Evolutionary Critical Theory and Its Role in Public Affairs

This work addresses one of the most central and timely subjects in Public Administration - how to make sense of critical theory and especially how to assess its implications for everyday practice.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Précis; Chapter 2 Public Administration as Discipline and the Estrangement of Theory; Chapter 3 Ontology and Theory in Public Administration; Chapter 4 Critical Theory and Public Administration; Chapter 5 Evolutionary Critical Theory; Chapter 6 Evolutionary Critical Theory, Power, and Emancipation; Chapter 7 Evolutionary Critical Theory and the “Good Society”; Chapter 8 Evolutionary Critical Theory and Public Administration;

About the author

Charles Frederick Abel, Arthur J. Sementelli,

Product details

• Authors: Charles Federick Abel, Abel Charles Federick, Arthur Jay Sementelli, Sementelli Arthur Jay
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2003
• EAN: 9780765610461
• ISBN: 978-0-7656-1046-1
• No. of pages: 232
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Central / national / federal government, Central government, Civil service and public sector, Civil Service & Public Sector, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government