A growing number of public administration theorists are taking up the question of ontology—
the nature of existence. This primer on the topic provides a basic explanation of ontology …

The discipline of public administration draws predominantly from political and organizational
theory, but also from other social and behavioral sciences, philosophy, and even theology …

This article presents a Governance Typology comprising philosophical and practical
theoretical elements which compose four ideal-types found in dominant Western political …

This book presents a critique of dominant governance theories grounded in an
understanding of existence as a static, discrete, mechanistic process, while also identifying …

Women tend to sacrifice career, family life, or both in ways men do not. Studies have shown
repeatedly that these career and social costs are higher for women than men. This article …

Public administration strives to ascertain how we can best live together. In answering this
question, we make ontological assumptions about who we are and what ways of living …

The media is replete with declarations that, like or not, we are in an era of accelerating and
fundamental change. We are moving from industrial to post‐industrial economies; from …

In this dissertation, I expose an absence of Public Administration scholarship that considers
children within the context of the administrative activities and functions of government. While …

This book presents a critique of dominant governance theories grounded in an
understanding of existence as a static, discrete, mechanistic process, while also identifying …

Book Reviews 971 school—who offer both opening and closing debates on the principal
differences among democratic theories. This is a refreshing way to lay out the core ideas in …