Given that this book is written for scholars, practitioners, students, and community members, it emphasizes praxis, the critical interface between public administration theory and the practice of eminent domain. This book is the most comprehensive analysis on eminent domain in...

Amanda M. Olejarski is an assistant professor of public administration at Shippensburg University. Her research has been published in Administration & Society, Public Integrity, and Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management.

Foreword by Charles T. Goodsell
Preface
Part I: Presenting the Problem
Chapter 1: Eminent Domain in Action
Chapter 2: An "Eminent" Problem for Public Administration
Part II: Eminent Domain Uses and Abuses
Chapter 3: The Low Standards of the High Court
Chapter 4: A Narrative of Eminent Domain: Procedural or Constitutional?
Part III Praxis: Theory to Practice
Chapter 5: Please Save the Neighborhood!
Chapter 6: Administrative Discretion in Action
Chapter 7: Lost and Found: Administrators' Search for Guidance
Conclusions: For Public Administrators, Public Administrationists, and Community Members