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Charles True 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. He is most notable for writing The Case for Bureaucracy. Other works include Mission Mystique: Belief Systems in Public Agencies, The American statehouse: interpreting democracy's temples, Architecture as a setting for governance, The Public Administrator as Artisan and Administration as Ritual.

Goodsell earned his Bachelors of Arts Degree at Kalamazoo College in 1954. Goodsell graduated magna cum laude, awarded the William G. Howard Memorial Prize in political science and the Oakley Prize for highest grade recorded for a college course. After graduating Goodsell enlisted in the United States Army and served from 1954 to 1956. He then obtained his Doctorate in Philosophy (PhD) at Harvard University and was also a student of the distinguished V.O. Key Jr.

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. 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. During his career, Goodsell was also a distinguished visitor at Cleveland State University, Carleton University and the University of Texas at Austin.

Awards

NASPAA/ASPA Distinguished Research Award (1995)

Virginia Tech College of Architecture and Urban Studies Distinguished Scholarship Award (1999)

Dwight Waldo Award (2003)

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• Keep: (in current chronological list formation) Administration of a revolution; executive reform in Puerto Rico under Governor Tugwell, 1941-1946. American corporations and Peruvian politics. "Bureaucratic manipulation of physical symbols: an empirical study". The public encounter: where state and citizen meet. The case for bureaucracy: a public administration polemic (2nd ed. 1985). The social meaning of civic space: studying political authority through architecture. "Reinvent government or rediscover it?". The case for bureaucracy: a public administration polemic (3rd ed. 1994). Public administration illuminated and inspired by the arts. The case for bureaucracy: a public administration polemic (4th ed. 2004). "A new vision for public administration". "Six normative principles for the contracting-out debate".

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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

Kalamazoo College. (1954). Kalamzoo College Alumnus. Retrieved from https://cache.kzoo.edu/bitstream/handle/10920/29739/1954_06_KC_Alumnus.pdf?sequence=1

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

Goodsell, C. T. (2011). Mission Mystique: Belief Systems in Public Agencies. Washington, DC: CQ Press.

Goodsell, C. T. (2001). The American Statehouse: Interpreting Democracy’s Temples. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas.

Goodsell, C. T. (1993). Architecture as a setting for governance: Introduction. Journal of Architectural & Planning Research, 10, 271-272. Retrieved fromhttp://www.jstor.org.libproxy.txstate.edu/stable/43029093?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Goodsell, C. T. (1992). The Public Administrator as Artisan. Public Administration Review, 52, 246-253. doi: 10.2307/976922

Goodsell, C. T. (1989). Administration as Ritual. Public Administration Review, 49, 161-166. doi:10.2307/977336

Dometrius, Nelson C. Review. “The Case for Bureaucracy: A Public Administration Polemic. by Charles T. Goodsell.” The Journal of Politics vol. 45, no. 3 (Aug. 1983) pp 790-792. (accessed October 16 2015).

Lovrich, Nicholas. Review, "The New Case for Bureaucracy." Public Integrity 17, no. 2 (Spring 2015): 213-215. Academic Search Complete, EBSCOhost (accessed October 16, 2015).

Matejko, Alexander J. Review, “The Case for Bureaucracy. A Public Administration Polemic by Charles T. Goodsell.” Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations vol. 40, no. 1 (1985): 188-190. (accessed October 16, 2015).

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http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Charles-Goodsell/15908636

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Charles_T._Goodsell

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Annotated Bibliography

Goodsell, C. T. (2011). Mission Mystique: Belief Systems in Public Agencies. Washington, DC: CQ Press.

In Goodsell’s book, 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. Goodsell personally interviewed over a hundred people for this book, and also provided many of the photographs featured. The concept of the book is to define what makes an agency “good” or reputable. By studying each case, he outlines how these agencies achieve excellence and offers a model for others to do the same. Goodsell writes that those who do good work in public agencies are, in part, motivated by a strong sense of mission, or the belief that they are doing important work. This book is extraordinarily well researched and completes the arduous task of accounting for the history of each agency examined. While there are a few misstated facts regarding the Peace Corps, this does not take away from the book’s overall objective.

Goodsell, C. T. (2001). The American Statehouse: Interpreting Democracy’s Temples. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas.

In this book, Goodsell reviews all fifty United State capitals and their buildings. It is also notable that all of the photographs taken for the book were done by Goodsell himself. He uses three concepts to frame his interpretation of government architecture in the social sense. His concepts are the search for political values in the buildings, the effects of the building on behavior, and the impression the buildings make on society. Over three hundred people were consulted or helped in the making of the book. This is the logical end of previous study Goodsell had done regarding the interplay of architecture and government. He does not try to make assumptions that overreach his expertise or his sources, and is critically aware of the implications of similar work (such as Harold Lasswell) which has “overreached”.

Goodsell, C. T. (1993). Architecture as a setting for governance: Introduction. Journal of Architectural & Planning Research, 10, 271-272. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.libproxy.txstate.edu/stable/43029093?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

In this article for the JAPR, Goodsell introduces the overarching subject of the volume’s articles: examining connections between architecture of political purpose and governance. He notes three basic connections: the literal sense of housing governance, the symbolic sense or expressive aspect of architecture, and the behavioral effect of political architecture. Goodsell explains the novelty of the subject as a whole and makes references to his own contributions to each of the three points. Expertise in architecture and governance require a very different skill set and this volume of JAPR acknowledges the difficulty of combining these concepts intellectually. It is a unique exploration of the fields which exemplifies Goodsell’s commitment to research. As compared to his other literary contributions, this article reaches a more diverse audience than merely his peers in public administration.

Goodsell, C. T. (1992). The Public Administrator as Artisan. Public Administration Review, 52, 246-253. doi: 10.2307/976922

In one of his many articles written for PAR, Goodsell states the foundations of his approach to examining the values of public administrators. He intends his theorizing to be supplementary in connection with larger issues of public administration. His primary point is to explore the “artful” aspect of public administration. He acknowledges the difficulties experienced by those working in public service, specifically those related to feeling an overall sense of satisfaction or achievement. Goodsell contends that of the other facets of work in public administration, his examination is at the “microcosmic” level; the implication being that it is more relevant to a public servant’s everyday life than much of the common rhetoric available. He draws on aesthetic philosophy to provide guidance for workers who often feel insignificant in regards to influencing their public mission. His theory is applicable to all people within the workforce, and is especially resonate with perfectionists. Often Goodsell will explore fields outside public administration, as he has done here, to perhaps reflect both the utility and diversity of public service.

Goodsell, C. T. (1989). Administration as Ritual. Public Administration Review, 49, 161-166. doi:10.2307/977336

In this article for the PAR, Goodsell examines the qualities of ritualistic behavior and provides examples of this within public administration. He works off of studies done by Thurman Arnold, Murray Edelman and business theorists Moch and Huff. Goodsell uses the six properties of ritual as described by Moore and Myerhoff, then explains how each is relevant to our understanding of administration. He formulates three types of administrative ritual: explicit rites, formalistic processes, and expressive programs. He then describes the audiences of these rituals and how public administration is inconceivable without the social meaning created by ritualistic behavior. This is an interesting and somewhat psychological approach to the study of public administration. Goodsell references a vast body of research and his work here can be connected to the contemporary political science theory of constructivism. It is evident that Goodsell is not only well versed in political science, but he also maintains a relationship with evolving theory in multiple fields, including the works of what could be called “ritologists”.