Box, Richard C. <br/><br/>
Making a difference  progressive values in public administration /  [electronic resource] : 
Richard C. Box. 
 - Armonk, N.Y. :  M.E. Sharpe,  c2008. 
 - x, 137 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-130) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2009. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Public administration--United States.<br/>Social values--United States.<br/>Progressivism (United States politics)
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JK421  / .B65 2008eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>172/.20973