To Kill the King sketches post-traditional consciousness in terms of three rejuvenating
concepts-thinking as play, justice as seeking, and practice as art. In a series of critical …

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 builds upon and extends the work of civic engagement, deliberative democracy,
and discourse theorists by critically examining the ways in which civic engagement is …

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 …

This paper offers suggestions for new directions in PA Theory-four allures of rhetorical
analysis. First, it points toward New Rhetoric and rhetoric as more than the twirl on the top of …

This essay invites reflection on four practical uses of rhetoric: as a way to provide persuasive
emphasis in administrative communication; as a technique of analysis to improve public …

This interdisciplinary study critically examines the extent to which nonprofit organizations
possess the ability and wherewithal to function as Tocqueville's" schools for democracy" and …

This article examines the claim that public administration theorizing can upgrade its
language game, even in the short run, by a grand strategy of epistemic pluralism that …