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020			_a9781589017047
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245	0	0	_aPublic administration: traditions of inquiry and philosophies of knowledge. / _cNorma M. Riccucci
260			_aWashington, DC: _bGeorgetown University Press, _c2010.
300			_aix, 162 p.:
490			_3Public management and change
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aContents: 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 --
650		0	_aPublic administration.
650		0	_aPublic administration _zUnited States.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government.
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