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70 Pub. Admin. Rev. 1 (2010)

handle is hein.journals/pbcamnstn70 and id is 1 raw text is: PAR the premier journal ofpublic administration Public Administration Review JanuaryI February 2010 Volume 70 1 Number 1 Academic-Practitioner Exchange: The Guerrilla Bureaucrat Theory to Practice: Celebrating a Life and a Legacy Robert F. Durant, Editor William G. Resh, Associate Editor 7 Editorial: Goodbye with Thanks and Welcome Aboard By Richard J. Stillman Il and Jos C. N. Raadschelders 8 Guerrilla Employees: Should Managers Nurture, Tolerate, or Terminate Them? By Rosemary O'Leary 20 Practitioner Commentary By Karl Sleight, David Warm, and Ralph R. Bauer Guerrilla government is a term for the actions of career public servants who work against the wishes-either implicitly or explicitly communicated-of their superiors. This form of dissent is usually carried out by those who are dissatisfied with the actions of public organizations, programs, or people, but typically, for strategic reasons, choose not to go public with their concerns in whole or in part. Rather than acting openly, guerrillas often choose to remain in the closet, moving clandestinely behind the scenes, salmon swim- ming upstream against the current of power. Guerrillas run the spectrum from anti- establishment liberals to fundamentalist conservatives, from constructive contributors to deviant destroyers. Three public administrators with significant experience comment on Maxwell Distinguished Professor Rosemary O'Leary's thesis that guerrilla government is about the power of career bureaucrats; the tensions between career bureaucrats and political appointees; and organization culture and what it means to act responsibly, ethically, and with integrity as a public servant. Karl Sleight, former director of the New York State Ethics Commission; David Warm, executive director of the Mid-America Regional Council of Greater Kansas City; and Ralph R, Bauer, former deputy regional administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the Seattle and Chicago regions, present unique perspectives on the guerrilla influence on policy and management, as well as the chal- lenges posed by this significant variety of dissent. 25 The Revolt in Dullsville Revisited: Lessons for Theory, Practice, and Research from the American State Administrators Project, 1964-2008 By Jeffrey L. Brudney and Deil S. Wright Writing in 1966, Coleman Ransone took note of a Revolt in Dullsville, referring to a spate of new research studying state government and administration. Even were that epithet true at the time, state government administration is anything but dull today. Not surpris- ingly, the turn to the states has been accompanied by an increase in excellent research chron- icling its evolution. This essay honors Deil S. Wright's significant research spanning five decades, during which time he initiated and led the American State Administrators Project (ASAP). The project chronicled these developments through the eyes of state agency admin- istrators. Unique in its duration and focus, and prolific in its contributions to our under- standing of public administration in state government, the ASAP serves today as a lasting legacy and tribute to Professor Wright and his work. To honor Professor Wright's seminal, enduring contributions to our field, we had asked him and long-time ASAP collaborator Jeffrey L. Brudney of the Maxwell School at Syracuse University to (1) summarize some of ASAP's major research themes, (2) discuss some of its major findings relating to trends in the states, and (3) offer lessons to others contemplating a research project of this magnitude. As this essay went into production, we were saddened to learn of Professor Wright's passing on June 30, 2009. A significantly expanded e-version of this article (co-authored with Cynthia J. Bowling of Auburn University) with more detailed analysis and suggestions for future research can be found on the PAR Web site (go to http:// www.aspanet.org, click on the link to PAR, and then on the Theory to Practice link). In lieu of our usual e-commentaries, we invite readers interested in sending brief comments on the impact Professor Wright had on the field or on Table of Contents 1

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