Research in public administration: Reflections on theory and practice: Edited by Jay D. White and Guy B. Adams, Sage Publications (1994), 280 pp., £12.95

Abstract

Foreword - Chester A Newland Research Ideals and Realities Making Sense with Diversity - Jay D White and Guy B Adams The Context of Research, Theory and Knowledge Development in Public Administration PART ONE: THE NATURE OF RESEARCH IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Enthralled with Modernity - Guy B Adams The Historical Context of Knowledge and Theory Development in Public Administration On the Growth of Knowledge in Public Administration - Jay D White A Science of Public Administration? - Gregory A Daneke An Examination of the Debate Over Research in Public Administration - Richard C Box PART TWO: ASSESSMENTS OF PUBLISHED RESEARCH Research Methodology in the Public Administration Review, 1975-84 - James L Perry and Kenneth L Kraemer Public Administration Research - Robert A Stallings and James M Ferris Work in PAR, 1940-84 Public Administration Research - David J Houston and Sybil M Delevan An Assessment of Journal Publications PART THREE: ASSESSMENTS OF DOCTORAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION Dissertations and Publications in Public Administration - Jay D White Revisiting the Doctoral Dissertation in Public Administration - Robert E Cleary An Examination of the Dissertations of 1990 Doctoral Programs in Public Administration - Robert A Stallings An Outsider's Perspective PART FOUR: RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT IN AN APPLIED PROFESSIONAL FIELD Do Physicists Use Case Studies? Thoughts on Public Administration Research - Mary Timney Bailey Policy Analysis in the Postpositivist Era - Marisa Kelly and Steven Maynard-Moody Engaging Stakeholders in Evaluating the Economic Development District's Program Grout - Mary R Schmidt Alternative Kinds of Knowledge and Why They Are Ignored Stories Managers Tell - Ralph P Hummel Why They are as Valid as Science