Public Administration, Social Science, and Political Association
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-1998
Publication Title
Administration and Society
Abstract
Public administration writers have placed considerable faith in the power of social science to improve the practice of public administration. Such faith derives from their vision of the state as a purposive association. However, because we live in what is essentially a civil association rather than a purposive association, there are severe limits on the knowledge that social science can provide for practice. Public administration inquiry needs to devote more attention to the nature of the civil association in which it operates, particularly in regard to our [US] constitutional system of governance. [R]
Repository Citation
Spicer, Michael W., "Public Administration, Social Science, and Political Association" (1998). All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications. 0 1 2 3 976.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/urban_facpub/976
Volume
30
Issue
1