
Public Administration & Public Policy
The discipline of public administration draws predominantly from political
and organizational theory, but also from other social and behavioral
sciences, philosophy, and even theology. This diversity results in conicting
prescriptions for the “proper” administrative role. So, how are those new to
public administration to know which ideas are “legitimate?”
Rather than accepting conventional arguments for administrative
legitimacy through delegated constitutional authority or expertise,
Logics
of Legitimacy: Three Traditions of Public Administration Praxis
does
not assume that any ...