MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02049cam a2200313 a 4500
001 2008002190
003 DLC
005 20080715173930.0
008 080117s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008002190
020 $a0765622874 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9780765622877 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a0765622882 (pbk.)
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn191207221
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050 00 $aJK421$b.B65 2008
082 00 $a172/.20973$222
100 1 $aBox, Richard C.
245 10 $aMaking a difference :$bprogressive values in public administration /$cRichard C. Box.
260 $aArmonk, N.Y. :$bM.E. Sharpe,$cc2008.
300 $ax, 137 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 125-130) and index.
505 0 $aPreface -- 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.
650 0 $aPublic administration$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSocial values$zUnited States.
650 0 $aProgressivism (United States politics)