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100 _aGawthrop, Louis C.
245 _aThe human side of public administration
260 _c1998
300 _ap.763-69
362 _aDec
520 _aThe responsibilities for involving citizens in the democratic processes of governance and developing in them an enriched sense of community, civility, and the common good, rest squarely on the shoulders of public administrators. Viewed from this perspective, democracy, at its best, takes the form of an ongoing pedagogical process that reflects something similar to the Platonic notion of an "intelligent love" - i.e., a type of love based on the notion of a transcendent good that, in turn, serves as a guide for action. - Reproduced
650 _aPublic administration
773 _aPS: Political Science and Politics
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999 _c39740
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