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100			_aBeaumont, Enid
245			_aHas public administration grown up? The Road to maturation
260			_c2004
300			_ap.465-70.
520			_aPublic administration has not yet become adult. It exhibits many of the signs of adolescence. These signs most clearly are self-doubt and continuous adoption of the newest fad. Also the field has not come to terms with its content, so it breaks into smaller and smaller units, each with a different name considered superior to the others. Yet all have much in common. The field needs to come back together in order to move toward adulthood, which will best be realized by linking public administration and democracy. Shakespeare's call for justice seems an appropriate challenge. - Reproduced.
650			_aPublic administration
773			_aInternational Journal of Public Administration
909			_a61242
999			_c61242 _d61242