Evolutionary Critical Theory and Its Role in Public Affairs [Hardcover]

This work addresses one of the most central and timely subjects in Public Administration - how to make sense of critical theory and especially how to assess its implications for everyday practice.This work addresses one of the most central and timely subjects in Public Administration - how to make sense of critical theory and especially how to assess its implications for everyday practice.Chapter 1 Pr?cis; Chapter 2 Public Administration as Discipline and the Estrangement of Theory; Chapter 3 Ontology and Theory in Public Administration; Chapter 4 Critical Theory and Public Administration; Chapter 5 Evolutionary Critical Theory; Chapter 6 Evolutionary Critical Theory, Power, and Emancipation; Chapter 7 Evolutionary Critical Theory and the Good Society; Chapter 8 Evolutionary Critical Theory and Public Administration;Charles Frederick Abel, Arthur J. Sementelli,USCopyright ? 2004, Taylor & Francis