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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453861903321

Autore

Box Richard C.

Titolo

Making a difference : progressive values in public administration / / Richard C. Box

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-315-70272-X

1-317-46571-7

1-282-11968-0

9786612119682

0-7656-2454-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (148 p.)

Disciplina

172/.20973

Soggetti

Public administration - United States

Social values - United States

Progressivism (United States politics)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2008 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-130) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.



Sommario/riassunto

This inspirational work encourages Public Administration professionals to praticipate in progressive social change by advocating progressive values to counter the regressive values currently dominant in American society.