A Neopragmatist Approach to Administrative Authority
Using Rorty's Liberalism for Social Progress
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12450384 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Oliver Kasdan (0000-0002-6709-1424, Oakland University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 566-584 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Administrative Theory & Praxis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1084-1806 • E-ISSN: 1949-0461 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2753/atp1084-1806330404 |
| OpenAlex | W2322202152 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 21 |
Public administration is challenged to provide a coherent model of authority. A warrant for authority is necessary for governance, yet it is also anathema to many of the tenets of liberal constitutionalism. From the postmodern perspective, a nondiscriminatory approach to governance requires new understandings of the source and purpose of administrative authority. This process involves deflating the metanarratives of governance and the foundational traditions that have informed administrative practices. This article offers neopragmatism, the upgrade of pragmatism's truth-utility function through contextual and linguistic considerations, as an approach to reframe authority. Social progress—defined by Richard Rorty as movement away from that which is unjust and cruel—is the justification for that authority
Business · Cognitive reframing · Constitution · Constitutionalism · Corporate governance · Democracy · Economics · Epistemology · Law and economics · Management · Political science · Politics · Postmodernism · Pragmatism · Public authority · Sociology · Warrant · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Law · Philosophy · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |