Prescriptive thinking : normative claims as scholarship
By: EVANS, Karen G
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Contributor(s): LOWERY, Daniel.
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ArticlePublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE, May 2006Subject(s): Escola de Governo | Educação | RegulamentoAdministration & Society 38, 2, p. 147-165 Abstract: This article presents a conceptual model related to normative truth claims and is advanced as part of a larger project involving the development of a logical taxonomy of options available to public administration scholars as they assess projects of various kinds. The model differentiates among five types of truth claims, two paradigmatic options, various theoretical perspectives, four forms of argumentation, and several kinds of evidence, creating a roadmap that can be used by scholarsparticularly those just entering the fieldto conceptualize and articulate their projects. It also provides a framework against which normative truth claims can be evaluated
This article presents a conceptual model related to normative truth claims and is advanced as part of a larger project involving the development of a logical taxonomy of options available to public administration scholars as they assess projects of various kinds. The model differentiates among five types of truth claims, two paradigmatic options, various theoretical perspectives, four forms of argumentation, and several kinds of evidence, creating a roadmap that can be used by scholarsparticularly those just entering the fieldto conceptualize and articulate their projects. It also provides a framework against which normative truth claims can be evaluated
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