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100 1 _935660
_aSementelli, Arthur
245 1 0 _aDistortions of progress :
_bevolutionary theories and public administration
260 _aThousand Oaks :
_bSAGE,
_cOctober 2007
520 3 _aEvolution and evolutionary theories in the social sciences in general, and applied fields in particular, are often grounded in the discredited (in biology) Lamarckian conceptualization. Lamarckian ideas of progress, with their associated teleology and totalizing influences, tend not to be useful for public administration. This article proposes that public administration instead consider an alternative image of evolution that enables the practical use of evolutionary theories, enabling them to better understand the nature of wicked problems in both theory and practice
773 0 8 _tAdministration & Society
_g39, 6, p. 740-760
_dThousand Oaks : SAGE, October 2007
_xISSN 00953997
_w
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_cTiago
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_b1514^b
_cCarolina
999 _aConvertido do Formato PHL
_bPHL2MARC21 1.1
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