LEADER 00000cam a2200673Ia 4500 001 ocn209126881 003 OCoLC 005 20160527041522.8 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 080226s2006 alu ob s001 0 eng d 019 320323555|a607871369|a614529438|a648357127|a712977799 |a722648288|a728045380 020 9780817381356|q(electronic book) 020 081738135X|q(electronic book) 020 |z081731539X|q(alkaline paper) 020 |z9780817315399|q(alkaline paper) 035 (OCoLC)209126881|z(OCoLC)320323555|z(OCoLC)607871369 |z(OCoLC)614529438|z(OCoLC)648357127|z(OCoLC)712977799 |z(OCoLC)722648288|z(OCoLC)728045380 040 N$T|beng|epn|cN$T|dYDXCP|dOCLCQ|dEBLCP|dOCLCQ|dMHW|dOCLCQ |dADU|dE7B|dFVL|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ|dOCLCF|dDEBSZ|dOCLCE |dP@U|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dCOO|dOCLCQ 042 dlr 043 n-us--- 049 RIDW 050 4 JK421|b.H295 2006eb 072 7 POL|x017000|2bisacsh 072 7 POL|x040010|2bisacsh 082 04 351.73|222 090 JK421|b.H295 2006eb 100 1 Harmon, Michael M.,|d1941-|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities /names/n80147749 245 10 Public administration's final exam :|ba pragmatist restructuring of the profession and the discipline / |cMichael M. Harmon. 264 1 Tuscaloosa :|bUniversity of Alabama Press,|c[2006] 264 4 |c©2006 300 1 online resource (xiv, 191 pages) 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 340 |gpolychrome|2rdacc 347 text file|2rdaft 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-185) and index. 505 0 The question -- Values, facts, and the problem of moralism -- Thinking, doing, and the problem of rationalism -- Ends, means, and the problem of managerialism -- Theory, practice, and the problem of technicism -- Rewriting public administration's final exam. 506 |3Use copy|fRestrictions unspecified|2star|5MiAaHDL 520 Examines why public administration & rsquo;s literature has failed to justify the profession & rsquo;s legitimacy as an instrument of governance. Michael Harmon employs the literary conceit of a Final Exam, first & ldquo;written & rdquo; in the early 1930s, in a critique of the field & rsquo;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 practic. 533 Electronic reproduction.|b[S.l.] :|cHathiTrust Digital Library,|d2010.|5MiAaHDL 538 Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.|uhttp://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 |5MiAaHDL 583 1 digitized|c2010|hHathiTrust Digital Library|lcommitted to preserve|2pda|5MiAaHDL 588 0 Print version record. 590 eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America 650 0 Public administration|zUnited States.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh2008109058 650 0 Civil service|zUnited States.|0https://id.loc.gov/ authorities/subjects/sh85026398 650 7 Public administration.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast /1081976 650 7 Civil service.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/862730 651 7 United States.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1204155 655 4 Electronic books. 776 08 |iPrint version:|aHarmon, Michael M., 1941-|tPublic administration's final exam.|dTuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2006|z081731539X|z9780817315399|w(DLC) 2006008284|w(OCoLC)64624946 856 40 |uhttps://rider.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http:// search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site& db=nlebk&AN=217971|zOnline eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff. 856 42 |3Instructions for reading/downloading this eBook|uhttp:// guides.rider.edu/ebooks/ebsco 901 MARCIVE 20231220 948 |d201606016|cEBSCO|tebscoebooksacademic|lridw 994 92|bRID