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100			_aSpicer, Michael
245			_aPublic administration, the history of ideas, and the reinventing government movement
260			_c2004
300			_ap.353-62.
362			_aMay-Jun
520			_aPublic administration writers, with some notable exceptions, generally have not paid a great deal of attention to the history of ideas. However, public administration inquiry is profoundly affected by longstanding political and social ideas. This article shows how the idea of the state as a purposive association - that is to say, a collective enterprise that is driven by some set of substantive ends or purposes - has helped to shape the thinking and discourse of some public administration writers, particularly those of the reinventing government movement. The implications of this for public administration inquiry and education are examined. - Reproduced.
650			_aPublic administration
773			_aPublic Administration Review
909			_a61263
999			_c61263 _d61263