TY  - BOOK
AU  - Riccucci,Norma M.
TI  - Public administration: traditions of inquiry and philosophies of knowledge 
T2  - Public management and change series, 
SN  - 9781589017047 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - JF 1351 RIC
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Georgetown University Press
KW  - Public administration
N1  - 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
ER  -