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BL
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703372
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b525561
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| Main Entry
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Box, Richard C
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| Title & Author
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Making a difference : : progressive values in public administration /\ Richard C. Box
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| Publication Statement
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Armonk, N.Y. :: M.E. Sharpe,, c2008
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| Page. NO
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x, 137 p. ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0765622874 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0765622882 (pbk.)
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: 9780765622877 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780765622884 (pbk.)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-130) and index
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| Contents
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Preface -- The case for progressive values -- Making a difference -- Regressive and progressive values -- A conceptual framework -- Human behavior -- Immanent critique in the American context -- Describing the value pairs -- Aggressiveness/cooperation -- Belief/knowledge -- Economics as end/economics as means -- Great inequality/limited inequality -- Earth as resource/earth as home -- Practice and change -- The public professional as agent of change -- Creating change in policy and practice -- Gather information and present it to others -- Change how policy is implemented -- Advocate for programs and policies -- Normative teaching and scholarship -- Beyond the given: normative thought in public administration -- Against the grain: teaching progressive values -- Acceptance and refusal: analysis of current conditions -- Contingent theory -- Analytic approach -- Use of knowledge -- Agency and action -- Toward a progressive public administration -- "Small junctures of theory and practice" -- References -- Index -- About the author
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| Subject
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Progressivism (United States politics)
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Public administration-- United States
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Social values-- United States
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| Dewey Classification
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172/.20973
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| LC Classification
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JK421.B65 2008
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