16 ◾ Logics of Legitimacy
example, it has been suggested that in the 1960s the ethos attached to the vocation
of public service was characterized by valuing human relationship, cooperation,
and collective action (McSwite 2002). However, that ethos has been in many ways
supplanted by one that values market exchange principles (McSwite 2002). Some
suggest that performance- related meanings of professionalism challenge those
based on serving the public interest. us, the very meaning of “professionalism” in
public administration has changed over time. is suggests that ongoing changes
in political and administrative theory will demand shifts to the professional iden-
tity of public administrators.
For example, there has been an invitation to ...