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100			_aSpicer, Michael W.
245			_aPublic administration and the constitution _ba conflict in world views.
260			_c1994
300			_ap.85-97
362			_aMar
520			_aThis paper examines the world views underlying public administration and the Constitution. The article presents two rather different ways of looking at the world, which are used as a framework to contrast the literature in public administration with the writings of the Founders. It is argued that whereas public administration is rooted in a world view that stresses the powers of reason, the world view underlying the Constitution stresses the limits of reason. This conflict in world views, which has not been fully appreciated in the literature, makes clear the problem of grounding public administration in the Constitution. The paper also presents an alternative approach to legitimating public administratio n, which is more consistent with the world view of the Founders. - Reproduced
650			_aPublic administration
773			_aAmerican Review of Public Administration
909			_a31543
999			_c31543 _d31543