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Public administration : the interdisciplinary study of government /

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"Public administration seeks to develop a comprehensive understanding of the internal structure and functioning of government, in all its complexity, and its interaction with society and its citizens. Public Administration: The Interdisciplinary Study of Government provides an account of the di...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Raadschelders, J. C. N.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Public administration > History.
Administration publique (Science) > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Executive Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
Politics and Government.
Public administration
Verwaltung
Government - General.
Law, Politics & Government.
Political Institutions & Public Administration - General.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Framing the nature of the study of public administration: origins, identity crises, maturity, and conceptual mapping
  • Science or Wissenschaft: public administration among the three branches of knowledge
  • Public administration and the fragmentation of its knowledge sources: academic specialties and disciplines, organizational units, and societal organizations
  • Substantive topics and comprehensive conceptual maps of public administration
  • Bogey man, doctor's bag, artist's medium: the dynamic arena of PA-theory
  • Four intellectual traditions in the study of Public Administration
  • Public administration's canon(s) of integration
  • The nature of and intellectual challenges to the study of public administration.