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100			_aBalfour Danny L.
245			_aConnecting the local narratives: public administration as a hermeneutic science
362			_a54(6), Nov-Dec 1994, p.559-64
520			_aDoes hermeneutics provide a useful framework for the study and practice of public administration? Danny L. Balfour and William Mesaros argue that a shift toward the hermeneutic perspective can move public administration towards the cutting edge of social research and practice while promoting the values of mutuality, understanding, and improved communication. Hermeneutics can help field move away from methodological debates and toward more practical, cooperative research and an enhanced focus on the substantive issues that define and energize public policy and administration.
650			_aPublic Administration
700			_aMesaros William
773			_aPublic Administration Review
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