David H. Rosenbloom (born 1943) is a well-known scholar in the field of Public Administration. He is the Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, DC, and is currently servng as Chair Professor of Public Management, City University of Hong Kong.[1] A noted authority on issues related to administrative law and public sector personnel policies, Rosenbloom is widely known for his approach to the field which stresses understanding American public administration from three perspectives mirroring the constitutional separation of powers: law, politics and management. In pursuit of that view, he has become a leading advocate for establishing "constitutional competence" as a basic standard for public service professionals.
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Rosenbloom earned a BA in Political Science at Marietta College in 1964. He holds a Master of Arts (1966) and in PhD (1969) in political science, both at the University of Chicago. His master’s thesis was titled “Individual Liberty versus National Security: A Critical Analysis of the Opinions of Judges E. Barrett Prettyman and Henry W. Edgerton on the Loyalty Program for Federal Civil Servants.” His Ph.D dissertation, "The Relationship Between the Citizen and the State In Public Employment in America,” was the basis for his first book, Federal Service and the Constitution: The Development of the Public Employment Relationship (1971). He received an honorary doctorate of law in 1994, also from Marietta College.
Rosenbloom has served as an assistant professor in Political Science at the University of Kansas from 1970-1971. From 1971-1973, he visited Tel Aviv University, where he guest lectured in the field of Political Science. From 1973-1978, he was an associate professor of Political Science at the University of Vermont. From 1978-1990, he attended The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, where he held a number of titles. He was Professor of Public Administration from 1979-1988. Additionally, he was appointed as Professor of Political Science from 1987-1990. He was also an adjunct professor of Law from 1985-1989. Lastly at the Maxwell School, he was Distinguished Professor of Public Administration from 1988-1990. Presently, he is the Chair Professor of Public Management in the Department of Public and Social Administration, at the City University of Hong Kong (visiting).
David H. Rosenbloom is perhaps best known for coming up with three approaches that define the American foundation of Public Administration: the managerial, political, and legal.
Rosenbloom’s argument is that to understand public administration, it is not sufficient enough to use just one of the approaches, but to think of all three at the same time. Rosenbloom documents that in 1946, by making major reforms, Congress became the central authority in how public administration operated in the federal government, incorporating all three approaches. Rosenbloom argues that public administration at other levels should operate in the same way.
Rosenbloom has been the recipient of many awards during his career. In 2009, he earned the Scholarship in Public Sector Human Resources, Section on Personnel Administration and Labor Relations, from the American Society for Public Administration.
In 2008, he received the Mosher Award for Best Article by an Academician, which is in the Public Administration Review for "Reinventing Administrative Prescriptions: The Case for Democratic-Constitutional Impact Statements and Scorecards.”
In 2007, he was Visiting Professor at the Department of Public and Social Administration at the City University of Hong Kong from June–July. Also during this year, he was listed in Who's Who in American Education, 7th Addition.
In 2006, he received the Best Article Award, American Review of Public Administration for the journal "Outsourcing the Constitution and Administrative Law Norms. It was Co-authored with Suzanne Piotrowski.
In 2005, he received a Guest Professorship which, according to Rosenbloom’s CV, “is a faculty status enabling one to teach courses for credit.” It was at Northwest University in Xi'an, PRC.* Additionally,, he gave Outstanding Service to the University Community at the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, DC.
In 2004, he received the Excellence in Teaching Award at the First Annual American University School of Public Affairs Ph.D. Students' for Outstanding Contributions to PhD Students.
In 2003, he received a guest professorship at People's University of China, in Beijing, PRC. From 2002-2009, he was listed in Who's Who in America
In 2001,he received the National Academy of Public Administration Louis Brownlow Award, which is the highest annual award issued for excellence in public administration literature, to Building A Legislative-Centered Public Administration: Congress and the Administrative State, 1946-1999. Also in 2001, He received the John Gaus Award for Exemplary Scholarship in the Joint Tradition of Political Science and Public Administration, from the American Political Science Association, as well as being named Scholar/Teacher of the Year at the School of Public Affairs.
In the year 2000, he received an outstanding scholarship in research and other professional contributions from the School of Public Affairs.
