The Public Administration Theory Primer

150 6: Postmodern Th eory As this brief description of the postmodern dialect and the notion of hyper- reality indicate, postmod ...

Looking for Postmodern Public Administration Th eory 151 Public administration scholars overwhelmingly acknowledge that the fi e ...

152 6: Postmodern Th eory processes are more important than hierarchy and authority, that the exercise of power is a central fea ...

Looking for Postmodern Public Administration Th eory 153 In addition, a feminist perspective on the administrative state would e ...

154 6: Postmodern Th eory here). Hochschild (1979) recognized that emotions must also be managed in any social setting; that “th ...

Looking for Postmodern Public Administration Th eory 155 Game face: Used in law enforcement to signify displays of toughness Co ...

156 6: Postmodern Th eory change was published in the Journal of Public Aff airs Education, the “fl agship journal of the Nation ...

Looking for Postmodern Public Administration Th eory 157 see things diff erently, now popularly and tritely referred to as “thin ...

158 6: Postmodern Th eory Th e modern nation-state is essential to the core logic of public administration because the fi eld si ...

Looking for Postmodern Public Administration Th eory 159 of our daily life . . . and too constrained to confront the global prob ...

160 6: Postmodern Th eory move subtly away from the logic of state or nation building (to include cities) and the concentration ...

Looking for Postmodern Public Administration Th eory 161 of precautionary microadjustments. Because there will be no institution ...

162 6: Postmodern Th eory Natural setting. Conduct research in the natural setting or context because, among other reasons, “re ...

Looking for Postmodern Public Administration Th eory 163 that grounded theory methodology is not only appropriate but also neces ...

164 6: Postmodern Th eory Conclusions A recent review of Public Administration Review, one of the leading journals of the discip ...

Summary 165 Th e postmodern methodological perspective also includes the logic of alterity, or a forthright concern for the “mor ...

166 6: Postmodern Th eory neutrality, and an emphasis on organizational design with little concern for social injustice. Th e ph ...

167 7 Decision Th eory Introduction Although now quite distinct, rational choice theory and decision theory in many ways trace t ...

168 7: Decision Th eory preoccupied with action, and particularly with unsubstantiated “principles” of action, which he labeled ...

Introduction 169 Th e boldness of Simon’s assertions prompted one of the sharpest exchanges in the history of academic public ad ...