02714nam 22005414a 450 991077824160332120200520144314.00-8173-8135-X(CKB)1000000000483486(EBL)438181(OCoLC)209126881(SSID)ssj0000230360(PQKBManifestationID)11227874(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000230360(PQKBWorkID)10177309(PQKB)10736980(MdBmJHUP)muse8919(Au-PeEL)EBL438181(CaPaEBR)ebr10218379(MiAaPQ)EBC438181(EXLCZ)99100000000048348620060309d2006 ub 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrPublic administration's final exam[electronic resource] a pragmatist restructuring of the profession and the discipline /Michael M. HarmonTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20061 online resource (209 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-1539-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-185) and index.Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Prologue on Adolescence; 1. The Question; 2. Values, Facts, and the Problem of Moralism; 3. Thinking, Doing, and the Problem of Rationalism; 4. Ends, Means, and the Problem of Managerialism; 5. Theory, Practice, and the Problem of Technicism; 6. Rewriting Public Administration's Final Exam; An Epilogue on Maturity; A Postscript on the Personal/Political Nature of Epistemological Choice; Notes; Works Cited; IndexExamines why public administration's literature has failed to justify the profession's legitimacy as an instrument of governance. Michael Harmon employs the literary conceit of a Final Exam, first "written" in the early 1930's, in a critique of the field's answers to the legitimacy question. Because the assumptions that underwrite the question preclude the possibility of a coherent answer, the exam should be canceled and its question rewritten. Envisaging a public administration no longer hostage to the legitimacy question, Harmon explains how the study and practicePublic administrationUnited StatesCivil serviceUnited StatesPublic administrationCivil service351.73Harmon Michael M.1941-1564831MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778241603321Public administration's final exam3834104UNINA