In defense of politics in public administration [electronic resource] : a value pluralist perspective / Michael W. Spicer.
Series: Public administrationPublication details: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2010.Description: xi, 120 pISBN:- 9780817316853 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 351.01 22
- JF1351 .S584 2010eb

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : anti-politics in public administration -- Value pluralism and moral experience -- Politics, conciliation, and value pluralism -- Politics and the limitations of a science of governance -- A pluralist approach to public administration : adversary argument -- Constitutionalism, and administrative discretion -- Conclusion : practical moral reasoning in public administration.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.