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

White, Jay D.

 
9780878408788: Taking Language Seriously: The Narrative Foundations of Public Administration Research
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0878408789 ISBN 13 : 9780878408788
Editeur : Georgetown University Press, 2001

Synopsis

The logic of research in public administration, argues Jay D. White, may be more like that of storytelling than of conventional social science research. In Taking Language Seriously, 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 recent 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.

Focusing on the logical structures of three modes of research--explanatory, interpretive, and critical--White shows how each is equally legitimate, depending on the nature of the research questions.

This comprehensive yet clear discussion of the philosophical foundations of research in public administration advances an alternative theory of knowledge development that will be valuable for everyone in fields seeking to affect social, political, economic, and organizational change.

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À propos de l?auteur

Jay D. White is a professor of public administration at the University of Nebraska, Omaha and coeditor of Research in Public Administration: Reflections on Theory and Practice (Sage Publications, 1994). He is editor of the annual, Research in Public Administration.

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Éditeur
Georgetown University Press
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0878408789
ISBN 13 
9780878408788
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
232
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0878407502 ISBN 13 :  9780878407507
Editeur : Georgetown University Press, 1999
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