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The Study of Administration and the Persistence of the Legitimacy Question

An Essay on a Concept

Bibliographic Data

ID12450402
AuthorsSara R Jordan (Texas A&M University, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume28
Issue4
Pages631-641
Publication date2006-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAdministrative Theory & Praxis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1084-1806 • E-ISSN: 1949-0461
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10841806.2006.11029559
OpenAlexW2297822891
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited8

Concepts, such as legitimacy, continue to be critical parts of the normative and empirical study of public administration. Yet, they are often under-defined either with respect to present scholarship or the scholarship of the past. In this brief essay, I offer an analysis of the importance of conceptual clarity for this generation of public administration scholars, as well as an analysis of the components of conceptual inquiry, using the concept of legitimacy as an example

Administration (probate law · CLARITY · Critical appraisal · Epistemology · Legitimacy · Normative · Persistence (discontinuity · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Sociology · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Law · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research

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Unique citing works2
Citations per year0,17
Citation span2014 - 2023 (10)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 2

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