being released in December 2003.

In Goodsell’s 2011 book, Mission Mystique: Belief Systems in Public Agencies, he examines six United States public agencies, including the US National Park Service, the US National Weather Service, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Peace Corps, among others.[11]

In The American statehouse: Interpreting democracy's temples, Goodsell reviews all fifty United States’ capitals and their buildings.[12] He uses three concepts to interpret government architecture in the social sense: the search for political values in the buildings, the effects of the building on behavior, and the impression the buildings make on society. Additionally, all of the photographs used in the book were taken by Goodsell.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Broder, David (March 1994). "Bureaucracy Gets Two Cheers". Star News. Retrieved Nov 2015.
  2. ↑ Marshall, Gary S. and White, Orion F., "The Blacksburg Manifesto and the Postmodern Debate: Public Administration in a Time Without a Name" (1990). Public Administration Faculty Publications. Paper 67. http://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1066&context=pubadfacpub
  3. 1 2 3 4 Ead.lib.virginia.edu. (2005). A Guide to the Charles Goodsell Collection 1982-2001 Goodsell, Charles Collection Ms2004-012. Retrieved 14 October 2015, from http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00165.xml#bioghist_1.1
  4. ↑ Kalamazoo College. (1954). Kalamzoo College Alumnus. Retrieved from https://cache.kzoo.edu/bitstream/handle/10920/29739/1954_06_KC_Alumnus.pdf?sequence=1
  5. ↑ Vtnews.vt.edu. (2003). VT Professor Wins National Public Administration Award -- This marks the 2nd year in a row the award has been given to a Virginia Tech professor | Virginia Tech News | Virginia Tech. Retrieved 16 October 2015, from http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2003/02/2003-11.html
  6. ↑ Charles T. Goodsell (- SourceWatch)http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Charles_T._Goodsell
  7. ↑ Goodsell, Charles (2004). The Case for Bureaucracy: A Public Administration Polemic (4th ed.). Washington, DC: CQ Press. ISBN 1-56802-907-1.
  8. ↑ Swiss, James (Dec 1984). "The Case for Bureaucracy: a public administration polemic (review)". The American Political Science Review 78 (4): 1100. doi:10.2307/1955830.
  9. ↑ Dometrius, Nelson (Aug 1983). "The Case for Bureaucracy: A Public Administration Polemic (Review)". The Journal of Politics 45 (3): 790–792.
  10. ↑ Tanner, Lucretia (December 1983). "Review: Defending the Civil Servant". Monthly Labor Review 106 (12): 59–60.
  11. ↑ Goodsell, Charles T (2011). Mission Mystique: Belief Systems in Public Agencies. Washington, DC: CQ Press. ISBN 978-1933116754.
  12. 1 2 Goodsell, Charles T (2001). The American statehouse: interpreting democracy's temples. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas. pp. xi. ISBN 978-0700610440.

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