VENTRISS, Curtin <br/><br/>
Roward a public philosophy of public administration :  a civic perspective of the public 

 - New York :  Marcel Dekker,  1997 
<br/><br/> The thesis of this article is that a publicphilosophy of public administration needs to be formulated. It must not be based upon romantic and technocratic approaches as past efforts have been. It must rest instead upon a revitalized concept of the public that stresses the importance of public interdependency, public learning, public language, and a critical evaluation of the relationship between the role of the state and public administration. This emphasis has important implications for the respective responsibilities of both academicians and practicing administrators.