In 1999, he received the Dwight Waldo Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Literature and Leadership of Public Administration Through an Extended Career. Also in 1999, he received the Outstanding Service Award from the School of Public Affairs. From 1998-1999, from 2006–2008, and from 2009–2010, he was listed in Who'sWho in American Law.
In 1996, he was the recipient of the Thomas Dye Award for Outstanding Service from the Policy Studies Organization.
In 1994, He received an Honorary Doctor of Laws at Marietta College. Additionally, in 1994, he was an outstanding scholar at the School of Public Affairs.
In 1993, he received the Charles H. Levine Award for Excellence in Public Administration from the American Society for Public Administration/National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration.
In 1992, he received the Distinguished Research Award from the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration/American Society for Public Administration.
In 1988, he was appointed first Distinguished Professor in the history of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.
In 1986, he received the Syracuse University Chancellor's Citation for Exceptional Academic Achievement.
Rosenbloom has written extensively on the role of management practices, politics and political oversight, and administrative and constitutional law in public administration.
Sixth Edition, 2005, 590 pp. Coauthor: Robert S. Kravchuk. Also published by Peking University Press, PRC, with Chinese annotation.
Fifth Edition, 2002. 622 pp. Coauthor: Robert S. Kravchuk; this and all previous editions with the assistance of Deborah Goldman (Rosenbloom). Translated into Chinese, Taiwan: Pro-Ed Publishing/McGraw Hill, 2002 Translated into Chinese, Beijing: Renmin University, 2003.
Fourth Edition, 1998, 596 pp. Translated into Chinese, Taiwan: Pro-Ed Publishing/McGraw Hill, 2000.
Third Edition, 1993, 573 pp.
Second Edition, 1989, 517 pp.
First Edition, l986, 511 pp.
Fifth Edition. NY: Marcel Dekker, 2001. 587 pp. Coauthors: Jay Shafritz, Katherine Naff, Norma M. Riccucci, Albert Hyde. Fourth Edition, 1992, 553 pp. Coauthors, Shafritz, Hyde, and Norma M. Riccucci.
Translated into Chinese as Guo Wai Xing Zheng Xue Jing Dian Yi Cong. Beijing,: J.D. Publishers, 1997.
Third Edition, 1986, 476 pp. Coauthors on this and earlier editions, Shafritz and Hyde.
Second Edition, 1981, 436 pp.
First Edition, 1978, 307 pp.
Translated into Chinese, Beijing: Renmin University Press, 2006.
Translated into Chinese: Zhogshan University Press, Guangzhou, PRC (2007).
First Edition, 1983. 236 pp. (Sole author.)
Rosenbloom has also edited scholarly journals which relate to the field of Public Administration, as well as written a number of books on the subject.
He was the Editor-in-Chief of the Public Administration Review from 1991-1996.
He was the coeditor-in-Chief of the following journals:
Policy Studies Journal from 1985–1990
The Review of Public Personnel Administration, from 1980–present
The Southern Review of Public Administration, from 1981
The Public Administration Review, from 1981–1984
The Policy Studies Journal, from 1980–1981
The Policy Studies Review, from 1981–1985
Administrative Comments and Letters, from 1981–1983
Administration and Society, from 1983–present
Administration and Policy Journal, from 1983–1984
The Public Administration Quarterly, 1984–present
The International Journal of Public Administration, from 1988–present
The Journal of Managerial Issues, from 1988–1992
Administrative Theory and Praxis, from 1993–2002
Journal of Management History, from 1995–present
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 1991, 2002–2009
Hong Kong Public Administration, 1992–present
Public Productivity and Management Review, 1995–present renamed Public Performance and Management Review in 2000
American Review of Public Administration, 1996–present
Public Administration and Management: An Interactive Journal, 1996–present
Korean Review of Public Administration, 1996–1999
International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior, 1997–present
International Review of Public Administration, 2000–present
Policy and Management Review, 2000–present
Public Organization Review, 2000–present
Administrative Change (India), 2004–present
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2004–present
Georgetown University Press series on Public Management and Change, 2005–present
International Journal of Management Studies & Research, 2008–present
University of Alabama Press, Editorial Advisory Board for Public Administration: Criticism and Creativity Series, 2008–present
Zhejiang University's Journal of Zhejiang University 2009