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Public Administration Theory: Evolution and Application book cover

1st Edition

Public Administration Theory Evolution and Application

Edited By Staci M. Zavattaro Copyright 2024
116 Pages
by Routledge

116 Pages
by Routledge

116 Pages
by Routledge
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What is theory? What do theorists do? Doctoral students and academics often engage with theory, but there is sometimes misunderstanding about what theory is, does, and explains. This book explores these questions, giving students and academics alike in public administration and management an idea of the breadth of depth of theory use, development, and application. The journal, Administrative... Read more

Introduction

Staci M. Zavattaro

 

1. Reckoning with Theoretical Research: A Heuristic for Gauging and Writing Public Administration Theory

Nuri Heckler and Ryan Rouse

 

2. Pariahs No More? On the Status of Theory and Theorists in Contemporary Public Administration

Anthony M. Starke Jr

 

3. The University in the Knowledge Economy: Academic Capitalism and Its Implications for Doctoral Students in Public Administration

Gary S. Marshall

 

4. Advice to a Young Person Concerning Theory

Kym Thorne

 

5. Public Administration Theory as a Discourse

Camilla Stivers

 

6. Back to the Future: Theorists as Facilitators of Voice, Yesterday and Today

J. J. Hendricks

 

7. Tools and Toys: Theory as Practical Play

Ryvenna Lewis and Jennifer L. Eagan

 

8. Intersubjective Voices: The Role of the “Theorist”

Ann L. Cunliffe

 

9. What's the Use in Being Practical?

Thomas J. Catlaw

 

Conclusion

Staci M. Zavattaro

Biography

Staci M. Zavattaro is Professor of Public Administration at the University of Central Florida, Florida, USA. She served as editor-in-chief of Administrative Theory & Praxis from 2018 to 2023. Her books include Cities for Sale, Place Branding Through Phases of the Image, and Social Media to Government: Theory and Practice (edited with Dr. Thomas Bryer).

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