Critical social theory in public administration / Richard C. Box.
Record details
- ISBN: 0765615541
- ISBN: 9780765615541
- ISBN: 076561555X
- ISBN: 9780765615558
- Physical Description: 163 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©2005.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-156) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | A Particular Form of Critical Social Theory -- The Critical Social Theory Framework -- Critical Imagination in a Postmodern Environment -- Critical Social Theory -- Contradiction, Dialectic, and Change -- Critical Reason and Imagination -- Emancipation and Self-determination -- Critical Theory in Public Administration -- The Need for Critical Theory Today -- Pragmatism and Phantasy -- Conclusion: A Critical Revival? -- Contradiction, Utopia, and Public Administration -- Contradiction and Containment -- Democracy -- The Warfare State -- Research -- Gender -- Refusal and Utopia -- The "T"ruth Is Elsewhere: Critical History -- Deconstructing History -- Redefining/Rediscovering History -- Recoverable Elements -- Emancipation -- Social Hope -- Critical Public Administration Scholarship -- "Clio at the Crossroads": Writing Critical History -- Critical Theory and the Paradox of Discourse -- Values Underlying the Models -- The Legitimacy Model -- The Critical Theory Model -- The Relationship Between the Powerful and the Governed -- The Literature of Community Power -- The Growth Machine -- "Four Cities" -- Diversity in Community Orientation -- Discourse Effectiveness -- Discourse Legitimacy -- Involvement in Discourse -- Outcomes of Administrator-Citizen Interaction -- Conditions Conducive to Discourse -- Conclusion: The Practical Application of Critical Theory -- Pragmatic Discourse and Administrative Legitimacy -- The Limits of Theory -- The Usefulness of Pragmatism -- Collaboration and Critical Thought. |
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Subject: | Public administration > Philosophy. Critical theory. Frankfurt school of sociology. Critical theory. Frankfurt school of sociology. Public administration > Philosophy. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lummi Library | JF 1351 .B69 2005 | 280523 | Stacks | Available | - |