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Logics of Legitimacy
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Logics of Legitimacy

by Margaret Stout
September 2017
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
325 pages
11h 32m
English
Routledge
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Mutual Critiques among Traditions ◾  199
reform and Progressive Era, administrators have aligned themselves with business-
led community “boosterism,” particularly in high- growth areas like southwestern
states (Bridges 1997). In short, “professionalism in government is good for business”
(Stout 2009a, 299). Administrators help civic and business leaders inuence policy
making toward their benet.
erefore, rather than trusting administrators to sort out the problem of
political self- interest or market capture, those associated with the Collaborative
Tradition seek direct responsiveness to the citizens aected, ensuring that their
interpretation of social equity is what guides decision making. But, as noted (see
“Collaboration Fails to ...
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