American public administration's maturity: a profile
By: Goodsell, Charles T.
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ArticlePublisher: 2004Description: p.471-80.Subject(s): Public administration - United States | Administrative reform - United States | Public administration
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International Journal of Public AdministrationSummary: American public administration as a field is "mature" in terms of its identity, roles, knowledge, and open-system nature. Yet it lacks maturity in the sense of an adequate sense of self-worth. This "inferiority complex" is revealed by the field's obsession with two intertwining, persistent themes: a perceived state of societal illegitimacy and of permanent need for reform. - Reproduced.
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Volume no: 27, Issue no: 7 | Available | AR61689 |
American public administration as a field is "mature" in terms of its identity, roles, knowledge, and open-system nature. Yet it lacks maturity in the sense of an adequate sense of self-worth. This "inferiority complex" is revealed by the field's obsession with two intertwining, persistent themes: a perceived state of societal illegitimacy and of permanent need for reform. - Reproduced.
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