Stung by these criticisms, public administration began a period of
soul searching, leading eventually to the development of a new perspective,
which became known as the New Public Administration
(e.g., Frederickson 1971; Marini 1971).
Consistent with the War on Poverty’s goals, this perspective included a case for more citizen
participation in public administration as a means to address biases in administrative decision
making.
Bringing previously neglected constituencies into agency deliberations might
lead to their interests being better reflected in agency decisions.