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Classical pragmatism does not need an upgrade: lessons for public administration

By: Shields, Patricia M.
Material type: materialTypeLabelArticlePublisher: 2005Description: p.504-18.Subject(s): Public administration In: Administration and SocietySummary: In 2003, administration & society published Patricia Shields's "The Community of Inquiry: Classical Pragmatism and public administration." Shortly thereafter, Huge Miller responded with "Old Pragmatism Needs and Upgrade" in the Disputatio Sine Fine section of Administration & Society. He argued that scholars like Shields, Evans, and Snider should incorporate the ideas of Richard Rorty into their scholarship, Miller's article was followed by a series 9 essays debating the merits of Dewey and Rorty for public administration. This article summarizes the debate and argues that Classical Pragmatism does not need an upgrade. -Reproduced.
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Volume no: 37, Issue no: 4 Available AR68197

In 2003, administration & society published Patricia Shields's "The Community of Inquiry: Classical Pragmatism and public administration." Shortly thereafter, Huge Miller responded with "Old Pragmatism Needs and Upgrade" in the Disputatio Sine Fine section of Administration & Society. He argued that scholars like Shields, Evans, and Snider should incorporate the ideas of Richard Rorty into their scholarship, Miller's article was followed by a series 9 essays debating the merits of Dewey and Rorty for public administration. This article summarizes the debate and argues that Classical Pragmatism does not need an upgrade. -Reproduced.

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