Public administration: traditions of inquiry and philosophies of knowledge. / 
Norma M. Riccucci 
 - Washington, DC:  Georgetown University Press,  2010. 
 - ix, 162 p.: 
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<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents: Introduction -- Intellectual heritage and theoretical developments: is public administration an art or a science? -- Searching for a paradigm: public administration as a postnormal science -- Identity crises in the social sciences -- Searching for truth: the logic of inquiry in public administration -- Theory building through qualitative approaches -- Theory building through quantitative research -- Theory building through mixed-method research -- Heterogeneity in epistemic traditions -- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781589017047 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003107335 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Public administration.<br/>Public administration--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JF1351.C46 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>351