Winner of the 2021 “Best Book Award” from the Academy of Management Division of Public and Nonprofit Management!
“Rosemary O’Leary’s The Ethics of Dissent offers a novel take on rule breakers and whistle-blowers in the federal government. Finding a book that elegantly interweaves theory, case detail, and practice in a way useful to students and researching proves challenging. O’Leary achieves those aims.”
—Randall Davis, Southern Illinois University
From “constructive contributors”’ to “deviant destroyers, ” government guerrillas work clandestinely against the best wishes of their superiors. These public servants are dissatisfied with the actions of the organizations for which they work, but often choose not to go public with their concerns. In her Third Edition of The Ethics of Dissent, Rosemary O’Leary shows that the majority of guerrilla government cases are the manifestation of inevitable tensions between bureaucracy and democracy, which yield immense ethical and organizational challenges that all public managers must learn to navigate.
New to the Third Edition:
- New examples of guerrilla government showcase the power of public servants as well as their ethical obligations. Key concepts are connected to real examples, such as Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who refused to sign the marriage certificates of gay couples, and Kevin Chmielewski, the deputy chief of staff for operations at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) who led environmental groups to the wrong doings of EPA Administrator Scott Prewitt.
- A new section on the creation of “alt” Twitter accounts designed to counter and even sabotage the policies of President Donald Trump highlights the power of social media in guerrilla government activities.
- A new section on the U.S. Department of State “dissent channel” provides readers with a positive example of the right way to dissent as a public servant.
- A new chapter on Edward Snowden demonstrates the practical relevance and contemporary importance of the world’s largest security breach.
- A new profile of U.S. Department of State diplomat Mary A. Wright illustrates how she used her resignation to dissent about U.S. policies in Iraq.
Inhoudsopgave
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
PRELUDE
Chapter 1 • Guerrilla What?
Bureaucratic Politics
Organizations and Management
Ethics
Looking Ahead
FIRST INTERLUDE: ROGUE TWITTER ACCOUNTS USED AS TOOLS OF DISSENT AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
Examples of Rogue Twitter Accounts
Examples of Dissenting Tweets
Chapter 2 • Guerrilla Government and the Nevada Wetlands
Making the Deserts Bloom
Attack from the Outside
Marketing Their Cause
National Wetlands Policy
A Crisis Emerges
Lobbying Strategy
Fund-Raising
Embarrassing the Government
Network Management
Risk Taking
Scientific Knowledge
Downside
Epilogue
SECOND INTERLUDE: MORE STORIES OF GUERRILLA GOVERNMENT
Guerrilla Government in the Medical Field
Preventing Guerrilla Government in a National Health Insurance Organization
Guerrilla Government in Radar Support
Guerrilla Government in Regulation Promulgation
Chapter 3 • Guerrilla Government in the EPA’s Seattle Regional Office
John Spencer and the Reign of Terror, 1981–1983
Ernesta Barnes, 1983–1986: Guerrilla Activity Wanes
Robie Russell, 1986–1990: Guerrilla Government Is Triggered Again
Epilogue
THIRD INTERLUDE: CASE STUDIES OF GUERRILLA GOVERNMENT
Guerrilla Government in County Planning
Guerrilla Government in the Legal Services Organization
Guerrilla Government in Job Corps
Guerrilla Government in the Department of Labor
Chapter 4 • A Government Guerrilla Sues His Own Agency: Off-Road Vehicles in the Hoosier National Forest
Ferguson Decides to Sue the Forest Service
Will Ferguson Be Transferred?
The ORV Court Case Continues
Epilogue
FOURTH INTERLUDE: MORE STORIES OF GUERRILLA GOVERNMENT
Guerrilla Government in the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Guerrilla Government in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Guerrilla Government in the Quest to Protect Schoolchildren from Pests and Pesticides
Guerrilla Government in the U.S. Army
Guerrilla Government in a State Department of Transportation
More Guerrilla Government at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Chapter 5 • Wiki Leaks and Guerrilla Government: The Case of Private Manning
Manning E-Mails Another Hacker
Reactions Vary
Impact of Leaked Information
Charges Are Filed; Manning Pleads Guilty to Ten Counts
Epilogue
FIFTH INTERLUDE: THE “DISSENT CHANNEL”
Excerpts from U.S. Department of State’s Dissent Channel Policy
Chapter 6 • Edward Snowden and the National Security Agency: The World’s Largest Security Breach
NSA Ramps Up Surveillance
Snowden Leaks 1.7 Million Files
Reactions to Leaked Information
Epilogue
SIXTH INTERLUDE: RESIGNATION AS DISSENT
Mary A. Wright’s Letter of Dissent
Chapter 7 • Managing Guerrilla Government: Ethical Crusaders or Insubordinate Renegades?
Harsh Realities of Guerrilla Government
Advice from the Pros
Conclusion
POSTLUDE: ARE THERE LESSONS?
In General
Chapter 2: Guerrilla Government and the Nevada Wetlands
Chapter 3: Guerrilla Government in the EPA’s Seattle Regional Office
Chapter 4: A Government Guerrilla Sues His Own Agency
Chapter 5: Wiki Leaks and Guerrilla Government: The Case of Private Manning
Chapter 6: Edward Snowden and the NSA— The World’s Largest Security Breach
References
Index
Over de auteur
Rosemary O′Leary is the Director of the School of Public Affairs at the University of Kansas (KU), one of the highest ranked programs in local government management in the world. She is also the Edwin O. Stene Distinguished Professor at KU. Previously she was on the faculty of the Maxwell School of Syracuse University (Phanstiel Chair) and at Indiana University-Bloomington (Professor). She was the creator and coordinator of the Minnowbrook III conferences that assessed the future of public administration around the world. O′Leary is the author or editor of 12 books and more than 130 articles and book chapters on public management. She is the winner of 16 national research awards, including 7 senior scholar awards. She is also the winner of 10 teaching awards. She is the only person to win 3 Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration awards for Best Dissertation, Excellence in Teaching, and Distinguished Research. An experienced university leader, O’Leary is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Public Administration. She was a senior Fulbright scholar in Malaysia and in the Philippines. She was also an Ian Axford Public Policy Scholar in New Zealand. O’Leary was a member of the NASA’s Return to Flight Task Group assembled in response to the Columbia space shuttle accident where she was awarded the NASA Public Service Medal for her efforts. O’Leary was President of the Public Management Research Association from 2017 to 2019.
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