02374     2200313   4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020001900097041000800116082001100124084001700135100002300152245010300175260005700278300003200335520141500367650002701782650001501809650003601824990002501860990002501885990002501910990002501935990002501960990002501985990002502010990002502035INLIS00000000000939220221109021800  a0010-0520009392221109                |          | eng    a978-0817316853  aeng  a351.01  a351.01 SPI d0 aSpicer, Michael W.13aDefense Of Politics In Public Administration : A Value Pluralist Perspective. /cMichael W. Spicer  aTuscaloosa :bThe University Of Alabama Press,c2010  axi, 120 p. ; 24 cm ;c24 cm  aPublic Admin: Criticism and Creativity Series Browse this Book on Google Scholars of public administration have historically too often been disdainful towards politics in the field, viewing political activities and interests as opportunities for corruption, mismanagement, and skewed priorities. Supporters of this anti-political stance have become even more strident in recent years, many of them advancing scientific models for the study and practice of public administration and governance. Michael Spicer argues that politics deserves to be defended as a vital facet of public administration on the grounds that it can promote moral conduct in government and in public administration, principally by bringing to the foreground the role of values in administrative practice. Politics can facilitate the resolution of conflicts that naturally arise from competing values, or conceptions of the good, while minimizing the use of force or violence. Drawing on the writings of Isaiah Berlin, Bernard Crick, and Stuart Hampshire, In Defense of Politics in Public Administration argues that value conflict is an integral part of our moral experience, both in making our own moral choices and in dealing with those whose values conflict with our own. This book is a spirited declaration of principles and a timely contribution to a dialogue that is redefining public administration, both in theory and in practice. 4aPublic administration. 4aPluralism. 4aPolitical science --Philosophy.  a22440/MKRI-P/XI-2011  a22439/MKRI-P/XI-2011  a22439/MKRI-P/XI-2011  a22440/MKRI-P/XI-2011  a22439/MKRI-P/XI-2011  a22440/MKRI-P/XI-2011  a22440/MKRI-P/XI-2011  a22439/MKRI-P/XI-2011