Public administration : traditions of inquiry and philosophies of knowledge

• Main Author: Riccucci, Norma, 1956- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2010
• Series: Public management and change
• Subjects: veřejná správa > teorie; sociologický výzkum; public administration > theory; sociological research; studie; studies

Table of Contents:

• 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