The Social Construction of Public Administration

The Social Construction of Public AdministrationChallenges the limitations of modern public administration theories. In this conceptual guided tour of contemporary public administration, Jong S. Jun challenges the limitations of the discipline which, he argues, make it inadequate for understanding today's complex human phenomena. Drawing on examples and case studies from both Eastern and Western countries, he emphasizes critical and interpretive perspectives as a counterforce to the instrumental

returning the text to its native intellectual world

This book shows its comprehensive history from conception to the present

It identifies the ways modern agriculture has disrupted plant defences and the control of pests by their natural enemies

Alternative courses of action should be thought of and the consequences of these actions need to be predicted

Through the stories unfolding in these chapters

An American perspective is given in papers by George Geahigan and Paul Duncum

Although we are now accustomed to watching history unfold live on the air

tracing the recovery of ancient Egypt and its impact on the human imagination in a saga filled with intriguing mysteries

Michael Herity's essays focus on Early Christian Ireland (400-700)

Includes interdisciplinary perspectives and contemporary topics with a focus on health equity

Billy is arrested for assaulting a strikebreaker

Cameroon – and Africa – must move beyond their colonial legacies to focus on indigenous productions of meaning informed by traditional wisdom and ordinary Cameroonian life experience