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100			_aWhetsell, Travis A.
245			_aReconciling the varieties of pragmatism in public administration
260			_c2011
300			_ap.474-483.
362			_aMar
520			_aPragmatism has become a topic of growing discussion in public administration, as demonstrated by ongoing debate within the pages of administration & society. Karen Evans recently agued that the pervasive influence of logical positivism has produced a public administration, dominated by an ethically vacuous overemphasis on efficiency. Keith Snider recently responded to Evans by pointing toward confusion arising from debates between competing varieties of pragmatism, arguing that calls for pragmatism may produce unitended consequences under the present paradigm. However, this debate has the potential to produce a more intellectually experienced and mature public administration. Moreover, American pragmatism is uniquely appropriate as a philosophy of public administration in its dual academic/practitioner roles. - Reproduced.
650			_aPublic administration
700			_aShields, Patricia
773			_aAdministration and Society
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