作者：KELLY, M; MAYNARDMOODY, S
作者单位：University of Kansas
摘要：Are there more insightful alternatives to the traditional methods of program evaluation? Marisa Kelly and Steven Maynard-Moody note the traditional reliance of evaluation research on methods rooted in a detached scientific positivism. Recently, a growing number of evaluation research analysts have used a post-positivist approach based on understanding agency operations from insiders' or stakeholders' perspectives. This calls for greater involvement by the analyst in facilitating discussions am...
作者：GREEN, RT; KELLER, LF; WAMSLEY, GL
作者单位：University System of Ohio; Cleveland State University; Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
摘要：Is public administration a profession? Richard Green Lawrence Keller, and Gary Wamsley approach this long lasting debate from a new perspective. They argue that the field assumes an impoverished definition of ''profession'' and thus has neglected important dimensions of the practice that need examination in a more constructive debate. BY returning to the classical roots of the word ''profession,'' the authors attempt to illuminate the roles that public administrators have played, and must play...
作者：ALTHAUS, RR; YARWOOD, DL
作者单位：University of Missouri System; University of Missouri Columbia
摘要：How does an increasingly global environment affect the way we establish and implement policy? Rickert Althaus and Dean Yarwood examine domain overlap between the Department of Agriculture and the Department of State regarding international agricultural policy during the Carter administration. The authors focus on three decisions. PL 480 allocations to Egypt, Commodity Credit Corporation export credits to Poland, and the Soviet grain embargo. They discover that domain overlap is frequently a ca...
