Pragmatism: Exploring Public Administration's Policy Imprint

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dc.contributor.authorShields, Patricia M.
dc.date.accessioned2006-07-12T10:19:52Z
dc.date.available2012-02-24T10:19:52Z
dc.date.issued1996-11-01
dc.description.abstractPublic administrators are often described as pragmatic. Yet few scholars have investigated what this might mean. This article introduces the notion of policy imprint-the effect that professional groups have on policy. Pragmatism is championed as an organizing principle that explains the public administration (PA) policy imprint. The pragmatism of William James and John Dewey is described and applied to PA. Because PA leaves its imprint where theory and practice meet, the article examines the theory-practice nexus through the lenses of pragmatism. Finally, pragmatism's link to democracy is developed.
dc.description.departmentPolitical Science
dc.description.versionThis is the accepted manuscript version of an article published in <i>Administration and Society</i>.
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dc.format.extent35 pages
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dc.identifier.citationShields, P. M. (1996). Pragmatism: Exploring public administration's policy imprint. Administration and Society, 28(3), pp. 390-411.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/009539979602800305
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/3963
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSage Publications
dc.sourceAdministration and Society, 1996, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 390-411.
dc.subjectpragmatism
dc.subjectJames, William
dc.subjectDewey, John
dc.subjectpolicy imprints
dc.subjectPublic Administration
dc.subjectPolitical Science
dc.titlePragmatism: Exploring Public Administration's Policy Imprint
dc.typeArticle

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