Public administration: traditions of inquiry and philosophies of knowledge. / Norma M. Riccucci
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TextSeries: Publication details: Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2010.Description: ix, 162 pISBN: - 9781589017047
- 351 21
- JF1351.C46
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Introduction -- Intellectual heritage and theoretical developments: is public administration an art or a science? -- Searching for a paradigm: public administration as a postnormal science -- Identity crises in the social sciences -- Searching for truth: the logic of inquiry in public administration -- Theory building through qualitative approaches -- Theory building through quantitative research -- Theory building through mixed-method research -- Heterogeneity in epistemic traditions --
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