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100			_aGazell, James A.
245			_aThe future of professionalization and professionalism in public administration _badvancements, barriers, and prospects
260			_c1993
300			_ap.1933-964
520			_a"The central theme of this article is that, paradoxically, the prospects of this profession are encouraging because of the growing public need for its services despite persistent, widespread unpopularity. This research concludes that public administrators face an ambivalent future in which their emerging profession continues to proper and expand amidst increasing alienation and frustration from the public whom they serve. This irony may not be alleviated until there is a socially and politically agreed-upon agenda for public servants to execute. If such a consensus is ever forged, then public administrators may become popular as well as professionally effective
650			_aProfessionalism
650			_aPublic administration
700			_aPugh, Darrell L.
773			_aInternational Journal of Public Administration
909			_a26351
999			_c26351 _d26351