Logics of Legitimacy: Three Traditions of Public Administration Praxis

by Margaret Stout

The discipline of public administration draws predominantly from political and organizational theory, but also from other social and behavioral sciences, philosophy, and even theology. This diversity results in conflicting prescriptions for the "proper" administrative role. So, how are those new to public administration to know which ideas are "legitimate"?

Rather than accepting conventional arguments for administrative legitimacy through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1466511613
• ISBN13: 9781466511613
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"