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Enthralled with Modernity: The Historical Context of Knowledge and Theory Development in Public Administration

Public administration review, 1992-07, Vol.52 (4), p.363-373 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Enthralled with Modernity: The Historical Context of Knowledge and Theory Development in Public Administration
Author: Adams, Guy B.
Subjects: Civil service ; Cultural Influences ; Epistemology ; Factors ; Government bureaucracy ; History ; Inquiry ; Modernity ; Professionalism ; Progress ; Progressive Era ; Public Administration ; Rationality ; Scientific method ; Scientific Methodology ; Technological Advancement ; Theories ; Theory ; United States history ; World wars
Is Part Of: Public administration review, 1992-07, Vol.52 (4), p.363-373
Description: What impact has the "culture of modernity" had on the field of public administration? Guy B. Adams contends that the American cultural preoccupation with modernity has shaped the study of public administration into an ahistorical and atemporal field that stresses technical rationality and has limited capacity to address critical questions facing society. This approach to public administration puts its emphasis on professionalism and the "scientific" and "rigorous" study of the field. Adams calls for greater attention to history that produces a "genuinely open inquiry" in the field.
Publisher: Chicago, Ill: American Society for Public Administration
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0033-3352
EISSN: 1540-6210
DOI: 10.2307/3110396
CODEN: PBARBM
Source: ProQuest One Psychology
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