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100	1		_aSHIELDS, Patricia M. _921300
245	1	0	_aPragmatism : _bexploring public administration's policy imprint
260			_aThousand Oaks : _bSAGE, _cNovember 1996
520	3		_aPublic administrators are often described as pragmatic. Yet few scholars have investigated what this might mean. This article introduces the notion of policy imprint-the effect that professional groups have on policy. Pragmatism is championed as an organizing principle that explains the public administration (PA) policy imprint. The pragmatism of William James and John Dewey is described and applied to PA. Because PA leaves its imprint where theory and practice meet, the article examines the theory-practice nexus through the lenses of pragmatism. Finally, pragmatism's link to democracy is developed
773	0	8	_tAdministration & Society _g28, 3, p. 390-411 _dThousand Oaks : SAGE, November 1996 _xISSN 00953997 _w
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998			_a20100805 _b1633^b _cCarolina
999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c20403 _d20403
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