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008			180718b1996 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
100			_aShields, Patricia M.
245			_aPragmatism: exploring public administration's policy imprint
260			_c1996
300			_ap.390-411
362			_aNov
520			_aPublic administrators are often described as pragmatic. Yet few scholars have investigated what this might mean. This article introduces the notion of policy imprint - the effect that professional groups have on policy. Pragmatism is championed as an organizing principle that explains the public administration (PA) policy imprint. The pragmatism of William James and John Dewey is described and applied to PA. Because PA leaves its imprint where theory and practice meet, the article examines the theory-practice nexus through the lenses of pragmatism. Finally, pragmatism's link to democracy is developed. - Reproduced
650			_aPublic administration
773			_aAdministration and Society
909			_a32731
999			_c32731 _d32731