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100			_aWhetsell,Travis A.
245			_aTheory-pluralism in public administration: Epistemology, legitimacy and method
260			_c2013
300			_a602-618
362			_asep
520			_aNeopragmatists in public administration (PA) consistently argue that neopragmatismupgrades regular pragmatism. This claim rests on the contention that pragmatism is host to epistemic foundationalism, which undercuts legitimacy in PA. This article provides a new refutation of the upgrade claim, dissolving the hard-link constructed between epistemology and legitimacy by articulating theory-pluralism in research methods. Haack's "Analytic Framework" is advanced as a useful conceptualization of epistemic debates in PA, and Laudan's philosophy of science is advanced to provide a productive conceptualization of PA's theory competition. Theory-pluralism is then applied to a variety of research areas in PA, demonstrating the need for an approach that harmonizes PA's competing research traditions under the broader goal of problem resolution in PA. - Reproduced.
650			_aPublic administration
773			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
908			_aN
909			_a100932
999			_c100931 _d100931