01101cam a2200181 a 4500 0 0 0 GIMPA GIMPA REF 2017-06-19 Purchase 0 JF 1351 RIC 66934 2022-11-17 2023-02-23 BK 0 0 0 GIMPA GIMPA GEN 2017-06-19 Purchase 0 JF 1351 RIC 66935 2022-11-17 2023-02-23 BK 0 0 0 GIMPA GIMPA GEN 2017-06-19 Purchase 0 JF 1351 RIC 66936 2022-11-17 2023-02-23 BK 1220 1220 9781589017047 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1589017048 (pbk. : alk. paper) JF 1351 RIC Riccucci, Norma M. Public administration : traditions of inquiry and philosophies of knowledge / Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2010. xi, 162 pages : Illustrations ; Public management and change series, Includes bibliographical references and index. Intellectual heritage and theoretical developments : is public administration an art or a science? -- Searching for a paradigm : public administration as a postnormal science -- Identity crises in the social sciences -- Searching for truth : the logic of inquiry in public administration -- Theory building through qualitative approaches -- Theory building through quantitative research -- Theory building through mixed-method research -- Heterogeneity in epistemic traditions. Public administration. BK