Democracy and the Social Feminist Ethics of Jane Addams: A Vision for Public Administration
Date
2006-09
Authors
Shields, Patricia M.
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Publisher
The Public Administration Theory Network
Abstract
In Democracy and Social Ethics, feminist, settlement worker, peace activist, social reformer, and scholar Jane Addams articulates a bottom up participatory democracy. The elements of her social democracy (social claim, sympathetic understanding, experience, scientific attitude, dignity of the everyday, idealized rule of living) are described and linked to Addams social feminisms. Her conceptualization of democracy contrasts and complements with the more commonly used political democracy. Her theory of democracy also speaks to the lived experience of public administration.
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Keywords
participatory democracy, social ethics, feminism and public administration, Public Administration, Political Science
Citation
Shields, P. M. (2006). Democracy and the social feminist ethics of Jane Addams: A vision for public administration. Administrative Theory and Praxis, 28(3), pp. 418-443.