Evolutionary critical theory and its role in public affairs / Charles Frederick Abel and Arthur J. Sementelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abel, Charles F.

Contributor:

Sementelli, Arthur Jay, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration.

Critical theory.

Physical Description:

ix, 216 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2004]

Contents:

1. Precis 3

2. Public Administration as Discipline and the Estrangement of Theory 10

3. Ontology and Theory in Public Administration 34

4. Critical Theory and Public Administration 64

5. Evolutionary Critical Theory 95

6. Evolutionary Critical Theory, Power, and Emancipation 121

7. Evolutionary Critical Theory and the "Good Society" 138

8. Evolutionary Critical Theory and Public Administration 160.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-200) and index.

ISBN:

0765610469

OCLC:

52178301