Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration pdf

[...]... Theory-Based Public Administration Inquiry Miller /Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration AU5384_C001 Final Proof page 2 20.9.2007 12:32pm Compositor Name: JGanesan Miller /Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration AU5384_C001 Final Proof page 3 20.9.2007 12:32pm Compositor Name: JGanesan 1 The Logic of Inquiry in the Field of Public Administration Norma M Riccucci CONTENTS 1.1 Introduction... presentation, and teaching The first set of chapters reveals both the logic of inquiry and the practical problems of locating research in the context of existing research The section starts with ‘‘The Logic of Inquiry in the xix Miller /Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration AU5384_C000 Final Proof page xx 4.10.2007 5:16pm Compositor Name: BMani xx Field of Public Administration ’ by Norma... government administration of public programs or in academic research aimed toward theory building and theory testing Second, the authors document past uses of these methods in public administration They link systematic research techniques to their uses in public administration literature and practice in the past and present Third, the chapters explore potential emerging uses of methods in public administration. .. awarded outstanding paper of 2003 by the International Journal of Forecasting He also has examined the early history of performance measurement in the United States Jim R Wollscheid is an assistant professor of economics in the Department of Economics and Finance in the College of Business at Texas A&M University-Kingsville in Texas His research Miller /Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration. .. currently pursuing his doctorate in public administration at the School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers University, Newark His research interests include Miller /Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration AU5384_C000 Final Proof page xxvii 4.10.2007 5:16pm Compositor Name: BMani xxvii public performance measurement and reporting, survey research, e-government, and public transit... within a paradigm His basic thesis in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is that science progresses through * The term paradigm had heretofore been used in certain forms of linguistics Miller /Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration AU5384_C001 Final Proof page 5 20.9.2007 12:32pm Compositor Name: JGanesan The Logic of Inquiry in the Field of Public Administration 5 cycles, evolving... the primary text in research methods courses in masters of public administration programs and the research methods sequence courses in PhD in public administration, public policy, and public management programs These courses are surveys that must cover a vast amount of material and work done in public administration This handbook can help by giving survey courses a focus—exemplary research already... Issues in Public Law and Public Administration ’ in the Handbook of Public Administration Lamar Vernon Bennett is a doctoral candidate in public administration and policy at The American University, School of Public Affairs in Washington, DC He received his Masters of Public Administration from Rutgers University, New York His research interests include urban education reform, public management, and... is an assistant professor in the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University-Newark in New Jersey Her recent work includes the book Governmental Transparency in the Path of Administrative Reform She received a PhD in political science from American University in Washington, DC Miller /Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration AU5384_C000 Final Proof page xxviii 4.10.2007...Miller /Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration AU5384_C000 Final Proof page x 4.10.2007 5:16pm Compositor Name: BMani Miller /Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration AU5384_C000 Final Proof page xi 4.10.2007 5:16pm Compositor Name: BMani Contents Preface xvii Introduction xix Contributors xxiii Part I Theory-Based Public Administration . alt="" Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration Miller /Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration AU5384_C000 Final Proof page. explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging -in- Publication Data Handbook of research methods in public administration / editors: