Taking Language Seriously: The Narrative Foundations of Public Administration Research - Couverture rigide

White, Jay D.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0878407502 ISBN 13 : 9780878407507

Editeur : Georgetown University Press, 1999

Synopsis

This discussion of the philosophical foundations of research in public administration advances an alternative theory of knowledge development that should be valuable for those in fields seeking to affect social, political, and economic change.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The logic of research in public administration, argues White, may be more like that of storytelling than of conventional social science research. In this text, he examines the linguistic, discursive and narrative foundations of public administration research and develops a narrative theory of knowledge development and use for the field. White builds his case for this narrative theory by showing how research on complex problems is grounded in language and discourse. He then explains how a variety of developments in philosophy and the humanities - positivism, postpositivism, hermeneutics, critical and legal theory, postmodernism and poststructuralism - can contribute to our understanding of public administration research.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Georgetown University Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0878407502
• ISBN 13: 9780878407507
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible