LEADER 02714nam 22005414a 450 001 9910778241603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8135-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000483486 035 $a(EBL)438181 035 $a(OCoLC)209126881 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000230360 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11227874 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000230360 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10177309 035 $a(PQKB)10736980 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8919 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL438181 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10218379 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC438181 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000483486 100 $a20060309d2006 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPublic administration's final exam$b[electronic resource] $ea pragmatist restructuring of the profession and the discipline /$fMichael M. Harmon 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8173-1539-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [175]-185) and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aExamines 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 practice 606 $aPublic administration$zUnited States 606 $aCivil service$zUnited States 615 0$aPublic administration 615 0$aCivil service 676 $a351.73 700 $aHarmon$b Michael M.$f1941-$01564831 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778241603321 996 $aPublic administration's final exam$93834104 997 $aUNINA