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UNINA9910453861903321 |
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Autore |
Box Richard C. |
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Titolo |
Making a difference : progressive values in public administration / / Richard C. Box |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015 |
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1-315-70272-X |
1-317-46571-7 |
1-282-11968-0 |
9786612119682 |
0-7656-2454-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (148 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Public administration - United States |
Social values - United States |
Progressivism (United States politics) |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2008 by M.E. Sharpe. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-130) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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