Public administration's final exam : a pragmatist restructuring of the profession and the discipline /
Examines why public administration & rsquo;s literature has failed to justify the profession & rsquo;s legitimacy as an instrument of governance. Michael Harmon employs the literary conceit of a Final Exam, first & ldquo;written & rdquo; in the early 1930s, in a critique of the field...
| Основен автор: | Harmon, Michael M., 1941- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
℗♭2006.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=217971 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Public administration's final exam. |
| Резюме: |
Examines why public administration & rsquo;s literature has failed to justify the profession & rsquo;s legitimacy as an instrument of governance. Michael Harmon employs the literary conceit of a Final Exam, first & ldquo;written & rdquo; in the early 1930s, in a critique of the field & rsquo;s answers to the legitimacy question. Because the assumptions that underwrite the question preclude the possibility of a coherent answer, the exam should be canceled and its question rewritten. Envisaging a public administration no longer hostage to the legitimacy question, Harmon explains how the study and practic. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xiv, 191 pages) |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-185) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780817381356 081738135X |