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Making a Difference : Progressive Values in Public Administration.
This inspirational work encourages Public Administration professionals to participate in progressive social change by advocating progressive values to counter the regressive values currently dominant in American society. The book begins with an analysis of regressive and progressive societal values,...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2014.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1. The Case for Progressive Values; Making a Difference; Regressive and Progressive Values; A Conceptual Framework; Human Behavior; Immanent Critique in the American Context; 2. Describing the Value Pairs; Aggressiveness/Cooperation; Belief/Knowledge; Economics as End/Economics as Means; Great Inequality/Limited Inequality; Earth as Resource/Earth as Home; 3. Practice and Change; The Public Professional as Agent of Change; Creating Change in Policy and Practice; Gather Information and Present It to Others.
- Change How Policy Is ImplementedAdvocate for Programs and Policies; 4. Normative Teaching and Scholarship; Beyond the Given: Normative Thought in Public Administration; Against the Grain: Teaching Progressive Values; Acceptance and Refusal: Analysis of Current Conditions; Contingent Theory; Analytic Approach; Use of Knowledge; Agency and Action; 5. Toward a Progressive Public Administration; ""Small Junctures of Theory and Practice""; References; Index; About the Author.