Public administration's final exam : a pragmatist restructuring of the profession and the discipline /

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Examines why public administration's literature has failed to justify the profession's legitimacy as an instrument of governance. Michael Harmon employs the literary conceit of a Final Exam, first "written" in the early 1930s, in a critique of the field's answers to the legi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harmon, Michael M., 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2006.
Temas:
Public administration > United States.
Civil service > United States.
Administration publique (Science) > États-Unis.
Fonction publique > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Executive Branch.
Civil service.
Public administration.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Examines why public administration's literature has failed to justify the profession's legitimacy as an instrument of governance. Michael Harmon employs the literary conceit of a Final Exam, first "written" in the early 1930s, in a critique of the field'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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 191 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-185) and index.
ISBN:9780817381356
081738135X

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