Making a difference
Subtitle: progressive values in public administration
By: by Richard C. Box.
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe, Inc.; M.E. Sharpe
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Armonk, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
ISBN-13: 9780765622877
Subjects: Public administration -- United States; Social values -- United States; Progressivism (United States politics)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: The case for progressive values; title: Making a difference; title: Regressive and progressive values; title: A conceptual framework; title: Human behavior; title: Immanent critique in the American context; title: Describing the value pairs; title: Aggressiveness/cooperation; title: Belief/knowledge; title: Economics as end/economics as means; title: Great inequality/limited inequality; title: Earth as resource/earth as home; title: Practice and change; title: The public professional as agent of change; title: Creating change in policy and practice; title: Gather information and present it to others; title: Change how policy is implemented; title: Advocate for programs and policies; title: Normative teaching and scholarship; title: Beyond the given: normative thought in public administration; title: Against the grain: teaching progressive values; title: Acceptance and refusal: analysis of current conditions; title: Contingent theory; title: Analytic approach; title: Use of knowledge; title: Agency and action; title: Toward a progressive future; title: "Small junctures of theory and practice"; title: References; title: Index; title: About the author.