01053pab a2200121 454500008003600000100002100036245004600057362003000103520072100133650002600854700002000880773003100900180718b   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aHood Christopher  aKeys for locks in administrative argument  a25(4), Feb 1994, p.467-88  aDevelopments in public administration are better understood as rhetorical rather than scientific in Herbert Simon's meaning. Administrative arguments succeed by using the six keys to acceptance of classical rhetoric: symmetry, metaphor, ambiguity, private interest presented as public good, selective use of information, and suspension of disbelief. To test this proposition, we compare managerialism with cameralism and utilitarianism, which were earlier attempts at new public administration. Cameralism, which was developed by a body of academics and practitioners who might be termed consultants in today's nomenclature, influences administrative developments in Central Europe from the 17th century extending it  aPublic Administration  aJackson Michael  aAdministration and Society