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100			_aGoodsell, Charles T.
245			_aAmerican public administration's maturity: a profile
260			_c2004
300			_ap.471-80.
520			_aAmerican public administration as a field is "mature" in terms of its identity, roles, knowledge, and open-system nature. Yet it lacks maturity in the sense of an adequate sense of self-worth. This "inferiority complex" is revealed by the field's obsession with two intertwining, persistent themes: a perceived state of societal illegitimacy and of permanent need for reform. - Reproduced.
650			_aPublic administration - United States
650			_aAdministrative reform - United States
650			_aPublic administration
773			_aInternational Journal of Public Administration
909			_a61243
999			_c61243 _d61243