{"product_id":"rethinking-administrative-theory-jong-jun-9780275972486","title":"Rethinking Administrative Theory: The Challenge of the New Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eStriving to redirect the study of public administration toward innovation and imagination, deliberative democracy, knowledge transfer, policy making, and ethics and values--topics which for too long have been overshadowed by traditional problems of efficency, productivity, and instrumental-rational solutions--this book of diverse essays is certain to invigorate both scholarship and practice. Eighteen leading international scholars evaluate public administration's historical development and explore the significance and value trends in public administration from a variety of cutting-edge theoretical and practical perspectives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAimed at students and practitioners alike, this collection of essays is certain to stimulate critical thinking and discussion of public administration's aims, mechanisms, and overall effectiveness, as well as the role it plays in democratizing countries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jong S. Jun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0275972488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780275972486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.44h x 6.26w x 1.25d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2002 pg. 141\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2002 pg. 1884","brand":"Jong S. Jun","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44170035036415,"sku":"9780275972486","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_772e2b2f-8c68-4c5a-872a-3944a81faa5d.jpg?v=1689656427","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rethinking-administrative-theory-jong-jun-9780275972486","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}