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100			_aDutil, Patrice
245			_aPaths, precedents, parallels and pendulums: The uses of the past in public policy and administration
260			_c2014
300			_ap.419-435.
362			_aSep
520			_aIs there a place for ﾓhistoryﾔ in understanding both the theory and the practice of public administration today? The answer of this article is an emphatic ﾓyes,ﾔ as long as the approach is used carefully. The reality is that history is used constantly to justify policy and administrative directions. The challenge is to find the best approach. This article explores four devices put to use by policy scholars and practitioners and encourages the field to use the past more effectively so that the claim that ﾓThis time, it's differentﾔ will be understood with a measure of precision, but also with modesty. -
650			_aPublic policy
650			_aPublic administration
773			_aCanadian Public Administration
908			_aN
909			_a106490
999			_c106485 _d106485