H. George Frederickson

American academic
H. George Frederickson (July 17, 1934 – July 24, 2020) was born in Twin Falls, Idaho. He was a generalist in the field of public administration with particular interests in public things, theories of public administration, systems of multi level governance, and American local government. He served as the Edwin O. Stene Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at the University of Kansas. Frederickson was the founding editor of the Journal of Public Affairs Education (JPAE) and was founder and Editor in Chief of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART).

Frederickson is responsible for coordinating the second Minnowbrook Conference, Minnowbrook II, held in 1988. The conference was held at Syracuse University's conference center in the Adirondack Mountains. Lasting a total of four days, Minnowbrook II gave Frederickson and his colleagues the chance to reexamine the impacts of Minnowbrook I on the field of Public Administration.

In 1968 Frederickson came up with "a theory of social equity and put it forward as the "third pillar" of public administration." Frederickson was concerned that those in public administration were making the mistake of assuming that citizen A is the same as citizen B; ignoring social and economic conditions. His goal is: for social equity to take on the same "status as economy and efficiency as values or principles to which public administration should adhere."

Up the Bureaucracy: A True and Faultless Guide to Organizational Success and the Further Adventures of Knute and Thor by H. George Frederickson. Lawrence, KS: Better Bureaucracy Press. 2005
Public Administration with an Attitude by H. George Frederickson. Washington, DC: American Society for Public Administration. 2005
Ethics in Public Administration by Richard K. Ghere and H. George Frederickson, editors. Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 2005
The Adapted City: Institutional Dynamics and Structural Change by H. George Frederickson, Gary A. Johnson, and Curtis H. Wood. Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe. 2003
The Public Administration Theory Primer by H. George Frederickson and Kevin B. Smith. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2003

Accountable Governance: Promises and Problems (M. E. Sharpe, forthcoming, 2011) edited by Melvin J. Dubnick and H. George Frederickson

To see a complete list of all publications from H. George Frederickson, including other books, monographs, symposia and special issues, articles, book chapters, major speaking, and papers presented, visit H. George Frederickson's personal website.

Frederickson died on July 24, 2020, in Lawrence, Kansas.