TY - BOOK AU - AU - Wamsley, Gary L.;Wolf, James F. ED - ED - ED - ED - TI - : modern paradoxes, postmodern challenges SN - 0803959761 (cloth : acid-free paper);9780803959767 (cloth : acid-free paper);080395977X (pbk. : acid-free paper);9780803959774 (pbk. : acid-free paper) SN - 2 PY - 1996///];copyright 1996.46 CY - Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - Sage Publications KW - KW - 2 KW - 0 KW - 6 KW - 20 KW - Public administration.;Democracy N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Introduction : can a high-modern project find happiness in a postmodern era? / Gary L. Wamsley and James F. Wolf -- On governance and reinventing government / Richard T. Green and Lawrence Hubbell -- Fencing in the inherently governmental debate / Larkin Dudley -- Public-institutional proceses and democratic governance / Joy A. Clay -- What a difference a state makes : reflections on governance in France / John A. Rohr -- Moving beyond prescriptions : making sense of public administration action contexts / James F. Wolf -- Administering in the public interest : the facilitative role for public administrators / Thomas J. Barth -- Postmodernism, public administration, and the public interest / O.C. McSwite -- The public administration and the problem of the presidency / Larry M. Lane -- Refusing to get it right : citizenship, difference, and the refounding project / Camilla Stivers -- Understanding social process : the key to democratic governance / Lisa Weinberg -- The maturation of public administration : the search for a democratic identity / Linda F. Dennard -- Thinking government : bringing democratic awareness to public administration / John H. Little -- A public philosophy and ontological disclosure as the basis for normatively grounded theorizing in public administration / Gary L. Wamsley; 5 ER -