Making a difference : progressive values in public administration / Richard C. Box.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Box, Richard C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration--United States.

Public administration.

Social values--United States.

Social values.

Progressivism (United States politics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This inspirational work encourages Public Administration professionals to praticipate in progressive social change by advocating progressive values to counter the regressive values currently dominant in American society.

Contents:

Preface

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.

Notes:

First published 2008 by M.E. Sharpe.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-130) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-317-46570-9

1-315-70272-X

1-317-46571-7

1-282-11968-0

9786612119682

0-7656-2454-0

9781315702728

OCLC:

419552642