MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01375cam a2200265 a 4500
001 2010001636
003 DLC
005 20101124144123.0
008 100115s2010 dcu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010001636
020 $a9781589017047 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a1589017048 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn501320959
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDXCP$dCDX$dC#P$dBWX$dDLC
050 00 $aJF1351$b.R4648 2010
082 00 $a351$222
100 1 $aRiccucci, Norma.
245 10 $aPublic administration :$btraditions of inquiry and philosophies of knowledge /$cNorma M. Riccucci.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bGeorgetown University Press,$cc2010.
300 $axi, 162 p. ;$c22 cm.
490 1 $aPublic management and change series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntellectual heritage and theoretical developments : is public administration an art or a science? -- Searching for a paradigm : public administration as a postnormal science -- Identity crises in the social sciences -- Searching for truth : the logic of inquiry in public administration -- Theory building through qualitative approaches -- Theory building through quantitative research -- Theory building through mixed-method research -- Heterogeneity in epistemic traditions.
650 0 $aPublic administration.
830 0 $aPublic management and change.