Evolutionary Critical Theory and Its Role in Public Affairs

ISBN-13: 9780765610461 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 232 str.

Charles F. Abel; Arthur Jay Sementelli

Opis

The subject of this book is one of the most central and timely in Public Administration - how to make sense of critical theory, and (especially) how to assess its implications for everyday practice. Charles Frederick Abel and Arthur Sementelli argue that Evolutionary Critical Theory - a synergistic employment of the methodologies of traditional social science, institutionalism, and hermeneutics - provides fresh insights into the core issues of Public Administration theory and practice. While some may argue that "public administration theory" is an oxymoron, this ground-breaking volume explodes that notion and argues that Evolutionary Critical Theory is an especially helpful and powerful tool for administrative scholars and practitioners in their quest to realize good government.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Précis; Chapter 2 Public Administration as Discipline and the Estrangement of Theory; Chapter 3 Ontology and Theory in Public Administration; Chapter 4 Critical Theory and Public Administration; Chapter 5 Evolutionary Critical Theory; Chapter 6 Evolutionary Critical Theory, Power, and Emancipation; Chapter 7 Evolutionary Critical Theory and the “Good Society”; Chapter 8 Evolutionary Critical Theory and Public Administration;

O autorze

Charles Frederick Abel, Arthur J. Sementelli,