Making a difference:progressive values in public administration/ Richard C. Box.
Physical description:
x, 137 p. 22 cm.;
Bibliographic notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-130) and index.;
Author(s): BOX, Richard C.;
ISBN:
9780765622884 (pbk.;
Subjects: Public administration --United States.;
Social values --United States.;
Progressivism (United States politics;
Formatted contents notes:
Preface -- The case for progressive values -- Making a difference -- Regressive and progressive values -- A conceptual framework -- Human behavior -- Immanent critique in the American context -- Describing the value pairs -- Aggressiveness/cooperation -- Belief/knowledge -- Economics as end/economics as means -- Great inequality/limited inequality -- Earth as resource/earth as home -- Practice and change -- The public professional as agent of change -- Creating change in policy and practice -- Gather information and present it to others -- Change how policy is implemented -- Advocate for programs and policies -- Normative teaching and scholarship -- Beyond the given: normative thought in public administration -- Against the grain: teaching progressive values -- Acceptance and refusal: analysis of current conditions -- Contingent theory -- Analytic approach -- Use of knowledge -- Agency and action -- Toward a progressive public administration -- "Small junctures of theory and practice" -- References -- Index -- About the author.;
Publisher:
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe , c2008.;
Call number: 172.20973 BOX;
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