Philosophy and public administration : : an introduction / / Edoardo Ongaro.

"Philosophy and Public Administration provides a systematic and comprehensive introduction to the philosophical foundations of the study and practice of public administration. An agile introduction to the main philosophical streams, from classical metaphysics to phenomenology, this thoroughly u...

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Place / Publishing House:Northampton : : Edward Elgar Publishing,, 2020.
Year of Publication:2020
Edition:Second edition.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (352 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents: Foreword by Geert Bouckaert
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 Introduction and rationale
  • 2 key streams in philosophical inquiry: A selection and succinct overview for the field of public administration - Part I
  • 3 key streams in philosophical inquiry: A selection and succinct overview for the field of public administration - Part II
  • 4 ontological perspectives and public public administration doctrines and themes revisited from a philosophical perspective
  • 5 political philosophy and public governance: The quest for justification in 'common good' and in 'social contract' arguments and their significance for the debate on the organisation of the public sector
  • 6 epistemological perspectives and the study of public administration
  • 7 Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Niccolò Machiavelli, Thomas More: On virtues, realism and utopian thinking in public administration
  • 8 utopias, ideal-types, paradigms, models and 'good practices: Repertoire of conceptual tools for public administration?
  • 9 elements (fragments) for the philosophical foundation of a theory of public administration
  • 10 the search for consistencyresearching and teaching philosophy for public administration
  • Postscript to the second edition: Philosophy in and of public administration today, global-western and non-western by Wolfgang Drechsler postscript: philosophy in and of public administration today by Wolfgang Drechsler
  • References
  • Index.